2011-2012 Graduate Academic Catalog

Page 21 2011–12 Graduate Catalog Introduction Experience Admissions Academic Info. Financial Info. Campus Services M.Ed. M.S.N. Course Descriptions Appendix General 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 nursing courses appropriate to the selected advanced nursing practice area of focus. The graduate students complete all clinical courses as precepted practicum experiences. The FNP area of focus has a total of 700 clinical hours; the Global Health Ministries area of focus has a total of 500 clinical hours; the Nurse Educator area of focus has a total of 400 clinical hours. The Master of Science in Nursing Core involves 27 semester hours plus 100 clinical/lab hours including: Nursing Core..............................................................................14 NSG-5000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice........... 3 NSG-5040 Professional Role Development for Advance Practice (for FNP and GHM students)......... ………3 (Or NSG-5045 Professional Role Development for the Nurse Educator..................................................... …….3) NSG-5050 Research for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice..... 3 NSG-5060 Bioethics and Spiritual Care in Nursing................... 2 NSG-5070 Policies and Strategies for Health Care Delivery..... 3 Advanced Practice Core..............................................................9 NSG-5010 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology............. 3 *NSG-5020 Advanced Health/physical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning. .......................................................... 3 NSG-5030 Advanced Pharmacology........................................ 3 * The practicum consists of 50 hours of laboratory and 50 hours of precepted ambulatory or community-based practice. Nursing Capstone........................................................................4 NSG-6300 Master’s Project I and................……………..……...2 NSG 6350 Master’s Project II................................................ 2 (Or NSG-6400 Master’s Thesis I and........................................ 2 NSG-6450 Master’s Thesis II................................................ 2) Areas of Focus Course Requirements Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Course Requirements Course requirements involve 43 semester hours plus 700 clinical/ lab hours including: Master of Science in Nursing Core...........................................27 Family Nurse Practitioner Focus Area......................................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 practicum experience of 150 hours is required. Global Health Ministries (GHM) Course Requirements Course requirements involve 42 semester hours plus 500 clinical/ lab hours including: Master of Science in Nursing Core...........................................27 Global Health Ministries Focus Area........................................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 practicum experience of 200 hours is required. Nurse Educator Course Requirements Course requirements involve 41 semester hours plus 400 clinical/ lab hours including: Master of Science in Nursing Core...........................................27 Nurse Educator Focus Area......................................................14 NSG-6100 Foundations of Nursing Education.......................... 3 NSG-6110 Teaching Methods and Strategies............................ 3 NSG-6120 Evaluation in Nursing Education............................. 3 *NSG-6130 Teaching Practicum I.............................................. 1 *NSG-6140 Teaching Practicum II............................................. 1 Choose one of the following clinical focus areas.....................3 NSG-6010 Advanced Concepts in the Care of Older Adults.. 3 NSG-6020 Advanced Concepts in the Care of Adults. .......... 3 NSG-6030 Advanced Concepts in the Care of Women......... 3 NSG-6040 Advanced Concepts in the Care of Children........ 3 * A precepted practicum experience of 150 hours is required.