| BSN to PhD in Nursing Focus of the program
The MUSC BSN to PhD in Nursing program is designed to fast track students from the baccalaureate to the doctoral degree. The program prepares graduates who know they want careers that require research and scholarship abilities. Career goals include faculty, researchers, clinicians, and nurse-scientists who possess a strong background in the discipline of nursing. The BSN to PhD curriculum builds upon the knowledge and skills obtained in a baccalaureate in nursing program by requiring selected Master's level courses that will prepare students for advanced professional practice roles. These master's level courses will provide the platform from which students can engage in a program of intellectual inquiry at the doctoral level. Students receive a PhD in Nursing degree upon completion of the curriculum, not the MSN. However, if a student in the BSN to PhD program desires specialty certification in a specific MSN graduate track, (e.g. family nurse practitioner) all required course-work and clinical hours of practice must be completed for the specific MSN track. Students who desire specialty certification will receive the MSN degree upon completion of the master's courses. Students then progress directly into doctoral course work and receive a PhD in Nursing degree. The BSN to PhD curriculum for students who are not seeking specialty certification is currently a minimum of 78 MSN and PhD level semester hours. The curriculum can be completed on a full-time basis in five years. Part-time study is available and developed on an individual basis with a faculty advisor. The doctoral portion of the curriculum is designed to provide students with a core foundation in nursing theory development, research, and knowledge translation. The mentored research experience serves to strengthen skills in the conduct of disciplined inquiry, while the mentored teaching experience promotes skills in curriculum planning and teaching competencies. Program options build on the core foundation and allow students to develop an individualized program of study in conjunction with a faculty advisor. The goal of the curriculum is to prepare beginning researchers in a defined area of nursing science. Full Time Sample Plan of Study
BSN-PhD Nursing Science Degree - Applies to Current Students (part-time study options are available) View PhD Course Descriptions Year 1 | | |
| NURSM | 769 | Health Care Finance | 2 sh | (2,0,0) | |
| NURSM | 751 | Foundations of Advanced Practice Nursing | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | |
| NURSM | 802 | Health Policy, Research, and Issues for Advanced Practice Nurses | 2 sh | (2,0,0) | | *An additional 9 semester hours of course work that supports the student's specialty focus will be completed. Selection of courses will be made in consultation with the faculty advisor. Master's level course work may be concurrently taken with doctoral level classes. Depending on the student's previous educational and employment experiences, faculty advisors may require students to take additional courses as prerequisites for the doctoral level research and statistics courses. A graduate level research course must have been completed within the last five years. 9sh | | Minimum Graduate Semester Hours | 16 sh |
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| NRPHD | 724 | Applied Statistical Methods for Nursing Research | 4 sh | (4,0,0) | | NRPHD | 802 | Knowledge Development in Nursing Science* | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NRPHD | 801 | Advanced Quantitative Research Methods | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NRPHD | 710 | Doctoral Toolbox Series: I-Integrative Review | 1 sh | (3,0,1) | |
| NRPHD | 701 | Theories, Constructs, and Concepts of Vulnerabilities* | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NRPHD | 806 | Advanced Qualitative Methods | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NRPHD | 807 | Advanced Applied Statistical Methods for Nursing | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NRPHD | 711 | Doctoral Toolbox Series: II-Publication | 1 sh | (1,0,0) | |
| NRPHD | 971, 800,
808 | Mentored Research or Mentored Teaching or Mentored Health Policy & Advocacy** Variable credits (pre-req to Mentored Teaching is NRPHD 725, NURSM703, or equiv.) | 1-9 sh | (1-9,0,0) | | NRPHD | 702 | Vulneralbility: Global & Environmental Perspectives | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NRPHD | 705 | Ethical Aspects of Research Involving Vulnerable Populations | 2 sh | (2,0,0) |
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| NRPHD | 712 | Doctoral Toolbox Series: III-Dissertation | 1 sh | (1,0,0) | | NRPHD | 803 | Scientific Inquiry | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | NRPHD NRPHD | 805 804 | Advanced Measurement Strategies Knowledge Dissemination and Translation* | 4 sh 3sh | (4,0,0) (3,0,0) | |
| NRPHD | 713 | Doctoral Toolbox Series: IV-National Perspectives | 1 sh | (1,0,0) | | NRPHD | 708 | Health Policy & Advocacy | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NRPHD | 715 | Introduction to Social & Applied Epidemiology | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | |
| NRPHD | 971, 800,
808 | Mentored Rsearch or Mentored Teaching, Mentored Health Policy** Variable credits (pre-req to Mentored Teaching is NRPHD 725, NURSM 703, or equiv.) | 1-9 sh | (1-9,0,0) | | NRPHD | 990 | Dissertation § § Note: 990 is taken only after candidacy, when comps are completed and the proposal is defended. | 3 sh | (3,0,0) |
| | | Year 4 and 5 | | |
| NRPHD | 990 | Dissertation | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | |
| NURSM | 703 | Instructional Processes in Nursing ++ | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NURSM | 712 | Foundations & Issues in Gerontological Health Care | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NURSM | 722 | Theories in the Nursing of Children | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NRPHD | 725 | Curriculum Development ++ | 3 sh | (3,0,0) | | NRPHD | 723 | Special Topics in Nursing Science Variable | 1-3 sh | (1-3,0,0) | | MDCOR | 860 | Reducing Medical Errors and Malpractice Risk | 2.5 sh | (2.5,0,0) | | Minimum course work | 62 sh | | Total graduate and doctoral course work | 78 sh |
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| * NRPHD802: Knowledge Development in Nursing Science is prerequisite to NRPHD701: Theories, Constructs & Concepts of Vulnerabilities and NRPHD804: Knowledge Dissemination and Translation, not to statistics or research courses. ** Students are required to complete 6-8 sh in Mentored Research or 3-4 sh in Mentored Research and 3-4 sh in Mentored Teaching or 3-4 sh in Mentored Health Policy & Advocacy. All hours may be taken in the summer semester of Year 1 or split between the summer semesters in Year 1 and Year 2 to satisfy the required hours. ++NURSM 703, or NRPHD 725, or equiv. is required as pre-req. to NRPHD 800 Mentored Teaching. Semester Hour Breakdown: 1:1 (Didactic), 2:1 (Seminar), 3:1 (Clinical/Lab)
For more information, please contact:
Office of the Associate Dean for Academics
Administrative Director, Doctoral Program
College of Nursing
Medical University of South Carolina
99 Jonathan Lucas Street
PO Box 250160
Charleston, SC 29425 Telephone: (843) 792-3815
Fax: (843) 792-9258
Email: morrisym@musc.edu |
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