Johns Hopkins University

Nursing Programs Offered

Accelerated BSN Programs
BSN Programs
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Postbaccalaureate certificate
DNP Programs (Doctor of Nursing Practice)
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery - Postbaccalaureate certificate
Nursing Administration - Doctor's degree - professional practice
RN Programs
RN to BSN Programs

MSN Program Details

The goal of the master's program is to prepare nurse experts in advanced practice and/or management for leadership in professional nursing practice and patient centered healthcare delivery. Graduate study and research opportunities are available in selected clinical areas, health policy and management of nursing, and healthcare services. The program broadens the perspective of students by requiring them to take innovative interdisciplinary approaches to the resolution of healthcare problems. Graduates are prepared to work throughout the healthcare system including the public and private sectors.

Students pursuing a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) may elect from several specialty tracks, which include core, cognate, and focused theoretical and clinical/management courses in their selected area of study. The MSN program requires 36 to 67 credits (includes joint degrees). The ratio of clinical hours to credit hours is 4 to 1 and theory hours to credit hours is 1 to 1. Graduates will have completed the educational requirements for appropriate certification. Both full-time and part-time study are available. Read the Master's Academic Manual for more information.

Accelerated BSN Program Details

The 17-month Fall-Entry Accelerated Program is for students with a non-nursing bachelor's degree who are eager to begin their nursing career but want the flexibility of a longer course of study. The four-semester program, which begins each fall and concludes in December of the following year, features a four-week intercession that can meet the interests of Returned Peace Corp Volunteers and Americorps and Teach for America volunteers. During an extended break from mid-December through January, students can explore career paths while seeking experiential learning and exploring research opportunities in the following areas of nursing study:

-Interdisciplinary clinical simulations, including rapid rescue and other patient safety and quality of care skills
-Leadership and policy development
-Local to global community service and learning

Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Details

The DNP program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing prepares students to administer healthcare programs and influence policy—founded on analytic principles and evidence-based practice guidelines—at the highest organizational level. At Hopkins, you'll forge your own intellectual path: the curriculum supports and culminates in an intense Capstone experience defined by your interests, and backed by work with real-life groups at clinical sites. The program offers extensive opportunities for collaboration, challenging problems for study, and a tradition of rigorous scholarship.

Those who earn a Hopkins DNP degree:

-Practice at the highest level of nursing by integrating nursing science with ethics and the biopysical, psychosocial, analytical, organizational, and public health sciences
-Demonstrate organizational and systems leadership for quality and safety in healthcare systems
-Apply clinical scholarship, as well as information systems and technology, to provide and/or transform healthcare
-Use strategies of risk reduction/illness prevention, health promotion, and health maintenance to improve the care of individuals, families, and populations
-Develop, evaluate, advocate, and provide leadership for healthcare policy that shapes financing, regulation, access, and delivery