Overview
Learn how to integrate nursing science, computer science, and information science to effectively manage and communicate data in your field with the online Nursing (MSN) - Informatics program at Walden University.
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Enhance your skills with iHuman patient simulation software and strength-finding tools, which make your learning experience personalized, interactive, and effective.
Why Choose Walden to Complete Your MSN-Nursing Informatics?
- Collaborate and share insights with nurses from around the country. Engage in an interactive online environment that makes it easier to work and advance your education.
- Learn from highly qualified instructors who leverage their practical experience to help you grow as a nurse informaticist. All of our MSN–Nursing Informatics teaching faculty hold doctoral degrees.
- Translate knowledge into hands-on practice by designing, developing, and implementing a project in a real healthcare setting.
- Become a healthcare change agent by applying your enhanced skills and expertise immediately within your professional environment.
- Join Phi Nu, Walden’s chartered chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Connect with your peers globally to share the latest nursing research and best practices in clinical, scientific, and leadership areas.
- Earn your degree on your terms: Choose this specialization’s course-based format or the flexible, competency-based format, designed to work around your busy schedule.
Career Impact
Nursing informatics is in high demand. Recent legislation is driving healthcare institutions to adopt electronic health records (EHR). These institutions will depend on nursing informatics professionals to help adopt and transition the new technologies into practice.
Nursing informatics professionals work in hospitals, healthcare organizations, universities, consulting firms, or corporations that develop and market healthcare information systems.
If you have the right experience and training, Walden’s MSN–Nursing Informatics specialization can help position you for roles such as:
- Informatics Nurse Specialist
- Director of Clinical Information
- Clinical Analyst
- Clinical Informatics Coordinator
- Informatics Consultant
- Informatics Faculty
- Informatics Researcher
- Manager of Informatics
Accreditation
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing (BSN), master’s degree program in nursing (MSN), and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at Walden University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
Programme Structure
Walden’s flexibility and support put your education within reach. You will benefit from a comprehensive online learning experience that includes:
- Convenient start dates throughout the year.
- Orientation that prepares you for success in an online environment.
- Ability to complete coursework when and where it is convenient for you.
- Access to courses and materials on your smartphone or tablet.
- Multimedia resources designed to augment student learning: videos, case studies, simulations, articles, journals, and discussion topics.
- A global online community of faculty, students, and alumni.
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 12 months
- Flexible
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Informatics & Information Sciences Nursing Health Informatics View 96 other Masters in Health Informatics in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- A bachelor's degree or higher.
- To be considered for this master’s program, you must have a valid RN license.
- Completed online application and transcripts.
Tuition Fee
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23850 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 23850 USD for the full programme during 12 months.
Funding
Paying for your education can be a challenge, but Walden helps you identify the many funding options that are available to you, including scholarships, grants, and federal and private loans. You can also check with your employer to see if they offer tuition reimbursement for your courses. A Walden enrollment advisor can help you determine which funding options are available to you. Additionally, you can save time and money by transferring credits earned previously.
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.