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MSN - Adult Health and Illness,
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Track
The track for a clinical nurse specialist prepares a professional
for overseeing nursing care for a group of well or ill clients in
hospitals, homes, and primary care settings, acting as a program
director in some positions. Two major areas of responsibility include
direct and indirect patient care. This nurse moves in and out of
direct care situations when expert skill and knowledge are required.
The clinical nurse specialist is accountable to patients, advocates
for them, and evaluates the quality of nursing services. In indirect
care, this nurse's responsibility is primarily to a nursing staff,
serving as a consultant, bringing expert clinical knowledge to health
care providers on a system-wide basis, and applying current research
findings to patient care. This nurse's expertise contributes greatly
to the plan of care for patients.
| This track can be combined with the certificate
in gerontology as an option for a gerontology clinical nurse
specialist. |
This track requires a total of 512 clinical hours. The clinical experiences
are in NUR 625 and NUR 626.
The
curriculum for clinical nurse specialists in adult health
and illness is presented in a Hybrid/Web assisted
format offering the convenience of distance education along
with selected on-campus classes within each course. Please
read more...
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Core Courses
NUR 604 Research and Theory I
NUR 605 Research and Theory II
NUR 607 Advanced Practice Nursing and Administration in Health Care
Delivery Systems
NUR 608 Population-Based Care and Advanced Practice Nursing
Advanced Core Courses
NUR 512 Nursing Informatics
NUR 616 Assessment of the Adult in Health and Illness
NUR 617 Pharmacology
NUR 618 Pathophysiology
Clinical Nurse Specialist Track Courses
NUR 623 (formerly 620) Biopsychosocial Processes I
NUR 624 (formely 621) Biopsychosocial Processes II
NUR 625 Field Study in Adult Health and Illness I (256 hrs.)
NUR 626 Field Study in Adult Health and Illness II (256 hrs.)
PLUS 1 Elective
| Course Credits - Clinical Nurse Specialist
(AHI) |
| Course Number |
Credits |
Track |
| NUR 512 |
3 Credits |
Core |
| NUR 604 |
3 Credits |
Core |
| NUR 605 |
3 Credits |
Core |
| NUR 607 |
3 Credits |
Core |
| NUR 608 |
3 Credits |
Core |
| NUR 616 |
3 Credits |
Advanced Core |
| NUR 617 |
3 Credits |
Advanced Core |
| NUR 618 |
3 Credits |
Advanced Core |
| NUR 623 |
3 Credits |
AHI Track |
| NUR 624 |
3 Credits |
AHI Track |
| NUR 625 |
4 Credits |
AHI Track |
| NUR 626 |
4 Credits |
AHI Track |
| PLUS 1 Elective |
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| Total 41 Credits |
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For a list of the Adult
Health and Illness, Clinical Nurse Specialist Track
Course Descriptions,
click on the link.
For a complete list of MSN
Course Descriptions, please go to the Online
Graduate Catalog, click on "Section 2"
to open up the list of Graduate Programs and then click on "MSN
and Certificate Programs".
Czekanski, Kathleen, PhD, RN, CNE
Director
Graduate Nursing Program
La Salle University
1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141 USA
Phone (215) 951-1322
Fax (215) 951-1896
e-mail: msnapn@lasalle.edu
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