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Location: Sioux City
Tracks: Family Nurse Practitioner & Nurse Educator
Scheduling: Evening during academic year
Format: Face-to-face 
Enrollment options: PT
Length of Program: 3 years
Credit Hours: 35-45

Eligibility Requirements

  • Undergraduate level Health Assessment, Nursing Research, Ethics and Statistics Courses

  • Current RN license

  • Undergraduate CGPA of 3.0 or higher

Curricular Plan

Graduate Core: (15 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


Nurse Educator (20-23 hrs)

  • 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) OR
    NURS 625/626 Evidenced Based Practice I & II (2+1 hrs. respectively.)*

Family Nurse Practitioner (27 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 650:  Thesis (6 hrs) OR

  • NURS 621/622 Evidenced Based Practice I & II (1 and 2 hrs. respectively.)*

  • NURS 640/641:  Practicum (7 hrs)

*Students who elect to take NURS 625/626 are also required to pass an oral comprehensive exam during their last semester of study.

Master of Science in Nursing Student Learning Outcomes

Upon graduation the MSN student will be able to accomplish the following:

􀀁 Sustain caring, wholistic relationships with multiple clients in an advanced practice or educator role through being, knowing, acting with compassion and respecting cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity in the global society.

􀀁 Harmonize the breadth and depth of knowledge from the humanities and natural and social sciences in the application of the art and science of advanced practice nursing to multiple clients and in nursing education.

􀀁 Exercise the art and science of nursing to determine interventions to promote the health of all clients in the advanced practice or education setting.

􀀁 Assimilate nursing theory into the art and science of nursing at the advanced practice level or in nursing education.

􀀁 Interface, using a variety of communication skills, with clients and inter/intraprofessionals to promote optimal health outcomes for all clients.

􀀁 Synthesize decision-making processes based on legal, ethical, political, sociocultural, and spiritual dimensions while demonstrating leadership in an advanced practice and nurse educator roles and in the delivery of health care.

􀀁 Blend responsibility and accountability for the ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of one’s own nursing practice and the practice of others.

􀀁 Appraise the teaching/learning needs of self and of all clients in the provision of advanced practice nursing interventions.

􀀁 Orchestrate evidence from nursing research into the art and science of nursing.

􀀁 Ascertain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems in which they practice. 

Student learning outcomes noted above will be measured through direct and indirect measurements, according to the rubrics established for each course and the program as a whole.

Student learning outcomes noted above will be measured through direct and indirect measurements, according to the rubrics established for each course and the program as a whole.

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)

  • 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 Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). You may contact CCNE at One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, D.C. 30326, by phone at 202.887.8476 or at www.aacn.nche.edu.

For more information contact:

Richard A. Petersen, EdD, MSN, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing,
MSN Program Director, 712.279.1662 or 800.662.3303, ext.1662, rick.petersen@briarcliff.edu