While applicants to the MN program are expected to have a bachelor’s degree in nursing, the School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership recognizes that RNs may have gained experience and knowledge in “leadership, quality, and safety” and/or “community/population health nursing” through academic, professional, and/ or personal experiences outside of a bachelor’s program in nursing.
Students with a bachelor’s degree in a field other than nursing can fulfill the leadership and community health nursing requirements in one of two ways:
- Complete the equivalent leadership and community nursing coursework prior to the second year of the MN program. Admitted students may enroll in approved coursework (space permitting) of TNURS 460: Leading Health Care System Quality & Safety and TNURS 414: Health, Communities, and Populations.
- Experienced RNs with a baccalaureate degree in a major other than nursing may demonstrate competency equivalent to the bachelor’s degree in nursing by writing a petition for each of the two competency areas to the Graduate Program Committee. Each petition must demonstrate knowledge and experience acquired through academic, professional, and/ or personal experiences in the areas of “leadership, quality, and safety” and/or “community/population health nursing”.
