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Sample of Masters of Science in Nursing Degree
Medical Surgical Nursing – Clinician or Educator Option
(Clinician option: Three year, six semester schedule for full-time student)
(Educator option: Three year, six semester, plus a summer schedule for full-time student)
(Select courses are available during the summer.)
| First Year Fall | ||
| 500 | Theoretical Foundations | 3 |
| 504 | Health Promotion | 3 |
| 516 | Advances in Nursing Leadership | 3 |
| First Year Spring | ||
| 508 | Nursing Research | 3 |
| 512 | Roles and Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 |
| **529 | Pharmacotherapeutics Across the Life Span | 3 |
| Second Year Fall | ||
| 538 | Advanced Practice Seminar Topics | 3 |
| Or | ||
| **521 | Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning | 3 |
| 525 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 3 |
| Second Year Spring | ||
| 544 | Development and Evaluation of Programs in Health Care | 3 |
| Or | ||
| 532 | Foundations of Education Nursing Education | 3 |
| Or | ||
| 552 | Finance and Healthcare Management | 3 |
| 600.1 | Educator Practicum | 3 (0/3) |
| Or | ||
| 610.1 | Clinician Practicum | 3 (0/3) |
| Summer (Educator) | ||
| 540 | Evaluation Strategies in Nursing Education | 3 |
| Third Year Fall | ||
| 548 | Nursing Informatics | 3 |
| Or | ||
| 536 | Issues and Roles in Nursing Education | 3 |
| 600.2 | Educator Practicum | 3 (0/3) |
| Or | ||
| 610.1 | Clinician Practicum | 3 (0/3) |
| 620.1 | Research Experience | 3 |
| Third Year Spring | ||
| 620.2 | Research Experience | 3 |
| Practicum hours are calculated as 1 credit hour = 4 clock hours | ||
| Total Requirements 45 semester hours | ||
| *Each have 64 Practicum hours. | ||
| **May be taken at the College or transfer of graduate level course statistics course. | ||
| Note: 600 Educator Practicum and 620 Research Experience are 6 semester hours each. The student may enroll for 3 semester hours and take these over two semesters. | ||
Sample of Masters of Science in Nursing Degree – Clinical Nurse Leader – Medical-Surgical
(Two year, four semester schedule for full-time student)
| First Year Fall | ||
| 500 | Theoretical Foundations | 3 |
| 504 | Health Promotion | 3 |
| 516 | Advances in Nursing Leadership | 3 |
| First Year Spring | ||
| 508 | Nursing Research | 3 |
| 529 | Pharmacotherapeutics Across the Life Span | 3 |
| 544 | Development and Evaluation of Programs in Health Care | 3 |
| Second Year Fall | ||
| 548 | Nursing Informatics | 3 |
| 521 | Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning | 3 |
| 525 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 3 |
| Second Year Spring | ||
| 552 | Finance and Healthcare Management | 3 |
| 612.1 | CNL Immersion Experience | 3 |
| 612.2 | CNL Immersion Experience | 2 |
| Practicum hours are calculated as 1 credit hour = 4 clock hours | ||
| Total Requirements 35 semester hours | ||
| *Each have 64 Practicum hours. | ||
