| | Nurse Educator Sample Plan of Study | RN-MSN Program
Applies to all students as of Fall 2007
(part-time study options are available) | | Semester I (Fall) | | NURSU | 371 | Health Assessment and Promotion in Nursing Practice¹ | 4 sh | (2,1,1) | | NURSM | 804 | Statistics for Health Care Research | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | Semester II (Spring) | | NURSU | 409 | Population Focused Nursing | 5 sh | (3,0,2) | | NURSM | 628 | Care Management and Coordination¹ | 3 sh | (0,1,2) | | NURSM | 802 | Health Policy, Research, and Issues for Advanced Practice Nurses | 2 sh | (2,0,0) | | NRPHD | 725 | Curriculum Development | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NURSM | | Advanced Clinical Core Course¹·² | 3 sh | | | Semester III (Summer) | | NURSM | 768 | Research and Evidence-Based Nursing | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NURSM | 615 | Methodology on Online Nursing Education/or Elective | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NURSM | 703 | Instructional Processes¹ | 3 sh | (2,0,1) | | Semester IV (Fall) | | NURSM | 769 | Health Care Finance | 2 sh | (2,0,0) | | NURSM | 751 | Foundations of Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NURSM | | Specialty Courses¹·³ (minimum 6 sh with 2 clinical hours) | 3 sh | | | NURSM | | Elective | 3 sh | | | Semester V (Spring) First Full Semester of MSN Course Work | | NURSM | | Specialty Courses¹·³ (minimum 6 sh with 2 clinical hours) | 3 sh | | | NURSM | 626 | Nurse Specialist: Role Residency¹ | 4-7 sh | (0,1,3-6) | | NURSM | 777 | Advanced Practice Role and Scope | 1 sh | (1,0,0) | | Thesis or Scholarly Project | (optional 0-6 sh) | | | Minimum MSN course work | 51-54 sh |
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¹Clinical component
²A minimum of 3 hours of advanced clinical core courses is required. NURSM600, 624, 781 may be used to meet the requirement or may be substituted for another course depending on clinical specialty and role desired. (Note: NURSM600 is a prerequisite to NURSM781)
³Students may choose from existing specialty courses in other tracks such as NP or NMW as there are basic concepts in each specialty are that can be offered to all students. Students need 6 hours of specialty courses with 2 clinical hours.
Semester hour breakdown: 1:1 (Didactic), 2:1 (Seminar), 3:1 (Clinical/lab) |
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