MSN Nursing Education
The Master of Science in Nursing Education program is designed to enhance your clinical expertise with skills in teaching and learning strategies. This program prepares you to assume faculty or clinical instructor positions in schools of nursing or staff development positions in healthcare institutions.
The curriculum integrates core master’s-level concepts, advanced clinical foundations (i.e., assessment, pharmacology, pathophysiology) and education-focused courses (principles of teaching, assessment/evaluation, curriculum development, etc.). Graduates meet the educational criteria for the National League for Nursing (NLN) Certification for Nurse Educators.
Offered in an asynchronous online, 8-week course format, the nursing courses are designed to respond to the unique needs of adult learners who have current nursing practice experience.
MSN Scholarships Available
Students new to the college’s MSN program enrolled by Fall 2020 will receive a $1,350 scholarship toward their first course, and a $825 scholarship toward their second course. All courses after will be the normal rate of $575 per credit for D-HH employees and Colby-Sawyer alumni, and $600 for all other applicants.
| Nursing Education Curriculum | ||
|---|---|---|
| GNUR 514* | 1cr | Advanced Role Development in Nursing* |
| GNUR 512 | 3cr | Health Care Systems, Policy & Leadership |
| GNUR 510 | 3cr | Evidence-Based Practice & Applied Nursing Research |
| GNUR 502 | 3cr | Advanced Pathophysiology |
| GNUR 513 | 3cr | Population Health |
| GNUR 501 | 3cr | Health Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning for the Advanced Practitioner (2/1) |
| GNUR 503 | 3cr | Advanced Pharmacology |
| GNUR 504 | 3cr | Clinical Quality Improvement I |
| GNUR 515 | 3cr | Theoretical Basis of Teaching and Learning in Nursing Education |
| GNUR 525 | 3cr | Role of Nurse Educator and Curriculum Development in Nursing Education |
| GNUR 535 | 3cr | Assessment and Evaluation Strategies in Nursing Education |
| GNUR 587 | 6cr | Nursing Education Capstone |
Powerful Partners
The relationship between Colby-Sawyer and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health dates back to 1981 when the college first began preparing nurses at the Bachelor of Science level. Since then, Colby-Sawyer students have benefited from nursing clinical placements, internships, and various other experiential learning opportunities within the state's largest health system and only academic medical center and Level I trauma center.
Today, with help from generous financial support from D-HH and instruction from career healthcare professionals, Colby-Sawyer is proud to offer a Master of Science in Nursing program to further advance the careers of healthcare workers.