Graduate Nursing Education at the College of Nursing

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Graduate Nursing Education at the College of
Nursing

• Lorna Butler, RN, PhD
• Chair Graduate Programs
• Mary Ellen Andrews, RN (NP), PhD
• Director Nurse Practitioner Program
• Tammy MorrisonAdministrative Assistant
• Graduate Program

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College of Nursing History

• 1989 first four MN graduates
• 1996 first Special Case PhD graduate
• 2004 first entrants to course-based
  education/leadership option MN
• 2006 first seven MN/NP students
• 2007 first PhD program admission
• 2008 first NP students to revised
  program
• 2010 first revised program NP graduate

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• Vision
• The College of Nursing is a world leader in
  educating nurses in interprofessional health
  care, research, practice, innovation, capacity
  building and policy development.
• Mission
• As University nursing faculty in Saskatchewan,
  the College of Nursing strengthens nursing,
  health, and the health care system through the
  creation and integration of knowledge from
  research, education and practice.

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• We value
• Integrity - We believe in being open and honest,
  in keeping our commitments, in taking
  responsibility for our lives and learning, and in
  operating in a transparent manner.
• Social Justice -We believe in the value of human
  life, the inherent worth of the individual,  the
  right of each individual to the attainment of a
  high standard of health and will work with
  communities to achieve these rights.
• Unconditional Positive Regard -We believe that
  each person has a right to be treated with
  respect regardless of his or her life
  circumstances or culture.
• Achieving Potential - We believe that life-long
  learning, risk taking, and advancing our
  knowledge base leads the way for empowerment.

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Distributed Learning (definition)

• Where the students may be in a different location
  than the teacher
• Synchronous or asynchronous
• definition Synchronous students log in at the
  same time as the faculty member
• definition Asynchronous students can log in at
  any time on their own time and work at their own
  pace
• May originate from a variety of locations

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Master of Nursing

• May be course-based or thesis-based
• Course-based 24 credit units including
  publishable paper
• Thesis-based 15 credit units and thesis
• Both include clinical practicum course
• distributed learning model

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PhD in Nursing

• Prepares nurse scholars for leadership roles with
  knowledge and skills to advance nursing as a
  academic, research and practice discipline
• 18 c.u. including two cognate courses
• Independent research guided by supervisor and
  committee culminating in a doctoral dissertation
• Usually three to five years to complete on a full
  time basis

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Admission Criteria - MN

• Bachelors degree in Nursing
• 70 cumulative GPA over last 60 credit units in
  undergraduate program
• Registration as RN or RPN in Canada (see website
  for international students)
• 3 c.u. in undergraduate statistics and 3 c.u.
  research methods 70 in each strongly
  encouraged
• NP option only - 3600 hours clinical experience
  as an RN

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Admission Criteria - PhD

• Must have a Masters degree in a field relevant
  to PhD study.
• Must have completed a graduate level course in
  statistics, research methods and nursing theory
• Minimum overall average of 80 is required
• Must be a licenced RN or RPN

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Admission Forms

• Online application form from College of Graduate
  Studies and Research (75 application fee
  required)
• College of Nursing Supplementary Application Form
  and letter
• Three Letters of Reference (sent from the online
  application)
• Official transcripts from ALL post-secondary
  education completed (including SIAST)
• Copy of SRNA or other RN/RPN license
• English Proficiency (for International Students
  whos first language is not English)

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• Links to all forms can be found at
• http//www.usask.ca/nursing/students/master
• or
• http//www.usask.ca/nursing/students/phd/

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Tuition 2012/2013 Rates

• Thesis Doctoral students
• Pay 1149.00 per term (three terms/year) from
  beginning to end of program
• Course-based students
• Graduate Courses - 555.00 per course
• 535.50 for maintenance of status in any term not
  registered in a course
• International Graduate Students are assessed
  tuition at 1.5 times the posted rate for domestic
  students
• For example 1149.00 x 1.5 1723.50 per term
• Each course 555.00 x 1.5 832.50 per course

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Master of Nursing -NP

• Post entry-to-practice
• Masters level
• 39 credit units
• Includes 720 hours of clinical practice with an
  NP preceptor
• All NP-specific courses available by
  web-conferencing except assessment labs and OSCEs

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Post Graduate Degree Specialty Certificate
Nurse Practitioner

• For nurses who already have an MN degree
• 30 credit units do not repeat research methods,
  statistics or publishable paper
• Same clinical as MN/NP
• Term 4 only has NURS 888