Overview

The online Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Nursing Education degree prepares you to advocate the highest care and ethical standards as a professional nurse. In this advanced master's in nursing education program, you study care policy as a framework to analyze how health is defined and how health care is designed and delivered in the U.S. and around the world. Emphasis is placed on issues of cost, quality, access, disparities and finance.

Grand Canyon University’s (GCU) MSN education program includes both a clinical practicum and a capstone course to strengthen critical thinking skills and place theory into practice in a supervised clinical care environment. The capstone in our nursing degrees helps you strengthen analytical and critical thinking skills. During the clinical practicum, you have the opportunity to place educational theories into practice in a supervised situation in order to integrate the role of the nurse educator into your professional behaviors. The master's in nursing education capstone requires you to develop an evidence-based project proposal that addresses a challenge in professional practice. You develop solutions based on research, propose a solution and develop a plan to implement the solution, evaluate its outcomes and disseminate the findings. 

GCU's bachelor's, master's and doctoral nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Select states may have additional requirements to meet their standards; reference your enrollment agreement or contact GCU for more information.