Making a professional invesetment. George Mason University, offering more than 100 degree programs and the Northern Virginia Health Care Workforce Alliance, a coalition of academic, business, community and health care leaders, announce funding 50% tuition reimbursement for 20 full-time MSN in Nursing Education students. Students can choose from online, ground-based, or workplace sponsored courses. To apply, call D. Churos at 703-993-8896.

Master of Science in Nursing

Point of Contact

Joyce Hahn
Assistant Dean, Master's/Post Master's Division
jhahn2@gmu.edu
703-993-1935
     * For information about our MSN programs,
         please contact Janice Lee-Beverly at
         703-993-1947.

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Updated Admission Deadlines
For Master of Science in Nursing, EXCEPT FOR Nurse Practitioner and Joint MSN/MBA tracks:

Fall 2008: June 1, 2008
Spring 2009: November 1, 2008
Fall 2009: April 1, 2009

For Nurse Practitioner and MSN/MBA deadlines, visit our Application Deadlines page.

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Jack Kent Cooke 2008 Graduate Scholarship Program
Students and recent graduates who are planning on enrolling full-time in a
graduate program for fall 2008 may be eligible for up to $50,000 from the
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Students must be nominated by GMU to apply for
this award.

New Course - Nursing Informatics
NURS 594: Nursing and Healthcare Informatics: An Introduction - Introduces the field of nursing and health care informatics. Computer systems will be analyzed. The systems life cycle and will be explored. Health care data standards, classification schemes, and the electronic health record (EHR) will be introduced. Computerized systems in health care will be analyzed including methods of incorporating evidence to improve quality of care. Social, ethical, and legal issues associated with computerized health care delivery systems will be analyzed.

GMU Alumni Association Scholarships
Each year the Alumni Association presents four student scholarships - two undergraduate scholarships, one graduate scholarship, and one that is either for a undergrad or graduate students. Read More.

Online Nursing Course Offerings
Spring 2008 Online Course Offerings for the Master's in Nursing, Nurse Educator Track are available at our Distance Education Website.

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Introduction

The M.S.N. program is accredited by the Virginia State Board of Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The program prepares nurses for a variety of leadership roles in the health care delivery system. The Adult, Adult or Gerontological, and the Family Nurse Practitioner Primary Care tracks are part of a collaborative program with the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The Adult, Adult or Gerontological, and the Family Nurse Practitioner Primary Care tracks have been approved by the state boards of nursing and medicine in Virginia. The track in advanced clinical nursing prepares nurses to provide and manage care of individuals, families, and groups, including the chronically ill, the elderly, and others with self-care limitations. The track in nursing administration prepares nurses to function in management positions in hospitals, nursing homes, community health agencies, and other health-related facilities.

Admission Requirements

In addition to meeting the graduate admission requirements, an applicant to this program must have a cumulative GPA of 3.000 for the last 60 credits of undergraduate work, hold an active license as a registered nurse, and submit three letters of recommendation. Although the GRE is not formally required, applicants may be asked to submit GRE scores at the discretion of the school when it believes those scores will lead to a clearer presentation of the applicant's qualifications. Applicants must have successfully completed undergraduate statistics as well as a graduate bivariate statistics course.

Students applying to the tracks in advanced clinical nursing and all the nurse practitioner tracks must have a health assessment course with a skills component within 18 months of the clinical practicum in the master's program.

In addition, applicants to the nursing administration track are required to have the equivalent of one year's experience in direct patient care as a registered nurse. It is recommended that students applying to the advanced clinical nursing and the adult or gerontological nurse practitioner in primary care tracks have the equivalent of one year's experience in direct patient care as a registered nurse.

Students applying to any nurse practitioner track are required to have a minimum of one year experience in direct patient care.

Special Requirements

Graduate students are required to have annual health examinations and immunizations before enrolling in practicum courses. Students enrolled in the advanced clinical nursing, the adult, adult or gerontological, and family nurse practitioner primary care tracks must be in the process of completing a hepatitis B immunization series when they enroll for their first practicum course. Nursing administration students who have practicum placements in health care agencies also must be in the process of completing a hepatitis B immunization series when they enroll for their first practicum course. Student health and immunization records are monitored at the College of Health and Human Services Office of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, which charges a $10.00 fee for this service. All students are required to have an active e-mail account.

Degree Requirements

The master's program in nursing requires 37 to 48 graduate credits. Of these, a 13-credit core consists 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. The nursing administration and advanced clinical nursing tracks require an additional 24 credits; the adult, adult or gerontological, and the family nurse practitioner primary care tracks require an additional 29 credits; and the family nurse practitioner track requires an additional 35 credits. A graduate course in which a grade of C or below is earned may be repeated only once. Graduate students (both master's and doctoral students) may repeat no more than two courses in their total programs of study.