Overview

Learn how to integrate nursing science, computer science, and information science to effectively manage and communicate data in your field with the online Nursing - Informatics program at Walden University.

State-of-the-Art Classroom Tools

Enhance your skills with iHuman patient simulation software and strength-finding tools, which make your learning experience personalized, interactive, and effective.

Key Facts

Collaborate and share insights with nurses from around the country. Engage in an interactive online environment that makes it easier to work and advance your education.

Learn from highly qualified instructors who leverage their practical experience to help you grow as a nurse informaticist. All of our MSN–Nursing Informatics teaching faculty hold doctoral degrees.

Translate knowledge into hands-on practice by designing, developing, and implementing a project in a real healthcare setting.

Become a healthcare change agent by applying your enhanced skills and expertise immediately within your professional environment.

Join Phi Nu, Walden’s chartered chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Connect with your peers globally to share the latest nursing research and best practices in clinical, scientific, and leadership areas.

Earn your degree on your terms: Choose this specialization’s course-based format or the flexible, competency-based format, designed to work around your busy schedule.

Career Impact

Nursing informatics is in high demand. Recent legislation is driving healthcare institutions to adopt electronic health records (EHR). These institutions will depend on nursing informatics professionals to help adopt and transition the new technologies into practice.

Nursing informatics professionals work in hospitals, healthcare organizations, universities, consulting firms, or corporations that develop and market healthcare information systems.

If you have the right experience and training, Walden’s MSN–Nursing Informatics specialization can help position you for roles such as:

Informatics Nurse Specialist

Director of Clinical Information

Clinical Analyst

Clinical Informatics Coordinator

Informatics Consultant

Informatics Faculty

Informatics Researcher

Manager of Informatics

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Pathophysiology

Pharmacology

Health Assessment

Care of Adults in Acute Settings

Practice Care of Older Adults

Diagnostic Reasoning

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 18 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-04-07 00:00:00

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More details

Multiple Start Dates. Choose a date that fits your schedule.

Language

English

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Credits

53 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Minneapolis, United States

Disciplines

Nursing Health Informatics View 149 other Masters in Health Informatics in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A bachelor's degree or higher.

To be considered for this master’s program, you must have a valid RN license.

Completed online application and transcripts.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

15216 USD / year

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Out-of-State

15216 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

15216 USD / year

≈ 15216 USD / year

Funding

Paying for your education can be a challenge, but Walden helps you identify the many funding options that are available to you, including scholarships, grants, and federal and private loans. You can also check with your employer to see if they offer tuition reimbursement for your courses. A Walden enrollment advisor can help you determine which funding options are available to you. Additionally, you can save time and money by transferring credits earned previously.

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