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Nursing Education
Core: 15
Concentration Required Courses: 12
Specialty Elective Courses: 6
Practicum: 6
Note: Draft course syllabi may be viewed by clicking on the course rubric/number.
| Rubric/Number |
Course Title |
Credit Hours |
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| Core |
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| NURS 5000 |
Theoretical Foundations |
3 |
| NURS 5001 |
Health Care Policy |
3 |
| NURS 5002 |
Advanced Nursing Research |
3 |
| NURS 5003 |
Advanced Role Development |
3 |
| NURS 5990 |
Scholarly Synthesis/Research |
3 |
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| Nursing Education Concentration Required Courses |
| NURS 5201 |
Theories of Nursing Education |
3 |
| NURS 5202 |
Teaching Strategies & Evaluation Methods |
3 |
| NURS 5203 |
Curriculum Design |
3 |
| NURS 5103 |
Advanced Pathophysiology |
3 |
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| Clinical Focus Courses - complete 6 hours from one of the following clinical areas. |
| Adult Health |
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| NURS 5501 |
Advanced Adult Health Nursing I |
3 |
| NURS 5503 |
Advanced Adult Health Nursing II |
3 |
| Psy Mental Health |
| NURS 5511 |
Psychiatric Nursing Care I |
3 |
| NURS 5513 |
Psychiatric Nursing Care II |
3 |
Critical Care |
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| NURS 5522 |
Critical Care I |
3 |
| NURS 5523 |
Critical Care II |
3 |
| Women's Health & Perinatal Nurs |
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| NURS 5541 |
Women's Health & Perinatal Nursing I |
3 |
| NURS 5543 |
Women's Health & Perinatal Nursing II |
3 |
| Pediatrics |
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| NURS 5631 |
Pediatric Nursing I |
3 |
| NURS 5633 |
Pediatric Nursing II |
3 |
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| Nursing Education Practicum Requirement |
| NURS 5207 |
Clinical Focus Practicum |
2 |
| NURS 5209 |
Nursing Education Practicum |
4 |
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Total practice contact hours - 360
Clinical Focus Practicum = 120 - Nursing Education Practicum = 240
*Students choosing the nursing education concentration who desire to take national certification exams for the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will need to meet additional requirements.
Nursing Education Concentration
Sample Program of Study
(Full-time * )
* - The full-time sample program of study is based on a 15-week semester. Consideration should be given to the reduced 12-week summer session when planning clinical courses.
Note : The 5000 levels numbering of courses for APSU / ETSU / TSU will be cross listed with the 6000 and 7000 level numbering of courses in order to represent MTSU, TTU, and UOM as appropriate.
| 1st semester |
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2nd semester |
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5000 – Theoretical Foundations
5001 – Health Care Policy
5003 – Adv Role Dev |
3
3
3
9 |
5002 – Adv Nurs Research
5201 – Theories Nurs Ed
5103 – Adv Patho |
3
3
3
9 |
| 3rd semester |
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4th semester |
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5202 – Teaching Strategies
5203 – Curriculum Design
Clinical Focus area |
3
3
3
9 |
Clinical Focus area
5990 - Scholarly Synthesis
5207 - Clinical Focus Practicum
5209 - Nursing Education Practicum |
3
3
2
4
12 |
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