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2015–16 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 Public Health Nursing 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
NSG-5000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice........... 3 NSG-5040 Professional Role Development for Advance Practice...........................................................…….3
NSG-5050 Research for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice..... 3 NSG-5060 Spiritual Care in Advanced Nursing Practice........... 2 NSG-5070 Policies and Strategies for Health Care Delivery..... 3Advanced Practice Core..............................................................9
NSG-5010 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology............. 3 NSG-5020 Advanced Health/Physical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning. .......................................................... 3 NSG-5030 Advanced Pharmacology........................................ 3Fifty hours of laboratory practice is required. On-site laboratory
practice of 50 hours is required for the Family Nurse Practitioner
students.
Nursing Capstone........................................................................4
NSG-6380 M.S.N. Capstone I.....................……………..……...2 NSG 6390 M.S.N. Capstone II.................................................. 2Areas 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
NSG-6010 Advanced Concepts in the Care of Older Adults...... 3 *NSG-6015 Advanced Practice in the Care of Older Adults for FNP.............................................................. 1 NSG-6020 Advanced Concepts in the Care of Adults............... 3 *NSG-6025 Advanced Practice for the Care of Adults for FNP........................................................... 1 NSG-6030 Advanced Concepts in the Care of Women............. 3 *NSG-6035 Advanced Practice for the Care of Women for FNP........................................................ 1 NSG-6040 Advanced Concepts in the Care of Children. .......... 3 *NSG-6045 Advanced Practice in the Care of Children for FNP....................................................... 1*A precepted clinical experience of 150 hours is required.
Global Public Health Nursing (GPHN) Course Requirements
Course requirements involve 42 semester hours plus 400 clinical/
lab hours including:
Master of Science in Nursing Core...........................................27
Global Public Health Nursing Specialty Courses. ..................15
NSG-6200 Philosophy and Theology of Health, Healing and Illness................................................................ 3 NSG-6210 Global Health and Vulnerable Populations.............. 3 NSG-6220 Epidemiology. ......................................................... 3 NSG-6230 Population-Based Health Care Management.......... 3 *NSG-6240 Practicum I............................................................. 2 *NSG-6250 Practicum II............................................................ 1* 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 Public Health
Nursing area of focus are qualified to seek national certification
and employment in the areas of public health nursing and health
ministry.