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Location:
Sioux City
Tracks:
Family Nurse
Practitioner
& Nurse
Educator
Scheduling:
Evening
during
academic
year
Format:
Face-to-face
with web
augmentation
between
class
sessions
Enrollment
options:
PT/FT
Length of
Program:
3 years
Credit Hours:
38-42
Eligibility
Requirements
Curricular
Plan
Graduate
Core:
(18-21
hrs)
-
NURS
501:
Theoretical
Foundations
for
Advanced
Nursing
Practice
(2 hrs)
-
NURS
530 &
540:
Nursing
Science
(2
research
courses;
2 hrs
each)
-
NURS
510:
Health
Care
System
(3 hrs)
-
NURS
520:
Foundations
of
Advanced
Nursing
Practice
(3 hrs)
-
MATH
535:
Graduate
Statistics
(3 hrs)
Role
Preparation:
(17 hrs)
Nurse
Educator
-
NURS
580:
Theoretical
Foundations
in
Higher
Education
(3 hrs)
-
NURS
590:
Curriculum
and
Instruction
(3 hrs)
-
NURS
660:
Teaching
and
Evaluating
Learning
in
Colleges
of
Nursing
I
(theory-based)
(3 hrs)
-
NURS
665:
Teaching
and
Evaluating
Learning
in
Colleges
of
Nursing
II
(clinical-based)
(3 hrs)
-
NURS
670:
Teaching
in
Colleges
of
Nursing
Clinical
(5 hrs)
-
NURS
650:
Master's
Thesis
(6 hrs)
Family
Nurse
Practitioner
(24
hrs)
-
BIOL
550:
Advanced
Human
Pathophysiology
(3 hrs)
-
NURS
560:
Advanced
Health
Assessment
(2 hrs)
-
NURS
570:
Advanced
Pharmacology
(3 hrs)
-
NURS
610:
Levels
of
Prevention
and the
Young
Family
(3 hrs)
-
NURS
615:
Levels
of
Prevention
and the
Family
(3 hrs)
-
NURS
630:
Levels
of
Prevention
and the
Older
Family
(3 hrs)
-
NURS
620:
Clinical
Research
Project
(3 hrs)
-
NURS
640/641:
Practicum
(7 hrs)
Note:
-
Clinical
refers
to the
portion
of a
theory
course
used to
refine
and
enhance
the
skills
and
theory
presented
in
class.
1 credit
hour =
40
contact
hours (4
contact
hours/week)
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Practicum
refers
to a
stand
alone
course
emphasizing
the
application
and
refinement
of
therapies
and
skills.
1 credit
hour =
100
contact
hours
(10
contact
hours/week)
-
One
contact
hour =
60
minutes
-
One
clock
hour of
class
time
(70
minutes)
= 1
credit
hour
The MSN
Program is
fully
accredited
by the
Higher
Learning
Commission
of the North
Central
Association
for its
approval.
For more
information
contact:
Richard
A.
Petersen,
EdD,
MSN, RN
Associate
Professor
and
Chairperson,
Department
of
Nursing
- Briar
Cliff
University
712.279.1662
or
800.662.3303
ext.1662,
rick.petersen@briarcliff.edu
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