Curriculum 2012—13

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Curriculum 2012—13

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Program Prerequisites

Bible

Effective with the 2012—13 graduate catalog, students must have completed a minor in Bible or have taken coursework adequate to meet the outcomes of BEGS-6250 Bible Survey for Professionals and BEGS-7250 Foundations of Biblical Theology. Students who have not met this requirement, as determined by the office of the registrar, must enroll in BEGS-6250 and/or BEGS-7250 before or concurrent with other classes during the first year and take at least one Bible class before taking NSG-5060 Bioethics and Spiritual Care in Nursing . Students may receive permission of the instructor to waive this requirement for NSG-5060. If you need to satisfy the Bible prerequisite, view the general study/non-degree courses or register for classes.

Nursing Research and Statistics

Students, who did not provide evidence of completing a nursing research course and a statistics course during the admission process, must satisfy the requirement before taking NSG-5050 Research for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice.

Program prerequisites may be completed at Cedarville University or from another regionally accredited institution.

Program Courses

Master of Nursing Curriculum Summary
Courses Hours
Nursing Core 14
Advanced Practice Core 9
Nursing Capstone 4
Area of Focus 15-16
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Total: 43
Global Health Ministries (GHM) Total: 42

The Master of Science in Nursing Core (Nursing Core, Advanced Practice Core, Nursing Capstone) involves 27 semester hours plus 100 clinical/lab hours including:

Nursing Core (14 Hours)
Course No. Course Title Hours
NSG-5000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice 3
NSG-5040 Professional Role Development for Advance Practice 3
NSG-5050 Research for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice 3
NSG-5060 Bioethics and Spiritual Care in Nursing 2
NSG-5070 Policies and Strategies for Health Care Delivery 3
Advanced Practice Core (9 Hours)
Course No. Course Title Hours
NSG-5010 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology 3
*NSG-5020 Advanced Health/Physical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning 3
NSG-5030 Advanced Pharmacology 3
*The practicum consists of 50 hours of laboratory and 50 hours of precepted ambulatory or community-based practice.
Nursing Capstone (4 Hours)
Course No. Course Title Hours
Students may choose either the Master's Project or the Master's Thesis for their capstone requirement.
Master's Project
And
NSG-6300 Master's Project I 2
NSG-6350 Master's Project II 2
Master's Thesis
And
NSG-6400 Master's Thesis I 2
NSG-6450 Master's Thesis II 2
Areas of Focus (15-16 Hours)
Course No. Course Title Hours
Students may choose either the FNP or GHM area of focus.
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) — 16 Hours
Course requirements involve 43 semester hours plus 650 clinical / lab hours including:
*NSG-6015 Advanced Practice in the Care of Older Adults 1
NSG-6020 Advanced Concepts in the Care of Adults 3
*NSG-6025 Advanced Practice in the Care of Adults 1
NSG-6030 Advanced Concepts in the Care of Women 3
*NSG-6035 Advanced Practice in the Care of Women 1
NSG-6040 Advanced Concepts in the Care of Children 3
*NSG-6045 Advanced Practice in the Care of Children 1
*A precepted practicum experience of 150 hours is required.
Global Health Ministries (GHM) — 15 Hours
Course requirements involve 42 semester hours plus 450 clinical/ lab hours including:
NSG-6200 Philosophy and Theology of Health, Healing, and Illness 3
NSG-6210 Global Health and Vulnerable Populations 3
NSG-6220 Epidemiology 3
NSG-6230 Population-Based Health Care Management 3
*NSG-6240 Practicum I 2
*NSG-6250 Practicum II 1
*A precepted practicum experience of 200 hours is required.