Core Courses
Of the total amount of graduate credits needed to complete the Master’s in Nursing at GMU (which ranges from 37-48 depending on program), a series of core courses and a prerequisite course in bivariate statistics are required. The core courses (13 credits) consist of course work in the theoretical foundations of nursing, applications in nursing research, a seminar in the ethics of health care, and a course on the organization of nursing and health care delivery systems.
All students seeking a degree are urged to apply for University admission as soon as possible. A maximum of 9 credits may be earned in non-degree status in the College of Health and Human Services. Students seeking a degree/advanced certificate must have an official program plan drafted by meeting with a CHHS advisor.
Course # |
Course Name |
Catalog Description |
|---|---|---|
| NURS 597 |
Data Analysis (3:3:0) |
A graduate level course that examines univariate and bivariate statistical procedures appropriate for analyzing quantitative healthcare research data analysis procedures. Transfer credit will be accepted for courses that meet the requirement. The course is a prerequisite and is not part of the required 37 credit hours for the MSN. |
NURS 688 |
Organization of Nursing and Health Care Delivery Systems ( 3:3:0) |
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate nursing program. Provides a foundational overview of U.S. nursing and health care delivery systems. Surveys the key concepts, frameworks, processes, and structures related to health care delivery organizations. Lecture/ discussion. |
NURS 660/ |
Seminar in the Ethics of Health Care (3:3:0) |
Examines moral dilemmas within the health care profession. Special emphasis on patients' rights, professionals' obligations to other professionals, and issues of social justice in health care. Methods of moral deliberation based on ethical knowledge and justification are applied to ethical dilemmas in health care. |
NURS 680 |
Theoretical Foundations Related to Nursing (2:2:0) |
Examines and evaluates assumptions, concepts, and propositions inherent in selected nursing and related discipline theories. |
NURS 685 |
Advanced Nursing Research Methods (3:3:0) |
Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate nursing program, pre-or corequisite: NURS 755, and a graduate-level bivariate statistics course. Examines principles and methods of research in problem identification, theoretical framework, design, data collection, and analysis. Students develop a nursing research proposal. |
NURS 686 |
Projects in Nursing Research (2:2:0) |
Prerequisite: NURS 685. Students apply the knowledge gained in NURS 685 and implement the research proposal designed in NURS 686. |