West Suburban College

The Clinical Nurse Leader major prepares nurses to function as an advanced generalist to provide competent nursing care at the point of care and throughout the health care delivery system. The Clinical Nurse Leader will be prepared to sit for the Clinical Nurse Leader certification examination that is being prepared by the American Nurses Credentialing Center with the assistance of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).

Clinical Nurse Leader Major Objectives:

Integrate the use of communication skills, information systems and standardized languages in relation to clinical outcomes and continuous performance measures.
Create a capstone research project for oral & written presentation on a nursing practice topic.
Synthesize and apply theories and conceptual models from nursing and other related disciplines to facilitate clinical practice decision making.
Interpret and apply evidencedbased data to assess cohort risk, implement interventional strategies, and evaluate outcomes as part of an interdisciplinary health care team.
Design, implement, and evaluate innovative population based programs of care to achieve quality outcomes.
Develop collaborative interdisciplinary relationships and partnerships to improve the health care of the cohort population.
Serve as an advanced practice generalist for a cohort population within the selected health care subsystem.
Pursue continuous quality improvement through the clinical nurse leader role.

Major: Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL)		37 Semester Hours
NRG 5000*	Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice	3
NRG 5002*	Health Care Delivery	3
NRG 5003*	Nursing Research	3
NRG 5004*	Statistics	3
NRG 5101**	Advanced Health/Physical Assessment (30 clinical clock hours)	3
NRG 5102**	Advanced Pathophysiology	3
NRG 5103**	Advanced Pharmacology	3
NRG 5401	Clinical Nurse Leader I	3
NRG 5402	Clinical Nurse Leader II	3
NRG 5403	Clinical Nurse Leader Residency (480 clock hours)	8
NRG 5905	Scholarly Synthesis	2

* MSN CORE COURSES
** CLINICAL CORE COURSES

FALL 2009	SPRING 2010	FALL 2010	SPRING 2011	FALL 2011	SPRING 2012
5000 5002	5003 5004	5102 5103	5101 5401	5402	5403

The Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist major prepares nurses to provide clinical nursing expertise with the adult patient with a variety of medical and/or surgical health problems. The clinical nurse specialist will be prepared to sit for the Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) certification examination provided by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Major Objectives:

Integrate the use of communication skills, information systems and standardized languages in relation to clinical outcomes and continuous performance measures.
Create a capstone research project for oral & written presentation on a nursing practice topic.
Synthesize and apply theories and conceptual models from nursing and other related disciplines to facilitate clinical practice decision making.
Interpret and apply evidencedbased data to assess cohort risk, implement interventional strategies, and evaluate outcomes as part of an interdisciplinary health care team.
Design, implement and evaluate innovative individual or population-based programs of care to achieve quality outcomes.
Develop collaborative, interdisciplinary relationships that are aggregatefocused to improve the delivery of health care to select populations.
Serve as a leader, consultant, mentor or change agent in advancing nursing practice across the health care spectrum for the selected population.
Pursue continuous quality improvement through the adult clinical nurse specialist role.

Major: Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)		37 Semester Hours
NRG 5000*	Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice	3
NRG 5002*	Health Care Delivery	3
NRG 5003*	Nursing Research	3
NRG 5004*	Statistics	3
NRG 5101**	Advanced Health/Physical Assessment (30 clinical clock hours)	3
NRG 5102**	Advanced Pathophysiology	3
NRG 5103**	Advanced Pharmacology	3
NRG 5301	Clinical Nurse Specialist I	3
NRG 5302	Clinical Nurse Specialist II	3
NRG 5305	Clinical Nurse Specialist Residency (480 clock hours)	8
NRG 5905	Scholarly Synthesis	2

* MSN CORE COURSES
** CLINICAL CORE COURSES

FALL 2009	SPRING 2010	FALL 2010	SPRING 2011	FALL 2011	SPRING 2012
5000 5002	5003 5004	5102 5103	5101 5301	5302 5303	5303 cont.

The Nurse Administrator major prepares nurses to acquire a depth of knowledge and skill to transform the delivery of nursing and health care in leadership, management and systems administration positions. The nurse administrator is prepared to sit for the Nursing Administration or Nursing Administration Advanced (depending on the level of leadership with the organization) certification examinations provided by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Nurse Administrator Major Objectives:

Integrate the use of communication skills, information systems, and technology in relation to nursing administration.
Create a capstone research project for oral & written presentation on a nursing administration topic.
Synthesize and apply theories, conceptual models, principles from nursing and other related disciplines to facilitate clinical and administrative decision making.
Interpret and apply evidencedbased data to assess cohort risk, implement interventional strategies, and evaluate outcomes as part of an interdisciplinary administration team.
Develop strategies to achieve quality outcomes in care delivery with respect to patients, fiscal and human resources.
Develop collaborative relationships and partnerships that are interdisciplinary to improve the environment in which health care is delivered.
Provide leadership in conceptualization, design, implementation, and evaluation of health care delivery systems across the health care continuum.
Pursue continuous quality improvement through the nurse administrator role.

Major: Nurse Administrator		40 Semester Hours
NRG 5000*	Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice	3
NRG 5002*	Health Care Delivery	3
NRG 5003*	Nursing Research	3
NRG 5004*	Statistics	3
NRG 5201**	Informatics	3
NRG 5202**	Economics	3
NRG 5203**	Finance	3
NRG 5501	Human Resource Management	3
NRG 5502	Strategic Planning & Financial Management	3
NRG 5503	Quality, Utilization & Outcomes Management	3
NRG 5504	Nurse Administrator Residency (480 clock hour practicum)	8
NRG 5905	Scholarly Synthesis	2

* MSN CORE COURSES
** NURSING ADMINISTRATION CORE COURSES

FALL 2009	SPRING 2010	FALL 2010	SPRING 2011	FALL 2011	SPRING 2012
5000 5002	5003 5004	5201 5202	5203 5501	5502 5503	5504

The Nurse Educator major prepares nurses in an advanced practice role with competency to be an academic educator. The nurse educator will be prepared to sit for the National League of Nursing (NLN) Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) Examination.

Nurse Educator Major Objectives:

Integrate the use of communication skills, information systems, and technology in relation to nursing education.
Create a capstone research project for oral & written presentation on a nursing education topic.
Synthesize and apply theories, conceptual models and principles from nursing and other related disciplines to facilitate decision making related to nursing education.
Interpret and apply evidencedbased data to assess cohort risk, implement interventional strategies, and evaluate outcomes part of an educational team.
Design, implement and evaluate innovative teaching, learning and evaluation strategies used in educational programs to achieve quality outcomes.
Participate in innovative curriculum design and evaluation of program outcomes.
Develop and maintain collaborative relationships required in the delivery of effective nursing education programs.
Serve as a leader, consultant, mentor or change agent to advance nursing education and facilitate learner development and socialization.
Pursue continuous quality improvement through the nurse educator role.

Major: Nurse Educator (NE)		42 Semester Hours
NRG 5000*	Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice	3
NRG 5002*	Health Care Delivery	3
NRG 5003*	Nursing Research	3
NRG 5004*	Statistics	3
NRG 5101**	Advanced Health/Physical Assessment (30 clinical clock hours)	3
NRG 5102**	Advanced Pathophysiology	3
NRG 5103**	Advanced Pharmacology	3
NRG 5601	Clinical Management for Nurse Educators (60 hour clinical practicum)	3
NRG 5602	Teaching/Learning in Nursing Education	3
NRG 5603	Curriculum Development in Nursing Education	3
NRG 5604	Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education	3
NRG 5605	Nurse Educator Residency (420 hour teaching practicum)	7
NRG 5905	Scholarly Synthesis	2

*MSN CORE COURSES
**CLINICAL CORE COURSES

FALL 2009	SPRING 2010	FALL 2010	SPRING 2011	FALL 2011	SPRING 2012
5000 5002	5003 5004	5102 5103	5101 5501	5502 5503	5504 5505