MSN - Nursing Education

Prepare for advanced nursing practice and to teach nursing excellence to the next generation of nurses in the online MSN Education degree at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Through a state-of-the-art, CCNE-Accredited program, you’ll learn how to improve patient outcomes and teach other nurses how to do so as well.

Coursework covers advanced clinical topics such as pharmacology, pathophysiology, traditional and non-traditional approaches to caring for patients, research methods and using evidence-based practice. Of course, you’ll also study teaching strategies, curriculum development and methods of evaluation to prepare you to teach at the collegiate level.

Your practicum is tailored to your career goals and exposes you to numerous aspects of academic and clinical teaching.

By graduation, you can do the following:

    Implement advanced practice nursing strategies
    Implement and evaluation of nursing education
    Use information technology to support teaching strategies
    Teach to diverse global communities
    Advance nursing science and practice through scholarly pursuits and collaboration
    Evaluate research for application to advanced practice roles
    Evaluate practice and program outcomes
    Interpret factors on health care and the educational environment
    Pursue doctoral study

You’ll study online when and where it’s best for you, so you never need to worry about skipping a shift to attend class. You can graduate within three years to step into educator roles and advanced clinical care.