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Master of Science in Nursing Education Program

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Program Description

The Master of Science in Nursing Education (MSNEd) Program is designed for learners who already hold a bachelor’s degree in nursing and prepares graduates to be nurse educators in diverse settings: hospitals, community agencies, schools, industry and businesses, and academic nursing programs. MSNEd graduates provide education and training to nurses, nursing learners, schoolchildren, community groups, workers, patients, and consumers. The MSNEd Program content is grounded in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing and evidence based on national standards and research related to effective teaching, learning, and role development. It provides the knowledge and skills that enable educators to teach effectively in diverse learning environments.   

The MSNEd Program content and processes are consistent with the National League for Nursing (NLN) Nurse Educator Competencies. The Program is focused on the preparation of highly qualified educators and consists of developing core knowledge related to complexities of healthcare, access, quality, and costs for diverse populations. New nursing knowledge includes research, theory, technology applied to nursing practice, evidence-based practice, ethics, and new roles for master's-prepared nurses. The nurse educator focuses on learning styles, development and socialization of learners, and strategies to facilitate learning. Educators also need to organize their activities around learning theories. Developing curriculum, objectives, and learning modules are part of an educator role.   

The MSNEd Program consists of forty (40) semester credits of graduate division nursing coursework, including core, integrative core, electives, specialty, and practicum. Learners can complete the MSNEd Program in five (5) academic semesters or eighty (80) academic weeks of instruction.   

The MSNEd Program uses full-distance delivery of instruction, where learners engage in online didactic and capstone practicum experiences in community nursing and global health trends, health promotion, disease prevention, leadership, policy, ethics, informatics, statistics, pharmacology, pathophysiology, and other key nursing educator concepts. For course delivery modalities definitions, see the Learner Residency and Course Delivery Modalities section of the College Catalog. The curriculum is specifically constructed to promote the nurse educator role. Upon satisfactory completion of the prescribed MSNEd Program curriculum with a minimum 3.0 GPA and the fulfillment of other graduation requirements, the learner will earn a Master of Science in Nursing Education (MSNEd) Degree.   

Note: The Program only enrolls residents in states where it is fully authorized. If a learner enrolls in the Program and subsequently moves to a state where the Program is not authorized, he/she will not be able to continue enrollment until such authorization is obtained. Learners must notify the Registrar immediately upon relocation. 

Program Objective

  • Graduate master’s-prepared nurses who will improve individual, family, and community health and wellness by applying clinical reasoning, evidence-based skills and knowledge, and advanced leadership in practice.
  • Facilitate career mobility of graduates and help meet the demand for professional nurse educators.
  • Increase the availability of advanced nursing education opportunities for qualified learners.
  • Improve access to nursing education, course scheduling flexibility, and learning efficacy through various innovative instruction delivery methods and learning modalities, including synchronous and asynchronous online engagements, capstone activities, and distance learning.

Program Outcomes

MSNEd Program Outcomes are aligned with the Institutional Effectiveness Plan and measure the degree to which the Program achieves its stated mission. For current MSNEd Program Outcomes benchmarks, see the MSNEd Program Outcomes Benchmarks Catalog Insert.

Program-Level Learner Outcomes

  1. Integrate the principles of patient-centered and culturally appropriate concepts of planning, delivering, and evaluating prevention and population care into nursing education and clinical practice care (Essential VIII).  
  2. Integrate knowledge gained from nursing, bio-psychosocial fields, genetics/genomics, public health, quality improvement, and organizational sciences for the continual improvement of nursing education in diverse settings (Essential I).  
  3. Analyze nursing research to facilitate the translation and integration of nursing scholarship into practice (Essential III and IV).  
  4. Incorporate leadership, collaborative, and organizational skills into educational practice in order to emphasize ethical and critical decision-making, effective working relationships, and a system-perspective (Essential IV, VI, VII).  
  5. Demonstrate role competency and leadership through the analysis, development, and implementation of health policy. Advocate for policies that improve the health of the public and the profession of nursing (Essentials II and VI).  
  6. Analyze nursing practice, legal, and ethical considerations of current communication and emerging healthcare technologies used in patient care and nursing education (Essential V).  
  7. Integrate the principles of quality improvement and evaluation into the advanced nurse educator role (Essential III).  
  8. Function as a member of inter/intra-professional collaborative team for improving patient and population health outcomes (Essential VII).  

Program Core Competencies

  1. Client-Centered Care
  2. Intentional Learning with Reflection
  3. Evidence-Based Practice
  4. Decision-Making and Clinical Reasoning
  5. Organizational, Local, and Global Leadership
  6. Communication and Informatics
  7. Quality and Safety Assurance
  8. Teamwork and Collaboration

All applicants work closely with an Admissions Advisor to assess career goals, motivation, and commitment to learning.

To be considered for admission, an applicant must meet the following requirements:

  1. Pay the $80 non-refundable application fee (the application fee is waived for all Nightingale College’s prelicensure programs alumni and active duty servicemembers and veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces).
  2. Complete the Application for Admissions (the application and the paid fee are valid for one [1] year).
  3. Submit proof of current active unencumbered registered nurse (RN) licensure from any U.S. jurisdiction and disclose any encumbered licenses. 
  4. Submit proof of a conferred Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from an institution of higher learning accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

  5. Submit a resume or curriculum vitae.  

    • Applicant must be currently working as a Registered Nurse.  

    • One year of experience working as a Registered Nurse is strongly encouraged.  

  6. Submit Statement of Interest.
  7. Submit two (2) letters of recommendation.
  8. Meet with a Learner Funding Advisor to initiate the Financial Aid process.

Note: The highest level of academic integrity is expected throughout the admissions process. Violations of the academic integrity policy at any point in the admissions process will result in automatic denial of admission. See the Academic Integrity section of the College Catalog for more details.

Tuition and Fees

Tuition for the MSNEd Program is $460 per semester credit. Tuition does not include the non-refundable application fee or any semester resource fees. Tuition and fees may be changed at any time with a 30-day notice. Audit fees are non-refundable and cannot be paid with Title IV funding.

Item

Fee

Resource Fee per Semester

$300

Course Audit Fee

$200

Nightingale College Alumni Tuition Reduction
A tuition reduction of $50 per semester credit will be applied to the accounts of the College’s associate and baccalaureate nursing degree graduates at the time tuition is charged. The Nightingale College Alumni Tuition Reduction is not applicable to repeat coursework. 

Estimated Total Program Cost

The estimated total program cost is $19,900. Learners may use this calculator to get a customized estimate of the total program cost. 

Curriculum Plan

The essentials of a master’s education in nursing provide an important framework for designing and assessing master’s-level nursing education. The original purpose of the essentials is to “delineate the outcomes expected of all graduates of master’s nursing programs" (AACN, 2011). Because professional nursing practice in all settings requires consideration of the individual, family, community, and population as client, these outcomes are essential to the master’s nursing education offered at Nightingale College.

 

  • Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities
  • Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership
  • Essential III: Quality Improvement and Safety
  • Essential IV: Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice
  • Essential V: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
  • Essential VI: Health Policy and Advocacy
  • Essential VII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
  • Essential VIII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health
  • Essential IX: Master’s-Level Nursing Practice

The MSNEd Program consists of fifteen (15) graduate-division nursing core courses delivered over five (5) academic semesters and eighty (80) academic weeks, for a total of forty (40) semester credits. There are five hundred forty (540) didactic and one hundred eighty (180) field experience contact hours total. The MSNEd Program does not have any experiential learning contact hours assigned. However, the Program requires the completion of an educator-based learning project/practicum. For learner residency and course delivery modalities definitions, see the Learner Residency and Course Delivery Modalities section of this Catalog. The Curriculum Plan table presented below represents a sample curriculum plan for learners.

Sample Curriculum Plan

Note: This curriculum plan will take effect Fall 2025. Learners who enrolled prior to that date will continue to use the Program Plans they received upon enrollment.

Course Number Course Name Delivery Modality Semester Credits Didactic Learning Remote Experiential Learning Total
  CBT ISBP VCBP ISB VCBC DFC IP AFE  
Semester 1
MSN 506 Professional Transitions: Clinician to Educator Distance 3 45               45
MSN 590 Health Policy, Legislation, Economics, and Ethics Distance 3 45               45
MSN 620 Adult Education and Online Learning Distance 3 45               45
Total 9 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135
Semester 2
MSN 560 Teaching Advanced Assessment Across the Lifespan Distance 3 45               45
MSN 586 Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Distance 2 30               30
MSN 660 Teaching Methodology in Nursing Distance 3 45               45
Total 8 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120
Semester 3
MSN 592 Evidence-Based Practice Distance 3 45               45
MSN 575 Advanced Pathopharmacological Foundations Distance 4 60               60
MSN 640 Curriculum and Instruction in Nursing Distance 3 45               45
Total 10 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150
Semester 4
MSN 598 Health Informatics and the Advanced Practice Distance 3 45               45
MSN 645 Assessment and Evaluation in Nursing Education Distance 3 45               45
MSN 665 Facilitating Learning in the Online Environment Distance 1 15               15
Total 7 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105
Semester 5
MSN 670 Nursing Education and Integrative Practicum Experience Blended 4             180   180
MSN 680 Nursing Education Capstone Distance 2 30               30
Total 6 30 0 0 0 0 0 180 0 210
MSNEd Degree Total 40 540 0 0 0 0 0 180 0 720

Satisfactory Academic Progress Table

Total Credits Attempted

Financial Aid Warning or Probation if CGPA is below

Financial Aid Warning or Probation if course completion rate is below

1-8

3.0

67%

9-16

3.0

67%

17-24

3.0

67%

25-32

3.0

67%

33-40

3.0

67%

Pre-Dispute Arbitration and Class Action Waiver Disclosure

Nightingale College seeks to resolve disputes or claims between any learner and the College in an efficient, cost-effective, and timely manner. A learner who enrolls at Nightingale College agrees, as a condition of their enrollment, to resolve any dispute through mandatory arbitration that shall not be adjudicated as a class action or a consolidated class arbitration proceeding. However, the College cannot require a learner loan borrower to participate in arbitration or any internal dispute resolution process offered by the institution prior to filing a borrower defense to repayment application with the U.S. Department of Education pursuant to 34 CFR 685.206(e); the College cannot, in any way, require learners to limit, relinquish, or waive their ability to pursue filing a borrower defense claim, pursuant to 34 CFR 685.206(e) at any time; and any arbitration, required by a pre-dispute arbitration agreement, tolls the limitations period for filing a borrower defense to repayment application pursuant to 34 CFR 685.206(e)(6)(ii). 

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