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This dual degree option provides students the opportunity to earn a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Master of Science in Management in Healthcare Administration simultaneously. Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Nurse Leaders will acquire the requisite skills to succeed in a complex healthcare environment. Graduates of the dual degree option will be prepared as managers and leaders with both healthcare and business expertise.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program is designed for nurses who hold a master’s degree in nursing or a related field and offers an educational pathway to earn the highest clinically focused doctoral degree in nursing. Upon completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, students will possess forward thinking clinical and systems leadership skills to promote the application of evidence-based practice to address the nation’s increasingly complex healthcare needs.
*For more information regarding the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, please refer to: https://www.wilmu.edu/health/dnp.aspx
The MSM program is designed to prepare students for management and leadership positions in all types of business enterprises including health care organizations, financial institutions, and not-for-profit organizations. The program provides management practitioners with the scholastic depth and contemporary skills to meet the challenges of today’s healthcare organizations. By focusing on the role of the manager at the micro and macro levels, and embracing the manager-as-leader paradigm, this program recognizes the reality and challenging nature of contemporary organizational systems that require change and innovation to remain competitive.
*For more information about the Master of Science in Management program, please refer to: https://www.wilmu.edu/business/management-master.aspx
Admission, progression, and graduation requirements are a coordinated effort between the College of Health Professions and Natural Sciences and the College of Business. The dual Doctor of Nursing Practice and Master of Science in Management is 54 credits and 500 experiential engagement hours for students enrolled in the Advanced Practice DNP Concentration. Students enrolled in the Leadership DNP Concentration will complete 66 credits and 1,000 experiential engagement hours. Students will be dual advised by the DNP Program Chair and MSM Program Chair.
To be considered for the dual DNP and MSM option, students must first be accepted to the DNP program. A second graduate application is then required to add the MSM in Healthcare Administration. Both degrees must be conferred at the same time during one enrollment.
Both degrees must be conferred at the same time during one enrollment.
DNP 8000 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project I (145 Experiential Engagement hours)
DNP 8001 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project II (150 Experiential Engagement hours)
DNP 8002 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project III (150 Experiential Engagement hours)
MGT 6400 Global Leadership
MGT 7750 Strategy and Decision-Making
MIS 7000 IT in Business
MGT 7300 Business Finance
MGT 8000 MSM Business Simulation
HCA 7745 Marketing in the Health Care Sector
DNP 7000 Bioethics for Advanced Nursing Practice
DNP 7101 Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing Practice
DNP 7103 Population Health (20 Experiential Engagement hours)
DNP 7104 Politics and Policy in the Healthcare System
DNP 7105 Healthcare Economics
DNP 7106 Healthcare Informatics
DNP 7108 QI and Systems Thinking in Healthcare (35 Experiential Engagement hours)
DNP 7107 Applied Evidence-Based Practice
This course must be taken immediately prior to DNP 8000.
DNP 9001 Doctor of Nursing Practice Experiential Engagement I (125 Experiential Engagement hours)
DNP 9002 Doctor of Nursing Practice Experiential Engagement II (125 Experiential Engagement hours)
DNP 9003 Doctor of Nursing Practice Experiential Engagement III (125 Experiential Engagement hours)
DNP 9004 Doctor of Nursing Practice Experiential Engagement IV (125 Experiential Engagement hours)
This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2023-2024 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2022 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.
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