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Grow your career for a greater impact in health care
You don't need astethoscope tolisten to your own heart, especially when it's calling you to a greater cause.Build upon your nursing leadership and skill set with one of our certificate, MSN, DNP or Ph.D. programs in nursing and watch your career (and your heart) grow.
Starting your career from a non-nursing background? It's not too late for change. We offer direct entry programs for those with non-nursing degrees that enable you to earn your nursing degree in a full-time, accelerated setting, allowing you to earn your degree in 5 semesters.
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Certificate, Master’s, DNP, and Doctoral Programs
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Adult-Gerontology: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Apply advanced clinical assessment skills to complex health problems commonly encountered among ill adults and older adults in the acute care setting.
MSN, Post-MSN Certificate, DNP
Adult-Gerontology: Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Gain advanced knowledge of health promotion and disease prevention, advanced physical assessment, diagnosis, and management of chronic and episodic problems in a primary care/clinic setting.
MSN, Post-MSN Certificate, DNP
Direct Entry: Non-nursing Graduates
Turn your non-nursing degree into a career as a nurse in 18 to 21 monthswith this intense, accelerated nursing program.
Direct Entry MSN
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (Ph.D.)
The doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) program prepares nurse-scientists as teacher/scholars.
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (Ph.D.)
Health Systems Leadership
Prepare for leadership, administrative and executive roles through understanding health systems, clinical operations, and strategic thinking.
Post-Master's Certificate, MSN, Post-BSN DNP
Nurse Anesthesia
Provide avariety of regionaland generalanesthesiatechniques during one of the most critical moments of a patient's care.
DNP
Nurse Midwifery
Empower women during thepregnancy journeywith exceptional primaryand gynecologic care.Graduatesare prepared for independent management of women with low-risk pregnancies.
MSN, Post-masters Certificate
Pediatrics: Acute Care NursePractitioner
Provide an advance level of care for children in complex, chronic,acute and critical health situations.
MSN, Post-MSN Certificate, DNP
Pediatrics: Primary Care NursePractitioner
Provide care for childrenand families from simple to complex health issues, usually in primary care settings.
MSN, Post-MSN Certificate, DNP
Pediatrics: Dual Primary /Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Equip yourself to lead and treat children in primary care as well as critical care situations.
MSN, Post-MSN Certificate, DNP
Teaching Certificate for Nurse Educators
Are you interested in developing the next generation of nurses? Build the knowledge, competencies, and skills needed to succeed.
Certificate
Which degree should I choose?
MSN Programs
Go beyond fundamental nursing skills by choosing special degrees with full-time and part-time options. BSN required.
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DNP Programs
OurDNP programs emphasize the development of nursing practice expertise at the highest level. BSN to DNP and post-MSN to DNP options are available.
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Direct Entry MSN for Non-nurses
Turn your non-nursing degree into a future career as a nurse in 18 to 21 months with this intense, accelerated nursing program. Non-nursing bachelor's degree required.
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Ph.D. Program
Prepares nursing students for research as teachers and scholars.BSN to Ph.D., MSN to Ph.D. and DNP to Ph.D. options available.
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Post-MSN Certificates
For nurses who want to advance their practice.
MSN required.
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Learning Outcomes
Master of Science in Nursing
- Use data and analytical processes to discover, critique, and/or synthesize nursing knowledge for the continued improvement of nursing care across diverse settings.
- Integrate pertinent theories, research and other evidence, as well as patient and population perspectives to guide master’s level nursing practice
- Effectively use varied modes of communication, informatics and technology to promote safe and high-quality patient care.
- Initiate, maintain, and promote intra- and interprofessional collaboration.
- Demonstrate leadership in ethical and clinical decision making using a system’s perspective.
- Provides culturally appropriate evidence based clinical prevention and population health to individuals, families and aggregates.
Teaching Certificate for Nurse Educators
Learning Outcomes
Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Demonstrate advanced evidence-based management of care in a cultural context at the individual, family, population, and/or organizational /systems level.
- Demonstrate policy analysis and advocacy for social justice, equity and ethical policies in health care delivery.
- Analyze and apply models, theories and scientific evidence to improve quality of health care of diverse populations.
- Employ interprofessional and leadership knowledge and skills to transform health care and complex delivery systems.
- Integrate knowledge of and skills in information systems and patient care technologies for the improvement and transformation of health care.
Ph.D. in Nursing
- Develop and disseminate knowledge that will impact health, healthcare, policy, and/or nursing education.
- Develop, test, and refine theories as a basis for nursing science.
- Analyze complex and intersecting patterns of inequities to understand, inform, and advance health equity.
- Synthesize research findings to guide nursing knowledge development.
- Design and conduct research.
- Implement evidence-based teaching and learning principles at course and program levels.
- Synthesize evidence to advance pedagogical innovation and provide leadership in nursing education and academic environments.
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