2024-2025 Graduate Catalog


MSN Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist

MSN DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Requirements for obtaining a MSN degree are: 

  • Successful completion of all course work (46 credits) with a B or higher grade in all graduate nursing courses. 

  • Passing each clinical rotation (660 hours) with satisfactory evaluations from the clinical preceptor and completed Typhon clinical encounter database.

  • Successful completion of the Capstone Project. 

Upon completion of the didactic, practicum and capstone degree requirements, the graduate will be awarded the Master of Science in Nursing and will be eligible to sit for national certification in their specialty area. 

 

Degree Requirements

Required Courses

NURS 5110Advanced Pathophysiology

3

NURS 5115Theoretical and Ethical Foundations

3

NURS 5120Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics

3

NURS 5125Advancing Scholarship Through Evidence Based Practice and Research

3

NURS 5130Health Care Quality and Informatics

2

NURS 5135Advanced Health Assessment

4

NURS 5140Leadership and Health Policy

3

NURS 5145Health Promotion for Individuals and Clinical Populations

2

NURS 6211Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients I

3

NURS 6212Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients II

3

NURS 6213Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients III

3

NURS 6261Capstone Project I

1

NURS 6262Capstone Project II

2

NURS 6291Clinical Practicum I for Advanced Practice Nurses

2

NURS 6392Clinical Nurse Specialist II: Patient Direct Care

3

NURS 6393Clinical Nurse Specialist III: Systems, Organization and Nursing Practice

4

NURS 6395Essential of CNS Practice I

1

NURS 6396Essential of CNS Practice II

1

Plan of Study

First Year

Summer

NURS 5110Advanced Pathophysiology

3

NURS 5115Theoretical and Ethical Foundations

3

Fall

NURS 5120Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics

3

NURS 5125Advancing Scholarship Through Evidence Based Practice and Research

3

Interim

NURS 5130Health Care Quality and Informatics

2

Spring

NURS 5135Advanced Health Assessment

4

NURS 5140Leadership and Health Policy

3

Second Year

Summer

NURS 5145Health Promotion for Individuals and Clinical Populations

2

NURS 6211Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients I

3

NURS 6291Clinical Practicum I for Advanced Practice Nurses

2

Fall

NURS 6212Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients II

3

NURS 6261Capstone Project I

1

NURS 6392Clinical Nurse Specialist II: Patient Direct Care

3

NURS 6395Essential of CNS Practice I

1

Spring

NURS 6213Diagnosis and Management of Adult-Geriatric Patients III

3

NURS 6262Capstone Project II

2

NURS 6393Clinical Nurse Specialist III: Systems, Organization and Nursing Practice

4

NURS 6396Essential of CNS Practice II

1