Arizona State University Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation 15 courses 33 total credits
The country is experiencing a shortage of nursing faculty. The Master of Science degree program, with a concentration in nursing education, prepares you to advance your career and achieve your goal of becoming a nurse educator in an academic or practice setting. This program prepares you to teach future nurses and nursing leaders. Program highlights include: academic and clinical assessment curricular design and evaluation curriculum and course development and delivery educational theory and research testing and evaluation, including evaluation methods Coursework in the MS in nursing with a concentration in nursing education is delivered completely online, providing flexibility for you to balance your education and your career. Additionally, you complete a one-credit hour population health practicum in the location where you live. Courses in this program are led by experienced nursing faculty and designed with active learning strategies. Throughout the program, you learn the key competencies of a prepared nurse at the master's degree level while you gain additional nursing education skills. RN to MS in nursing (nursing education) optionIf you have an associate degree in nursing, you can consider pursuing ASU's online RN to MS in nursing with a concentration in nursing education pathway option.
| Required Core | 3 credits |
| Bridge Coursework | 6 credits |
| Concentration | 12 credits |
| Other Requirements | 15 credits |
| Culminating Experience | 3 credits |
| Total Credits | 33 credits |
Required Core
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NUR 501 or HCI 538 | Individual and Innovation Leadership in Health Care or Innovation and the Individual | 3 |
| Total Required Core | 3 credits | |
Bridge Coursework
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NUR 552 | Dynamics of Professional Nursing I | 3 |
| NUR 553 | Dynamics of Professional Nursing II | 3 |
| Total Bridge Coursework | 6 credits | |
Concentration
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NUR 670 | Curriculum Development in Academic and Practice Settings | 3 |
| NUR 671 | Teaching in Academic and Practice Settings | 3 |
| NUR 672 | Design and Delivery of Mediated Instruction | 3 |
| NUR 673 | Producing and Evaluating Programs for Academic and Practice Settings | 3 |
| Total Concentration | 12 credits | |
Other Requirements
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| DNP 602 | Evaluating Research for Practice | 3 |
| NUR 502 | Advanced Health Assessment and Health Promotion | 2 |
| NUR 503 | Advanced Health Assessment, Pathophysiology and Pharmacotherapeutics for Health Promotion II | 3 |
| NUR 509 | Clinical Prevention and Population Health Practicum | 1 |
| NUR 544 | Theoretical Foundations for Nursing | 3 |
| NUR 579 | Role-Focused Practicum: Nurse Educator | 3 |
| Total Other Requirements | 15 credits | |
Culminating Experience
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NUR 593 | Applied Project | 3 |
| Total Culminating Experience | 3 credits | |
Additional Curriculum Information
Students in the RN to MS in nursing (nursing education) bridge program complete 39 credit hours for this degree. In addition to fulfilling the requirements listed above, these students must complete NUR 552 Dynamics of Professional Nursing I and NUR 553 Dynamics of Professional Nursing II before starting the MS curriculum.
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