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Master of Science in Nursing
M.S.N.
M.S.N. Offers Online Options, Faster Tracks
by Sharon (Klopfenstein) Christman ’92
We started educatingMaster of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.)
students in 2011 using a fully on-campus, face-to-face
educational format. Over the next few years, we realized that
themarket demands were trending toward online education.
We transitioned our M.S.N. Global Public HealthNursing
track into a fully online program and developed a hybrid
model (online and face-to-face) for our M.S.N. Family
Nurse Practitioner (FNP) track.
While we have had great success with these two
programs, we find that it is now time to transition our FNP
track into a fully online program. We are also reinstating our
M.S.N. Nurse Educator track as a fully online program.
Other changes we have made to our M.S.N. program
include:
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Overall credit hours reduced for all tracks
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FNP track shortened by one semester
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FNP track moved to primarily online with three on-
campus intensive weeks over the course of the program
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Two-semester capstone research requirement revised
to a one-semester course titled Applied Scholarship
in Practice
If you are interested in pursuing your M.S.N. as a
Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Educator, or Global
Public Health Nurse, we encourage you to apply at
cedarville.edu/msn .The Cedarville M.S.N. can be
completed in five to eight semesters, depending on student
preference. For Cedarville alumni, the program is shortened
by three credit hours because the undergraduate Bibleminor
meets our M.S.N. Bible requirement.
We look forward to the continuing challenge of raising
up professionally qualified, committed followers of Jesus to
make a difference for Him in the ever-changing world of
health care.
Sharon (Klopfenstein) Christman ’92
serves as Assistant Dean of the
School of Nursing and Professor of Nursing. She earned her Ph.D.
fromThe Ohio State University.
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