MSN PROGRAM

COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICAL SPECIALIST

MSN Majors

Community Health Clinical Specialists assess and intervene in concerns of populations in communities. They may work with populations through federal, state or local governments, schools, or faith-based groups. A community health nurse is concerned with mobilizing and empowering the community to act on its own behalf in matters affecting health and well being.

Semester I (August)

NURS 491 Community Health Assessment
4
 
Total
4

Fall Semester II

NUNP 410 Health Promotion Across the Life Span
2
NURS 495 Community Health Nursing Leadership
4
NURS 480 Epidemiology
3
NURS 405 Inquiry I: Theoretical Foundations
3
NURS 446 Consultation & Administration in the Health Care Delivery System
3
 
Total
15

Spring Semester III

NURS 496 Community Health Nursing Leadership
4
NUND 483 Health Care Policy and Planning and Information Management Systems
3
NURS 471 Organizational Theories
3
NURS 425 Inquiry II: The Research Process
3
NURS 502 Inquiry III: Evidence Based Nursing Practice
2
 
Total
15

Summer Semester IV

NURS 503 Inquiry Practicum
1
NURS 443A Collaboration, Consultation, & Credentialing in Advanced Practice Nursing
1
NURS 443B Role Development in Advanced Practice
1
NURS 443C Teaching and Learning in Advanced Practice
1
NURS 444A Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice
1
NURS 444B Health Care Delivery and Finance in Advanced Practice
1
 
Total
6

Accumulated Total Hours: 40

Substitutions for NURS 446 and NURS 471 may be chosen; alternative relevant courses may be chosen from Anthropology, Demography, Biostatistics, Public Health, and/or Epidemiology. Please see advisor for guidance.