| Nursing Education Courses | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| IPC 500 | Introduction to Graduate Studies | NC |
| IPC 501* | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in a Diverse Society | 3 |
| IPC 504* | Communication & Technology | 3 |
| IPC 511* | Graduate Research | 3 |
| IPC 512* | Health Care Policy and Finance | 3 |
| IPC 550 * | Integrating Experience I | NC |
| IPC 601* | Leadership in Healthcare | 3 |
| IPC 655* | Integrating Experience II | 1 |
| NHE 531 | Curriculum Design | 3 |
| NHE 532 | Teaching Strategies | 3 |
| NHE 611 | Educational Assessment | 3 |
| NUR 631 | The Nurse Educator in Clinical Practice | 2 |
| NUR 632 | The Nursing Educator in the Academic Setting | 3 |
| NUR 640 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 3 |
| NUR 641 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3 |
| NUR 642 | Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning | 3 |
| Total Combined Credits | 39 | |
| *Interprofessional collaborative core course | ||
| NC = Non-Credit Bearing NHE= Combined Nursing and Health Care Education Course | ||
Nursing Education
Take your nursing experience into the classroom and learn how to prepare the next generation of nurses with a master’s degree in nursing education.
Program Details
In the Master of Science in Nursing – Education program, you’ll learn cutting-edge clinical education theory, curriculum design, teaching strategy and assessment techniques to be applied in a focused area of Nursing Practice. Our Master of Science in Nursing Education includes three face-to-face sessions that will be online or face-to-face.
The MSN – Education program develops the student in both the art and science of nursing as well as the skills and competencies required of the Nurse Educator.
Students will spend clinical time gaining a deeper level of knowledge in a focused clinical area. In addition, they will also have practical experience in the academic setting. At the completion of the program, students will produce a portfolio that will demonstrate the knowledge, skills and competencies required of a Nurse Educator.
A Post-Master’s Certificate option is available for those students who enter the program with an existing MSN degree and a current RN license.
Job Growth
35%
35%
Jobs
68k
68k
Median Salary
$82,040
$82,040
At the completion of the program, the graduate will:
- Integrate knowledge from nursing and other disciplines to plan patient-centered care that promotes health and improves healthcare outcomes.
- Apply leadership skills that foster ethical decision making, fiscal responsibility, and advocacy, interprofessional collaborative relationships and a systems perspective.
- Use technology to enhance communication and support quality of care and strategic decision making processes in practice.
- Apply patient-centered and culturally appropriate concepts to improve quality and safety, reduce health disparities, and improve health outcomes for diverse populations.
- Model behaviors that demonstrate professionalism and community engagement of self and others, through clinical scholarship and application of evidence-based recommendations in practice.
- Use evidence-based knowledge and appropriate professional standards to analyze, evaluate and influence outcomes and health care policy for individuals, populations or systems.
Admission Requirements
All program applicants must meet general admission requirements.
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