Nursing Informatics (MS)
Program Description
The Nursing Informatics program provides innovative advanced study in the burgeoning field of nursing informatics. This highly ranked program (by U.S. News & World Report) prepares students to be nursing informatics leaders in a variety of roles and settings. Graduates are eligible to sit for the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Nursing Informatics Certification Examination.
Highlights
- Customized program progression and advisement
- Faculty are informatics specialists and nursing leaders with real-world experience
- Program focuses on the analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of clinical & nursing information systems used in a variety of patient care delivery settings
- Potential opportunity to access the Leslie e-Lab to foster entrepreneurship skills
Goals
- Learn to apply informatics frameworks and theories to clinical practice
- Learn to integrate evidence-based protocols into nursing information & patient care systems
- Learn to apply data analytic concepts for research
MS Specialty Sequences
The College of Nursing offers specialty sequences for graduate students in:
- Holistic Nursing
- Palliative Care
- Substance Use Disorders
See Academic Programs | Master's (MS) for more information.
Practicum Opportunities
- Computer labs and unique practicum experiences
- Over 500 practicum hours incorporated into specialty coursework
- Practicums held at top healthcare institutions & companies in the New York City area
- Healthcare system sites include NYU Langone Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York-Presbyterian Health Systems, Montefiore Medical Center, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Veterans Health Administration, Maimonides Medical Center, & others
Admissions
Access the application for our MS programs. All applicants to our MS programs are required to submit the following documents at the time of application:
- One (1) transcript from each post-secondary school attended. We can review applications with unofficial transcripts. Admitted students will be asked to submit official transcripts prior to beginning coursework at NYU Meyers.
- Resume.
- A two- to three-page personal statement.
- At least two (2) letters of recommendation.
- RN license and registration certificate. You may submit an application with an out-of-state license, but admitted students must obtain a New York State RN license prior to beginning coursework at NYU Meyers.
Applicants who have attended a post-secondary institution outside of the United States are required to upload one (1) transcript from each post-secondary school attended and submit one (1) official course-by-course evaluation of each foreign transcript directly to our office at the time of application. Your application will not be reviewed without these documents. Please mail your official course-by-course evaluation(s) to:
NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Office of Student Affairs and Admissions
433 First Avenue, LL1
New York, NY 10010
For applicants whose native language is not English, a copy of your latest TOEFL or IELTS score is required. Admitted students will be asked to submit official test scores prior to beginning coursework at NYU Meyers. We require a minimum TOEFL internet-based score of 100 and an IELTS Band score of 7.
Eligibility
- A BS in nursing or BS/BA in a non-nursing field together with an associate’s degree in nursing
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
- NYS nursing license prior to beginning coursework
- Prior to beginning the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner master’s program, at least one year of full-time clinical experience as a registered nurse is required.
- Must have taken a basic statistics course and a basic research course at the undergraduate level