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href="https://nursing.yale.edu/msn" class="group-card-link-wrapper field-group-html-element"><div class="field-title field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items" ><h3 class="field-item" property="dc:title">Master of Science in Nursing</h3></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-teaser-card-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://nursing.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/home-page-cards/masters3.jpg?itok=EqCOtqFr&c=90ec9cdb0d497b8822fde017988ada1b" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field-name-field-teaser-description field field-name-field-teaser-description field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items" ><p class="field-item" >The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) curriculum is for RN entrants and is designed to prepare students for advanced practice and roles as clinician-scholars.</p></div></div></a></div> </div><div class="field-item odd"><div about="/graduate-entry-prespecialty-nursing" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" id="node-home-page-card-136" class="ds-1col node node-home-page-card cerulean view-mode-home_page node-published node-not-promoted node-not-sticky author-13 odd clearfix clearfix"> <a href="https://nursing.yale.edu/academics/graduate-entry-pre-specialty-nursing-gepn" class="group-card-link-wrapper field-group-html-element"><div class="field-title field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items" ><h3 class="field-item" property="dc:title">Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing</h3></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-teaser-card-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://nursing.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/home-page-cards/dsc_2001.jpg?itok=6h4DCmSg&c=74e3377738b6acdbef9818fce67f53da" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field-name-field-teaser-description field field-name-field-teaser-description field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items" ><p class="field-item" >The GEPN Program is a three-year, full-time course of graduate nursing study with no prerequisites that combines preparation in basic nursing with advanced preparation in a clinical specialty.</p></div></div></a></div> </div><div class="field-item even"><div about="/doctor-nursing-practice" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" id="node-home-page-card-686" class="ds-1col node node-home-page-card cerulean view-mode-home_page node-published node-not-promoted node-not-sticky author-13 even clearfix clearfix"> <a href="https://nursing.yale.edu/admissions-aid/admissions/doctor-nursing-practice-dnp" class="group-card-link-wrapper field-group-html-element"><div class="field-title field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items" ><h3 class="field-item" property="dc:title">Doctor of Nursing Practice</h3></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-teaser-card-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://nursing.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/home-page-cards/meet_the_students.jpg?itok=Nzkyrecq&c=2a4cd310b5dc8e94c74b3980d2810097" alt="Students in graduation procession" /></div></div></div><div class="field-name-field-teaser-description field field-name-field-teaser-description field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items" ><p class="field-item" >Two post-master’s DNP programs: Leadership DNP Program for mid-career nurses focused on innovation in management, policy and systems leadership; Clinical DNP Program is for Advanced Practice Nurses who are 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