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Dec 26, 2024
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Graduate Catalog | 2016-2017 Previous Edition
Nursing: Nurse Educator, M.S.N.
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**This is a Distance Education program.**
This specialty focuses on preparing nurses for advanced practice as a Nurse Educator in a selected area of expertise. Students declare their specialty in their application and develop a portfolio from their graduate work demonstrating their expertise. Graduates are prepared for academic positions teaching nursing at the entry into practice or RN-BSN levels. Graduates who have two years of full-time teaching experience will be prepared to take the NLN certification exam for Nurse Educators.
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Additional Admission Requirements
- Current unrestricted licensure as a Registered Nurse. Current license in North Carolina or a compact state or the state identified by faculty for clinical practice before enrollment.
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited university. If the degree is not in Nursing and courses in Research, Leadership/Management, Aging and Health and Community Health are lacking, they will be required as part of the program of study (option available only to Nurse Administration, Community/Public Health Nursing, and Nurse Educator majors).
- One year of professional nursing practice is recommended.
- An essay (statement of purpose) describing the applicant’s experience and objective in undertaking graduate study in the chosen specialty including the qualities making them a strong applicant (See SON webpage for required elements of the Purpose Statement)..
- Overall GPA of at least 3.0 in the last degree earned.
- Completion of a statistics course with a grade of C or above.
- See School of Nursing website for admission deadlines.
Degree Requirements
This program requires completion of 39 credit hours in approved courses. Including:
Core Courses (12 credit hours)
System Core Courses (6 credit hours)
Specialty Courses (18 credit hours)
Elective Course
Select one of the following:
Capstone Courses (3 credit hours)
Additional Degree Requirements
- It is expected that the student will develop a portfolio demonstrating expertise in a specialization during this program of study.
- A total of 180 hours in a clinical specialty and 180 hours of supervised teaching experience, individually arranged, is required.
- Faculty Advising is required.
- Access to computer within minimum requirements for online courses. Current minimum computer hardware specifications are listed by Distance Education online at distanceed.uncc.edu.
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