Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Nurse Educator Concentration

Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing offers an online Master of Science in Nursing Nurse Educator concentration for BSN-prepared registered nurses interested in becoming professional nurse educators with competencies in patient education, staff development, and academic practice education.

The Nurse Educator concentration prepares students to assume the complex professional educator role in a variety of settings by integrating prior learning with advanced graduate level course work and clinical experiences.

The Nurse Educator concentration emphasizes the role of clinical practice nursing education, including the importance of learning in academic practice settings. Students will learn the history and development of curriculum, self and learners in a variety of practice settings. Students will also learn to develop teaching plans to deliver and evaluate content to learners in the practice setting.

Graduates of the Nurse Educator Concentration will be prepared to prepare and deliver content to patients, communities, and other learners. Students will gain experiential learning in acute and community settings as well as academic practice settings. A Post-MSN Nurse Educator certificate is also available. Each student will have an individualized curriculum plan based on an analysis of the applicant’s prior course work.

Graduates will be prepared to take the National League for Nursing (NLN) Certified Nurse Educator (CNE®) exam and/or the Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE-Cl®) upon completion of requisite experience.

NOTE: All course grades will be included in the cumulative GPA calculation. The Admissions Department may provide 10-year forgiveness for cumulative GPA calculation. The student must submit a petition for forgiveness of prior grades to the Admissions Department. This letter will be placed in the student’s file. The GPA will then be appropriately calculated.

Admission Requirements
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from an accredited institution of higher education
• Minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale in all undergraduate course work
• Satisfactory completion of an undergraduate or graduate statistics course
• Current CV or resume
• Current, unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse in the United States
• An email with additional information regarding compliance requirements will be sent three months prior to start date.

Program Length: 28 months/seven (6) terms

Admission Deadline: Two months prior to program start

Term Start: Spring

Sample Course Sequence Effective Spring 2024

Term 1

NURS 6420	Health Promotion Theory and Population Health	3
NURS 6523	Foundations of Scholarly Writing and Evidence-Based Practice	3

Term 2

NURS 6327	Health Systems Policy	3
NURS 5549	Trends, Issues, and Roles in Nursing Practice Education	3

Term 3

NURS 5110	Pharmacotherapeutics	3
NURS 5547	Foundations and Innovation in Adult Education	3

Term 4

NURS 5101

Advanced Pathophysiology for Primary Care

Term 5

NURS 5121	* Advanced Health Assessment	3
NURS 5550	Practicum I: Curriculum Design, Development and Program Evaluation	3

Term 6

NURS 5520	Practicum II: Teaching Strategies and Learning Assessment	3
NURS 5546	Simulation Principles	3

Term 7

NURS 5530

Practicum III: Instructional Technology in Nursing Education

Term 8

NURS 5551

Practicum IV: Teaching in Clinical

Total Credit Hours: 39

Sample Course Sequence Effective Summer 2023 and Fall 2023