Nursing (M.S.N.) - Nursing Informatics (36 hour)

Nursing (M.S.N.) - Nursing Informatics (36 hour)

Important: This degree plan is effective for those starting this degree program in fall 2023 through summer 2024. This degree plan will remain in effect for students who do not break enrollment or who do not change degree programs, concentrations, or cognates.

Core Courses 1
NURS 500Research 23
NURS 501Health Policy and Ethics3
NURS 502Nursing Theory and Advanced Practice3
NURS 503Managing Population Health3
NURS 521Nursing Issues, Informatics and Technology3
Total Hours15
1

Students with RN license and bachelors degree in a discipline other than Nursing must take NURS 226 Post-Licensure Research in Nursing (3 c.h.), NURS 440 Post-licensure Strategies for Community Health Care (4 c.h.), NURS 446 Post-Licensure Population Health (3 c.h.), NURS 489 Leadership in Nursing (3 c.h.), and NURS 491 Nursing Management (3 c.h.) within the first year of the program.

2

Introductory statistics course (math preferred) and an undergraduate course in health assessment are required. For those who did not complete these courses in their undergraduate programs, they may fulfill these requirements during the first two semesters of the M.S.N. program. Students must complete the statistics course prior to enrollment in NURS 500 Research (3 c.h.)

Nursing Informatics Concentration
HLTH 501Biostatistics3
HLTH 503Principles of Epidemiology3
INFO 668Health Data Analytics and Decision-Making3
NURS 523Financial and Resource Management for Nurse Leaders3
NURS 524Systems Management and Leadership for Nurse Leaders3
NURS 635Nursing Informatics Data Management 13
NURS 636Nursing Informatics Capstone 1,23
Total Hours21
1

NURS 635 Nursing Informatics Data Management (3 c.h.) and NURS 636 Nursing Informatics Capstone (3 c.h.) involve practice experience hours (Nursing Informatics – 200 hours). Students must obtain a practice experience site contract along with an approved experienced informatics clinician. Students must also complete all  pre-practice experience requirements prior to enrollment in any practice experience course

2

Students must complete a background check prior to enrollment in NURS 630 Nursing Informatics Capstone (3 c.h.) for completion of practice experience

All applicable prerequisites must be met

Graduation Requirements

  • Complete 36 hours
  • A maximum of 50% of the program hours may be transferred if approved and allowable, including credit from an earned degree from Liberty University on the same academic level
  • 3.0 GPA
  • No grades lower than a B- may be applied to the degree
  • Liberty University course work that is more than 5 years old may not be applied towards this degree. Students are required to repeat the course if it has exceeded the age limit
  • Degree must be completed within 5 years
  • Submission of Degree Completion Application must be completed within the last semester of a student’s anticipated graduation date

Program Offered in Online Format

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
First SemesterHours
NURS 501 Health Policy and Ethics 3
NURS 503 Managing Population Health 3
 Hours6
Second Semester
HLTH 501 Biostatistics 3
NURS 521 Nursing Issues, Informatics and Technology 3
 Hours6
Second Year
Third Semester
HLTH 503 Principles of Epidemiology 3
NURS 502 Nursing Theory and Advanced Practice 3
 Hours6
Fourth Semester
NURS 523 Financial and Resource Management for Nurse Leaders 3
NURS 500 Research 3
 Hours6
Third Year
Fifth Semester
NURS 524 Systems Management and Leadership for Nurse Leaders 3
INFO 668 Health Data Analytics and Decision-Making 3
 Hours6
Sixth Semester
NURS 635 Nursing Informatics Data Management 1 3
NURS 636 Nursing Informatics Capstone 1 3
 Hours6
 Total Hours36
1

NURS 635 and NURS 636 involve practice experience hours (Nursing Informatics – 200 hours). Students must obtain a practice experience site contract along with an approved experienced informatics clinician. Students must also complete all pre-practice experience requirements prior to enrollment in any practice experience course

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