• This program is offered online.

  • Prepare to expand your expertise in today’s technologically advanced health care environment. If you are a practicing nurse who holds a master’s degree in nursing, consider earning a Nursing Informatics Graduate Certificate online at Kaplan University.

    Our program is designed to help professional nurses like you prepare for a variety of new clinical, educational, research, and administrative challenges. Focus on the representation of health care data and information, and examine computer, information literacy, and management competencies.

    The Nursing Informatics Graduate Certificate program consists of 30 quarter credit hours. Upon successful completion of this program, you are awarded a certificate.

    Prepare for Certification

    The certificate’s curriculum is designed to provide specialized knowledge in the area of nursing informatics and could help you prepare to sit for the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Informatics Nursing certification exam.† 

    What are the Career Opportunities?

    Graduates may pursue leadership roles in the field of nursing informatics in health care, corporate, and education settings.*

    Prepare for Future Studies

    Credits earned in fulfillment of this certificate may be applied toward the requirements of our master's in nursing program. When the time is right, come back and earn your degree online at Kaplan University.

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    Certificate Requirements

    MN 530: CRITICAL CONCEPTS AND COMPETENCIES FOR THE INFORMATICS NURSE SPECIALIST (5 Credits)

    This course introduces students to the field of health care informatics and information and communication technology. The theories, models, frameworks, and competencies that shape informatics are explored. The course provides content on informatics terminology and the system life cycle. Specific focus is placed on Internet technologies, hardware and software applications, and networked environments.

    Prerequisites Required: Completion of all core courses

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 30
    Total Program Credits: 30

    MN 531: INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH TECHNOLOGIES (5 Credits)

    This course will explore the technology that prepares the nurse informatics specialist to develop innovative teaching strategies based on sound pedagogical principles. Students are introduced to conferencing tools, mind mapping, virtual worlds, interactive games, and simulations. The use of voice, videos, animation, and graphics are covered. The student will explore databases and guidelines used to support evidence-based research and other research tools.

    Prerequisites Required: MN 530, completion of all core courses

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 30
    Total Program Credits: 30

    MN 532: INTEGRATION OF INFORMATICS INTO THE HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT (5 Credits)

    This course further develops the nurse informatics specialist's knowledge and skills necessary to integrate technology, communication devices, and information systems into the health care setting. The student will explore the nurse's role related to the application of information system solutions.

    Prerequisites Required: MN 530, MN 531, completion of all core courses

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 30
    Total Program Credits: 30

    MN 533: HEALTH SYSTEMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT (5 Credits)

    This course explores the role of a nurse leader in strategic information technology system planning and administration with an analysis of the role of project management. Legal and ethical policies and procedures that ensure privacy and confidentiality will be evaluated. Regulatory and accreditation issues will be analyzed. The course will prepare the student to be a leader in planning, implementation, and evaluation of information systems in health care. The emphasis will be on analysis of project management.

    Prerequisites Required: MN 530, MN 531, MN 532, completion of all core courses

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 30
    Total Program Credits: 30

    MN 534: NURSE INFORMATICS SPECIALIST PRACTICUM (5 Credits)

    This practicum (200 hours), which will take place between this course and the evidence-based proposal course, allows students the opportunity to apply concepts of nursing informatics in a health care setting selected by the student and approved by course faculty. Students will work closely with a mentor and contract to work on agency-designated projects. Students begin an evidence-based project proposal that is to be completed in MN 600: Evidence-Based Practice Project.

    Prerequisites Required:

    Completion of all core and specialization courses, or permission from the Dean

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 30
    Total Program Credits: 30

    MN 600: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROJECT (5 Credits)

    Students who have successfully completed the core and specialization courses have a theoretical base in nursing, evidence-based decision making, health policy, finance, and organization of the health care delivery system. Students also have a theoretical base in advanced practice issues, ethics, health promotion and disease prevention, and biostatistics. In this capstone course, students demonstrate their depth of knowledge by working with a mentor to identify a problem in the student’s concentration area amenable to an evidence-based solution showing mastery of the program outcomes. Students integrate diverse content areas and submit an evidence-based practice project proposal that addresses the identified problem.

    Prerequisites Required: All core and specialization courses; the specialization residency requirement may be taken concurrently

    Total Certificate Requirements Credits: 30
    Total Program Credits: 30

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    The 25% tuition reduction applies only to international students living outside of the United States. This discount does not apply to military students. Please check with your advisor to see if you are eligible. 

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    Notice to Learning Center Students

    Kaplan University Learning Center students will only complete a portion of this program on site. You will need to complete at least 50% of the program requirements online, or through transfer credit awarded via prior learning assessment. If you have any questions about these requirements, please speak with an admissions advisor.

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    Learn more about grants and Kaplan University Scholarships and that may help reduce the cost of your education.

    Kaplan University tuition reductions (including active-duty, spouse, and veterans military tuition rates; scholarships; grants; vouchers; and alumni and alliance reductions) cannot be combined. 

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    Kaplan University has significantly reduced many of our tuition rates and fees for active-duty servicemembers, their spouses, and veterans. Click here for more information.
     

  •  This program is not eligible for Title IV federal financial aid.

  • * Kaplan University cannot guarantee employment or career advancement.

    † Although certain programs at Kaplan University are designed to prepare students to take various certification or licensing exams, the University cannot guarantee the student will pass those exams. In some cases, field experience, additional coursework, and/or background checks may be necessary to take or to successfully pass the exams.

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