Courses

Bachelors from Another Field to MSN

Northeastern University’s direct entry nursing program allows you to use the degree and experience that you already have in nearly any field and leverage it into a master’s degree in child and adolescent mental health. Nursing-specific classes (including clinical practicum) position you to sit for the national licensing exam (NCLEX), after which you become a registered nurse and practice in the field full-time for six to nine months. You continue in the graduate program in nursing in the child and adolescent psychiatric specialty which leads to national credentialing as a Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) or Nurse Practitioner (NP).

Direct Entry Program, Core Nursing Curriculum Plan:

• NUR G005 Nutrition 4
• NUR G010 Health Care Ethics 3
• NUR G020 Nursing Interventions/Assessment & Comm. Care 3
• NUR G021 Lab for NUR G020 2
• NUR G032 Intermediate Interventions & Assessment Lab 2
• NUR G075 Nursing Adults in the Community 1
• NUR G076 Lab for NUR G075 1
• NUR G077 Caregiving: Children across the Continuum 1
• NUR G078 Lab for NUR G077 1
• NUR G083 Nursing as a Practice-Base Profession 3
• NUR G084 Lab for NUR G083 2
• NUR G086 Influences on Health and Illness: Nursing Perspective 3
• NUR G088 Nursing with Women and Families 3
• NUR G089 Lab for NUR G088 2
• NUR G090 Nursing with Acutely Ill Adults & Families 4
• NUR G091 Lab for NUR G090 4
• NUR G092 Nursing and Promotion of Mental Health 3
• NUR G093 Lab for NUR G092 2
• NUR G094 Nursing with Acutely Ill Children & Families 3
• NUR G095 Lab for NUR G094 2
• NUR G096 Nursing with Vulnerable Populations 3
• NUR G097 Lab for NUR G096 2
• NUR G099 Comprehensive Nursing Practicum 4
• NRSG 5117 Advanced Pharmacology 2
• NRSG 5118 Health care Systems & Professional Role Development 3
• NRSG 5126 Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice 3

Total credits required: 66

After RN nursing courses are completed, student continues in the Masters Degree Curriculum:

Professional Core

• NRSG 5121 Epidemiology & Population Health 3

Research Core

• NRSG 5122 Theory & Practice of Nursing Research 4
• NRSG 5114 Research Applications 1

Clinical Core

• NRSG 5115 Health Assessment 3

Psychiatric-Mental Health Theory Classes

• NRSG 6286 Contemporary Psychotherapies:Theory & Practice 3
• NRSG 6281 Dimensions of Clinical Practice 3
• NRSG 6282 Clinical Psychopharmacology 3
• NRSG 6283 Psychobiological Bases of Mental Disorders 3

Psychiatric Practicum

• NRSG 6480 Psychiatric Nursing Practicum (1) 4
• NRSG 6481 Psychiatric Nursing Practicum (2) 4
• NRSG 6482 Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Practicum (3) 2

Electives

• NRSG 6285 Mental Health of Adolescents 3
• Elective 2

Total credits required for Direct Entry MSN: 104 Semester Hours