Earn Your Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in
A degree designed for BSN-prepared nurses who want to enter a variety of roles in nursing education, either as a clinical educator or academic educator in both traditional and nontraditional settings in nursing education.
Nursing Education
An Accredited Nursing Degree
Graduate students learn clinical and organizational decision-making skills based on critical thinking, evidence-based research and diagnostic reasoning. The nursing education program teaches students advanced pathophysiology, pharmacology, health assessment curriculum design and development, teaching methods, how to assess educational needs, program evaluation and understanding learner-centered theories.
There are six main focuses:
- Scientific Underpinnings for Practice
- Leadership, Policy and Advocacy
- Systems, Safety and Quality
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Analytic Foundations for Practice, Ethics and Professional Role
- Nursing Education
The MSN Nursing Education program at GCU includes clinical hours and a practicum capstone course to strengthen critical-thinking skills and place educational theories into practice in a supervised clinical-care environment.
Why Get Your MSN in Nursing Education from GCU?
The MSN nursing education program at Grand Canyon University gives students the opportunity to choose the focus of their practicum experience and provides direct clinical hours to ensure advanced skills in assessment. The MSN-Ed program also follows the National League for Nursing (NLN) competencies and prepares graduates for NLN certification as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE).
Nursing Education
Earn Your Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in
A degree designed for BSN-prepared nurses who want to enter a variety of roles in nursing education, either as a clinical educator or academic educator in both traditional and nontraditional settings in nursing education.
Online1 Programs Available
An Accredited Nursing Degree
Graduate students learn clinical and organizational decision-making skills based on critical thinking, evidence-based research and diagnostic reasoning. The nursing education program teaches students advanced pathophysiology, pharmacology, health assessment curriculum design and development, teaching methods, how to assess educational needs, program evaluation and understanding learner-centered theories.
There are six main focuses:
- Scientific Underpinnings for Practice
- Leadership, Policy and Advocacy
- Systems, Safety and Quality
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Analytic Foundations for Practice, Ethics and Professional Role
- Nursing Education
The MSN Nursing Education program at GCU includes clinical hours and a practicum capstone course to strengthen critical-thinking skills and place educational theories into practice in a supervised clinical-care environment.
Why Get Your MSN in Nursing Education from GCU?
The MSN nursing education program at Grand Canyon University gives students the opportunity to choose the focus of their practicum experience and provides direct clinical hours to ensure advanced skills in assessment. The MSN-Ed program also follows the National League for Nursing (NLN) competencies and prepares graduates for NLN certification as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE).
"I knew as soon as I graduated with a BSN in nursing that I would continue to advance in nursing by one day returning to school. Grand Canyon University's program provides me with the flexibility to continue to work in a career I love while pursuing an advanced degree. I am able to complete classes by having the hybrid online and in classroom experience. I look forward to the challenged and experience this next year will provide in bringing me one step closer to my degree."
Tracy Von Aspen
M.S. in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner
Online Programs Available
"I knew as soon as I graduated with a BSN in nursing that I would continue to advance in nursing by one day returning to school. Grand Canyon University's program provides me with the flexibility to continue to work in a career I love while pursuing an advanced degree. I am able to complete classes by having the hybrid online and in classroom experience. I look forward to the challenged and experience this next year will provide in bringing me one step closer to my degree."
Tracy Von Aspen
M.S. in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner
Earn Your Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in
Nursing Education
Online1 Programs Available
A degree designed for BSN-prepared nurses who want to enter a variety of roles in nursing education, either as a clinical educator or academic educator in both traditional and nontraditional settings in nursing education.
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Share your passion for nursing by educating the next generation of nurses. This online nursing degree helps you prepare for a role as a clinical or academic educator.
Have a Bachelor's Degree in a Field Other Than Nursing?
Bridge Program: MSN: Nursing Education
The Bridge (Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Nursing Education) program is designed for aspiring nurse educators who hold a bachelor's degree in a field other than nursing. By completing the MSN bridge program coursework, you gain the educational foundation needed to begin your MSN coursework and prepare for a career as a patient or nurse educator in clinical or academic settings.
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Total Program Credits: 36
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1 Clinical, practicum and immersion hours completed locally.