Purpose: The purpose of this document is twofold. First, it is designed to assist the graduate nursing student to reflect upon the MSN curriculum in relation to the Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing, The Graduate Level QSEN competencies and the AONE competencies for Nurse Executives. Second, the completion of this matrix will assist the Nursing Systems Management MSN program director and faculty in the evaluation of the NSM curriculum.
Directions:
www.aacn.nche.edu/education-resources/MastersEssentials11.pdf
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/faculty/qsen/competencies.pdf
http://www.aone.org/resources/nec.pdf
Review the chart on pages 2 and 3 of this document. Note that the AACN MSN Essentials, the corresponding QSEN KSA’s and the AONE competencies are listed across the top of the chart (columns) and the MSN courses you have taken are listed down the side of the chart (rows).