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This dual degree option provides students the opportunity to earn a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a 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 healthcare 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 practice experience hours for students enrolled in the Advanced Practice DNP Concentration. Students enrolled in the Leadership DNP Concentration will complete 66 credits and 1,000 practice experience hours. Students will be dually 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.
GRN 7000 Scholarly Writing
GRN 8101 Healthcare Leadership and Innovation
GRN 8102 Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
GRN 8103 Epidemiology and Population Health
GRN 8104 Healthcare Politics and Policy
GRN 8105 Healthcare Informatics
GRN 8106 Healthcare QI and Systems Thinking
GRN 8107 Healthcare Economics
GRN 8108 Applied Evidence-Based Practice
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
GRN 9001 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project I
GRN 9002 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project II
GRN 9003 Doctor of Nursing Practice Project III
GRN 8121 DNP Experiential Engagement I (125 Practice Experience Hours)
GRN 8122 DNP Experiential Engagement II (125 Practice Experience Hours)
GRN 8123 DNP Experiential Engagement III (125 Practice Experience Hours)
GRN 8124 DNP Experiential Engagement IV (125 Practice Experience Hours)
This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2024-2025 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2023 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.
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