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Curriculum Plan Nurse Educator Concentration

Course Name	Course #		Credits
Graduate Core Courses(12 Credits)
Advanced Nursing Practice Grounded in Caring	NGR	6110	3
Philosophical & Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice Roles	NGR	6811	3
Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice	NGR	6812	3
Leadership, Policy, & Finance in Advanced Nursing Practice	NGR	6891
Direct Care Core Courses (9 Credits)
Advanced Health Assessment	NGR	6002	2
Advanced Health Assessment Lab*	NGR	6002L	1
Advanced Pathophysiology	NGR	6141	3
Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics	NGR	6172	3
> Concentration Courses(18 Credits)
Curriculum Evolution and Models in Nursing Education (selected weekends) Offered in Fall	NGR	6713(**)	3
Advanced Nursing Education Practicum (120 hrs per credit/ 8 hrs per week)	NGR	6944L	3 *** (1-3 variable credit. May be taken one credit at a time.)
Evaluation in Nursing Education (selected weekends) *First half of Semester Offered in Spring	NGR	6718(**)	3
Creative Teaching-Learning Methods in Nursing Education (selected weekends) *Second half of Semester	NGR	6711 (**)	3
Advanced Concepts for Direct Care Nursing Situations	NGR	6006	3
Direct Care Focus Practicum	NGR	6006L	3 ***
Total Credits			39

* Requires 120 hours/credit. This is a total of 360 hours of a variety of supervised teaching experiences.
** Concentration Courses are generally offered once a year.
*** Requires 360 hours supervised, direct care experiences.
-Live (on-campus) courses are usually on Thursdays anytime between 8am-8pm. Nursing Education Concentration Courses are offered on selected weekends.
-Most courses are available on-line.

A breakdown of FAU Tuition and fees is located online:
http://www.fau.edu/controller/student_information/tuition_breakdown.php

Fee for Lab Courses

There is a $150.00/credit fee for the Advanced Health Assessment lab course. The purpose of the fee is to cover the higher cost of instruction for these courses due to lower faculty-student ratios and increasing use of simulation and standardized patients.

The following course carries this fee:

NGR 6002L - 1 credit, $150 fee

Second MSN Degree Option

Courses Typically Completed in Direct Care Focus Concentrations at FAU*

*(Courses may vary by graduation year)

MSN CORE COURSES		CREDITS
NGR 6110	Advanced Nursing Practice: Grounded in Caring	3
NGR 6811	Philosophy & Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice Roles	3
NGR 6812	Nursing Research Evidence Based Practice	3
NGR 6891	Leadership, Policy and Finance: Advanced Nursing Practice	3
MSN DIRECT CARE CORE COURSES		CREDITS
NGR 6002	Advanced Health Assessment	2
NGR 6002L	Advanced Health Assessment Lab	1
NGR 6141	Advanced Pathophysiology	3
NGR 6172	Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics	3