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School of Nursing RN to MSN Policy Manual
School of Nursing RN to MSN Policy Manual


Table of Contents



1. School of Nursing Faculty ...................................................................................................3

2. School of Nursing Philosophy .............................................................................................5

3. School of Nursing Organizational Framework ...................................................................7

4. School of Nursing: Graduate Education Beliefs.................................................................9

5. School of Nursing Program Outcomes ..............................................................................11

6. General Information...........................................................................................................12

7. Admission Requirements RN to MSN...............................................................................12

8. Advisement ........................................................................................................................12

9. Communication .................................................................................................................12

a. Registration ..............................................................................................................12

b. Course Sequence Plan ..............................................................................................13
c. Thesis or Scholarly Project Advisor .........................................................................13
d. Clinical Courses ........................................................................................................13

e.
Name
Tags
...............................................................................................................13

f. Student ID Cards ......................................................................................................13

g. Parking Permits.........................................................................................................13
h. Writing Center ..........................................................................................................13
i. Financial Support......................................................................................................14
j. Full-Time and Part-time Status.................................................................................14
k. Grade Reporting........................................................................................................14
l. Safety ........................................................................................................................14


10. Requirements for the BSN & MSN Degree .....................................................................15

11. Requirements for Clinical/Practicum Courses..................................................................16

12. Fulfillment of Research Requirement...............................................................................16
a. Thesis
Option............................................................................................................16
b. Scholarly Project Option...........................................................................................17
c. Nursing Science: Research Application...................................................................17

13. Sustaining Status...............................................................................................................18

14. Change of Program Concentration ..................................................................................18

15. Change from RN to MSN To RN to BSN Program ........................................................19

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- 16. Progression in the Program ..............................................................................................19

17. Transfer of Credit .............................................................................................................19
a. University of Delaware CEND credits .....................................................................19
b. Another Institution....................................................................................................20

18. Petition for Variance.........................................................................................................20

19. Waiver Policy ...................................................................................................................20

20. Graduate Student Grievance Procedure............................................................................20

21. Academic Honesty............................................................................................................21

22. Leave of Absence
..................................................................................................................................
21

23. Continuous Registration ...................................................................................................21

24. Application for Advanced Degree ....................................................................................21

25. Graduation ........................................................................................................................22

26. Resignation from the University.......................................................................................22

27. Safety Training Outline ....................................................................................................23

28. Department of Occupational Health and Safety
Post-Exposure Evaluation and Follow-Up Procedure .....................................................27

29. Distance Learning Information 29
30. Web Sites of Interest.........................................................................................................33





2 School of Nursing Faculty

Lisa Ann Plowfield, PhD, RN, Director, 831-0655,
plow@udel.edu

Karen Avino, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, Holistic Nursing &Community Health, 831-8506,
kavino@udel.edu

Pamela Beeman, PhD, RN, Womens Health & Community,
pbeeman@udel.edu

Margaret Birney, PhD, RN, Cardiopulmonary, 831-8500,
birney@udel.edu

Linda Bucher, DNSc, RN, Cardiopulmonary, 831-8505,
lbucher@udel.edu

Christine Cannon, PhD, RN, Adult Medical-Surgical, 831-8365,
ccannon@udel.edu

Sheila Cushing, MS, RN, Medical-Surgical, 831-8361,
scushing@udel.edu

Cynthia Diefenbeck, MSN, RN, CS, Psychiatric Mental Health, 831-8390,
cynthia@udel.ed

Margaret Dada, MSN, RN, Pediatrics, 831-8391,
mbdada@udel.edu

Pat Drake, MSN, RN, Maternity, 831-8503,
patdrake@udel.edu

Sandra Elliott, MSN, CNM, Womens Health, 831-8601,
29292@udel.edu

Bethany Hall-Long, PhD, RNC, Community Health, 831-8362,
blong@udel.edu

Thomas Hardie, EdD, RN, CS, Psychiatric Mental Health, 831-8378,
thardie@udel.edu

Evelyn Hayes, PhD, RN, CS-FNP, Family Nurse Practitioner, 831-8392,
erhayes@udel.edu

Judy Herrman, MS, RNC, Pediatrics, 831-8380,
jherrman@udel.edu

Amy Johnson, DNSc, RN, Maternal-Child, 831-8369,
ajohnson@udel.edu

Paula Klemm, DNSc, RN, OCN, Oncology/Immune Deficiency, 831-8501,
klemmpa@udel.edu

Madeline Lambrecht, EdD, RN, Psychiatric Mental Health, 831-4549,
madeline@udel.edu

Lisa McBeth-Snyder, MSN, RN, Maternity, 831-8395,
lmsnyder@udel.edu

Diane Mick, PhD, RN, CCNS, GNP, FNAP, Gerontology,
dmick@udel.edu

Carol Kerrigan Moore, MS, RN, Family Nurse Practitioner, 831-8502,
ckmoore@udel.edu

Betty J. Paulanka, EdD, RN, Dean,
College of Health Sciences, 831-8370,
paulanka@udel.edu


Carolee Polek, PhD, RN, Oncology, 831-1292,
cpolek@udel.edu

Allen Prettyman, MSN, CRNP, Family Nurse Practitioner,
apretty@udel.edu

Ingrid Pretzer-Aboff, MA, RN, Medical-Surgical, 831-3086,
iaboff@udl.edu

Larry T. Purnell, PhD, RN, FAAN, Health Services Administration, 831-4585,
lpurnell@udel.edu

Christine Reilly, PhD, RN, Psychiatric Mental Health, 831-8394,
cej@udel.edu

Kathleen Riley-Lawless, PhD, RN, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner,
32884@udel.edu

Kathleen Schell, DNSc, RN, CCRN, Medical-Surgical, 831-8396,
kaschell@udel.edu


3 Janice Selekman, DNSc, RN, Pediatrics, 831-1256,
selekman@udel.edu

Barbara L. Sheer, DNSc, FAANP, Family & Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, 831-8364,
sheer@udel.edu

Gail Wade, DNSc, RN, Maternal-Child, 831-8719,
ghwade