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Nov 23, 2024
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2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Nursing (ME), MSN
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Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of USF’s MSN program will understand the rationale for care and competently deliver this care to an increasingly complex and diverse population in multiple environments at the point-of-care, across the lifespan with particular emphasis on health promotion and risk reduction services. At the completion of the program, the graduate will:
- Clinical leadership for patient-care practices and delivery, including the design, coordination, and evaluation of care for individuals, families, groups, and populations;
- Participation in identification and collection of health care outcomes;
- Accountability for evaluation and improvement of point-of-care outcomes, including the synthesis of data and other evidence to evaluate and achieve optimal outcomes;
- Risk anticipation for individuals and cohorts of patients;
- Lateral integration of care for individuals and cohorts of patients;
- Design and implementation of evidence-based practice(s);
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- Team leadership, management and collaboration with other health professional team members;
- Information management or the use of information systems and technologies to improve health care outcomes;
- Stewardship and leveraging of human, environmental, and material resources;
- Advocacy for patients, communities, and the health professional team; and,
- Leadership in delivering competent and safe patient care to individuals and groups in a variety of settings based in liberal arts and the natural sciences.
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Prerequisites
Note: prerequisite exceptions are reviewed on an individual basis
- Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology: Must be completed within the last 7 years
Lecture and lab required; labs must be completed in person
Minimum of 4 units each
- 1 Psychology course
- 1 Statistics course
- 16 semester or 24 quarter units of Natural, behavioral, and/or social sciences
This total includes Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology, and Psychology.
- 6 semester or 9 quarter units of communication
Must include an English compositions course. The remaining units can be made up of either another writing course or a communication course
- International Students: For those students seeking an F1 visa, please note that in order to receive your I-20, you must complete all admission requirements. USF is not able to issue an I-20 to a prospective student before they have met all criteria for full-admission. If you need an I-20 to apply for an F-1 visa, you will want to plan ahead and make sure you can get your I-20 and visa in time to attend the program.
- Please note that we are not accepting international applications for our Orange County campus at this time.
Major Requirements (92 Units)
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