The College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation Graduate Education and Advanced Practice Programs includes the following degree programs:
Graduate Nursing Degrees:
- Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program is focused on improving healthcare through facilitating a culture of best practice, and providing the additional skills necessary to develop advance practice nursing leaders for the future. Advanced practice preparation is available in a variety of nurse practitioner roles including Adult NP, Pediatric NP, Neonatal NP, Women’s Health NP, Family NP, Psychiatric Mental Health NP, and Child/Family Psychiatric Mental Health NP. Emphasis is placed on preparing advanced practice evidence-based mentors to assume faculty positions and positions in leadership. Three entry pathways are available for this new degree.
- Master of Healthcare Innovation (MHI) program is designed to be a one year masters degree program using a hybrid online format open to nursing and non-nursing students working and living at a distance. MHI offers a futuristic, multidisciplinary, educational approach to the development of healthcare leaders who base decisions upon the best evidence available. Students accepted into this program will learn new processes to develop innovative, immediate solutions to existing or potential healthcare problems in both traditional and non-traditional healthcare organizations.
- Master of Science, (MS) prepares nurses for more independent roles as community leaders and educators. MS Degrees are available for Nurse Educator and Community Health.
- PhD in Nursing & Healthcare Innovation (PhD) is designed for those who wish to pursue careers as leaders in health policy, nursing education and research. This degree helps address a state and national need for faculty members who are increasingly in short supply (differences between DNP and PhD). Two entry pathways are available for this degree: BS-PhD and a MS-PhD.
