Master of Science in Nursing, Nursing Education Concentration

Wright State University

The purpose of the nursing education concentration is to prepare future instructors to teach nursing courses at the college level. The concentration consists of core nursing courses, advanced pathophysiology, applied pharmacology, advanced assessment, and nursing education courses.

Program Outcomes

The M.S. graduate will:

• Examine scientific findings from nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement, and organizational sciences for the continual improvement of nursing care across diverse settings
• Demonstrate leadership skills necessary for ethical and critical decision making, effective working relationships, and a systems-perspective to promote high quality and safe patient care
• Apply quality principles within an organization and articulate the methods, tools, performance measures, and standards related to quality
• Apply evidence-based outcomes within the practice setting, resolving practice problems, working as a change agent, and disseminating results
• Use communication strategies and patient-care technologies to integrate, coordinate, deliver, and enhance care
• Examine the policy development process and advocacy strategies necessary to intervene at the system level to influence health and health care
• Use communication strategies necessary for interprofessional collaboration and consultation to manage and coordinate care
• Integrate broad, organizational, client-centered, and culturally appropriate concepts in the planning, delivery, management, and evaluation of evidence-based clinical prevention and population care and services to individuals, families, and aggregates/identified populations
• Demonstrate advanced level of understanding of nursing and relevant sciences as well as the ability to integrate this knowledge into practice including both direct and indirect care components that influence health care outcomes for individuals, populations, or systems