ADN to MSN Program:

The Master's of Science in nursing program offers the opportunity for associate degree registered nurses (ADN) to achieve master's level preparation in nursing through an innovative curriculum plan. The ADN candidate is admitted to the accelerated program and required to complete a number of prerequisites before consideration for admission to the graduate program. The prerequisites include:

Liberal arts and humanities and college requirements(38 hours of lower division courses are required, may be taken at TCU or transferred:

English .......................................................................6 hours
Anatomy and Physiology.........................................8
Microbiology .............................................................3
Psychology.................................................................3
Growth and Development.......................................3
Speech .......................................................................3
Statistics ....................................................................3
Fine Arts/Humanities .............................................3
Foreign Language*....................................................6

* The speech course and an additional literature course may be substituted for the foreign language requirement. An additional 3 credit hours of course credit will be required to meet the prerequisite total of 38 hours of lower division credit.

Twenty-four hours of upper division courses will be taken at TCU of which 12 hours are nursing:

Upper division elective – NURS 30543 Family Health      Nursing ........................................................................3
Upper division writing intensive course –
    NURS 40053 Critical Inquiry into Health Care     Delivery.........................................................................3
Upper division literature course................................... 3
Upper division social science course
    (political science)..........................................................3

Undergraduate nursing curriculum requirements (12 credit hrs):

NURS 40632 Research and Theory in Nursing
                         Practice ........................................................2
NURS 40813 Community Health Nursing:
                         Concepts........................................................3
NURS 40882 Community Health Nursing:
                         Practicum......................................................2
NURS 40913 Role Development and Nursing                         Management: Concepts...............................3
NURS 50022 Advanced Practice Roles ............................2

Upon completion of all prerequisites with a TCU cumulative grade point average of 3.0, an acceptable score on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (verbal and quantitative sections - 1000) or the Miller Analogy Test (75th percentile for major), the ADN student will be allowed to enroll in graduate level coursework.

At the end of the first year, students who fail to meet these conditions will not be allowed to continue on in graduate study in nursing, but may consider completion of the baccalaureate degree requirements.

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