Walden University Online Nursing Degree Programs

Now you can earn your master's degree - and all of the advantages that come with it - without missing work, forfeiting income, or disrupting your personal life. Walden University makes it possible and practical for you to gain the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to advance your career and become a leader in your field.

Now you can earn your master's degree - and all of the advantages that come with it - without missing work, forfeiting income, or disrupting your personal life. Walden University makes it possible and practical for you to gain the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to advance your career and become a leader in your field.

Learn how you can more effectively utilize information technology to enhance the quality of patient care. This specialization offers a multidisciplinary approach to informatics by blending nursing science, computer science, and information science. Coursework focuses on such key areas as information systems, database concepts, and effective project management. Fieldwork experience provides you with the opportunity to apply your new knowledge immediately. Students who enter the program with a bachelor's degree in nursing complete the core curriculum and then progress on to the courses in the nursing informatics specialization.

Registered nurses are the vital front line in patient care. Charged with day-to-day implementation of policies and practices, you understand the needs of your patients and your organization—and you see the opportunities for improvement.

With the Walden University M.S. Degree Program in Nursing with a specialization in Management and Leadership, you can become an agent of change and a leader in your field. Gain the knowledge, skills and influence to affect more lives and make an even bigger difference—for your patients, your organization and the future of health care.

The curriculum is based on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Master's Education and the American Nurses Association's (ANA) Scope and Standards for Nurse Administrators—the same standards used to create the essentials of magnetism for magnet hospitals.