MSN to DNP in Organizational Leadership

• Online

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 (2-4 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.

For a full list of courses for this program, visit the catalog.

To view a sample program of study, click here.

View the student handbook for more information.

• Tuition: $620 per credit
• Application fee: $45
• Technology fee: $43 per credit
• Program fees: $85 per credit

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

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 [email protected]
• Application/enrollment fee - This will be collected at the time you fill out the online application.
• Professional goal statement
• Evidence of current and unencumbered RN licensure
• Background check/background check disclosure form
• Two references (references should include one former or current supervisor, prior college faculty, or current colleague)
• Verification of clinical/practicum hours completed as part of a master’s program in one of the following ways:
  • The clinical/practicum hours completed in the master’s program are clearly identified on the transcript
  • Syllabi for the clinical/practicum courses and identification of the clinical/practicum hours
  • Letter from an official from the institution where the master’s degree was granted verifying the clinical/practicum hours
  • Completed Master's Degree Preceptor-Supervised Clinical Hours Verification form
  • If your MSN program did not include these clinical/practicum hours, you will be required to complete them as part of your doctorate program of study.