Clinical Nurse Leader
The CNL major is a new innovative master's degree that prepares the student to achieve positive patient outcomes directly at the bedside.
This major has a total of 32 credit hours with an immersion quarter comprised of 320 precepted clinical hours. The clinical immersion allows the student to work closely with nursing faculty and institutional partners to develop skills such as transformational leadership, change management, conflict resolution and integration of evidence-based practice.
During the immersion process, the graduate student will assimilate theory into practice by completing a project in conjunction with the institutional partner. Projects will positively enhance health care delivery and prepare the graduate nurse for leadership positions within a unit or specialty group practice.
Graduate Nursing Core
| NURS 622 | Health Care Systems | 4 hrs. |
| NURS 636 | Development of Nursing Knowledge | 3 hrs. |
| NURS 638 | Using Evidence-Based Knowledge in Practice | 3 hrs. |
| Total: | 10 hrs. |
CNL Core
| NURS 670 | Advanced Health Assessment | 4 hrs. |
| L SC 500 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 4 hrs. |
| NURS 666 | Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 5 hrs. |
| Total: | 13 hrs. |
CNL Specialty
| NURS 624 | Clinical Leadership | 4 hrs. |
| NURS 626 | Clinical Leader Immersion | 4 hrs. |
| NURS 696 | Clinical Leader Capstone | 2 hrs. |
| Total: | 10 hrs. | |
| Major Total: | 33 hrs. |
