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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
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. |