2012-2013 Graduate Academic Catalog

Page 22 2012–13 Graduate Catalog Introduction Experience Admissions Academic s Financial Info. Campus Services M.Ed. M. S.N. Pharmacy Course Descriptions Appendix Program Prerequisites Students must have completed a minor in Bible or have taken coursework adequate to meet the outcomes of BEGS-6250 Bible Survey for Professionals and BEGS-7250 Foundations of Biblical Theology. Students who have not met this requirement, as determined by the office of the registrar, must enroll in BEGS- 6250 and/or BEGS-7250 before or concurrent with other classes during the first year and take at least one Bible class before taking NSG-5060 Bioethics and Spiritual Care in Nursing. Students may receive permission of the instructor to waive this requirement for NSG-5060. 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 nursing courses appropriate to the selected advanced nursing practice area of focus. The graduate students complete all clinical courses as precepted practicum experiences. The Family Nurse Practitioner area of focus has a total of 650 clinical hours; the Global Health Ministries area of focus has a total of 450 clinical hours; the Nurse Educator area of focus has a total of 350 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 650 clinical/ lab hours including: *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 450 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 350 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.