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Master of Science in Nursing

Program Requirements
MS with Concentration in Community Health Nursing
Specialization in Nurse - Midwifery

Graduates meet requirement for certification and licensure by the California Board of registered Nursing. Graduates are eligible to sit for select national certification examinations. The program is accredited by the American College of Nurse Midwives and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Part-time (3-4 year) and full-time (2 year) options of study are available. Required courses for the nurse-midwifery specialization are as follows:

  Core Courses Units
NURS 604A Theoretical and Research Bases of Nursing 3
NURS 604B Theoretical and Research Bases of Nursing 3
NURS 608 Nursing in the Health Care System 3
NURS 684 Information Systems for Nursing 3
  Core Total Units 12
  Community Health Concentration Courses Units
NURS 632 Community Health Nursing 3
NURS 799 OR
NURS 798
Thesis - Plan A
Comprehensive Exam - Plan B
3
  Community Health Concentration Total Units 6
  Specialization Courses Units
NURS 501 Advanced Health Assessment & Health Promotion 3
NURS 501L Advanced Health Assessment & Health Promotion Laboratory 1
NURS 610 Pathophysiology in Adults and Elderly 3
NURS 636 Women's Health Assessment and Management I 3
NURS 637 Women's Health/Nurse Midwifery Clinical Practicum I 2
NURS 638 Nurse Midwifery Intrapartum and Newborn Assessment and Management II 3
NURS 639 Women's Health/Nurse Midwifery Clinical Practicum II 6
NURS 654 Advanced Practice Nursing: Primary Care I 3
NURS 658 Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nurse 3
NURS 744 Women's Health/Nurse Midwifery Assessment and Management III 3
NURS 745 Women's Health/Nurse Midwifery Clinical Practicum III 6
  Specialization Total Units 36
  Total Degree Units 54

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PLEASE NOTE- Course and graduation requirements for all SDSU programs change periodically. Official requirements are always current in the PRINTED university catalogs. An online version of the catalog is available for quick reference only, however current students must always reference the PRINTED catalogs. Copies are available in the bookstore and from department staff.


last updated: 5/29/2008

                                                                                                                   

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