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Accelerated BS to MSN with Paid Clinical Residency
"I was ready to start doing what I wanted, and I wanted to do it quicker."
Sean Czaja, BS '12
Working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia, Sean Czaja saw firsthand the healthcare needs of a developing country— and the impact a nurse can have. Though he had originally planned to go to medical school, his international experiences showed him that working as a nurse provides “just a completely different patient experience,” says Czaja. More
At the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, the Accelerated BS to MSN with Paid Clinical Residency program offers a unique clinical experience for dedicated students. For those who have received a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field, this intense, four-year program provides a fast track to a BS degree and your RN license, followed by a year-long paid clinical residency at one of the School’s partner hospitals. After the year concludes, the residency becomes full-time employment at the same hospital, while you continue your MSN advanced practice nursing studies part-time.
Those who earn an accelerated BS to MSN degree with clinical residency at Hopkins:
Can critically evaluate research for use in nursing practice
Are positioned to improve care through bedside practice, evidence-based specialty practice, and quality improvement initiatives
Are qualified to serve as clinical faculty for future nursing students
Are well-prepared for further study at the doctoral level
Admissions Requirements
Admission Requirements
Bachelor's degree in a discipline other than nursing from an accredited college or university
Minimum of a 3.0 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale in all previous coursework, including prerequisite requirements
Previous clinical experience--Admissions Committee prefers that applicants have some relevant healthcare experience and will consider a wide variety of experiences to fulfill the requirement. Contact the Office of Admissions and Student Services to discuss any questions related to this requirement
Commitment to working in residency site as a registered nurse during graduate study
Commitment to working in a hospital setting upon completion of the program
Willingness to participate in a program that includes:
Baccalaureate level coursework leading to a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Nursing completed in 11 months
Graduate level coursework leading to a Master of Science Degree in Nursing with a Clinical Nurse Specialist focus (Note: Advancement to the master's portion of the program includes satisfactory completion of the baccalaureate degree and NCLEX passage prior to the residency)
One-year hospital residency in a selected clinical area in a Hopkins affiliated hospital
Applicants may be requested to interview with faculty upon receipt of a completed application.
This program does not qualify for F-1 or J-1 student sponsorship. F-1 and J-1 students must meet full-time enrollment requirements in each term, and must meet minimum classroom instruction requirements.
Prerequisites include:
Anatomy & Physiology: 6 – 8 credit hours of covering all major human or animal body systems, lab recommended, must be completed within past 5 years of enrolling at Johns Hopkins University
Graduate Level Biostatistics: 3 credit hours demonstrating evidence of statistical literacy and statistical reasoning enabling students to critically read and evaluate healthcare literature
Course of Study
Full-time Course of Study
Students enter the program with 17-20 credits (grade B or better) of prerequisite coursework from an accredited college or university.
Year 1—Bachelor of Science, Major in Nursing (17 Month Full-time Study)
First Semester (14 credits)
NR.110.303 Health Assessment
This course provides the nursing student an introduction to the skills of history taking, physical assessment, and documentation required for beginning nursing practice. The student will acquire needed skills to conduct a comprehensive health assessment including the physical, psychological, social, functional and environmental aspects of health. Integrated in this is the collection and analysis of data which are essential in planning safe and effective care. Effective communication, assessment, and documentation will be practiced in the laboratory setting. The student will become familiar with the techniques of physical assessment consisting of inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. Emphasis is placed on health assessment as a systematic and organized examination that will provide accurate data in which to form valid nursing diagnoses and plans of care.
NR.110.304 Principles and Applications of Nursing Technology
This course addresses the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe and effective care to patients in the first semester. Students will explore scientific principles related to nursing interventions and will practice psychomotor skills needed to safely and effectively implement those interventions. Principles of safe medication administration and monitoring are included to allow for students to administer medications in the clinical course Patient Centered Care. Knowledge, skills, and attitudes based on QSEN competencies, including patient-centered care, use of evidence-based guidelines, quality improvement, safety, and informatics will be incorporated into lab practice.
NR.110.306 Professional Role Development in Nursing
This course focuses on professional role development in nursing. Content is organized into three modules: 1) the profession of nursing; 2) healthcare competencies, including quality and safety education for nurses; and 3) the healthcare delivery system. An overview of the nursing professions, its history, current trends and the future of nursing, nursing education, and the role of the nurse in an interdisciplinary health care setting will emphasized. The concepts will be described in the context of building the students’ role as a health professional. Healthy People 2020 Goals and Objectives will provide the framework for understanding the complexity of health care delivery and improving years of healthy life for all. Students will develop their nursing practice by acquiring a basic understanding of healthcare competencies through two frameworks, the IOM competencies for healthcare professionals and the Quality and Safety in Nursing (QSEN) competencies. Finally, students will be introduced to healthcare delivery concepts, such as healthcare delivery systems, healthcare policy and financing, and an overview of public health, health promotion, disease prevention, health disparities, healthcare reform, and global health.
Pre/corequisites: NR.110.303, 110.304, 110.307, and 110.313
NR.110.307 Patient Centered Care
This combined clinical and laboratory course integrates the knowledge, skills and attitudes from all of the first semester courses. Students practice competencies in assessment, communication, nursing interventions, documentation, and medication administration in a variety of clinical settings. By the end of the semester, students will apply the nursing process and selected QSEN competencies to patients from diverse backgrounds.
Pre/corequisites: NR.110.303, 110.304, 110.306, and 110.313
NR.110.502 Physiological/Pathophysiological Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice I
This course focuses on the interrelationship between normal physiology and pathophysiology across the lifespan. It is designed to expand the student's understanding of the pathophysiology underlying dysfunction in selected diseases that advanced practice nurses may commonly encounter in their patient populations. Using an integrative approach, representative alternations in physiologic function common throughout the lifespan are addressed. Completion of this course will enable the student to analyze and address physiologic challenges of practice. In addition, it will provide foundational knowledge for use in research involving issues that impact clinical practice. Weekly lecture/discussions are organized based on systems and cover topics from the cellular level up to major organ systems.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology.
NR.110.508 Clinical Pharmacology
This course focuses on the clinical uses and mechanisms of action of drug groups used in altered states of physiological function. Pharmacological mechanisms, drug interactions, side effects and contraindications will be presented as bases for clinical judgment and management of patients.
Second Semester (16 credits)
NR.110.305 Nursing Care for Older Adults Across the Continuum
This course is designed to promote understanding of the aging process, the role of the nurse and implications for promoting health in the least restrictive environment. It will include discussions of geriatric syndromes, complexity of co-morbidities while managing health outcomes, implications of transitions of care in promoting health, settings of care and economic and policy implications as well as national/international models of care. Course activities are designed to enhance the student's critical thinking as it relates to holistic approaches to promoting health and independence in older adults.
Prerequisites: NR.110.303, 304, 306, 307, and 313
Corequisites: NR.110.312, 314, 315, 403
NR.110.312 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
This course focuses on the basic psychopathology of mental disorders and the theories and principles underlying nursing care of patients with alterations in mental health status. An historical perspective on the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, including a discussion of the predominant theoretical frameworks for treatment will be presented. The major psychiatric diagnoses will be defined, described, and discussed in terms of their etiology, clinical manifestations, and approaches to treatment. Psychiatric nursing as a specialty area of practice and the application of psychiatric principles across clinical populations will be emphasized. Health promotion, crisis intervention, and family and community concepts related to mental illness will be addressed. Contemporary concerns will be presented related to the impact of mental illness on family stress and burden, substance abuse, and family violence. Personal, family, societal, political, legal, and ethical considerations pertaining to mental illness will be explored.
Prerequisites: NR.110.303, 304, 306, 307, and 313
Corequisites: NR.110.314, 403
NR.110.315 Nursing for Adult Health I
This course concentrates on the theoretical and clinical application of the healthcare principles involved in the assessment, planning and implementation of the nursing process appropriate for adults with various health problems in the acute care setting. The health status of the American population will be addressed with emphasis on the impact of major diseases as identified in Healthy People 2020. The course will focus on developing skills in problem-solving, clinical judgment, critical thinking so that students may function as a beginning member of the healthcare team in the provision of interdisciplinary care for a variety of patient situations.
Prerequisites: NR.110.303, 304, 306, 307, and 313
Corequisites: NR.110.314, 312
NR.110.403 The Research Process in Nursing
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the scientific process with emphasis on its application in nursing. The steps of the research process will be presented as well as the major research designs, including experimental and quasi-experimental studies, surveys, descriptive and qualitative designs. Students will review and critique selected nursing research studies. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of the logical process of research, on the scientific rigor necessary for carrying out studies of nursing interest, and on critically reading and using nursing research in nursing practice.
Prerequisites: None
Third Semester (14 credits)
NR.110.401 Nursing for Adult Health II
This course concentrates on the theories underlying the principles involved in the planning and implementation of nursing interventions appropriate for adults with various complex health problems. The health status of the American population will be addressed with emphasis on the impact of major diseases of the individual, the family, and the community. The course will focus on developing skills in problem-solving and clinical judgment so that students may function successfully in a variety of patient situations, including those where: (a) rapidly changing situations predominate and (b) the aging process and the health problems of advancing age predominate. In an acute inpatient setting, students will assess, analyze, plan, implement, and evaluate the nursing care of adult patients under direct supervision. Comprehensive nursing care for patients with a wide range of disorders will be addressed as well as the need for patient teaching and continuity of care as the patients returns to the community.
Prerequisites: NR.110.303-110.315
Pre/corequisite: NR.110.403
NR.110.402 Nursing for Child Health
In this course, the student will study the unique health and developmental needs of neonates, infants, children and adolescents. This course is designed to develop perspectives on wellness and illness in children emphasizing family-centered care that incorporates screening, teaching, and health counseling. There is a strong health promotion focus across settings. The student will use the nursing process to provide comprehensive care to children in diverse settings across the care continuum. Health issues specific to children and health issues expressed in unique ways in children will be emphasized. Integration and application of child development knowledge is a requirement of this course. Clinical practice consists of seven weeks of instructor-supervised patient care of children and their families. Clinical practice in ambulatory settings and simulation experiences are offered.
Prerequisites: NR.110.303-110.315
NR.110.404 Information Technology in Nursing
Students will be formally introduced to information technology in nursing, health, and healthcare. They will develop an understanding of the foundations of applied informatics and the basic concepts of informatics science. Focused upon gaining foundational informatics literacy, this course is not designed to teach how to use information technology. Instead, this course is designed to prepare students to critically analyze and synthesize the application of healthcare information technology in professional nursing practice. Nursing 404 builds on the previous clinical experience of the student.
Prerequisites: NR.110.303 through 110.315
Pre/corequisite: NR.110.403
NR.110.411 Nursing the Childbearing Family
The course introduces the student to contemporary perspectives of health care of women during normal pregnancy, the intrapartal and postpartal periods. Course content will incorporate the growth and development of the fetus and the needs of the mother for health teaching and nutritional care during the entire childbearing experience. Emphasis is placed on the nursing aspects of care for the mother and her infant within the family context. Health problems, ethical and contemporary issues related to pregnancy and selected high-risk situations will be addressed. Maternal-infant interaction and family bonding will be emphasized. Continuity of care is stressed as the mother and child return to the home and the community.
Prerequisites: NR.110.303-315
Fourth Semester (12 credits)
NR.110.405 Public Health Nursing
This course provides students with an overview of public health nursing and highlights key public health areas of interest. The focus of care is on populations, and the provision of care includes individuals, families, communities, aggregates, systems and populations. Students synthesize their nursing education and apply new knowledge and skills towards a community and population perspective. The course emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention, using the public health sciences of epidemiology, environmental health and health policy. Students will learn the necessary steps for conducting a community assessment and developing and implementing community interventions in partnership with communities. The three core public health functions assurance, assessment, and policy development are used as a framework. Important current topics are presented to illustrate public health nursing concepts. The Public Health Nursing Interventions Wheel is the model used to describe comprehensive interventions that will guide practice. Students will learn to apply public health nursing to all areas of nursing practice incorporating a global health perspective and vision.
Prerequisites: NR.110.303 through 110.315 and 110.411
NR.110.407 Transitions into Professional Practice
This course will assist students in the integration of theory and practice as they approach the completion of the nursing major and transition into the role of professional nurse. The theory section of the course focuses on personal leadership and the associated skills and knowledge to practice as a contemporary professional nurse. Specific areas for knowledge and skill building for clinical leadership include: healthcare organizations and organizational structures; organizational "fit"; communication and teamwork; legal and ethical responsibilities; delegation; conflict identification and resolution; change agent; health care costs and unit based financial management; change and quality improvement; consumer relationships; the culture of safety; workplace issues; and role transition from graduate to professional nurse.
Prerequisites: NR 110.303 through 110.404 and 110.411
Corequisites: NR.110.405
NR.110.408 Transitions Practicum
Students complete 168 clinical hours with a preceptor from the assigned facility and under faculty guidance. Emphasis is placed on the synthesis of previous coursework and knowledge as students perform the role of an entry-level professional nurse. Clinical goals include development of independence in nursing practice, skill in clinical decision making, and application of nursing leadership and management theory and skills.
Prerequisites: NR 110.303 through 110.405 and 110.411
Pre/corequisites: NR.110.407 and 110.410
NR.110.503 Applications of Research to Practice
This course prepares students for clinical, management, or education leadership roles in health care through translation of the best available evidence into practice within organizations and application of research for nursing practice. Students will develop skills and knowledge needed to review and synthesize the strength of evidence available, and recommend practice changes if indicated. Topics covered include: a review of the research process (including theoretical framework, design, and analysis, research design hierarchy), research critique, rating and synthesizing the strength of evidence, decision making for practice, research and research translation opportunities (outcomes, evaluation research, quality improvement, cost-effectiveness analysis), risk adjustment, measurement, research ethics and organizational change.
Prerequisite: NR 110.501
NR.110.507 Statistical Literacy and Reasoning in Nursing Research
This course develops statistical literacy and statistical reasoning knowledge and skills, enabling students to critically read and evaluate healthcare and nursing literature. The emphasis is on understanding the relevance and use of statistics in nursing research. Published nursing research articles in peer reviewed nursing and healthcare journals will be used to motivate each topic covered in class.
Courses 110.307, 110.312, 110.315, 110.401, 110.402, 110.411, 110.405 include a clinical component.
Year 2—Clinical Residency at Partner Hospital
Years 3 & 4—MSN, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) (Part-time Study with Full-time Employment at Partner Hospital)
First Semester (6 credits)
NR.110.504 Context of Healthcare for Advanced Practice Nursing
This three credit course examines the scope and status of professional roles and responsibilities of nurses prepared for advanced clinical and managerial placements in diverse health care settings. Course content and activities will focus on understanding forces driving contemporary health care and enhancing skills in outcomes evaluation, as well as efficient and effective function in a continuous change health care environment.
Second Semester (6 credits)
NR.110.503 Applications of Research to Practice
This course prepares students for clinical, management, or education leadership roles in health care through translation of the best available evidence into practice within organizations and application of research for nursing practice. Students will develop skills and knowledge needed to review and synthesize the strength of evidence available, and recommend practice changes if indicated. Topics covered include: a review of the research process (including theoretical framework, design, and analysis, research design hierarchy), research critique, rating and synthesizing the strength of evidence, decision making for practice, research and research translation opportunities (outcomes, evaluation research, quality improvement, cost-effectiveness analysis), risk adjustment, measurement, research ethics and organizational change.
Prerequisite: NR 110.501
Third Semester (3 credits)
Education Requirement
Fourth Semester (6 credits)
NR.110.520A CNS Role Specialty Practicum I - Acute/Critical Care
Based on a student's past experience with the specialty population, this practicum will be individualized to provide the student with opportunities to develop the diverse ROLES and SKILLS of a clinical nurse specialist. Relevant role foci include: clinical expert, consultant, researcher, change agent, and educator. Essential skills include leadership, collaboration and mentoring. Students are expected to integrate knowledge of disease, advanced assessment skills, symptom management, evidence-based practice, care coordination, and principles of patient/staff education as components of advanced nursing practice in the care of patients and families with complex needs across the continuum of health care.
Pre/corequisites: NR.110.500, 110.504, 110.508, 110.536 or 537, 110.546, 110.549, 110.593 (Forensic students only)
NR.110.500 Philosophical, Theoretical, and Ethical Basis for Nursing
This course will explore the conceptual, theoretical, and ethical bases of nursing. Selected conceptual models and frameworks of nursing and ethics will be analyzed with emphasis on implications for nursing practice. This course is designed to provide students with frameworks, concepts, and personal and professional exercises for approaching nursing practice issues and to enhance the student's understanding of theoretical, conceptual and ethical issues in nursing and in health care and to respond to them specifically.
Fifth Semester (6 credits)
NR.110.549 Advanced Health Assessment and Measurement
This course provides an introduction to the skills of advanced history taking and physical assessment. Lectures are designed to help the students apply their knowledge of physical assessment to both primary and acute care settings. Emphasis is placed on differentiation between normal and abnormal findings, recognition of common health problems, and the process of critically thinking through problems.
Pre/corequisites: NR 110.502, 110.508, 110.536 and/or 110.537
NR.110.536 Health Assessment and Measurement: Adult/Geriatric Variations
This course provides an intensive and comprehensive introduction to the skills of history taking and advanced physical assessment for the adult/geriatric patient. The online modules are designed to help students apply their knowledge of physical assessment of adult/geriatric clients to the primary care or acute care setting. Emphasis is placed on the differentiation between normal and abnormal findings, recognition of common health problems, beginning development of a differential diagnosis and the process of critically thinking through problems related to adult/geriatric health.
Corequisite: NR.110.549
Sixth Semester (7 credits)
NR.110.521A CNS Specialty Practicum II - Acute/Critical Care
Based on a student's past experience with the specialty population, this practicum will be individualized to provide the student with opportunities to further develop the SPECIALTY FOCUS of the clinical nurse specialist across various health care settings. Students are expected to integrate knowledge of disease, advanced assessment skills, symptom management, care coordination, and principles of professional and patient education as components of advanced nursing practice across the continuum of health care.
Pre/corequisites: NR.110.502, 110.503, 110.520, 110.589 (Peds CNS only), 110.593 (Forensic CNS only)
NR.110.560 Program Development and Evaluation in Health Care
This course is an introduction to the basic methods of program evaluation. Emphasis is given to designs that are popular and feasible in health care settings, and to programs for vulnerable populations. Consultant and group facilitation skills are described and assessed.
Prerequisites: There are no pre- or corequisites but recommended prior or concurrent courses include introductory graduate-level courses in descriptive and inferential statistics and research design.
NR.110.524 Clinical Judgment in Acute Care Nursing II
This course provides the clinical nurse specialist student with opportunities to demonstrate advanced clinical judgment and to increase their depth of acute and critical care knowledge. This course builds on NR.110.523 and extends the diversity and complexity of cases. Students will synthesize knowledge of complex diseases, multisystem pathophysiology, and advanced physical assessment. Students identify and evaluate evidence based medical, nursing and symptom management plans of care. Students propose strategies for measuring outcomes driven care; recommend strategies for professional and patient education in the care of adult patients and families with critical care needs across the health care continuum; and suggest appropriate referrals and consultations.
Pre/corequisites: NR.110.520, NR.110.521, NR.110.523
Seventh Semester (7credits)
NR.110.522A CNS Outcomes Specialty Practicum III - Acute/Critical Care
This capstone course focuses on the application of case management methods in a selected population. Biopsychosocial and ethical concepts, advanced health assessment skills, and systems theory presented in previous course work will be integrated and applied to the advanced specialty health care needs of patients. Proficiency in the entry, validation, analysis and presentation of patient outcomes data will be developed in the computer lab and applied in the clinical setting.
Pre/corequisites: NR.110.501, 110.503, 110.521
NR.110.589 Human and Family Development through the Lifespan
This course provides an overview of major concepts, theories, and research related to human development across the lifespan from the prenatal period to death. Simultaneously, major theories and research related to family development across the lifespan are also examined. Significant factors that influence individual and family development functioning are also studied. A variety of assessment tools for assessing development and functioning of individuals and families as well as strategies for intervening with individuals and family are examined. The role of the APN in assessment, implementing intervention, and evaluating outcomes aimed at promoting optimal human development and family functioning are critically examined and discussed.
NR.110.546 Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
This course introduces the student to current issues, theories and research in health promotion and disease prevention related to individuals, families, aggregates and communities. The role of the advanced practice nurse in risk assessment, counseling, education and screening will be emphasized. Students, taking the course for 2 credits, will have the opportunity to apply course content to the development and implementation of an individual or community-based educational project designed to promote health and prevent disease. The first hour of each class will focus on the theoretical issues of health promotion and disease prevention. Practicum students in the second hour will examine the clinical issues relevant to health promotion throughout the lifespan. A case study approach will be emphasized.
* Course offered online, †Course includes a clinical component
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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What defines the required "relevant clinical experience?"
The Admissions Committee would like to see that you have some relevant health care experience. Although one to two years is ideal, the Committee is willing to look at a wide variety of experience to fulfill the requirement.
How large will the class be?
Class sizes will vary from year to year, but most classes will number less than 25.
I have completed an undergraduate biostatistics course but not a graduate-level course–is there flexibility with this requirement?
Yes, the Admissions Committee will consider applicants who have only a baccalaureate-level biostatistics course or general statistics course. Accepted students who have not completed the biostatistics course may take NR 110.507-Statistical Literacy and Reasoning in Nursing Research offered online during the Fall semester.
What are the Hopkins-affiliated residency sites?
There are currently four Johns Hopkins Medicine-affiliated hospitals in the Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan area that we will work with. They are Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Howard County General Hospital, and Suburban Hospital. More sites are being explored.
What determines the residency site placement?
Students will be assigned a residency site as well as a specific unit. The assignment will be determined by the availability and needs of the specific site.
I feel pretty confident that I want to be a CNS, but what if I change my mind while in the first 12 months of the Accelerated BS and decide I want to be an NP?
This particular program is for students who feel confident in their desire to pursue an advanced practice role as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. If you are still considering both roles it is recommended that you apply for one of the other BS Accelerated options and then complete the master's application when you feel more confident during your program.
When I fill out the application, am I required to declare a specific area of CNS interest?
No, you will not do that at the time of application. You will be mentored and, depending on the needs of the residency site and your placement, you will develop a specific area of specialty. Remember the CNS is responsible for direct and indirect patient care—indirect through education and research that will affect the direct patient care.
What is the breadth of Clinical Nurse Specialist practice?
Although the CNS role developed in the hospital setting, clinical nurse specialists now work in a wide variety of healthcare settings, from clinics and the emergency department to hospitals and long-term care facilities. In any setting, clinical nurse specialists have a multi-faceted role that addresses three different "spheres of influence":
Patients/families – Assisting patients with the prevention or resolution of illness through advanced assessment, treatment, and education
Nursing personnel – Providing expert coaching, building multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with diverse health care professionals to improve patient care and maximize health outcomes
System/network organization – Evaluating outcomes, conducting research, reviewing alternative approaches, making ethical decisions and implementing changes
Research about clinical nurse specialists demonstrates that they have a direct impact on improving patient satisfaction, reducing medical complications, reducing frequency of emergency room visits, and other health outcomes.
How do I find out more about CNS job prospects?
As with all nursing careers, the demand for clinical nurse specialists is growing much faster than the average for all occupations. As advanced practice nurses, clinical nurse specialists are in particularly high demand in the 21st century. Job demand positively affects salaries, schedules, job openings and the availability of training institutions and government grants for education.
I'm interested in the Forensic Clinical Nurse Specialist Program. Is the Accelerated BS to MSN with Clinical Residency Program a good choice?
No, the Accelerated BS to MSN with Clinical Residency Program would not be a good choice for you. This particular program has been developed to educate hospital-based bedside nurse experts. One of the most common sites for the Forensic CNS would be the ER, and that is not the typical unit for this program.
Is it possible during the 6 graduate-level semesters to ramp up the pace and finish more quickly?
Yes, it is possible to do so. Students will work closely with their Faculty Advisor regarding their course of study.
I'm a solid student with all A's and B's, but my GPA is below the 3.0 preferred GPA. Should I still apply?
Yes. As with all of our programs, the Admissions Committee will take your entire application into consideration. We look at the overall academic record and the strength of the academic institution as well as the grades.
Tuition
Tuition
Tuition and Other Costs
Once the student completes the bachelor’s portion of the program he/she will incur expenses for the part-time MSN program. In this program each student will be completing a paid clinical residency while completing a part-time master’s program.
Tuition reimbursement may be available from the hospital providing the clinical residency. Figures below are projections for the bachelor's portion of the program and are subject to change based on date of enrollment into the MSN program.
Bachelor's Portion
Billed Expenses (September 2013 - December 2014)
Tuition:
$67,849*
Matriculation fee:
$500 (onetime only fee for first-time enrolled JHU students)
Health Insurance:
$4,300**
Health Fee:
$600
Estimated Other Expenses***
Room and Board:
$21,856
Books/Supplies:
$3,172
Personal Expenses:
up to $2,400
Travel Expenses:
up to $5,984
*Full-time: 12 credit hours per semester **All students must have health coverage. Purchase of the School’s plan is optional. ***Amounts for other expenses vary based upon student's selection of books, supplies, and living arrangements.
Billed expenses are subject to change without prior notice.
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Financial Aid & Scholarships
The Office of Student Financial Services is available to provide counseling on financing opportunities to ensure that students are able to pursue their educational goals.
The School of Nursing participates in several financial aid programs that can help to pay education expenses, including grants, scholarships, loans, and work study. Students typically fund their studies through a combination of these sources.
Scholarships & Grants
Grants are awards based on financial need that do not have to be repaid. Many students also benefit from scholarships and awards based on merit. More
Loans
Many students will avail themselves of loans to help finance their School of Nursing Education. If necessary, we encourage you to borrow only what is absolutely essential to cover your educational costs. More
Employment Opportunities
Many students locate part-time employment to help pay education expenses. Numerous positions are available on campus and within various community based organizations. These jobs provide students with opportunities to gain practical work experience. Most positions are funded through the Federal Work-Study Program. More
Other Funding Sources
We encourage students to seek outside funding opportunities. Information can be obtained from library resource books and professional organizations and alumni organizations. More
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