Master's of Science, Nurse Educator Specialization

The NE program admits in the Fall semester, with small cohort sizes that ensure personalized faculty support. The program works with a hybrid class format (online and in person, synchronous nad asynchronous), so full-time professional nurses can fit classes into their schedule. The synchronous, in person sessions are Wednesday evenings from 4-9PM (1600-2100). One or two additional days per semester will be required on campus for Intensive sessions/meetings.

The entire program is four (4) semesters long (about two years), consisting of 36 units. This will include 225 total practicum course hours. During this time you will get the chance to work with nurse educators at local hospitals/agencies and with Master's and Doctorate prepared nursing faculty.

Visit the SJSU catalog for degree/graduation requirements, details on the MS Nurse Educator program, and course descriptions.

See NE Curriculum Roadmap.

The goal of the MS NE program is to provide educational excellence in the science and art of professional nursing to empower our graduates to be responsible and knowledgeable clinicians, leaders, and scholars who strive to meet changing global healthcare needs. The Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) were developed based on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's The Essentials of Master's Education in Nursing (2011) [pdf]. PLOs have been identified as preparing the graduate to:

Apply critical thinking and ethical decision-making including the use of the nursing and research processes

Provide theory and research-based culturally competent, safe therapeutic nursing interventions for clients in advanced nursing practice

Employ advanced interpersonal skills in professional relationships with clients, families/caregivers, and multidisciplinary health care team members

Support health promotion and disease prevention activities in developing and monitoring holistic plans of care for well and at-risk clients, considering access, quality and cost

Demonstrate the collaborative and leadership skills required in advanced nursing practice within a multidisciplinary and multicultural (community) health care context

Plan, implement, and evaluate advanced nursing practice that promotes and preserves health and healthy lifestyles of individual clients and aggregates

Plan, implement, and evaluate advanced therapeutic nursing practice in a rapidly changing, multicultural health care environment

Implement care management, including but not limited to case management, resource management, advocacy, and outcome evaluation

Employ information technology in advanced nursing practice to evaluate and improve health care delivery and outcomes

Actualize the advanced nursing practice role by incorporating professional standards, ethical guidelines, legal mandates, and professional activities

The goal of the MS NE program is to provide educational excellence in the science and art of professional nursing to empower our graduates to be responsible and knowledgeable clinicians, leaders, and scholars who strive to meet changing global healthcare needs.

PLOs have been identified as preparing the graduate to:

1. Integrate knowledge for advanced nursing practice along with knowledge from other disciplines, including a foundation in liberal arts, natural sciences, and social sciences, to form the basis for clinical judgment and innovation.
2. Employ holistic person-centered care including effective communication with clients, families/caregivers to provide respectful, coordinated, and compassionate care that is developmentally appropriate across the lifespan.
3. Promote overall population health by promotion and disease prevention while taking into consideration health policy and the social determinants of health to provide diverse, equitable, and inclusive health outcomes.
4. Practice advanced scholarship for the nursing discipline by the generation, synthesis, translation, application, and dissemination of nursing knowledge to transform healthcare through evidence-based practice.
5. Demonstrate quality and safety in implementation and improvement science required in advanced nursing practice.
6. Foster interprofessional partnerships required in advanced nursing practice to optimize intentional multidisciplinary collaboration to strengthen healthcare outcomes.
7. Adopt systems-based practice to proactively coordinate resources to provide equitable care in advanced nursing practice to diverse populations.
8. Utilize informatics and healthcare technologies to evaluate and improve health care delivery and outcomes in advanced nursing practice.
9. Represent professionalism by incorporating advanced practice standards, policy and procedures, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses, legal mandates, and high-quality care.
10. Embody personal, professional, and leadership development techniques that contribute to lifelong learning, support the acquisition of advanced nursing expertise, and sustain strong leadership.