CNS: Curriculum
Online Course Designed for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
The MSN Clinical Nurse Specialist-Education program is delivered in an entirely online format. MSU uses ANGEL, an online course management system that supports distant student learning.
CNS students are required to attend a one-day, on-campus, orientation session when the program starts. Courses are all online and clinicals are intended to be completed in the students local region.
Courses
| NUR 802: | Theoretical Foundations and Role Development for the Advanced Practice Nurse |
| NUR 804: | Statistics for the Healthcare Professional |
| NUR 805: | Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nurses |
| NUR 806: | Research for Advanced Practice Nurses |
| NUR 807: | Clinical Decision Making |
| NUR 809: | Applied Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing |
| NUR 814: | Health Care Policy and Politics |
| NUR 860: | Physical Assessment for Clinical Nurse Specialist |
| NUR 861: | Curricular Design in Nursing Education |
| NUR 862: | Clinical Nurse Specialist Role Internship |
| NUR 864: |
Clinical Nurse Specialist Role Immersion |
| NUR 866: | Academic and Clinical Teaching Internship |
| NUR 868: | Topics in Nursing Education |









