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M.S. Nursing, Nursing Education

If your passion for nursing includes a gift for sharing your knowledge with others, choosing Nursing Education as the specialization for your Master of Science Nursing will enable you to directly impact the quality of nursing for generations to come. An MSN, Nursing Education is one of seven specializations offered by our CCNE-accredited MSN program and is specifically designed to be 100% online for maximum flexibility.

MSN Specializations

Why Our MSN Program Works

MSN Nursing Education Curriculum

A specialization in Nursing Education gives you a foundation in educational research and the skills you need to integrate evidence-based practices into curriculum. Our rigorous curriculum covers a breadth of issues in nursing education, including academic freedom and ethics. Key courses include:

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The mission of the MSN program
is to prepare highly qualified professional nursing personnel to serve global healthcare communities as administrators, educators, and informatics specialists.

More on the MSN Nursing Education

Gain Market-relevant Knowledge and Practical Experience

You’ll study with nursing leaders from top facilities around the country, including Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Geisinger Clinic, Kaiser Permanente and more. Our MSN Nursing Education graduates are prepared to:

Teach in nursing schools and clinical environments
Identify and teach to different learning styles
Design and develop curriculum
Utilize distance learning technology

What You’ll Learn

Graduates of the MSN program, nursing education specialization, will be able to:

Analyze the role of the nurse educator in practice environments.
Design curriculum using emerging trends in nursing education.
Develop assessment and performance evaluations of individual learners.
Develop a plan for evaluating program effectiveness in an academic or institutional setting.
Integrate roles as leaders and collaborators in various healthcare settings.
Use theoretical knowledge to guide advanced nursing practice.
Analyze models that expand the role of nurses in a global society.
Evaluate legislation, policies, and economics as applied to the current healthcare environment.
Appraise research to enhance professional nursing practice.

How You Will Learn

All coursework for the Master of Science Nursing is 100% online and includes Practice experiences. Practice experiences do not involve hands-on patient care. Unlike the clinical experiences you completed to become a registered nurse, practice experiences are built in to your courses and do not add additional work.

Practice experiences are interactive learning opportunities where you get to apply the concepts you are learning to real world scenarios. They are an important requirement for accreditation, as it enables students to demonstrate educational competencies.

See MSN Practice Experiences for more information.

Eligibility Requirements

Active, unencumbered RN license
Bachelor of science nursing degree with a minimum GPA of 2.0
Up to 18 credit hours can be transferred in
Foreign students must hold a comparable degree as determined by NACES member outside evaluation service
No GRE or other placement test is required service

Student Stories

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Kathy Hill

BSN, MSN Student

Sharon VanDalinda had considered earning her BSN for years, but was sparked into action by the Institute of Medicine report recommendation that 80 percent of nurses hold baccalaureate degrees by 2020 – not one to stop when she’s on a roll, Sharon decided to earn her MSN as well.

Sharon VanDalinda

BSN

In 2016, Sybilla finished her BSN classes—and with flying colors, as the recipient of the 2017 Dean’s Award. Now armed with her BSN, she is excited about what the future holds.