Master of Science in Nursing
Why pursue a Graduate Degree in Nursing at Cedar Crest College?
A Leader in Nursing Education
The Cedar Crest College Master of Science in Nursing Program is a logical extension of its undergraduate degree program, which is renowned in the region for its academic quality.
Flexibility
The Program is designed to accommodate the schedule of today’s professional nurse. Complete the program in only two years with class attendance one night per week.
Small Class Size
Classes are capped at a maximum of 20 students, emphasizing individualized attention.
Specialization
Choose the specialty that suits your professional interest — our Nurse Educator or Nurse Administrator tracks. In both tracks, students can emerge as leaders in their fields — armed with a broad understanding of local and global trends in nursing and health care.
Nursing Education
A M.S. in Nursing from Cedar Crest with a focus on nursing
education provides the skills to help you prepare the next
generation of nursing professionals and advance current health
care professionals, as well as health care consumers. You will learn
to create effective learning environments for clients and students to
achieve desired outcomes, assess and evaluate client and student
learning, formulate programmatic outcomes and design curricula,
function as a change agent and leader, engage in scholarship, and
recognize how societal forces impact the role of the nurse educator.
Nursing Administration
With a M.S. in Nursing from Cedar Crest with a focus on nursing
administration, you learn to understand and evaluate the impact
of nursing decisions on the health care organization; apply your
knowledge to improve organizational effectiveness; learn to lead
and manage a diverse human workforce; develop collaborative
relationships within health care systems, the community and
academia; and facilitate change within health care organizations.
Industry Best Practices
A curricular emphasis on Evidence Based Practice prepares you to investigate, translate and integrate current best practice in your areas of specialization. In the final semester, students develop and Evidence Based Practice project with guidance from an expert faculty supervisor. A maximum 4:1 ratio ensures individualized attention for each student.
Strong Clinical Focus
The program’s strong clinical focus encourages students to further their clinical expertise while developing skills in the specialties of nursing education or nursing administration. Individualized clinical experiences are streamlined for working professionals.
Top Facilities
The Cedar Crest College nursing department’s facilities are housed in the Hamilton Boulevard Building, a brand new, state-of-the-art facility that is one of the finest of its kind in the region.
The 33,000 square foot building includes:
- Three state-of-the-art, multimedia labs, including a health assessment lab, a maternal and pediatric lab, and an adult health lab;
- A fully equipped nursing unit that simulates a hospital environment;
- A simulation center, with two adjacent computerized learning mannequin laboratories, and a separate control/observation room;
- A community health lab set up to replicate a home-care environment;
- Convertible classrooms and a conference room that seats 300.
Curriculum
Semester 1 (6 credits)
Conceptual & Theoretical
Foundations for Nursing: 3 credits CORE
Research for Evidence Based Nursing Practice: 3 credits CORE
Semester 2 (6 credits)
Informatics & Nursing Technology: 3 credits CORE
Issues and Trends Relevant to Nursing: 3 credits CORE
Semester 3 (6 credits)
Vulnerable Populations: Nursing Perspectives: 3 credits
Advances in Clinical Nursing Practices: 3 credits
Semester 4 (7 credits)
Clinical Nursing Practicum: 4 credits
Curricula in Nursing Education (Nurse Educator): 3 credits
or
Nursing Care Delivery Systems (Nurse Administrator): 3 credits
Semester 5 (6 credits)
Teaching Strategies for the Nurse Educator (Nurse Educator): 3 credits
or
Resources for the Delivery of Nursing Care (Nurse Administrator): 3 credits
Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: Preparation: 3 credits
Semester 6 (7 credits)
Nurse Educator Practicum (Nurse Educator): 5 credits
or
Nurse Administrator Practicum (Nurse Administrator): 5 credits
Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: Translation: 2 credits
Admission Requirements
- Completed application form with a non-refundable
application fee
[click here for online application] - Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an NLNAC- or CCNEaccredited program
- Current RN license
- Minimum of 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) in a BSN program
Submission of:
- Current resume with a professional goals statement
- CPR Certification
- Clearances:
- Child Abuse
- Criminal Record
- Physical - Completion of undergraduate statistics, research, and health assessment courses with a grade of C or better
- Three (3) professional recommendations preferably from
professional nurses with graduate degrees, including:
- Current employer (1)
- Nursing Professor (1)
- Other nursing professional (1)
- Note: The Department of Nursing may make exceptions to the recommendation requirements, on a case-by-case basis.
[click here for recommendation form] - Completion of an interview with the Director of the Graduate Nursing Program
- A sample of previously written, scholarly work such as a published journal article or paper presented at a nursing conference
- Recent relevant practice in nursing preferred (a minimum of one year)
- Satisfactory scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for all applicants who are non-native English speakers.
Provisional Acceptance
Provisional acceptance will be considered for students who do not meet all admission criteria. Once granted provisional acceptance into the program, the student must maintain a 3.0 GPA in the first 6 credits.
Visiting Students
Candidates may apply as a non-degree visiting student and take a maximum of 6 credits from the nursing CORE courses. Upon completion of those credits, students must apply for admission.
Financial Aid
Students accepted to the Master of Science in Nursing Program may apply for graduate level federal Stafford Loans. Please contact Student Financial Services at 610-606-4602 for more information.
For Additional Information contact:
The Center for Lifelong Learning
Phone: 1-800-360-1222 or610-740-3770
Email: graduateprograms@cedarcrest.edu
or email the Director of the Graduate Nursing Program:
Dr. Wendy Robb at wjrobb@cedarcrest.edu
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