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Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
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Advantage of a MSN in Clinical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Concentration
The community’s focus on Magnet certification provides greater opportunities in the profession in the areas of clinical practice and research. Health care institutions are seeking advanced prepared nurses to develop evidence-based practice guidelines, develop innovative nursing care delivery methods, and serve to educate nurses in acute care settings. A student completing this specialty will be prepared to meet requirements to sit for the certification examination under American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) specific specialties and/or American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Certification Corporation (CCNS) certification for Clinical Nurse Specialists in acute and critical care.
Curriculum Plan MSN for Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
Semester 1 (Fall)
NUR 602 (Core) - Advanced Health Assessment (3 hrs)
NUR 603 (Core) - Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology (3 hrs)
NUR 607 (Core) - Advanced Pharmacology (3 hrs)
NUR 600 (CNS) - Clinical Learning Lab Teaching Practicum (1 hrs)
Semester 2 (Spring)
NUR 601 (Core) Nursing Theory and Knowledge Development (2 hr)
NUR 618 (Core) Research Methods for Advanced Nursing Practice (4 hrs)
NUR 625 Clinical Practicum for the Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist (7 hrs)
Semester 3 (Summer)
NUR 608 (Core) Health Care Policy Issues (2 hrs)
NUR 675 (Core) Statistics for the Behavioral and Clinical Sciences (3 hrs)
Semester 4 (Summer)
NUR 620 (Core) Capstone Project (2 hrs)
NUR 626 (CNS) Clinical Practicum & Role Development for the Adult-Gerontology CNS (8 hrs)