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Apr 20, 2024
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Missouri Baptist University 2021-2022 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
School of Nursing
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Mission Statement: The Missouri Baptist University School of Nursing will prepare students spiritually, intellectually and professionally through a foundation of liberal arts education. Students integrate personal faith in the practice of nursing serving in a global and culturally diverse society.
The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program will provide students with the advanced skills necessary to provide direct patient care at an advanced level, conduct research, teach online and in the classroom, impact public policy, lead health systems, consult with corporations, and implement evidence-based solutions that revolutionize heath care. These highly skilled providers are in great demand to fill established and emerging roles that allow nurses to focus on a variety of practice areas, such as geriatrics, pediatrics, public health, administration, informatics, forensics, systems improvement, and genetics/genomics.
Using a Christian Perspective, the MSN graduate will:
- Apply leadership skills and decision making in the provision of culturally responsive and high-quality nursing care (MSN Essential 2, 8).
- Analyze information about quality initiatives recognizing the contributions of individuals and interprofessional healthcare teams to improve health outcomes across the continuum of care (MSN Essential 3).
- Practice independently and collaboratively with an interprofessional team while delivering direct and indirect care services in various types of health care systems (MSN Essential 2, 7, 9).
- Use research findings from nursing and other disciplines as a basis for clinical decision-making to improve practice and to formulate health policy (MSN Essential 4, 6).
- Demonstrate communication skills, including health information management enhance the quality of care provided at individual and aggregate levels (MSN Essential 5, 7).
- Use ethical decision-making to promote the well-being of individuals, families, and health care professionals in local, state, and national communities (MSN Essential 6).
- Provide culturally competent care to all persons regardless of race, sex, age, socioeconomic status, culture, health care beliefs, and religion (MSN Essential 7, 8).
- Assumes the direct and indirect roles and functions of advanced nursing practice to promote health prevent illness, and improve the health of individuals, families, and communities (MSN Essential 9).
- Integrate personal faith and Christian values in the development of professional and advanced practice nursing.
The Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) will require students to select one of three tracks: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Nursing Educator, and Executive Leadership. The MSN program consists of 18 credit hours of shared core classes. Students pursing the FNP track will take an additional 28 credit hours of concentration courses. Students pursing the Nurse Educator or Executive Leadership track will take an additional 18 credit hours of concentration courses. There are no electives in the program. The courses required for the program are the only courses a student will take to earn the MSN degree in the respective track.
A student must have an earned Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from a college or university approved by a state Board of Nursing. Students must have a current, unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the United States. A student must have a minimum 3.0 GPA in the BSN degree.
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