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Lead With Confidence
Your dedication to caring, innovative thinking, and driving your team forward is unparalleled. Imagine where your nursing career could go next—explore the Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) in Executive Nurse Leadership program at Nova Southeastern University's Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing.
This traditional track gives you an edge by propelling you forward as a health care leader who steers teams with top-level skills.
Our program includes 15 semester hours of foundational online nursing courses and 21 semester hours of online health systems leadership modules. You'll gain practical leadership experience through a three-hour mentored practicum.
Enroll in the M.S.N. traditional track at NSU to amplify your impact and become a force for positive nursing change.
Why Earn a Nursing Degree at NSU?
Why Earn a Nursing Degree at NSU?
Quick Facts
M.S.N. in Executive Nurse Leadership Curriculum
Semester I
Credits
Semester II
Credits
Semester III
Credits
Semester IV
Credits
Students entering the program without a B.S.N (Bridge)
* Requires 170 clinical hours
**For those with a B.S. or B.A. in a field other than nursing, an overall GPA of 3.0 is required and satisfactory completion of NSG 5000B, Transition to Advanced Nursing Practice, prior to beginning the M.S.N. program. NSG 5000B course is only offered in the fall term.
For a full list of all course descriptions, visit coursewizard.nova.edu
Semester I
Credits
Semester II
Credits
Semester III
Credits
Semester IV
Credits
Semester V
Credits
Students entering the program without a B.S.N (Bridge)
Credits
*Requires 170 practicum hours
**For those with a B.S. or B.A. in a field other than nursing, an overall GPA of 3.0 is required and satisfactory completion of NSG 5000B, Transition to Advanced Nursing Practice, prior to beginning the M.S.N. program. NSG 5000B course is only offered in the fall term.
For a full list of all course descriptions, visit coursewizard.nova.edu.
Semester I
Credits
Semester II
Credits
Semester III
Credits
Semester IV
Credits
Semester V
Credits
Semester VI
Credits
Students entering the program without a B.S.N (Bridge)
* Requires 170 clinical hours
**For those with a B.S. or B.A. in a field other than nursing, an overall GPA of 3.0 is required and satisfactory completion of NSG 5000B, Transition to Advanced Nursing Practice, prior to beginning the M.S.N. program. NSG 5000B course is only offered in the fall term.
For a full list of all course descriptions, visit coursewizard.nova.edu
Ready for the Next Step?
Submit Transcripts & Additional Required Documents to NursingCAS
Request all official transcripts from all previously attended institutions to be sent directly to NursingCAS.
NursingCAS
P.O. Box 9201
Watertown, Massachusetts 02471
International applicants coursework taken at foreign institutions must be evaluated for U.S. institutional equivalence by an approved National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) organization such as one of the services listed below.
It is the applicant's responsibility to have this coursework evaluated. An official
course-by-course evaluation with a cumulative grade point average must be sent directly
from the evaluation service.
Once your application and all documents have been received, the application will be processed and reviewed.
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master's degree program in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice program and post-graduate APRN certificate program at Nova Southeastern University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (https://www.aacnnursing.org/ccne-accreditation).