Overview

Transform your career and inspire others with Duke University School of Nursing’s MSN in Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. You’ll develop the real-world skills to drive positive change, influence workplace culture, and enhance patient outcomes and staff well-being.

Key Features

The Nursing and Healthcare Leadership is your stepping stone to becoming an influential nurse leader. The program provides a solid foundation in quality management, health care economics, cultural intelligence and innovation through data management and evidence-based practice.

This knowledge is crucial for addressing today’s nursing and health care challenges, with an emphasis on improving health equity and outcomes.

In the post-pandemic era, the demand for nursing leadership has significantly increased. The presence of strong nurse leaders is crucial as they play a pivotal role in driving positive change within health care organizations. Their influence extends to shaping workplace culture, fostering an environment of collaboration and support, and ultimately leading to improved patient outcomes and enhanced staff well-being.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Nurse as Scholar I: Science Development, Study Design and Statistics

Nurse as Scholar II: Evidence‐based Practice

Population Health in a Global Society

Professional Transitions: Advanced Nursing Practice

Organizational Theory for Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems

Managing Complex Health Care Systems

Application of Finance and Budget Planning

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-07 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Durham, United States

Disciplines

Nursing Health Administration Leadership View 597 other Masters in Leadership in United States

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Academic requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Transcripts: All post-secondary transcripts from every school where college credit was earned, not just degree-granting institutions.

Three (3) professional recommendations

Personal Statement: Three comprehensive written essays are required with your application. Use the text boxes in the Personal Statements section of the application. Text responses have a character limit of 2000. All prompts are required to be answered.

Resume/CV

GPA: Preferential admissions consideration will be given to applicants with a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

Earned bachelor of science in nursing from an accredited Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing or Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education School of Nursing, or an earned associate's degree in nursing from an accredited school in addition to a bachelor's degree in any field.

Licensure: Current licensure as a registered nurse in the state in which practice will occur.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

81000 USD / full

≈ 81000 USD / full
Out-of-State

81000 USD / full

≈ 81000 USD / full
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

81000 USD / full

≈ 81000 USD / full

Funding

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Win a €10000 Scholarship! Deadline: 30 June 2020

Embark on your journey with the Studyportals Scholarship! We're giving away a total of 20,000 euros to help you achieve your dream of studying abroad.

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Key information

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