Nursing, MSN (Entry Level-MSN)
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The following pre-nursing requisites are offered at California Baptist University:
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The number of theory and clinical hours required for NURS5020 are prescribed by the Board of Registered Nursing. For the first semester, practicum and classroom components of the courses are combined under one course number. Skills laboratory hours are assigned in addition to units above in required courses.
Practicum units for NURS5120P, NURS5220, NURS5240, NURS5270, NURS5330, NURS5360, NURS5370, NURS5390, and NURS5430 must be taken concurrent with corresponding classroom hours.
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course - Advanced Integrative Concepts: 3Ps
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Students in Nurse Educator concentration must take NURS5550, NURS5580, and NURS5600. Students in Nursing Informatics and Organizational Nursing Leadership concentrations must take NURS5200.
Complete one of the following concentrations: Nurse Educator; Nursing Informatics; Nursing Organizational Leadership
The Nurse Educator concentration will prepare students in curriculum design and development, teaching methodologies, educational needs assessment, and learner-centered theories and methods.
The Nursing Informatics specialty prepares advanced practice nurses to serve the profession of nursing by supporting the information processing needs of patient care and management. Nursing informatics integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science in identifying, collecting, processing, and managing data, information, and knowledge to support nursing practice, administration, education, and research. Graduates of this specialty are known as informatics nurse specialists, recognizing that the person is both a nurse and an informaticist. The informatics nurse specialist is one of the specialties recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center with certification via computer-based testing. CBU CON informatics curriculum ensures that the content and concepts taught include current and emerging trends in health care information technology with an emphasis on data science and evidence-based care.
Nursing Organizational Leadership (NOL) concentration will prepare students to examine roles in nursing administration emphasizing clinical outcomes management, care environment management, and inter-professional collaboration. After successful completion of coursework, required clinical hours, and any other criteria deemed necessary students can apply for certification. The program is aligned with the Nurse Manager/Leader competencies established by the Association of Nurse Leaders (AONL).
Admission standards for graduate studies at California Baptist University can be found in the admissions section of the University Catalog. In addition, each candidate must meet the following requirements for this program:​​​​​​
• Additional Grade Point Average •
• A minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA for admission.
• Minimum science GPA of 2.8 (consisting of the four science pre-requisites)
• TEAS Exam score of 60%
• Professional Resume • Personal Statement Essay
• NursingCAS application • Prerequisite self-evaluation form
• Interview (when invited)
• Prerequisites (All prerequisites must be completed with a grade of C or higher prior to pre-licensee admission) •
• Intermediate Composition
• Interpersonal Communication
• General Sociology or Cultural Anthropology or Holistic Health (ANTH 3150)
• Abnormal Psychology
• Introductory Statistics or Intermediate Algebra
• Lifespan Development or Developmental Psychology
• Human Anatomy/Physiology with lab (2 semesters)
• Organic and Biochemistry for Health Sciences with lab
• Human Microbiology with lab
• Required clearances: •
• CPR Certification
• Background Check Clearance
• Health Clearance
• Drug Testing
• Proof of Health Insurance
• Proof of Motor Vehicle Insurance