PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
The Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree requires a minimum of 36 semester hours of graduate credit for the candidate who enters with a BSN. Your individual program of study is designed to meet individual clinical interests, learning needs, and career goals. Research experience forms an integral part of graduate study in nursing.
The general curriculum pattern includes requirements in each of the following areas:
| Professional Development Core Modules (each module = 1 semester hour; 6 total) |
| NURS 443A |
Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Collaboration and
Consultation |
1 |
| NURS 443B |
Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Role Development |
1 |
| NURS 443C |
Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Teaching and Learning |
1 |
| NURS 444A |
Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced
Practice: Ethical Issues |
1 |
| NURS 444B |
Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced
Practice: Finance |
1 |
| NURS 444C |
Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced
Practice: Policy and Legal |
1 |
| Scientific Inquiry Core (9 hours) |
| NURS
405 |
Inquiry I Theoretical Foundations |
3 |
| NURS 425 |
Inquiry II The Research Process |
3 |
| NURS 502 |
Inquiry III Evidenced Based
Nursing Practice |
2 |
| NURS 503 |
Inquiry Practicum |
1 |
| Nursing Practice Core (includes Med/Surg CNS*; 10 hours) |
| NURS
430 |
Pharmacology and Therapeutics |
3 |
| NURS 453 |
Physiologic Foundations for Advanced Practice Nursing |
4 |
| NURS 459 |
Integrated Assessment for Advanced Nursing Practice |
3 |
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| * Other majors differ in their major-specific core requirement. |
Community Engagement Focus
Selected courses for M.S.N. students at the Frances Payne Bolton
School of Nursing incorporate projects with community agencies.
These projects are designed to improve health care among under-served
residents of the greater Cleveland area. Developed in collaboration
with the community partners, these projects are a unique component
of the Bolton School’s masters curriculum. Community agencies
that participate include but are not limited to the Hospice
of the Western Reserve, The Heath Museum of Cleveland, the American
Red Cross Greater Cleveland Chapter, Health CMHA (Cuyahoga Municipal
Housing Authority), American Diabetes Association-Cleveland,
and school districts in the Cleveland area.
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