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Apr 04, 2025
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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
Nurse Educator Concentration, MSN
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Master of Science in Nursing • NURS EDU MSN
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The Master of Science in Nursing Nurse Educator will prepare individuals for the nurse educator role in academic or staff development settings. The curriculum, based on the Essentials for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021) integrates core master’s-level concepts, advanced clinical foundations (assessment, pharmacology, pathophysiology) and education theories. Students develop teaching strategies in the didactic and clinical setting, synthesize teaching/learning theories, and acquire skills in curriculum development. Clinical objectives include the student’s ability to provide didactic and clinical instruction within the academic or clinical settings. As a result, graduates of the Nurse Educator concentration are well prepared to assume faculty or clinical instructor positions in schools of nursing or staff development positions in health care institutions.
Upon successful completion of the MSN Nurse Educator Concentration, the graduate will be eligible to seek certification as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE), offered by the National League for Nursing (NLN).
The MSN Program is a 28-month program that begins once a year. Courses within the program are delivered entirely online except for the clinical component of NURS 765 /NURS 765C and NURS 787 /NURS 787C . Clinical sites for NURS 765C and NURS 787C will be arranged for students based on students’ geographic locations.
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Learning Outcomes
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Synthesize concepts and theories from nursing and related disciplines to deliver ethically based, person-centered care to individuals, families, and populations within an evolving healthcare environment. -
Integrate scholarship and clinical judgment, based on best evidence, to design, coordinate, and evaluate the delivery of person-centered care to individuals, families, and populations. -
Integrate current and emerging health and information technologies effectively into one’s practice to enhance health outcomes of individuals, families, and populations in a complex healthcare environment. -
Collaborate effectively within an inter-professional context to improve the delivery of care across the healthcare continuum. -
Apply organizational and systems leadership strategies in an evolving healthcare system to promote scholarship that translates into high-quality and safe patient care environments. -
Advocate for policies at the local, state, and national levels to impact social determinants of health, reduce health care disparities, and advance the profession of nursing. -
Demonstrate beginning competency in an advanced nursing role, including ongoing professional development, reflective self-care, emotional intelligence, and cognitive flexibility. Foundations of Advanced Nursing - 9 Credits
Advanced Nursing Core - 9 Credits
Nursing Educator Concentration - 18 Credits
Thesis/Capstone - 1 Credit
**Upon discussion with MSN Advisor, Student will elect to conduct either a Special Research Project (NURS 795 ) or do the traditional thesis (NURS 799 ). |
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