MSN - Nurse Educator

Real-life practicum experiences allow you the opportunity to  work with an MSN or doctoral-prepared preceptor in advanced nursing practice to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in a clinical specialty. You will also work with expert nursing faculty to gain hands-on experience in designing, teaching and evaluating educational activities for the learner.  You'll graduate with a mix of classroom, clinical and online experience to provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to be an effective educator from day one.

The Student Nurses Association (SNA) is an organization for students in all levels of the nursing program to connect at group meetings and through a variety of community service projects. The group is guided by two full-time nursing faculty members.

The goals of the graduate nursing program are to:

1. Prepare registered professional nurses to meet current and future health care needs of populations through advanced nursing practice and transformative leadership grounded in Mercy values.
2. Provide a foundation for research or practice-focused doctoral study in nursing.

The MSN program outcomes are to:

1. Synthesize and translate established and evolving advanced specialty nursing knowledge and ways of knowing, including knowledge from other disciplines, to inform practice and clinical decision-making. 
2. Demonstrate leadership in designing, providing and coordinating comprehensive care that is holistic, inclusive, compassionate, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate to protect, promote, and optimize health outcomes. 
3. Implement established and evolving methods to appraise and design population health strategies across the healthcare delivery continuum from prevention to disease management through collaborative activities with both traditional and non-traditional partnerships to address health policies and social determinants of health for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes.
4. Synthesize, translate, apply, and disseminate research and evidence-based practice into advanced nursing practice specialties to improve health and transform health care.
5. Develop and lead initiatives utilizing established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science to enhance quality of care and to minimize risk of harm to patients and providers, through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
6. Engage in interprofessional relationships and intentional collaboration with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other support systems, to promote high quality, safe patient care, enhance the healthcare experience, and improve outcomes.
7. Analyze health care systems to effectively and proactively coordinate resources to
   provide safe, quality, cost-effective, and equitable care to diverse populations.
8. Apply current and evolving technologies and informatics to interpret aggregated data, inform decision making, and provide, document, and evaluate outcomes of care in the advanced management and improvement of the delivery of healthcare services, in accordance with best professional practice and regulatory standards.
9. Model a professional identity that reflects advanced nursing practice specialty characteristics and values of ethical behavior, accountability, civility, respect, collaborative disposition, excellence, compassion, service, hospitality, and integrity.
10. Demonstrate evolving professional nursing leadership to foster and promote personal health, resilience, and well-being, contribute to lifelong learning, and support the acquisition of nursing expertise and leadership development in self and others across the profession.

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing and master's degree program in nursing at Saint Xavier University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Because of the rigorous standards necessary to earn and maintain accredited status, CCNE-accredited nursing schools like SXU's School of Nursing give prospective students greater confidence in the education they will receive. Earning a nursing degree from a CCNE-accredited program will also assure employers of the value of your education.

Ranked No. 2 in the Nation for Best Online Graduate Nursing Program (2025) by U.S. News & World Report.

These distinctions help give you confidence in the professional nursing development you will experience as a student at Saint Xavier University, and they will demonstrate the full value of your degree to employers, peers, and patients.

MSN - Nurse Educator Major

• The MSN Nurse Educator major combines asynchronous online learning activities with experiential learning to produce graduates ready to practice in a variety of educational settings.
• The faculty are experienced educators and clinicians who hold doctoral degrees in nursing from a variety of colleges and universities and are passionate about teaching the next generation of nurse educators.
• Small class sizes allow for close interaction with faculty and student colleagues.
• Students will develop a habit of lifelong learning that will prepare them to adapt in the dynamic environments of nursing practice and nursing education.
• With core values of service, integrity, and excellence exemplified throughout the curriculum, students will become more effective advocates for nursing and assets to their profession and communities.