Nursing Practice-Nursing Informatics and e-Health (M.S.N.) Program will begin Fall 2021

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*Program will be offered beginning Fall 2021.

The Master of Science in Nursing with Nursing Informatics and e-Health specialization is one of four in the nation and meets the growing demand for nurses who have advanced preparation in informatics, health care technologies, analytics and e-Health. This program is flexible and draws on the strengths of the university including distance delivery, use of technologies and inter-professional approaches.

This master’s program specializes and prepares you in the science of how to use data, information systems and health care technologies to direct patient care, improve the delivery of services and lead transformative practice and organizational change. Coursework provides a foundation for nurses in advance practice roles. It utilizes contemporary nursing concepts to develop leadership capacity in informatics and technology, health care business for the
digital economy and utilization of evidence-based practice to clinical and system improvement.

Master of Science in Nursing-Nursing Informatics and e-Health (M.S.N.): Total 33 credit hours

##Program will be offered beginning Fall 2021

Admissions Requirements

Required Courses in Major Area: 33 credit hours

NURS 511 - Evidence-Based Practice: A foundation for Nurses in Advanced Practice Roles 3 cr hrs
NURS 513 - Contemporary Nursing Concepts for Advanced Practice Nursing 3 cr hrs
NURS 514 - Informatics as a Foundation to Nursing & Nursing Practice 3 cr hrs
NURS 535 - Leadership in Informatics and Technology 3 cr hrs
NURS 740 - Population Health Nursing Interventions and Healthcare Technologies 3 cr hrs
NURS 767 - Quantitative Analysis of Workflow to Improve Patient Outcomes 3 cr hrs
NURS 688 - Healthcare Business for the Digital Economy 3 cr hrs
HSAD 760 - Health Services Informatics 3 cr hrs
NURS 788 - Master’s Research Problems/Project (C) 3 cr hrs
HIMS 742* - Health Informatics, Information Systems and Health Information Technology [Prerequisite: HIMS 701 will not be required for Nursing majors at USD. Taught by DSU] 3 cr hrs
HIMS 743* - Informatics a Foundation to Clinical Practice 3 cr hrs

*Courses are delivered at DSU

Student Learning Outcomes

Develop knowledge and skill in informatics and health care communication technologies
as a foundation to nursing practice.
Develop knowledge and skills in tools, method and theories of informatics and healthcare
technologies to support and inform practice improvement activities, change processes,
and system reliability and workflow.
Intervene at System and population level through policy development to promote safety,
cost effectiveness and ethical principles and standards for use of information and health
technology.
Apply evidence-based practice to informatics solutions in population health and clinical
and system improvement.
Integrate informatics and healthcare technology to organizational and system leadership
principles.
Apply broad organizational, interprofessional, client-centered and culturally appropriate
healthcare technologies and informatics in planning, delivery, management and
evaluation of evidence-based clinical prevention and population healthcare services to
individuals, families, and aggregates/identified populations.
Demonstrate knowledge and skill in system design life cycle, system usability and human
interaction and healthcare data management, analysis, application and transformation.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills in applying rules, regulations and requirements of
information technology.