Graduate Areas of Study | School of Nursing

M.S. Nursing

The Master of Science, Advanced Practice Nursing Program educates professional nurses for advanced practice in nursing either as clinical nurse specialists in adult nursing, adult/gerontological nurse practitioners, family nurse practitioners or psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (family or adult). The program provides a foundation for doctoral study in nursing. Students can opt for a dual track of study by adding a gerontological specialization to any of the advanced practice tracks.

Doctor of Nursing Practice

The DNP program is based on The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice curriculum guidelines (AACN, 2006), and reflects a multidisciplinary design incorporating appropriate graduate level courses from other disciplines. Offered in an on-campus B.S. to DNP and an online Post-master's DNP format.

Nursing Informatics Certificate

The nursing informatics certificate provides nurses with a background in the emerging area of healthcare informatics. This 100% online program focuses on techniques and practices to make patient information readily available at the point of care. The curriculum offers an in-depth study of computerized health information systems, knowledge management, consumer healthcare, and data management and other informatics.