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Nursing, M.S.N.

Advance your nursing skills to keep pace with the changing demands of health care.

Earn your M.S.N. and become a nurse leader equipped to guide nursing care and improve patient outcomes. Gain a 理论基础,卫生保健政策和研究. Work with inspiring mentors to solve real-world challenges in health care.

Expand your job mobility, professional network and opportunities for higher earnings. 从以下曲目中选择:

At A Glance

Program: 护理学硕士
Audience: Graduate students
Format: Online and hybrid
Next Start Date: May 20, 2024
Cost: $710/学分(详情见课程亮点)
Time to Completion 3年左右,全职工作

“我在纽约的经历.S.N. Immaculata的课程很棒. 这些课程都是小班授课, 所选主题与当前卫生保健状况有关, 教师们知识渊博. 教师们把他们的专业经验带到了课堂上, 使课程非常有趣和容易关联. The group discussions among the students and faculty were the best part—you learned from everyone’s professional experiences, 每个人都有不同的护理专业, 创造全面的体验. The practicum experiences along with the classroom experience help me prepare for the position I’m currently in today and positions I will hold in the future."

Colleen Terinoni
布林莫尔医院的护士长

Lead and Engage

The evolving health care industry requires strong leaders to respond to clinical, 组织和财政挑战. 本课程为护士管理人员做好准备:

  • 较强的沟通能力
  • Financial knowledge
  • 人事管理
  • Organization theory
  • Negotiation skills
  • Business acumen

在行政实习中, 注重专业发展, 质量成果管理, and legal, regulatory and ethical issues in relation to selected administrative functions of nurse administrators. Each student will develop competencies of a nurse administrator under the guidance of a preceptor, 谁至少持有护理硕士学位. You will be prepared to take the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Certified Nurse Executive Exam.

机会和结果

Career Outlook

The U.S. 劳工统计局预计会看到 卫生服务管理人员的高增长 in the coming decade, and these professionals earn a median salary of $101,340.

触摸未来——教书!

结合成人学习理论与实践教学经验, this track prepares you with instructional skills and mastery of content to teach future nurses or current practitioners in academic settings or professional settings in health care systems.

在教育实习中, examine the theory and methods of effective classroom and clinical teaching in nursing, 并获得作为护士教育者的经验. You will be prepared to take the National League for Nursing Certified Nurse Educator Exam.

机会和结果

Career Outlook

More nurse educators are needed to help train new professionals to address the nursing shortage. Nursing schools are working to make space for more students to meet high demand for new nurses.

Integrate nursing science with data analysis to manage and communicate data that enhances nursing practice and improves patient care.

通过创新的伙伴关系, Immaculata大学’s 护理学硕士 Informatics is offered in conjunction with 宾夕法尼亚州立大学大峡谷分校管理人员分析学研究生证书. Earn two credentials to diversify your skills: a graduate certificate in analytics for managers through Penn State Great Valley and an M.S.N. 来自伊玛库拉塔大学.

机会和结果

Career Outlook

More health care organizations are using electronic health record systems, increasing the need for specialists who can understand and interpret the data to make informed clinical decisions. According to the 医疗保健信息和管理系统学会,常见的职位包括:

  • Nurse informaticist
  • 护理信息学专家
  • 护理信息学临床医师
  • 临床护理信息学专家
  • 首席护理信息官
  • 围手术期信息学护士

To apply for the M.S.N. program, you must hold a baccalaureate degree in nursing from an NLNAC or CCNE accredited school or its equivalent. You may be eligible to apply if you are a registered nurse who holds a bachelor’s degree in a field other than nursing.

Please submit the 申请材料 Immaculata大学的硕士课程,以及:

  • Current résumé
  • Current R.N. license

Nursing informatics track students must submit additional materials to Penn State Great Valley:

Financial Aid

The M.S.N. 项目有资格获得联邦财政援助. 通过Immaculata申请贷款. 伊玛库拉塔大学将提供所有的经济援助, including the semesters nursing informatics students are enrolled at Penn State Great Valley.

R.N. to M.S.N. 桥梁课程(适用于R.N.s who hold a non-B.S.N. degree)

If you are an R.N. who graduated from an accredited nursing school with a non-nursing baccalaureate degree, you must meet B.S.N.-equivalent competencies in nursing leadership, research, and community health. These competencies may be validated through a professional portfolio (a three-credit course) or collegiate coursework after admission. Immaculata’s R.N. to M.S.N. 桥梁课程可以让你完成B.S.N.-展示M基础知识的同等能力.S.N. study.

  • 作为一群人的一部分去上课,这会创造一种 专业学习社区 加强学生的互动和支持.
  • 通过导师的指导,磨练你的知识和技能 practicums. You will complete a clinical practicum that focuses on trends in a nursing specialty area, 还有一个与你的项目相关的实习.
  • 分析和反思你的护理实践问题 capstone course,并向专业人士展示你的研究成果.

Format

  • 在线(适用于护理管理和教育课程)
  • 混合型(适用于家庭护士执业和信息学课程)
  • Off-campus cohorts

Accreditation

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The master’s degree program in nursing at Immaculata大学 is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.

Cost

这个33学分的MSN课程包括以下内容:

  • 通用核心(3学分)
  • 护理专业(15学分)
  • 专业核心(15学分)

Prerequisite

NURS 500 Professional Portfolio (for non-nursing bachelor’s admits) (3 credits)

通用核心(3学分)

gen503人际关系(3学分)

护理专业(15学分)

  • NURS 621 Role Development for Advanced Nursing Practice (3) -OR- NURS 623 Role Development for Nursing Informaticists (3)
  • 卫生保健政策和政治(3)
  • NURS 640高级健康评估(3)
  • 护理研究(3)
  • NURS 690 MSN Capstone (3)

护理管理课程

  • MML 603管理组织效率(3)
  • NURS 670护理管理(3)
  • 医疗机构财务管理(3)
  • NURS 681临床实习(3)
  • NURS 684行政实习(3)

护理教育方向

  • 高级病理药理学(3)
  • NURS 660护理教育研讨会I (3)
  • NURS 661护理教育研讨会II (3)
  • NURS 681临床实习(3)
  • NURS 683教育实习(3)

护理信息学专业核心(15学分)

  • NURS 630 Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decision Making (BUS 510) (Penn State) (3)
  • NURS 631数据可视化(DAAN 871)(宾夕法尼亚州立大学)(3)
  • NURS 681临床实习(3)
  • 护理信息学实习(3)
  • NURS 632 People Analytics (BUSAD 843) (Penn State) (3); -OR- NURS 633 Driving Business Success with Marketing Analytics (MKTG 811) (Penn State) (3)
  • Critically seek, evaluate, and develop an expanding knowledge of nursing.
  • 运用领导才能, 道德和伦理原则, and professional standards to guide one’s own nursing practice and that of others.
  • Impact nursing practice through scientific inquiry and the dissemination of research findings.
  • Integrate concepts, models, and theories from nursing science and related disciplines into advanced nursing practice.
  • 护理信息学专业学生:
    • 综合护理科学的先进理解, computer science, 信息科学和数据分析进入高级护理实践.
    • Demonstrate competence in management of health care data to improve patient care.
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