Goals of the MSN Program

1. Support the University' Mission and Core Values.
2. Prepare graduates who are able to design and evaluate programs of care to meet the unique, multiple, and complex human health needs of a global society.
3. Promote values and behaviors that encourage respect for diversity, acknowledge human worth and dignity and support advanced professional nursing practice.
4. Foster a commitment to the necessity of continued learning, thinking critically, and continuing to grow personally and professional nursing practice.
5. Contribute to the nursing profession and to socity through individual scholarship, leadership, and service

Overview

The Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences offers an innovative Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). The MSN has two tracks, ADN to MSN and BSN to MSN. There are two majors: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) – Adult Health (medical-surgical nursing) and Nursing Education - adult health/gerontology or parent-child nursing.

CNS – This 40-hour program prepares advanced practice nurses who work with patients, nursing personnel, and organizations/systems to improve the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of care. All didactic course work is offered online. Usually, CNS preceptors near the student's home supervise practicum courses. If no suitable preceptor can be found close to the student's home, concentrated practicum experiences will be offered in the Fort Worth area.

Nurse Educator – This 38-hour program prepares students to assume beginning faculty positions in schools of nursing. All didactic course work is online. Usually, preceptors near the student's home supervise practicum course work. If no suitable preceptor can be found close to the student's home, concentrated practicum experiences will be offered in the Fort Worth area.

Additionally, a post-Master's certificate option is available in both majors for nurses with a previous Master's Degree in another nursing specialty. The amount of course work required for the Post-Master's CNS Certificate is based on transcript review and the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas (BNE) requirements for CNS-Advanced Practice Nurse recognition. The 12-hour Post-Master's Nursing Education Certificate is composed of three online didactic courses and one precepted teaching practicum course.

Program Director is Kathleen M. Baldwin, RN, PhD,
Email: k.baldwin@tcu.edu

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