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MSN in Nursing Education & Faculty Role

Curriculum

This is a 46-credit graduate program. It is designed for part-time attendance by working nurses.
 

Residency Requirements:

Today’s nurse educator must possess essential skills utilizing teaching/learning technologies to enhance learning across all settings. Given the recent emphasis of simulated experiences in academic and hospital settings, Drexel University nursing faculty have incorporated a three-day mandatory on-campus residency into the Nurse Educator and Faculty Role track.  This residency builds proficiency in designing and implementing simulated learning experiences and includes hands-on sessions with Standardized Patients, high fidelity simulators, and contemporary teaching/learning technologies used in the educational process. 

MSN Nursing Education and Faculty Role students will be required to attend the residency when taking Nurs626/Nurs627 Practicum I and II.  The residency hours will count as part of the required 160 total practicum hours (24 practicum hours earned).  The residency is offered biannually in June or January. Housing is available for all students who live at a distance. 

Please view the Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Simulated Practice (CICSP) at http://www.drexel.edu/cnhp/about/CICSP

For more information, contact Mr. Redian Furxhiu 215-762-3999 (rf53@drexel.edu).


Core Courses (18 Credits)
INFO 526Information, Innovation & Technology in Advanced Nursing Practice3.00 credits
NURS 500Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments3.00 credits
NURS 502Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care3.00 credits
NURS 527Evidence Based Approaches to Practice3.00 credits
RSCH 519Introduction to Biostatistics3.00 credits
RSCH 523Methods for Health Research3.00 credits

Support Courses (1 Credit)
NURS 669Professional Seminar for Advance Practice Nurses1.00 credits

Major Courses (24 Credits)
NURS 597Clinical & Didactic Teaching Methods3.00 credits
NURS 598Teaching Critical Thinking & Clinical Decision-Making in Nursing3.00 credits
NURS 599Curriculum Design in Nursing Education3.00 credits
NURS 600Measurement & Evaluation in Nursing Education3.00 credits
NURS 613The Role and Responsibility of the Nursing Professor3.00 credits
NURS 614Technology for Nursing Education & Practice3.00 credits
NURS 626Masters Nursing Education Practicum I3.00 credits
NURS 627Masters Nursing Education Practicum II3.00 credits

Electives (3 Credits)

Course Descriptions

INFO 526 Information, Innovation & Technology in Advanced Nursing Practice - 3.00 credits

This course is designed to provide an in-depth introduction to information systems and technologies that support practice and improve patient care and outcomes. Development of information management and technology skills (which meet ANA Informatics Competencies) will be incorporated throughout the course. Content is directed toward assisting the student in understanding the relationship between patient care and complex information and data issues involved in clinical practice.

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NURS 500 Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments - 3.00 credits

Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments examines Health care policy and policies in terms of contemporary issues related to advanced practice nursing, health care access, quality and cost. The focus of this course is the critical analysis of health policy and legal issues.

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NURS 502 Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care - 3.00 credits

This is a course for masters students who have already had some experience in ethical decision making, both academically in the classroom and in practice. This course will take an interdisciplinary focus, as ethical decision making at this level rarely ever is the decision of a single discipline. A variety of ethical topics will be analyzed from various perspectives and depths in an effort to more broadly and more profoundly address the moral difficulties that the advanced practice practitioner in an interdisciplinary environment is likely to encounter.

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NURS 527 Evidence Based Approaches to Practice - 3.00 credits

This course focuses on using research to guide evidence-based practice. Communication, collaboration, and decision making skills from a multidisciplinary approach essential to collect, evaluate, and apply research to practice will be emphasized. During this course the student will learn to (1) conduct efficient, thorough searches of the research literature; (2) evaluate the quality of a body of research through an appraisal of design, methodology, and data analysis; (3) summarize the findings from an overall body of research; and (4) apply research evidence to issues of current nursing practice.

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RSCH 519 Introduction to Biostatistics - 3.00 credits

This is an introductory course which focuses on the fundamentals of biostatistics for health sciences graduate students. Excel-based and SPSS assignments will be used to supplement the content.

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RSCH 523 Methods for Health Research - 3.00 credits

The course is designed to provide professional graduate students with the skills necessary to evaluate the relationship between practice and published research. The course content includes an overview of research concepts, ethics in research, literature searches and reviews, quantitative and qualitative research methods and designs, and data collection, analysis and interpretation techniques. An interdisciplinary team of faculty teaches the course using a problem solving approach. When feasible, concepts and problems are addressed by students in interdisciplinary teams. Through evaluation of published research in an interdisciplinary context, the skills of evidence-based practice are developed.

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NURS 669 Professional Seminar for Advance Practice Nurses - 1.00 credits

This required course is the application and integration of the role and competencies of the MSN prepared nurse with advanced nursing knowledge who will seek employment in a diversity of advanced practice roles. The roles of the MSN graduate as clinician, educator, researcher, expert, and leader are presented and explored. Interpretation and application, professional issues, practice issues, legislative issues, certification issues, insurance issues, legal issues and ethical conflict resolution in advanced nursing practice are explored.

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NURS 597 Clinical & Didactic Teaching Methods - 3.00 credits

The purpose of this course it to prepare the prospective nurse faculty with the foundational principles and skills necessary for didactic teaching in the classroom and for supervision in clinical settings. Educational theories and instructional methods will be explored to enhance learning among traditional and non-traditional student populations in differing types of programs within the higher education environment.

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NURS 598 Teaching Critical Thinking & Clinical Decision-Making in Nursing - 3.00 credits

This course is designed to prepare the prospective nurse faculty with theoretical principles, process, and instructional skills to promote critical thinking that result in appropriate clinical decision-making when interacting with student nurses in the classroom and clinical settings. Techniques for the facilitation of learning will be emphasized.

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NURS 599 Curriculum Design in Nursing Education - 3.00 credits

This course offers the student practical applications in curriculum design, including the development of a teaching/learning philosophy, mission statement, programmatic goals, learning objectives, individual courses, and teaching plans.

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NURS 600 Measurement & Evaluation in Nursing Education - 3.00 credits

This course offers the student practical applications in assessment of learning outcomes, systematic test construction using multiple-choice format and alternative formats, and basic test statistics. Participants will explore advantages and limitations of a wide variety of classroom and clinical testing modalities.

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NURS 613 The Role and Responsibility of the Nursing Professor - 3.00 credits

Academic policies, protocols, and legal aspects of education will be explored. Campus relationships, prospective & current student issues as well as laws affecting students will be examined. Situational events that occur in the classroom and clinical settings will be highlighted for students to research, discuss and develop a format for applying case law to student faculty issues.

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NURS 614 Technology for Nursing Education & Practice - 3.00 credits

The purpose of this course it to expand on technology skills that support the nurse educator in the virtual learning environment. This course prepares the student educator with the skills to utilize available technology for the development of on-line course work for the academic setting and program development for staff and patient education and the preparation community outreach programs.

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NURS 626 Masters Nursing Education Practicum I - 3.00 credits

First half of a 2-term sequence focusing on the role of the nurse educator in classroom and clinical settings. Includes precepted didactic and clinical teaching hours. Settings vary according to interests, goals and career objectives. NURS 627 continues the practicum sequence.

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NURS 627 Masters Nursing Education Practicum II - 3.00 credits

Second half of a 2-term sequence focusing on the role of the nurse educator in classroom and clinical settings. Includes precepted didactic and clinical teaching hours. Settings vary according to interests, goals and career objectives. NURS 626 begins the practicum sequence.

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