MSN: Healthcare Simulation Concentration
Major: Nursing: Healthcare Simulation
Degree Awarded: Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 46.0
Co-op Option: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 51.2213
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-9111
NOTE: No applications will be accepted for the 2024-2025 academic year. Please check back in summer 2025 for an update.
About the Program
The MSN in Healthcare Simulation program prepares nurses to meet future challenges in both academic and professional spaces. Specialized training in simulation-based education, partnered with advanced education in patient safety, prepares students to be leaders in their fields. The skills attained in this interdisciplinary simulation-based graduate program are transferable to the clinical environment, clinical teaching and the classroom. Graduates of the program will have the skills to lead a simulation program in an academic or hospital environment. Graduates will also be prepared to sit for the Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) certification as soon as they meet the practice requirements.
Additional Information
For more information about this program, contact:
Graduate Nursing Division
CNHPGraduateDivision@drexel.edu
Additional information is available on Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions MSN in Healthcare Simulation webpage and Drexel University Online MSN in Healthcare Simulation webpage.
Admission Requirements
- A Bachelor of Science in Nursing from a program fully accredited by the National League of Nursing (NLN/ACEN) or the American Association Colleges of Nursing (AACN/CCNE).
- RNs with a BS in a field other than nursing may wish to pursue the RN-MSN "bridge" program or the Dual RN-BSN-MSN Pathway.
- 3.0 or above on all previous coursework or the last 60.0 credits completed. Applications from RNs with a GPA less than a 3.0 may be considered on an individual basis.
- Official transcripts from all previous educational institutions are required.
- Two professional references are required from colleagues or supervisors who can attest to the applicant’s knowledge, skill and potential aptitude for graduate study.
- Letters of recommendation are waived for students with a 3.0 GPA or higher.
- Personal statement (no more than two pages and no less than one page double-spaced) that will give the admissions committee a better understanding of the following:
- Why you are choosing this particular program of study.
- Your plans upon completion of the certificate.
- How your current work experience will enhance your experience in this program.
- Curriculum vitae or resume.
- Copy of current United States RN license required.
- Copies of any advanced practice nursing licensure and certification documents.
- While specific experience is not required for applicants to the track, previous related work experience may make an applicant more competitive.
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International applicants must possess a BSN (or its equivalent) and a current United States RN license.
TOEFL Requirement
International applicants, as well as immigrants to the United States and United States permanent residents whose native language is not English and who have not received a bachelor’s degree or higher in the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand or the United Kingdom, must show proficiency in English speaking as well as listening, writing, and reading. U.S. citizens born on U.S. military bases abroad may be waived from the TOEFL requirement after providing documentation of this status; otherwise, applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
- If you take the TOEFLiBT exam, you are required to have a minimum combined score for the listening, writing and reading sections of 79 plus a speaking section score of 26 or higher.
- If you take the TOEFL, you are required to have a minimum score of 550 or higher and a Test of Spoken English score (TSE) of 55 or higher.
Degree Requirements
| IPS 585 | Science of Safety, Human Factors, and System Thinking | 3.0 |
| IPS 587 | Safety Culture in Healthcare | 3.0 |
| IPS 617 | Simulation in Healthcare Education | 4.5 |
| IPS 618 | Standardized Patients | 3.0 |
| IPS 619 | Advanced Debriefing and Reflective Practice | 3.0 |
| IPS 620 | Simulation Center Leadership | 3.0 |
| IPS 621 | Evaluation in Simulation-Based Education | 3.0 |
| IPS 622 | Simulation Capstone | 5.5 |
| NURS 500 [WI] | Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments | 3.0 |
| NURS 502 | Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care | 3.0 |
| NURS 544 | Quality and Safety in Healthcare | 3.0 |
| NURS 591 | Foundations of Healthcare Education | 3.0 |
| RSCH 503 | Research Methods and Biostatistics | 3.0 |
| RSCH 504 | Evaluation and Translation of Health Research | 3.0 |
| Total Credits | 46.0 | |
Writing-Intensive Course Requirement
A [WI], Writing Intensive, next to a graduate course in this catalog indicates that the graduate course is a writing intensive course. The graduate course is a required course in your curriculum.
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year (Part-Time) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| NURS 500 | 3.0 | NURS 502 | 3.0 | IPS 617 | 4.5 | IPS 618 | 3.0 |
| NURS 591 | 3.0 | NURS 544 | 3.0 | RSCH 503 | 3.0 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 4.5 | 6 | ||||
| Second Year (Part-Time) | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| IPS 619 | 3.0 | IPS 585 | 3.0 | IPS 620 | 3.0 | IPS 622 | 5.5 |
| RSCH 504 | 3.0 | IPS 587 | 3.0 | IPS 621 | 3.0 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 | ||||
| Total Credits 46 | |||||||
Program Level Outcomes
- Practices within a legal and ethical framework of health care delivery.
- Advances the role of advanced nursing practice in the health care system through scholarship, clinical experience and political involvement.
- Demonstrates critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision-making.
- Integrates multiple technologies and relevant theories into the organization and synthesis of health data required to develop plans of care for patients, families and communities.
- Integrates culturally sensitive health promotion activities that contribute to the health and wellness of the community into clinical practice.
- Demonstrates leadership in nursing and health care through involvement in the development of outcome-based standards of care and practice-based health policy issues.
- Evaluates and modify the quality and effectiveness of clinical practice based on current research findings, standards of care and patient outcomes.
- Contributes to the advancement of nursing, health care and humanity through communication, collaboration and education.