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Master's in Nursing: Nursing Education Concentration
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Ask Us!The master of science in nursing (with a nursing education concentration) includes 35-38 credit hours (listed below).
| REQUIRED COURSES -- 35-38 CREDITS | |
| Core Courses | |
| NURS 601 | Health Care Perspectives (3 credits) |
| NURS 605 | Nursing Theory Development (3 credits) |
| One of the following: | |
| EPSY 612 | Statistical Methods (3 credits) |
| HLTH 604 | Research Design and Data Analysis in Health and Human Performance (3 credits) |
| Research | |
| NURS 633 | Nursing Research (3 credits) |
| Classroom Course Work and Practica | |
| NURS 653 | Curriculum Process in Nursing (3 credits) |
| NURS 662 | Measurement and Assessment in Nursing Education (3 credits) |
| NURS 673 | Education Practices in Nursing (4 credits) |
| NURS 683 | Advanced Clinical Concepts in Nursing Education (4 credits) |
| Guided Electives (6 credits) | |
| Culminating Experience | |
| Select one of the following: | |
| NURS 697 | Evidence Based Practice for Advanced Practice Nurses (3 credits) |
| NURS 698 | Culminating Project (3 credits) |
| NURS 699 | Master's Thesis (6 credits) |
Course Descriptions
All courses are delivered via the Internet. Clinicals can be arranged in the student's community.
Note: High-speed Internet access is required. For details see Computer Requirements
EPSY 612 Statistical Methods—3 credits. A basic course in statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, selected sampling distributions, correlation and simple linear regression, and elementary hypothesis testing (e.g., t-tests, chi-square). Students learn to use computer software appropriately to analyze their data, and to interpret computer output.
HLTH 604 Research Design and Data Analysis in Health and Human Performance—3 credits. Designed to familiarize graduate students with research design and data analysis including scientific methodology, data collection, and statistical analyses. Includes an introduction to computerized data manipulation, analyses, interpretation, and presentation.
NURS 601 Health Care Perspectives—3 credits. The course focuses on an analysis of policies, ethics, and finance in health care delivery and the role of advanced practice nursing in health care delivery systems.
NURS 605 Nursing Theory Development—3 credits. The student will analyze and synthesize nursing, behavioral, natural and applied sciences theories, frameworks, and models and apply them to advanced nursing practice.
NURS 633 Nursing Research—3 credits. The course provides an in-depth analysis of research processes used in advanced practice nursing. Emphasis is placed on methods for validating, refining, and extending nursing research. Prerequisite or concurrent: enrollment in statistics.
NURS 653 Curriculum Process in Nursing—3 credits. Historical foundations, processes of curriculum development, and new paradigms in nursing education are examined. Theories and conceptual frameworks for curriculum development are explored. Educational needs of practical, associate, baccalaureate, graduate, and continuing nursing education programs are differentiated. Prerequisites: 605 or consent of instructor.
NURS 662 Measurement and Assessment in Nursing Education—3 credits. Historical foundations, processes of curriculum development, and new paradigms in nursing education are examined. Theories and conceptual frameworks for curriculum development are explored. Educational needs of practical, associate, baccalaureate, graduate, and continuing nursing education programs are differentiated. Prerequisites: 605 or consent of instructor.
NURS 673 Educational Practices in Nursing—4 credits. Teaching methods, evaluation tools, and the complexities of the educator role are explored. Guided teaching experiences with a selected mentor/preceptor provide opportunities to plan, implement, and evaluate classroom and clinical instruction in various settings. Prerequisites: 653 and 662.
NURS 683 Advanced Clinical Concepts for Nurse Educators—3 credits. Advanced concepts of health promotion, acute interdisciplinary intervention, and restorative health are explored in theory and clinical practice. Knowledge and skills are developed in a specialty area of nursing practice. Prerequisites: 601 and 605 or consent of the instructor.
NURS 697 Evidence Based Practice for Advanced Practice Nurses—3 credits. This course is designed to prepare advanced practice nurses to base clinical decision making on current research. Problem based learning will be used to examine clinical research, develop evidence based guidelines based on that research, and design an evaluation plan to determine the effectiveness of the guidelines. Prerequisite courses: 633. As this course is a substitution for a culminating project or thesis, this course must be taken during the final semester of the graduate nursing program.
NURS 698 Culminating Project—1-3 credits. The student will complete the non-thesis option, culminating project. A student must complete at least 3 credits during the master's program of study. Prerequisite: 633
NURS 699 Master's Thesis—6 credits. By permission of chair of thesis committee.
The Catalog of Indiana State University is the document of authority for all students. The requirements given in the catalog supersede information issued by any academic department, program, college, or school. The University reserves the right to change the requirements at any time.