“While nursing chose me, I emphatically chose Elms over a significant number of other institutions. Elms has a culture that is unique in my experience, drawing from the basis of a Catholic private school, and expanding upon that.”
A staff nurse on the ICU/CCU unit at Cooley Dickinson hospital, Oksana Anohina ’12, ’20, chose to specialize in nursing education to better prepare future generations of nurses to the increasingly complex health care environment.
MSN in Nursing Education
This MSN track prepares graduates to educate the next generation of nurses. Specifically, the nursing education track prepares nurses to assume leadership roles as dynamic educators in baccalaureate and associate degree programs, staff development, continuing education, and community education programs.
Students create curricula, plan programs, explore evaluation techniques, and teach with experts. This track includes two education practicums, taken at the end of the program after all required courses are completed, that provide opportunities for students to apply knowledge and skills learned as well as obtain graduate-level clinical practice and teaching experience in the area of nursing practice.
Curriculum
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Plan of Study: 8-Week Semester Year 1, Fall 1
Course #
Course Name
Credits
NUR 5005
Nursing Knowledge & Practice
3
NUR 6001
Technology: Methods & Tools for Graduate Study
1
NUR 6401
Mobile Apps for Nursing Practice
1
NUR 6402
Nursing and Healthcare Informatics
1
NUR 6403
Simulation for Nurse Educators
1
Year 1, Fall 2
Course #
Course Name
Credits
NUR 6204
Pharmacology for the Master’s Prepared Nurse
3
NUR 6400
Leadership and Management in Healthcare
3
Year 1, Spring 1
Course #
Course Name
Credits
NUR 5105
Translating and Integrating Evidence into Practice
3
NUR 6202
Curriculum Design, Program Planning, and Evaluation
