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RN to Master of Science Nursing

Curriculum

Students will be able to complete their Masters degree with 21 undergraduate credits and 36 graduate credits, thus accelerating the attainment of an advanced practice degree in either Nursing Management and Organizational Leadership, Case Management, Nursing Education, Nursing Informatics, or Infection Prevention and Control.

COURSES	Credit hours*
UNDERGRADUATE NURSING COURSES (21 credits)
COM412 Professional Communication	3
BSN400 Nursing Research	3
BSN415 Nursing Leadership and Management A	3
BSN420 Nursing Leadership and Management B	3
BSN425 Public Health Nursing A	3
BSN430 Public Health Nursing B	3
BSN499 Capstone Project	3
GRADUATE NURSING COURSES (36 credits)
Core Courses (18 credits)
N500 Healthcare Systems	3
N505 Theoretical Foundations	3
N510 Diverse Populations and Healthcare	3
N515 Research Design	3
N520 Introduction to Modern Organizations and Healthcare	3
N550 Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare Management	3
Nursing Management and Organizational Leadership Concentration (18 credits)
N525 Human Resources Management	3
N530 Leadership in Healthcare Organizations	3
N535 Healthcare Informatics	3
N540 Healthcare Finance and Economics	3
N545 Healthcare Strategic Management and Planning	3
N555 Strategic Capstone Seminar	3
Case Management Concentration (18 credits)
N508 Clinical and Administrative Systems	3
N541 Concepts of Case Management	3
N542 Process of Case Management	3
N543 Case Management and Evidence Based Practice	3
N544 Introduction to Life Care Planning	3
N555C Case Management Capstone	3
Nursing Education Concentration (18 credits)
N531 Curriculum Design and Learning Outcomes	3
N532 Teaching to Diverse Learning Styles	3
N533 Assessment of Learning	3
N534 Distance Education	3
N537 Organizational Dynamics of Higher Education	3
N555E Nursing Education Capstone - Academic OR N555EL Nursing Education Capstone - Educational Leadership	3
Nursing Informatics Concentration (18 credits)
N508 Clinical and Administrative Systems	3
N535 Healthcare Informatics	3
BUSI510 Data Mining	3
IS550 Project and Change Management	3
IS555 Information Security and Privacy in Healthcare Environments	3
N555I Informatics Capstone	3
Infection Prevention and Control (18 credits)
EPI500 Principles of Epidemiology	3
BIO501 Identification of the Infectious Disease Process	3
N570 Infection Prevention and Control	3
N571 Design of a Surveillance System	3
N572 Collection and Interpretation of Surveillance Data	3
N555IC Infection Control Capstone	3

* Credit hours are equivalent to semester hours

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