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MSN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

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MSN majors require an average of 40 semester hours. Your individual program of study is designed to meet individual clinical interests, learning needs, and career goals.

In addition, clinical and research experience forms an integral part of graduate study in nursing. Most MSN majors require a minimum of 500 clinical hours; certain programs require more.

Most MSN students are required to take ten core courses in Professional Development, Scientific Inquiry, and Nursing Practice (for nurse practitioner majors). The general curriculum pattern is as follows:

Professional Development Core (6 courses)
NURS 443A	Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Collaboration and Consultation	1
NURS 443B	Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Role Development	1
NURS 443C	Professionalism in Advanced Practice: Teaching and Learning	1
NURS 444A	Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Ethical Issues	1
NURS 444B	Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Finance	1
NURS 444C	Health Care Delivery, Legal and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice: Policy and Legal	1

Scientific Inquiry Core (4 courses)
NURS 405	Inquiry I Theoretical Foundations	3
NURS 425	Inquiry II The Research Process	3
NURS 502	Inquiry III Evidenced Based Nursing Practice	2
NURS 503	Inquiry Practicum	1

Nursing Practice Core (3 courses) *
NURS 430	Pharmacology and Therapeutics	3
NURS 453	Physiologic Foundations for Advanced Practice Nursing	4
NURS 459	Integrated Assessment for Advanced Nursing Practice	3

* For Nurse Practitioner majors. Other majors differ in their major-specific core requirement.

Community Engagement Focus

Selected courses for MSN students at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing incorporate projects with community agencies. These projects are designed to improve health care among under-served residents of the greater Cleveland area. Developed in collaboration with the community partners, these projects are a unique component of FPB’s masters curriculum. Community agencies that participate include but are not limited to the Hospice of the Western Reserve, The Heath Museum of Cleveland, the American Red Cross Greater Cleveland Chapter, Health CMHA (Cuyahoga Municipal Housing Authority), American Diabetes Association-Cleveland, and school districts in the Cleveland area.