Post-Baccalaureate Option
The 17-month post-baccalaureate Nursing Administration concentration requires 36 semester hours of graduate course work including a minimum of 360 clinical hours. A comprehensive exam is required during the final semester. Students also complete a directed scholarly project. Students may only transfer a maximum of six (6) credit hours toward degree requirement.
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Fall I Semester |
Cr Hrs. |
Spring Semester |
Cr Hrs. |
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NURS 521 Human Resource Management and Business Strategy (Full semester course) Student earns 45 hours of practicum credit |
4 |
NURS 500 Theoretical Foundations and Research Methods (Half semester course) |
4 |
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NURS 522 Organizational and Leadership Theory (Half semsester course) |
3 |
NURS 533 Finance and Budget for Strategic Decision Making (Full semester course) Student earns 45 hours of practicum credit |
4 |
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NURS 529 Nursing Administration Seminar (Half semester course) |
2 |
NURS 534 Healthcare Informatics, Data Analysis, and Technology (Half semester course) |
2 |
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Total: |
9 |
Total: |
10 |
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Summer Semester |
Cr Hrs. |
Fall II Semester |
Cr Hrs. |
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NURS 580 Contemporary Roles and Issues (Half semester course) |
4 |
NURS 579 Leadership Synthesis for the Nursing Administrator (Half semester course) |
4 |
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NURS 587A Nursing Administration Practicum I (Full semester course) Student earns 135 hours of practicum credit |
3 |
NURS 587B Nursing Administration Practicum II (Full semester course) Student earns 135 hours of practicum credit |
3 |
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NURS 590 Directed Scholarly Inquiry - Group Project (Full semester course) |
3 |
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Total: |
7 |
Total: |
10 |
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Total MSN Nursing Administration Concentration Hours = 36 credit hours MSN Core = 11 credit hours; Nursing Administration Cognate = 19 credit hours; Nursing Administration Clinical/Practicum = 6 credit hours *Clinical courses have a 1: 6 credit hour to clinical hour ratio, making 360 clock hours for the program. |
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Post-Associate Option
The 26 month post-associate Nursing Administration concentration requires 65 semester hours. Students admitted to the ASN to MSN program will follow the RN-BSN curriculum. Upon completion of the RN-BSN curriculum plan the student will begin the MSN, Nursing Administration Concentration curriculum plan the following semester.
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RN-BSN Curriculum |
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Fall Only Courses |
Cr Hrs. |
Spring Only Courses |
Cr Hrs. |
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NURS 310 Pharmacology to Promote Adaptation |
3 |
NURS 330 Health Assessment of Humans as Adaptive Systems |
3 |
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NURS 390 Promotion of Adaptation in the Elderly |
2 |
NURS 340 Foundations of Nursing Informatics |
3 |
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NURS 430 Nursing Research |
3 |
NURS 350 Pathophysiology of Ineffective Human Responses |
3 |
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NURS 470 Prof Nursing Role Development/ Preceptorship |
4 |
NURS 375 Promotion of Adaptation Groups/ Communities/ Transcultural Societies |
5 |
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Fall and Spring Courses |
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*NURS 300 Transitions to Professional Nursing |
2 |
**NURS 490 Senior Nursing Seminar for RNs |
1 |
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Total RN-BSN Hours = 29 credit hours *NURS 300 is typically the first course taken upon acceptance into the RN-BSN Program ** NURS 490 must be completed in last semester of RN-BSN program NURS 340 and NURS 390 may be taken in the last semester of the ASN program |
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Additional general education course may be required to complete the RN-BSN program, please see list below of required courses. In order to be eligible for the RN-BSN program the applicant must:
Total program hours to graduate with BSN is 122.
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General Education Requirements |
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Course |
Cr Hrs |
Course |
Cr Hrs |
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*BIOL 230 Microbiology |
4 |
Elective (ex: ISYS 100) |
2 |
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*BIOL 261 Human Anatomy & Physiology I |
4 |
*PSYC 221 Developmental Psychology |
3 |
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*BIOL 262 Human Anatomy & Physiology II |
4 |
Elective |
3 |
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ENGL 101 Composition 1 |
3 |
ENGL 102 Composition 2 |
3 |
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MATH (College Algebra or higher) |
3 |
*MATH 270 Statistics |
3 |
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Humanities Requirement |
3 |
Humanities Requirement |
3 |
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Humanities Requirement |
3 |
Humanities Requirement |
3 |
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Social/Behavioral Science Elective |
3 |
**LNCN 100 Lincoln's Life and Legacy |
1 |
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**CIVX 300 American Civics |
2 |
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*Persons already holding a Bachelor's degree or higher only need to meet these program requirements.
**University specific courses that cannot be transferred, but may be completed at any point during the program, if needed.
