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Excel in Health Care
New hybrid delivery!
- Courses offered online
- Learn from any location
- Opportunity for student-faculty interaction on Wednesday evenings
Our MSN program uses active learning to equip nurses with the skills and knowledge needed to be leaders and change agents in the future nursing workforce. We provide high-quality education that inspires, challenges, and develops nurses while maximizing flexibility with student-faculty interaction opportunities.
MSN Helps Her Land New Gig (0:44)
Reflecting on her job as a corrections nurse for the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, Courtney Rust '16, '19 MSN shares how her MSN equipped her to take on this new role.
MSN Overview (0:28)
Dr. Sharon Guthrie, director of graduate nursing programs, gives an overview of the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program.
Forensic Nursing Outlook: Growing (1:10)
As a corrections nurse, Courtney Rust '16, '19 MSN sees the field of forensic nursing growing, gaining understanding, and very necessary.
Areas of Emphasis
Choose from five areas of emphasis to meet your professional interests.
- Forensic Nursing—Develop, promote, and implement protocols and systems related to complex health concerns while responding to victims and perpetrators of trauma, injury, accidents, neglect, abuse, exploitation, and all forms of violence.
- Health Advocacy—Design, implement, manage, continuously improve, and lead innovative health care population management programs.
- Nurse Administration—Lead and manage complex 21st century health care organizations.
- Nurse Education—Design, implement, and continuously improve educational initiatives in academic and health care settings.
- Nursing Informatics*—Develop, implement, and lead interdisciplinary health information technologies with knowledge and skills in system design and analysis, databases, consumer informatics, clinic decision support, knowledge representation, interoperability, and population health informatics.
*Nursing Informatics applications are due April 1 for fall admission and November 1 for spring admission. Applicants must meet admission criteria for both Mount Mercy and University of Minnesota.
By integrating telehealth into my practice, I can provide care in remote locations where it likely did not exist before. By lessening this disparity, I, along with other health care providers, can generate a healthier Iowa!
Curriculum
Start coursework in January or August.
Courses are conveniently held online (either asynchronously or synchronously) in 5-week blocks, letting you focus your attention on one class at a time. Full-time students can complete the program in 18-24 months, and part-time students can develop a customized plan of study with their advisor. Choose your practicum location with faculty approval.
November 1 application deadline for January start.
June 1 application deadline for August start.
Courtney Rust '16, '19 MSN
Forensic Nursing
Now helping the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office care for its inmates, Courtney Rust launched her career in the MSN program.
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Megan Muñoz '11, '13 MSN
Nursing Education
As the only podcast hosted by a Certified Diabetes Educator, Megan Muñoz is helping people living with Type 2 Diabetes.
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Rebecca Moore '11 '13 MSN
Nursing Education
Driven by a want to help others, Rebecca came to MMU for both her undergraduate and graduate degrees to live out her dreams.
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Haley Fernandez '16 MSN
Nurse Administration
Haley Fernandez '16 MSN completed the MSN program at Mount Mercy University and talks about the experiences she made during her time in the program.
Read moreMSN-degreed nurses earned substantially more than registered nurses, who had an average salary of $71,730. Nurse practitioners also earned a median pay of $113,930.