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2014–15 Graduate and Adult Programs Academic Catalog
School of Nursing
Master of Science in Nursing
Program Prerequisites
Students must have completed a minor in Bible or have taken
course work adequate to meet the outcomes of BEGS-5110
Bible Survey for Professionals and BEGS-5120 Foundations of
Biblical Theology. Students who have not met this requirement, as
determined by the Office of the Registrar, must enroll in BEGS-
5110 and/or BEGS-5120 before or concurrent with other classes
during the first year and before taking NSG-5060 Spiritual Care in
Advanced Nursing Practice
Students, who did not provide evidence of completing a nursing
research course and a statistics course during the admission
process, must satisfy the requirement before taking NSG-5050
Research for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice.
Program prerequisites may be taken at Cedarville University or
at another regionally accredited institution.
Course Requirements
Each student will complete 14 semester hours of nursing core
courses, 9 hours of advanced practice core, 4 hours of a nursing
capstone experience and speciality courses appropriate to the
selected advanced nursing practice area of focus. The graduate
students complete all clinical courses as precepted clinical
experiences. The Family Nurse Practitioner area of focus has a
total of 600 clinical hours; the Global Health Ministries area of
focus has a total of 400 clinical hours.
The Master of Science in Nursing Core involves 27 semester
hours plus 50 lab hours including:
Nursing Core..............................................................................14
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NSG-5050 Research for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice..... 3
Advanced Practice Core..............................................................9
Fifty hours of laboratory practice is required. On-site laboratory
practice of 50 hours is required for the Family Nurse Practitioner
students.
Nursing Capstone........................................................................4
Areas of Focus Course Requirements
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Course Requirements
Course requirements involve 43 semester hours plus 600 clinical
hours including:
Master of Science in Nursing Core...........................................27
FNP Specialty Courses......................................................... 16
*A precepted clinical experience of 150 hours is required.
Global Health Ministries (GHM) Course Requirements
Course requirements involve 42 semester hours plus 400 clinical/
lab hours including:
Master of Science in Nursing Core...........................................27
Global Health Ministries Specialty Courses............................15
* A precepted clinical experience of 400 hours is required.
Licensure and Certification
Graduates of the family nurse practitioner area of focus are
qualified to seek national certification and employment as family
nurse practitioners. Graduates of the global health ministries
area of focus are qualified to seek national certification and
employment in the areas of public health nursing and health
ministry.
