Online MSN Program: Nursing Education
Educate the Next Generation of Nurses
Affordable Tuition
Small Classes
No On-Campus Residency
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- Duration 1 year
- Cost per Credit $411
- Credit Hours 36
Program Benefits
- Spring, summer and fall start dates
- Experiential learning through coursework
- Small classes and personalized attention
- Pending CCNE accreditation for the online program
Hone Your Leadership Skills as a Nurse Educator
The online MSN nursing education curriculum will prepare you to get certified and make a successful transition to an in-demand role within the health care industry. You’ll graduate ready to pursue a specialized career and help fill a critical need for nurses by educating the next generation. In fact, there is a 23% growth prediction for the job outlook of nursing leadership and management positions across the United States.1
- Integrate scientific findings from nursing, sciences and the humanities for the continual improvement of nursing care across diverse settings. Manage complex clinical cases and provide leadership at the point of care for individuals, families, groups, and populations.
- Demonstrate organizational and systems leadership in current healthcare and educational issues for the promotion of high quality and safe patient care, including the emphasis on ethical and critical decision making, effective working relationships and a systems perspective.
- Apply methods, tools, performance measures, standards related to quality and quality principles within an organization.
- Apply nursing research outcomes within the practice setting, resolve practice problems, work as a change agent, and disseminates results.
- Manage informatics and healthcare technologies to provide integrated and coordinated care to individuals, families and aggregates/identified populations.
- Intervene at the system level through policy development processes and advocacy strategies to influence nursing education, health and healthcare.
- Provide leadership of interprofessional teams by communicating, collaborating and consulting with other health professionals.
- Integrate patient-centered and culturally appropriate concepts in the education, planning, delivery, management and evaluation of evidence-based clinical prevention, health promotion, and services to individuals, families, and aggregates.
- Demonstrate advanced nursing practice interventions including both direct and indirect care components that influence healthcare outcomes for individuals, populations or systems.
Online
1 year
36 total credits
Prepare the Next Generation of Nurses
Graduates of the MSN degree in the Nursing Educator track go through a curriculum that combines a core of advanced nursing courses with specialty courses in education, which address current health care issues. You will play an integral role in the future of nursing by sharpening your skills and sharing your passion for patient care with the next generation of nurses.
In this course, the student will examine multiple educational theories. The student critiques the components of the theories and explores the value and contributions of the theories to nursing, advanced nursing, and evidence-based practice. The student will show how to apply the theories in education with clients and their families.
In this course, the student focuses on the processes of curriculum development. Traditional and advanced program development applied to various educational environments are examined. Students in this course learn the theoretical foundations that address curriculum development, assessment and evaluation. They also focus on portions of the curriculum, which include social, professional and educational trends that affect nursing education curriculum.
In this course, the student explores how to plan instruction on a nursing topic, creating and adapting meaningful lessons and assessment/evaluation strategies for multiple learning environments and learner characteristics. The student will consider the diverse learning needs and ethical considerations of various learner groups (e.g., vulnerable populations, clients with disparities, nursing students, staff and patients/caregivers). Students also examine how to effectively integrate technology tools and develop lessons encompassing those needs. Students will explore evaluation strategies and related outcome measurements and how technology can assist. This course includes a 45-contact-hour clinical integration experience.
Career Spotlight
Nurse Educator3 $76,591 per year
Online
1 year
36 credits
Enhance Your Nursing Expertise
Graduates of the MSN in Clinical Nurse Leader track will be equipped with the skills you need to coordinate patient care, evaluate patient outcomes and manage risk and improve quality with a focus on evidence-based practice.
This course provides an examination of theoretical models of nursing and leadership along with selected theoretical frameworks for understanding role development, organizational behavior, decision-making and conflict resolution in the health care environment.
This course provides the opportunity for the student to focus on clinical outcomes management for clinical populations through the delivery of evidence-based nursing practice in the areas of illness/disease management, health promotion and disease reduction/prevention. This course includes a 60-contact-hour clinical integration experience.
This course provides the student with a 300-hour immersion experience to become proficient in applying concepts from all previous courses with a specific population. Students will select settings to practice the role of the Clinical Nurse Leader on a full-time basis guided by a designated clinical preceptor and faculty partner.
Career Spotlight
Nursing Instructor4 $83,160 per year
Online
1 year
36 total credits
Develop High-Level Leadership Skills
If you graduate with an MSN degree in the Executive Leadership track, you will be positioned to influence policy and steer big-picture thinking in your workplace. You will come away with the necessary administrative skills to oversee complex health care organizations.
This course provides an examination of theoretical models of nursing and leadership along with selected theoretical frameworks for understanding role development, organizational behavior, decision-making and conflict resolution in the health care environment.
This course will delve into the quality and safety issues facing healthcare today. QSEN goals and objectives will be utilized so that the student has an in-depth knowledge facing nursing leaders in health care. This course includes a 45-contact-hour clinical integration experience.
This course incorporates the study of management principles and practices with the analysis of human behavior within organizations. Students will learn advanced behavioral science theories and assess how they integrate with management theories resulting in effectiveness, efficiency and human resource development within organizations.
Career Spotlight
Chief Nursing Executive3 $156,871 per year
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Total estimated total tuition is $14,796, not including other costs.
Spring Hill College is accredited by the SACSCOC and is seeking Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accreditation for the online MSN.*
*The online MSN program at Spring Hill College is pursuing initial accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org). Applying for accreditation does not guarantee that accreditation will be granted.
Yes, you can choose from three career tracks: clinical nurse leadership, nursing education and executive leadership.
You will be prepared to take the CNL or nurse educator exam, both of which are national tests.
Sources
- https://nursejournal.org/careers/nurse-leadership/salary/#:~:text=There%20is%20a%2023%25%20growth,their%20chosen%20field%20of%20practice
- https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Clinical_Nurse_Specialist_(CNS)/Salary
- https://www.indeed.com/career/chief-nursing-executive/salaries
- https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes251072.htm