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Master's in Nursing Education

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Earn your master’s in just 16 months with this fully online, flexible program designed for working professionals. Gain the skills to teach in academic or clinical settings, mentor future nurses, and lead evidence-based change in health care.

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Masters in Nursing Education

By the end of the program, students with a Master of Science Nursing degree will be able to:

  • Lead the integration, translation, and application of evidence from nursing science and other disciplines to advance and lead healthcare delivery.
  • Create, communicate, and evaluate person-centered care that is holistic, individualized, just, culturally aware, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate.
  • Analyze current population health gaps and create and evaluate cost-effective, evidence-based interventions to meet the needs of the target population across the care continuum.
  • Advance the scholarship of nursing through the integration of best evidence and ethical conduct of scholarly activities to improve health outcomes.
  • Apply principles of improvement and safety science to ensure system effectiveness to enhance quality care and minimize harm, ensuring effective systems for safe, person-centered care in a secure and just environment.
  • Effectively collaborate with multidisciplinary care team members, patients, families, communities, and stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.
  • Lead and coordinate resources within complex healthcare systems to deliver safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations.
  • Use information and communication technology to manage and improve healthcare in accordance with best practices and professional and regulatory standards.
  • Demonstrate a sustainable professional identity of accountability, perspective, ethical comportment, and collaborative disposition that reflects nursing’s characteristics and values.
  • Actively engage in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, well-being, and lifelong learning to support the acquisition of nursing expertise and leadership.

Program Length

The MS in Nursing Education is completed in 4 semesters

Mode

Asynchronous (clinical experiences can be arranged in your area or online)

Career Advancement

Enhance your role as an academic or clinical educator and graduate-prepared nurse leader

Certification Alignment

Courses are mapped to Certified Nurse Education (CNE) and Nursing Professional Development (NPD) certification

Office of Student Affairs

Questions for a graduate advisor?
kristen.mahoney@nurs.utah.edu

Contact Us

Program Manager
Kristen Mahoney
Email: kristen.mahoney@nurs.utah.edu

Specialty Track Director
Cynthia Beynon PhD, MSN-Ed, RN, CNE
Email: cynthia.beynon@nurs.utah.edu