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CNS Post-Nursing Master's
Plan of Study
 
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The CNS Post-Nursing Master’s CNS Program provides content andclinical experiences that meet criteria for the American NursesCredentialing Center (ANCC) Medical-Surgical CNS Certification Examination. This certification meets criteria to practice in Minnesota as a CNS according to the MN Nurse Practice Act. The program also offers opportunity for CNSs interested in prescriptive privileges.

Students can opt to earn a Post-Nursing Master’s Certificate by completing at least 10 semester credits or can design an individualized program to meet their professional needs. Students desiring prescriptive privileges will be individually evaluated in terms of the courses they will need to meet the MN Board of Nursing criteria for prescribing.

The program builds on the existing CNS curriculum. The CNS core curriculum includes seven required courses and six optional or elective courses. These courses include: **

Required Core Courses N502/402 Advanced Pharmacology          N504/404 Advanced Pathophysiology N620 Clinical Nurse Specialist Role I Seminar N624 Clinical Nurse Specialist Role II Seminar	Required Clinical Courses N621 Clinical Nurse Specialist Role I Clinical N623 Advanced Health Assessment N625 Clinical Nurse Specialist Role II Clinical N629 Clinical Nurse Specialist Prescribing Clinical
Optional/Elective Core Courses N506 Psychosocial Interventions in Family Care    N508/408 Advanced Role Seminar N602 Health Care for Rural America N516/416 Issues in Gerontology and Geriatrics for the 21st Century N650 Nursing Information Management & Decision Making	Optional/Elective Clinical Courses N519/419 Advanced Health  Promotion

** The post-master’s student will only need to take those courses with content not included in the student’s master’s program providing the course was taken within the past six years or the student can demonstrate minimum competency in application of the content. 

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