MSN to DNP in Nursing Organizational Leadership

Your first step is to get in touch with any questions or submit the simple application for admission. We will assist you every step of the way toward acceptance into your academic program so you can enroll and begin your classes!

Data Driven Quality Improvement in Health Care (3 credits)

This course provides DNP students with the opportunity to develop and refine leadership decision making skills. Making informed choices within health care organizations requires clinical inquiry and utilization of not only relevant, but also accurate data. Advancing nursing and health care quality through strategy implementation and systems thinking principles that are founded on evidence-based, data driven decisions is the focus of this course.

Interprofessional Collaboration (3 credits)

Build upon current collaboration skills to develop leadership and negotiation expertise in interprofessional teams to drive positive redesign of health care delivery and systems. Tools, theories, and models for navigating through conflict resolution, effective communication, team dynamics, and motivation to achieve optimal health outcomes will be explored.

Organizational Systems Leadership Practicum (2 credits)

Refine critical leadership skills for direct and indirect care through precepted experiences that allow doctoral students to develop clinical competencies within their specific emphasis area. Integrate theory and clinical competencies to provide preventative care, health promotion, health education, health systems leadership, policy, and evidence-based care to a variety of populations. This course explores leadership competencies including change management, strategy implementation, emotional and social intelligence, influence, expertise, conflict management, decision making, team dynamics, and systems thinking.

View a sample program of study.

View the student handbook for more information.

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Deborah Cave, DNP, RN, CNE
Cynthia Cooke, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP
Rhea Ferry, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Annie Gerhardt, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Jenna Herman, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Joanne Lassiter, EdD, MSN, RN
Billie Madler, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, FAANP

For a full list of fees, visit our Tuition and Fees page.

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The following will be needed when you have applied for admission so we can get you accepted into the graduate program:

• Official MSN transcript (if applicable, any other transcripts with evidence of graduate nursing coursework) from a CCNE or NLNAC accredited program. Master’s degree in nursing must be from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. 
  • Graduated from the University of Mary before? Then we’ll get your Mary transcript for you!
  • At most other schools, you can request transcripts by going to the National Student Clearinghouse or by contacting the registrar’s office. 
  • Have your transcripts sent to:
    Office of Admissions
    University of Mary
    7500 University Drive
    Bismarck, ND 58504
  • Or request to send electronic transcripts to registrar@umary.edu
• Application/enrollment fee - This will be collected at the time you fill out the online application.
• Evidence of current and unencumbered RN licensure

For more information about our admission requirements, please visit the MSN to DNP in Organizational Leadership Admission Requirements page.