MSN Program Objectives

The graduate of the master's component of the graduate program will:

1. Integrate research, scholarship, and evidence based practice from nursing and related sciences as a framework for planning holistic care of the patient in various environmental contexts. 
2. Demonstrate competence in providing and evaluating advanced nursing practice with an emphasis on safety and quality. 
3. Demonstrate leadership for advanced nursing practice as a member of an interprofessional team within various environmental contexts. 
4. Design evidence-based clinical prevention and population care and services to individuals, families, and communities.  
5. Critically appraise evidence in the planning, delivery and evaluation of safe and effective care within various environmental contexts. 
6. Demonstrates knowledge and skills to promote health and help shape the health delivery system through policy, processes, and advocacy. 
7. Develop culturally sensitive, ethical, and financially sound comprehensive nursing care to individuals, aggregates, and/or communities.  

MSN Distance Learning Prospective Applicants

Please note that as a result of state boards of nursing and the DOE Higher Education regulation changes, the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing will no longer be accepting applications for our distance learning MSN program from students residing in the following states: 

• Alabama, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New York (effective as of June 25, 2012)
• Louisiana (Nurse-Midwifery Distance Learning program only, effective as of October 17, 2012)
• Arkansas, Maryland and Oregon (effective as of Dec. 18, 2012)
• Tennessee and District of Columbia (effective as of May 9, 2013)

Master's Degree Requirements

The requirements for conferring the master's degree in nursing are:

• Successful completion of:
  • A) a minimum of 60 quarter credit hours of required courses taken in appropriate sequence for the enrolled major;

  • B) a master's capstone project relevant to the major in which enrolled (students desiring to do a thesis have the option to do so);
• Filing of appropriate forms with the University's Graduate School by the defined deadline;
• Payment of all delinquent University/College obligations; and
• Completion of program requirements within five years from matriculation date.

Reevaluation of program requirements will be necessary when the time period is not observed.

Critical Requirements

Prior to beginning course work, accepted students must provide satisfactory evidence of:

• A current license to practice as a registered nurse in Ohio; and
• A health history and required immunizations.