Mississippi State University has opened the Magnolia State’s first direct-entry, accelerated Master of Science in Nursing program on its Meridian campus starting with the fall 2024 semester. The program prepares students who hold non-nursing bachelor’s degrees for the National Council Licensure Examination.
Students will complete 58 credit hours of coursework over 12 months; graduates are then eligible for the NCLEX-RN examination and licensure as a registered nurse.
“Research tells us that people that come to nursing after having lived experiences, perhaps in another field, are very focused, self-directed adults and they tend to stay in the workforce longer because they have more resilience,” Mississippi State University School of Nursing Dean Mary W. Stewart told the Mississippi Free Press on July 11. “… Our goal is to is to welcome those histories and those backgrounds and then build on those graduate-level competencies—such as systems thinking, quality and safety for patients, quality improvement—using evidence-based research to guide practice.”
Mississippi State’s nursing school is housed in downtown Meridian in the historic Rosenbaum Health Sciences Building. The Riley Foundation gave $6.1 million for renovations to the building which will feature a state-of-the-art interprofessional simulation program, six clinical exam rooms and six medical-surgical rooms to provide hands-on training. The school has high-fidelity simulation spaces, traditional practice areas and assessment labs on the first and second floors.
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Learning Health Care Through Simulation
MSU is the only university in the state to offer an accredited simulation program. The simulation labs will use trained live actors in real-world scenarios. The program will also include computer learning stations, a proctor area and briefing rooms with recording and reviewing capabilities.
“I think it’s important we are using simulation, and we are fortunate because we’re using the best simulation,” Dean Stewart said. “At the same time in this accelerated MSN program, we are not substituting any of our clinical hours with simulation. I think that’s important because even the best simulation is not the same as putting your hands on a real patient and
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