The UCA School of Nursing MSN program is accredited by Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The curriculum is guided by the 2021 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) publication, The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education.
The Nurse Educator program is guided by the National League of Nurses (NLN) publication, The Scope and Practice for Academic Nurse Educator, (2012). The Family Nurse Practitioner program is guided by the 2022 National Task Force Standards for Quality Nurse Practitioner Education and the 2022 National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties publication, Nurse Practitioner Role Competencies. The curriculum is evaluated every five years.
MSN Degree Requirements
The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree requires 39 credit hours for the Nurse Educator track and 46 hours for the Family Nurse Practitioner track. The Nurse Educator track is 100% online and the Family Nurse Practitioner track requires minimal on campus classes in Advanced Health Assessment and the clinical course.
Required MSN Core Courses
NURS 6306 Research Methods for Advanced Nursing Practice
NURS 7365 Population Health for Advanced Nursing Practice
NURS 6315 Advanced Health Assessment
NURS 6320 Advanced Pathophysiology
NURS 6325 Advanced Pharmacology
NURS 6206 Evidence Based Practice and Quality Improvement
NURS 6334 Healthcare Systems and Informatics
NURS 6232 Health Policy for Advanced Nursing Practice
NURS 7240 Leadership for Advance Practice Nursing
Nurse Educator Track courses
NURS 6345 Evaluation in Higher Education
NURS 6348 Instructional Design and Teaching Strategies
NURS 6350 Curriculum in Nursing and Health Professions
NURS 6340 Clinical Specialty Immersion
NURS 6349 Teaching Immersion for the Nurse Educator
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Track courses
NURS 6270 Advanced Diagnostics and Clinical Reasoning
NURS 6411 Introduction to Primary Care
NURS 6412 Primary Care of Adults I
NURS 6313 Primary Care of Adults II
NURS 6418 Primary Care of Children
NURS 6525 Clinical Immersion for the Family Nurse Practitioner
For a complete list of course descriptions, please refer to the Graduate Bulletin.
