MSN - Master of Science in Nursing
MSN 502: Foundations of Graduate Study (2)
This course introduces the graduate student to the essential skills and foundations of scholarly inquiry for the masters prepared nurse. Students will learn how the Catholic tradition develops the whole person with Christian values for people of all faiths. Students will examine the PC values of Catholic traditions, learning communities, whole person education, education of distinction, and resourcefulness. The students will examine how graduate studies promote academic and professional success as a scholar-practitioner and leaders of social justice. The course will explore the history of nursing and how scholarship defines practice.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSN Program.
MSN 503: Advanced Pathophysiology (3)
This course examines the physiological and pathophysiological responses to disease and injury. The focus is on normal and deviations from normal in the biophysiological processes while examining scientific concepts of the disease process. Students will complete an in-depth examination of cellular and systematic functions, defense responses, and maintenance of vital functions to help maintain homeostasis. Students will gain the requisite knowledge to develop treatment plans for patients across the lifespan.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSN program.
MSN 512: Healthcare Quality, Safety, and Informatics (2)
This course is designed to examine the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project and information systems and technologies that support and improve patient care and outcomes. Students will examine the relationship between patient care and informatics to prepare for leadership roles that drive quality improvement and safety within complex healthcare systems.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSN Program.
MSN 513: Advanced Nursing Practice Roles and Leaders of Social Justice (3)
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the advanced nursing practice roles and current professional issues to develop a deeper understanding of the role and scope of advanced nurses. This course will examine health care policies and politics including critical analysis of access to health care, quality, and costs as a leader of social justice. Students will also address key concepts for leaders in relation to health care systems including economics related to healthcare services.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSN Program.
MSN 522: Role of the Nurse Educator (2)
This course provides an overview of the nurse educator role. This course will examine the role of behaviors specific to the nurse educator in an academic or staff development setting. Emphasis is on the role of the nurse educator including institutional purposes and goals, nursing curricula, instructional design, evaluation, technology, and ethical issues related to the nurse educator role. This course will explore the forces for technology integration in nursing education in the emerging knowledge era.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSN Program.
MSN 523: Advanced Pharmacology (3)
Students in this course will develop a solid foundation in advanced concepts and principles of drug therapy and apply principles of advanced pharmacology, including pharmacogenomics, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. The student will examine factors that influence medication effectiveness, safety, cost, complementary regimens, genetic and environmental influences, and client behaviors. Students will examine the management and treatment of acute and chronic diseases through pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies and an understanding of drug legislation and regulation for prescriptive authority.
Prerequisite: MSN 502.
MSN 532: Rural Health Nursing (2)
The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the philosophy, health care systems, and epidemiology of rural health for the individuals, families, and specific aggregate groups. The student will examine the nursing process in rural community settings to promote, maintain and restore health. The diverse role of rural nursing and rural health is empirically examined using research and data to prepare health care leaders to practice in rural settings.
Prerequisite: MSN 502.
MSN 533: Advanced Physical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning (3)
Students will examine the client and families' complex physical and emotional well-being by completing a comprehensive physical health assessment. The focus of this course will be on the advanced concepts and skills needed to assess clients and create diagnostic reasoning, advanced communication, and advanced assessment skills in a systematic approach.
Prerequisite: MSN 502.
MSN 543: Epidemiology and Advanced Clinical Diagnosis (3)
This course examines epidemiology and advanced clinical diagnosis related to the patterns of disease and health-related problems in populations for health promotion and disease prevention to address health disparities. Students will apply principles and concepts related to epidemiology and examine the methodologies in their evaluation of health-related data and research of populations. The course will provide the students with a foundation to examine epidemiology related to their population of interest.
Prerequisite: MSN 502.
MSN 553: Learning Theories and Teaching Learning Strategies (3)
This course will examine the philosophical underpinnings of learning theories used in nursing education, use of educational technology and tools, analysis and application of learning theories and strategies. Students will explore how learning theories influence teaching and learning strategies for effective e-learning environments. Students will explore a variety of technologies and their applicability to learning and active teaching and learning strategies found in e-learning environments. The student will examine key features of online teaching and learning strategies. Students will take a Learning Management System (LMS) course to prepare for the Nurse Educator Practicum Experience.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSN Program. Corequisite: MSN 522.
MSN 567: Advanced Health Promotion Across the Lifespan (3)
This course will focus on health behaviors that impact the health and wellness including nutrition, exercise, smoking, and sedentary lifestyles that are inherent to common diseases. Students will complete a risk assessment, diagnose health problems related to lifestyle choices, and examine therapeutic techniques that create healthy lifestyles.
Prerequisite: MSN 503, MSN 523.
MSN 567C: Advanced Health Promotion Across the Lifespan, Lab and Practicum (3)
This clinical course will focus on health behaviors that impact the health and wellness including nutrition, exercise, smoking, and sedentary lifestyles that are inherent to common diseases. Students will complete a risk assessment, diagnose health problems related to lifestyle choices, and examine therapeutic techniques that create healthy lifestyles. Students will have 180 practicum hours.
Prerequisite: MSN 503, MSN 523.
MSN 574: Theory, Scholarly Synthesis, and Research (4)
This course will examine the theoretical underpinnings and how theories are integrated into practice. The course is designed to provide graduate students with the requisite principles of theory, scholarly development, and research. This course will include an in depth analysis of various theories, research concepts, ethics in research, scholarly synthesis, research designs, research methods, and data analysis. The course will assist students with a deeper understanding of how research, theory, evidence, and practice are integrated.
Prerequisite: MSN 502.
MSN 591: Advanced Capstone I (1)
This scholarly project provides students with the opportunity to complete a culminating scholarly synthesis of their graduate education. For Advanced Capstone I, students will work closely with their scholarly project chair to create the foundation for their project. This scholarly project fosters the dissemination of the evidence-based project findings (research project, evidence-based project, educational project, or grant application). Advanced Capstone I will begin the project identification of the theory, completion of a literature review, and begin the IRB process if applicable
Prerequisite: MSN 502, MSN 574.
MSN 606: Care of the Acute and Episodic Client Conditions (2)
This course will examine care of the patient with acute and episodic conditions and focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, management, and patient education across the lifespan. The course emphasizes patient-centered evidence-based healthcare. The goal is to focus on the evaluation, intervention and treatment and emphasize the importance of normal aging and healthy living for acute and episodic conditions.
Prerequisite: MSN 503, MSN 523, MSN 533.
MSN 606C: Care of the Acute and Episodic Client Conditions and Practicum (3)
This clinical course will examine care of the patient with acute and episodic conditions and focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, management, and patient education across the lifespan. The course emphasizes patient-centered evidence-based healthcare. The goal is to focus on the evaluation, intervention and treatment and emphasize the importance of normal aging and healthy living for acute and episodic conditions. Students will have 180 practicum hours.
Prerequisite: MSN 503, MSN 523, MSN 533.
MSN 616: Care of Chronic and Complex Client Conditions (2)
This course will examine care of patients with chronic and complex conditions through the lifespan and focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, management, and patient education. The course will explore the care of patients with multiple co-morbidities. The goal is to focus on the evaluation, intervention and treatment and emphasizing the importance of quality of life, normal aging and health status of chronic and complex conditions.
Prerequisite: MSN 503, MSN 523, MSN 533.
MSN 616C: Care of Chronic and Complex Client Conditions and Practicum (3)
This clinical course will examine care of patients with chronic and complex conditions through the lifespan and focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, management, and patient education. The course will explore the care of patients with multiple co-morbidities. The goal is to focus on the evaluation, intervention and treatment and emphasizing the importance of quality of life, normal aging and health status of chronic and complex conditions. Students will have 180 practicum hours.
Prerequisite: MSN 503, MSN 523, MSN 533.
MSN 626: Care of Women and Pediatric Clients (2)
This course will explore care of women and pediatric clients and focuses on assessment, diagnosis, management, and patient outcomes. Students apply the advanced nursing role when providing care to children and their families. The goal of this course is to focus on the evaluation, intervention and treatment and emphasizing the importance of quality of life, normal aging and health status of women and children’s health problems within the family in primary, secondary, and tertiary care. The course will examine developmental differences related to screening, health promotion, and acute and chronic illnesses.
Prerequisite: MSN 503, MSN 523, MSN 533.
MSN 626C: Care of Women and Pediatric Clients and Practicum (3)
This clinical course will explore care of women and pediatric clients and focuses on assessment, diagnosis, management, and patient outcomes. Students apply the advanced nursing role when providing care to children and their families. The goal of this course is to focus on the evaluation, intervention and treatment and emphasizing the importance of quality of life, normal aging and health status of women and children’s health problems within the family in primary, secondary, and tertiary care. The course will examine developmental differences related to screening, health promotion, and acute and chronic illnesses. Students will have 180 practicum hours.
Prerequisite: MSN 503, MSN 523, MSN 533.
MSN 632: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Practicum (3)
The role of the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse is operationalized in this clinical course. The course is designed to meet the needs of the individual learner with regard to clinical experiences. The faculty works with the learner to develop goals and learning experiences relevant to the direct care and educational settings. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) must possess advanced clinical knowledge to operationalize complex clinical content effectively. Students engage in reflective analyses of APRNs. Because today's complex health care and increase patient acuity necessitates a continuing call for highly skilled nurses at the patient point of care, APRN students are expected to advance their clinical knowledge in a selected specialty to prepare them to fulfill the roles of the Advanced Practice Nurse.
Prerequisite: MSN 522, MSN 553. Corequisite: MSN 633, MSN 643.
MSN 633: Curriculum Design and Development (3)
This course will explore curriculum design and development in nursing education with an emphasis on theories and processes of various designs. The student will examine key elements including curriculum models that influence program development and curriculum design. Students will have the opportunity to develop curriculum using current nursing and education theory and research designed to meet the needs of diverse learners in academic and staff development settings.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSN Program.
MSN 642: Nursing Simulation (2)
The course will provide a foundational appreciation for utilizing simulation and debriefing to promote safe quality care. The focus on the course will prepare the student with the imperative knowledge for developing successful simulations and debriefing. Students will explore educational theories based on simulation. Students will gain the requisite knowledge to develop and implement indiscipline simulation scenarios across the lifespan.
Prerequisite: MSN 502.
MSN 643: Evaluation Methods (2)
This course will examine a wide selection of evaluation methodologies appropriate for the higher education and staff development settings. The course will explore evidence-based exemplar evaluation methods found in nursing education and emerging health care mandates. Students will also examine methods of learning assessment and program evaluation based on current educational and nursing research. Examination will include the use of the skills laboratory, clinical agency, and clinical simulation for educating and evaluating nursing skills.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MSN Program.
MSN 691: Advanced Capstone II (1)
Advanced Capstone II is the final section of the scholarly project. This scholarly project provides students with the opportunity to complete a culminating scholarly synthesis of their graduate education. Students will work closely with their scholarly project chair. The student will submit an abstract of the poster presentation prior to attending and presenting the scholarly project completed at Presentation College.
Prerequisite: MSN 591.