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MSN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

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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

* 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.