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id="main-content" tabindex="-1"></a> <h1 class="title" id="page-title">Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) </h1> <div about="/msn" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" id="node-flexible-page-203" class="ds-1col node node-flexible-page view-mode-full node-published node-not-promoted node-not-sticky author-13 odd clearfix clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-featured-content field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div about="/curriculum" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" id="node-redirect-node-201" class="ds-1col node node-redirect-node view-mode-featured_content node-published node-not-promoted node-not-sticky author-13 even clearfix clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-main-content-photo field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" 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