Kennedy Health System has partnered with UMDNJ - School of Nursing to provide Kennedy employees with an RN to MSN program on-site in Cherry Hill, Washington Twp., and Stratford, NJ.

MSN Options available through this partnership are

• Acute/Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
• Family Health Nurse Practitioner and
• Nursing Education

Learn more about our other Master's Degree programs or view our continuing education offerings throughout New Jersey.

 

Kennedy Health System RN-MSN Track Admission Requirements

• New Jersey Registered Nurse License
• Applicants who have a non-nursing baccalaureate degree may be conditionally accepted into an MSN track, but must complete the Transition course before full matriculation into the specialty.
• Applicants with a diploma or associate degree in nursing will be conditionally accepted into a MSN track but must complete NURS 5104 Advanced Pathophysiology , NURS 5105 Clinical Pharmacology, and all prerequisite courses. A course grade of B and a term GPA of 3.0 and cumulative GPA of 3.0 must be maintained each semester in the graduate level courses. The student must achieve a B or better in any course work to remain enrolled as a conditionally accepted student. These courses can only be taken once and must be successfully completed for matriculated status. RN-MSN applicants will be accepted in a conditional, non-matriculated status. Students must successfully complete the nursing undergraduate coursework from UMDNJ – SN prior to applying for full matriculation
• Official transcripts documenting graduation from an NLN accredited diploma or associate degree nursing program. Students must submit all official transcripts of all colleges/universities previously attended.
• Evidence of current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Adult, Child, Infant and AED.
• Evidence of one year recent experience as a Registered Nurse prior to entry into the clinical practicum courses at the graduate level
• Evidence of two years current clinical experience is required for the Acute/Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Track (Emergency and/or Critical Care experience is required)
• Applicants may be asked to attend an advisement meeting with the Track Coordinator/Advisor or Academic Dean prior to acceptance into any program.

Downloads

Brochure (PDF) »

Course Registration Form »
This is the form to use if interested in taking courses as a non matriculated student.  There is no application fee or transcripts required.  All Kennedy RNs can take up to 10 graduate credits as a non-matriculated student by filling this out and faxing to UMDNJ.

Application for Admission »
The Kennedy application (the formal application) is for those RNs with a BSN or BS in any field or RNs (with diploma / associate degree) who have completed all the undergraduate coursework (statistics and basic health assessment) and the two graduate courses (patho and research). 

 

RN-MSN Curriculum

Diploma/RN	* Nursing	30
Pre-requisites	* General Education Credits    30 credits * Humanities    18 credits * Statistics    3 credits * Psychology    3 credits * English Composition I & II    6 credits	SubTotal *90
BSN Courses	Health Informatics 3 credits Community Health Nursing 6 credits Comprehensive Health Assessment 3 credits Policy & Politics in Healthcare Systems 3 credits Nursing Leadership and Management 3 credits Health Promotion in a Multicultural Society 3 credits	SubTotal 21
MSN tracks - Choose s Specialty	Nurse Educator 40 credits Nurse Practitioner Family 46 credits Nurse Practitioner Acute Critical Care 42 credits
	Total credits for RN to MSN	151 – 157

Considerations
1. RNs with a previous bachelor's degree will take a three credit Transition
course
2. BSN students will start in any of the MSN tracks above tracks onsite.
3. Other MSN tracks are offered at UMDNJ- SN

*Outstanding prerequisite courses can be completed at any US accredited
college or university while enrolled as a non-matriculated student. All
prerequisite and BSN core courses must be successfully completed prior to
enrolling in any MSN course.