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Clinical Nurse Leader The Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) concentration prepares a generalist who will function as a clinical leader for setting-specific nursing practice. The CNL role is at the point of care with responsibilities in management of care, the care environment, and unit specific patient outcomes. The Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) is a part-time graduate program spread over 4 semesters and one summer with an average of six (6) credits per semester. A total of 31 credit hours are required for completion of this master's degree program in nursing. The number of required clinical hours (contact hours) is based on national certification examination requirements, not on a credit hour to contact hour basis. The clinical nurse leader concentration has a total of 468 clinical hours: 84 hours in clinical semester one, 84 hours in clinical semester two, and 300 hours in clinical semester three. Graduates who complete this program are eligible to sit for national certification as a clinical nurse leader. For more information on this concentration and courses, go to the CONHP area of the USM graduate catalog. Sample: Part-Time Program Sequence FALL I
SPRING I
SUMMER I
FALL II
SPRING II
Total Program credits: 31 Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) * The Graduate Nursing Program reserves the right to delay offering the 25 credit sequence for this concentration until a sufficiant cohort is enrolled; minimum of 10 students.
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