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
Term 1
| NURS 5549 | Trends, Issues, and Roles in Nursing Practice Education | 3 |
| NURS 5110 | Pharmacotherapeutics | 3 |
Term 2
| NURS 5223 | Health Care Policy and Ethics | 3 |
| NURS 5550 | Practicum I: Curriculum Design, Development and Program Evaluation | 3 |
Term 3
| NURS 5240 | Statistics and Epidemiology for Advanced Practice | 3 |
| NURS 5101 | Advanced Pathophysiology for Primary Care | 3 |
| NURS 5520 | Practicum II: Teaching Strategies and Learning Assessment | 3 |
Term 4
| NURS 5250 | Evidence-Based Practice and Research | 3 |
| NURS 5530 | Practicum III: Instructional Technology in Nursing Education | 3 |
Term 5
Term 6
| NURS 5215 | Health Promotion in Individuals and Vulnerable Populations | 3 |
| NURS 5551 | Practicum IV: Teaching in Clinical | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 42
*NURS 5121 Advanced Health Assessment (clinical space arranged by course faculty the term prior, going to online 2023)
Refer to
archived 2022 catalog for sample course sequence prior to Fall 2022.