graduate program: Nursing
Clinical Nurse Leader
The Department of Nursing is pleased to announce an exciting new concentration within the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program for registered nurses.
The MSN Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) concentration will prepare nurses to assume roles as advanced generalists who deliver nursing care at the point of care. This role, the Clinical Nurse Leader, is a national initiative developed by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in 2004 to address fragmentation in health care delivery. The CNL role is a proactive, integrative and comprehensive role that assists direct care providers in bringing the best of health care science and practice to the point of care. For further information regarding the CNL role, visit the AACN website at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/CNL.
The MSN CNL concentration requires a total of 43 credit hours. The program can be completed with full-time study in four semesters or part-time study in seven semesters. Classes for either track will be scheduled in the late afternoons and evenings. Full-time study will require more than one day per week for class.
The MSN CNL concentration is open to registered nurses with a BSN or a bachelor degree in another field (see course sequence). Registered nurses with two years of full-time nursing experience and either an associate degree or a diploma in nursing will be eligible for the program via the current RN to MSN program which requires 23 hours of prerequisite courses prior to entering the MSN program.
Registered nurses wishing to apply, click here for admission information and application materials.
For individuals with a bachelor’s degree in another discipline who wish to become registered nurses, Xavier University offers the Master of Science in Nursing: Direct Entry as a Second Degree (the MIDAS program). This program incorporates the CNL role. Application materials for the MIDAS program are available online at http://www.xavier.edu/msn/midas.cfm
If you prefer that application materials be mailed rather than printing them from the web site, contact Nancy McDonald at mcdonald@xavier.edu or (513) 745-1009.
For specific questions regarding the MSN CNL curriculum or course scheduling, contact Marilyn Gomez, Director of Nursing Student Services, at gomez@xavier.edu or (513) 745-4392.
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