Upon completion of the program and with the requisite experience, students will be eligible to sit for the certification examination of the American Nurses Credentialing Center in Nursing Administration or Nursing Informatics. Normally, full-time students can complete the program in four semesters. Part-time students may complete the program in three to five years. Additional courses for each of the three specialty options follow. Examines Health Care Systems development, impacts, and prospects for change.
Content enables nurses to draw implications for nursing practice and advocacy for improving systems.
Examines the historical evolution, theoretical roots, current roles and context of advanced practice nursing. Content addresses the definition issues, and scope of advanced practice nursing within a changing environment. This course focuses on the relations between research and practice, the research process, and on non-experimental designs. This two course sequence explores the philosophy, logic, and methods of research and statistical analysis for use in clinical practice. This course focuses on sampling, measurement, data management, experimental designs, and on the use of data for improving practice.