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Dual-Degree Program in Information and Nursing
The School of Information and the School of Nursing → offer a unique dual-degree program that allows students to pursue a Master of Science in Nursing Business and Health Systems and a Master of Science in Information concurrently. The master's in nursing portion of this dual-degree program is a Web-based program.
The program is designed so that you can complete all requirements in a total of six terms. You enroll in SI for one-half of these terms and in the School of Nursing for the other half.
This dual-degree program offers a valuable and unique opportunity for nurse leaders to gain interdisciplinary preparation for the Information Age in both nursing systems and information management at one of the premier educational institutions in the world. It is designed to meet the needs of students who desire preparation in both clinical management and information management areas. It is open only to individuals who have earned a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
Nursing Business and Health Systems Objectives
Students who complete the Master of Nursing Business and Health Systems should be able to:
- Synthesize and apply theories, models, and research related to nursing business and health systems
- Analyze health systems and organizations to determine strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
- Develop and implement strategic and operational plans to guide the organization or system toward successful outcomes.
- Provide leadership and management in nursing and healthcare systems
- Create and innovate new ideas and develop strategy, means, and methods to implement
- Effectively lead and manage successful change in health care and nursing
The Nursing Business and Health Systems program is offered in a distance-independent format. Each course is offered using Web-based instructional tools, supplemented with at most once a month classroom contact at the U-M School of Nursing. The Web-based format allows you maximum flexibility between campus visits, while the classroom experiences provide opportunities for faculty and peer-group interaction.
Web-based course instruction allows you to do course work and assignments on your own schedule -- whether it's 2 p.m. or 2 a.m. It facilitates the coordination of personal and professional responsibilities with the required academic activities. Although access to much of the educational program is achieved individually via the computer, you are able to develop a sense of camaraderie with your classmates through online discussion forums and the periodic weekend classroom contact.
MSI Philosophy Statement
Unprecendented change in the use of information is reshaping our personal activities, our community and organizational practices, and our national and global institutions. In managing these transformations, our society too often focuses narrowly either on extending technology or on revision of social policies. What is needed is an integrated understanding of human needs and their relationships to information systems and social structures. We need unifying principles that illuminate the role of information in both computation and cognition, in both communication and community. We need information professionals who can apply these principles to synthesize human-centered and technological perspectives. The School of Information is pioneering the development and application of these principles and is educating professionals to lead in the Information Age.
The combined study of nursing and information systems prepares the nurse to assume a variety of critical health-care positions.
Sample Curriculum
Below is a sample program of study, which may vary based on work experience and previous academic experiences. Individual programs of study are determined by the student's graduate advisors.
Courses (credits)
- N 535: Strategy for Nursing and Health Care (3)
- N 556: Human Resources (3)
- SI 501: Use of Information (3)
- SI 504: Social Systems & Collections (3)
- N 532: The Theoretical Base for Advanced Nursing Practice (3)
- N 659: Systems Assessment & Strategic Planning (4)
- SI 503: Search and Retrieval (3)
- N 650: Informatics: The Use of Standardized Computerized Data to Support Health Resources Allocation (3)
- SI 695/699: Practical Engagement (3)
- SI Elective (4)
- N 651: Quality & Operations Management (3)
- SI 658: Information Architecture (3)
- SI 502: Choice and Learning (3)
- N 652: Synthesis of Theory and Practice in Nursing Administration (3)
- SI Elective (3)
- SI Elective (3)
- N 653: Nursing Systems Internship (3)
- N 536: Utilization of Nursing Research in Advanced Practice* (3)
- HMP: 605 Survey of Health Care Accounting and Finance (4)
- SI Elective (2)
- SI Elective (3)
- SI Elective (3)
- N 699: Nursing Scholarly Project (2)
- Total credits: 70 (minimum)
* An approved statistics and undergraduate research course must be taken before registering for N 536. N 536 can be taken during the summer.
Program requirements on this page are current for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Last updated: Mar 28, 2006
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