Nursing: Nurse Informatics - MSN

Program Description

The Nursing Informatics program prepares nurses with the knowledge and skills required to practice within the nursing informatics specialty. A majority of nurse informaticists practice in hospitals and health systems, but practice environments also include health information technology vendors, healthcare payors, military and academic contexts as well. Course work emphasizes the work of the nurse informaticist in gathering, analyzing and utilizing data to improve technology-driven healthcare processes. The program incorporates principles from population health informatics, quality improvement, data science and competencies for nurse informaticists explored through classroom and hands-on practicum experiences.

See the Admission section of this catalog for details.

Curriculum