Nursing, M.S.N.

Program Requirements 41-54 hours

Required Courses for all Concentrations 21 hours

• NURS 620 - Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice
• NURS 628 - Advanced Pathophysiology
• NURS 629 - Advanced Health Assessment
• NURS 631 - Advanced Pharmacology
• NURS 633 - Advanced Practice Nursing in Rural Communities
• NURS 650 - Evidence for Advanced Nursing Practice
• NURS 651 - Advanced Practice Nursing Roles and Leadership

Family Nurse Practitioner 29-33 hours

• NURS 634 - Advanced Family Nursing I: Women’s Health
• NURS 635 - Advanced Family Nursing II: Children’s Health
• NURS 636 - Advanced Family Nursing III: Acute Illness Across the Lifespan
• NURS 637 - Advanced Family Nursing IV: Chronic Illness Across the Lifespan
• NURS 638 - Family Nurse Practitioner Preceptorship
• NURS 696 - Master’s Capstone Project

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• NURS 699 - Research and Thesis

Nurse-Midwifery

The 43-credit Nurse-Midwifery option provided in collaboration with Shenandoah University prepare nurses for advanced practice in the care of women across the lifespan with an emphasis on the child-bearing phase of the life cycle. The Nurse-Midwifery component is taught by the Division of Nursing at Shenandoah University, the only Graduate Program in the Commonwealth of Virginia with a Nurse-Midwifery specialty that is accredited by the American College of Nurse Midwives. The Nurse-Midwifery courses offered by Shenandoah University will qualify students to sit for the Nurse-Midwifery certification examination of the American College of Nurse Midwives Certification Council. For a description of the Nurse-Mid wifery program, go to: http://www.nursing.su.edu/nursing-3/graduate-degrees-post-masters-certificate/graduate-degrees-master-of-science-in-nursing/msn-nurse-midwife