Master Nursing Program
Educational Goals
The Master’s Nursing program aims at educating students to become Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs), who have corresponding professional function roles as Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) and/or Nurse Practitioners (NP). The Master’s program is based on eight core competencies of basic nursing education that prepare our graduates to become advanced practice nurses with a solid theoretical foundation, mastery of professional skills, effectiveness, professional autonomy, and independent judgment.
Curriculum
The curriculum of the Master’s program emphasizes bridging gaps between theory and practice so students make use of empirical and theoretical knowledge and use critical thinking in solving patient health problems in clinical settings. The Master’s program with concentration in Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) aims to prepare nurses to assume advanced practice roles in a variety of settings based on seven graduate nursing core competencies, including competencies of direct patient care, consultation, leadership, communication and collaboration, education, research, and ethical decision-making. The Master’s program with concentration in Nurse Practitioner (NP) emphasizes competencies in direct patient care, coaching, collaboration, and continuous quality improvement.
The three major areas of the curriculum include:
- Compulsory courses
- Elective courses
- Master thesis
Doctoral Nursing Program
Educational Goals
The educational objectives of doctoral program are: (1) to apply advanced nursing expertise to the health care system;(2) ability to perform cross-domain rigorous nursing practice research; (3) be able to gain insight into professional clinical issues and demonstrate leadership and innovative nursing professional development; (4) lead cross-cultural nursing practice and international new trends to comply with international trends. And the core competencies of this graduate are: (1) advanced nursing practice expertise with knowledge of construction and translation; (2) ability to perform cross-disciplinary nursing practice research; (3) leadership management with improved care status and innovative ability; (4) ability to optimize international professional learning and vision to meet international trends and domestic industry needs.
Curriculum
The overall curriculum design and development of the doctoral program is based on the core competencies of undergraduate program and master program to enhance the competencies of the doctoral candidates.