RN-MSN Completion Track

RN – MSN Degree Program

Program Requirements

This program is only offered in an online format. RN students may obtain an MSN degree with a concentration in one of the following cognates: Clinical Nurse Educator, Health Quality and Safety, Leadership in Healthcare Systems, or Nursing Informatics.

All RN-MSN students must complete the RN-BSN Curriculum and MSN Curriculum listed below:

RN-BSN Curriculum

NUR 352SI	Professional Nursing	3
NUR 354WI	Evidence-Based Nursing	3
NUR 357	A Conceptual Approach to Assessment and	3
NUR 449	A Conceptual Approach to the Assessment	4
NUR 452WI	Nursing Leadership and Health	3
NUR 453	Comm Focused Professional Nursing	4
NUR 455	Advanced Acute Care Concepts	3
Total Credit Hours:		23

MSN Curriculum

NUR 510	Nursing Theory and Research I	3
NUR 512	Organization, Delivery, and Policy in Healthcare	3
NUR 514	Nursing Leadership and Advanced Roles	3
NUR 516	Information Technology and Systems for	3
NUR 520	Nursing Theory and Research II	3
NUR 551	Advanced Role Practicum	3
Total Credit Hours:		18

NUR 551: all courses must be completed prior to taking NUR 551

And, RN-MSN students must select one of the three cognates listed below:

Clinical Nurse Educator cognate:

NUR 508	Advanced Pathophysiology for the Clinic	3
NUR 521	Pharmacology and Physical Assessment	3
NUR 522	Academic Nurse Education	3
NUR 523	Clinical Nurse Education	3

Or

Leadership in Healthcare Systems cognate:

NUR 530	Financial Management of Nursing Systems	3
NUR 531	Human Resource Management in Healthcare	3
NUR 532	Nur Leadershp in Healthcare Systems	3
NUR 533	Quality and Safety in Healthcare	3

Or

Nursing Informatics cognate

NUR 584	Foundations of Nursing Informatics	3
NUR 585	Advanced Nursing Informatics I	3
NUR 586	Advanced Nursing Informatics II	3
NUR 587	Population Health Informatics, Epidemio	3
Total Credit Hours:		12-15

Total Credit Hours: 52-55