MSN to DNP in Organizational Leadership
When you complete our MSN to DNP Organizational Leadership program, you will be prepared to work at the highest level of nursing practice and leadership. Reach your goals and advance your nursing career.
Graduates of our accredited Doctor of Nursing Practice program serve in a variety of clinical, organizational, or educational systems with diverse populations. This MSN to DNP online program provides advanced leadership experiences through clinical opportunities. Combined with scholarly study, nurses can excel towards the highest level of nursing practice.
At a Glance
Program Length
Format
- Online with week-long intensives on the main campus in Bismarck, ND
Cost per Credit
$620
Is This the Degree For Me?
Who It’s For
- MSNs who want to elevate their career
- MSN-Prepared Nurse Administrators
- MSN-Prepared Nurse Educators
Career Paths
- Educator
- Public Health Program Director
- Health Policy Specialist
- Chief Nursing Executive Officer
- Chief Clinical Officer
- Vice President of Patient Services
What You’ll Learn
The MSN to DNP Organizational Leadership program will prepare you to serve in a variety of clinical, organizational, and/or educational systems. Upon graduating with your nursing doctorate, you’ll be able to demonstrate clinical expertise, evidence-based decision making, leadership, and advanced scholarship in nursing practice. Classes will teach you to:
- Appraise healthcare organizations to assess strengths and weaknesses and facilitate organization-wide improvement in healthcare delivery.
- Be a leader in knowledge translation and application of evidence-based practice.
- Use informatics and patient care technology to improve healthcare outcomes in clinical practice and organizational systems.
- Influence healthcare policy at the local, state, and federal level to champion issues of quality, social justice, equality, and fiscal responsibility.
- Manage cutting-edge innovations and change among interprofessional teams for purposes of advancing healthcare quality among patients, populations, and complex systems.
- Apply Benedictine values to foster spiritual integrity and human dignity to healthcare.
Accreditations
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Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program at the University of Mary is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
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Program Details
- Completed online admissions application
- Application fee
- Statement of professional goals
- Current professional résumé
- Official MSN transcript (if applicable, any other transcripts with evidence of graduate nursing coursework) from a CCNE or NLNAC accredited program
- Please mail your official transcripts and the following items to the University of
Mary at
Office of Graduate Admissions
University of Mary
7500 University Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
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- Two letters of recommendation
- Evidence of current and unencumbered RN licensure
- Background check disclosure form
- 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 are submitted and the clinical/practicum hours are identified
- A letter from an official from the institution where the master’s degree was granted verifying the clinical/practicum hours
- 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.
- Prerequisite requirement of successful completion of a graduate level statistics course.
For a list of courses for this program, visit the catalog.
- Online with week-long intensives on the main campus in Bismarck, ND
- Tuition: $620 per credit
- Application fee: $45
- Technology/Distance Ed fee: $30 per credit
- Security/Cybersecurity fee: $5 per credit