Program
Overview
Program Overview
Completed Application Deadlines
March 15 for fall entry
September 1 for spring entry
January 15 for summer entry
Merit Scholarship Eligibility
Must be accepted for admission by
March 1Mastering the Business of Nursing
At the Johns Hopkins University, the School of Nursing and the Carey Business School offer the MSN/MBA joint degree program to prepare students for leadership positions at the intersection of business and clinical healthcare practice. Here, you will learn how to adapt business and nursing theory to discover financially, ethically, and medically sound healthcare solutions and contribute to public and private health policy. With a thorough understanding of nursing practice and fundamental business concepts, you'll become effective and resourceful in analyzing and addressing managerial problems in healthcare settings.
Those who earn a Hopkins MSN/MBA joint degree:
- Conceptualize the business of healthcare to establish and reach appropriate goals
- Apply general business skills, such as financial planning, accounting, computer technology, human resources, and communication, to analyze and resolve managerial problems
- Evaluate, plan, and lead effectively in various healthcare environments
Graduates of the program receive a single diploma signed by the Deans of the School of Nursing and Carey Business School.
Program
Requirements
Program Requirements
Students may apply for full- or part-time study.
The school seeks individuals who will bring to the student body the qualities of scholarship, motivation, and commitment. The Admissions Committee is interested in each applicant as an individual and will consider both academic potential and personal qualities. Therefore, school records, test scores, recommendations, and essays about goals and interests are important.
Recommendations about a student's character, intellectual curiosity, seriousness of purpose, and range of extracurricular activities are considered.
Selection factors include:
- Bachelor of Science degree in nursing
- Scholastic Grade Point Average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale from an accredited college or university
- Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores within the past five years (for MSN/MPH and MSN/MBA applicants only)
- Demonstrated commitment to nursing practice and scholarly pursuit
- Community service and professional commitment
- Interview with faculty member*
- Written expression of goals
- Letters of recommendation
- Applicants must submit evidence of current nursing licensure. Students must have or obtain Maryland Registered Nurse licensure for matriculation
*Interview with a faculty member may or may not be requested.
Additionally, applicants for the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program
- Will be exceptional students who are carefully chosen based on a number of factors including previous experiences. Direct care acute care experiences will be required;
OR - Will be required to attend part time during their first year in the program while working as a staff nurse in a critical care unit full time (more than 36 hours per week), and will not begin NP clinical courses until their second year.
Transfer of Credit
Transfer of credit is granted on an individual basis. The decision is based on equivalent content (for required courses), credit allotment and satisfactory completion of courses. You may petition for permission to substitute a course from another college or university by submitting a request to the Office of Admissions and Student Services along with the complete course syllabus.
Up to 6 credits of graduate course work taken at Johns Hopkins University or elsewhere may be accepted for transfer. Course work must have been completed within the last five years. Course work at the undergraduate level will not be considered for advanced standing credit.
Admissions
Procedures
Admissions Procedures
Start Early
Students are strongly encouraged to complete the application process early. Candidates for admission will be notified of a decision in writing after all the application documents are received and the Admissions Committee's review.
Note: The admissions committee for the Public Health Nursing, Nurse-Midwifery Track consists of representatives from both Johns Hopkins University and Shenandoah University.
Follow all instructions carefully to avoid delays in the processing of application materials. To expedite the application process, students may submit all supporting documentation, including official transcripts and recommendations, in sealed envelopes in one package (test scores excluded). Application supporting documentation may also arrive separately. Before a final admission decision can be made, all supporting documentation must be received.
Submit
- Completed and signed application form
- Signed statement acknowledging the School's Ethics Policy
- $75 non-refundable application fee
(Make check or money order payable to "Johns Hopkins University") - Goal statement
- Three recommendations:
- At least one recommendation from an academic source (current or previous professor)
- Remaining two recommendations may be from either an academic or professional source (employment/volunteer supervisor)
- Recommendations should be enclosed in sealed envelopes with the recommender's signature across the envelope flap
- Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended (including Johns Hopkins University)
- Current résumé
- Official GRE scores, if applying to the MSN/MPH or MSN/MBA programs, sent to the School of Nursing (School code: 5767)
- Verification of current RN license, all RN's must obtain a Maryland RN license and present verification by the time of matriculation
Note: Due to changing clinical site regulations, students are required to undergo a criminal background check prior to matriculation. The School will provide information about this process to accepted students.
Applicants Who Have Studied Abroad
International applicants and applicants who have completed courses outside of the United States must submit:
More information for international applicants
Office of International Student, Faculty, and Staff Services
Full
Curriculum
Full Curriculum
Business courses may be taken at any Carey Business School campus located in the metropolitan Baltimore/Washington area; nursing courses are held at the East Baltimore campus.
Nursing Courses
NR.110.500 Philosophical, Theoretical, and Ethical Basis for Nursing
This course will explore the conceptual, theoretical, and ethical bases of nursing. Selected conceptual models and frameworks of nursing and ethics will be analyzed with emphasis on implications for nursing practice. This course is designed to provide students with frameworks, concepts, and personal and professional exercises for approaching nursing practice issues and to enhance the student's understanding of theoretical, conceptual and ethical issues in nursing and in health care and to respond to them specifically.
NR.110.503 Applications of Research to Practice
This course prepares students for clinical, management, or education leadership roles in health care through translation of the best available evidence into practice within organizations and application of research for nursing practice. Students will develop skills and knowledge needed to review and synthesize the strength of evidence available, and recommend practice changes if indicated. Topics covered include: a review of the research process (including theoretical framework, design, and analysis, research design hierarchy), research critique, rating and synthesizing the strength of evidence, decision making for practice, research and research translation opportunities (outcomes, evaluation research, quality improvement, cost-effectiveness analysis), risk adjustment, measurement, research ethics and organizational change.
Prerequisite: NR 110.501
NR.110.504 Context of Healthcare for Advanced Practice Nursing
This three credit course examines the scope and status of professional roles and responsibilities of nurses prepared for advanced clinical and managerial placements in diverse health care settings. Course content and activities will focus on understanding forces driving contemporary health care and enhancing skills in outcomes evaluation, as well as efficient and effective function in a continuous change health care environment.
NR.110.507 Statistical Literacy and Reasoning in Nursing Research
This course develops statistical literacy and statistical reasoning knowledge and skills, enabling students to critically read and evaluate healthcare and nursing literature. The emphasis is on understanding the relevance and use of statistics in nursing research. Published nursing research articles in peer reviewed nursing and healthcare journals will be used to motivate each topic covered in class.
NR.110.512 Strategies in Nursing Management
The focus of this practicum and didactic course is on specific strategies of management related to the administrative role of nurses within the contemporary health care environment. Managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading and evaluation will be applied and analyzed across the health care system and opportunities to develop management skills will be offered. Other topics such as resource allocation, labor relations, team building, business communication, performance management and career development are included.
Prerequisite: NR 110.500. Recommended corequisite: NR.110.605
NR.110.560 Program Development and Evaluation in Health Care
This course is an introduction to the basic methods of program evaluation. Emphasis is given to designs that are popular and feasible in health care settings, and to programs for vulnerable populations. Consultant and group facilitation skills are described and assessed.
Prerequisites: There are no pre- or corequisites but recommended prior or concurrent courses include introductory graduate-level courses in descriptive and inferential statistics and research design.
NR.110.564 Case Management: Measuring & Maximizing Patient Outcomes
This capstone course focuses on the application of case management methods in a selected population. Biopsychosocial and ethical concepts, advanced health assessment skills, and systems theory presented in previous course work will be integrated and applied to the advanced specialty health care needs of patients. Proficiency in the entry, validation, analysis and presentation of patient outcomes data will be developed in the computer lab and applied in the clinical setting.
Prerequisite: NR 110.501
NR.110.605 Leadership and Management in Health Care
This didactic course is focused on the analysis, integration and application of principles of leadership and management to health care organizations and to population-based efforts across the health care delivery system. Special emphasis is placed on the practical skills needed for nurses to succeed as leaders and managers in today's local, state, national and international health care environment.
Prerequisite: NR 110.500
Recommended corequisite: NR.110.512
NR.110.607 Health Systems Management I
Based on the student's past nursing management experience, this individualized planned practicum will provide the student with an opportunity to explore the role of nurse manager or nurse administrator (multiple settings) within the context of an administrative issue.
NR.300.501 Emerging Health Care Systems & Concepts
The health care system is rapidly reconfiguring, and new structures and processes are emerging for the delivery and financing of health care. The primary drivers of change are a need to achieve quality outcomes and access while decreasing costs. integrated health systems will be a prime model for the future, and will provide services to both individuals and groups across the lifespan and across the full continuum of care. This course provides a broad base of essential information, analytical exercises, and personal skill building. It is designed to create a context and usable frame of reference and the capability to contribute strategically to the design and implementation of evolving health care systems.
Prerequisite: For Hopkins Business of Nursing students only.
NR.300.503 Managing Clinical Outcomes
This course involves the student in managing clinical outcomes. Students will briefly review clinical information systems issues before examining several clinical outcome case studies. Through group projects and presentations, students will develop skills in the analysis, management and presentation of clinical outcomes information. In addition, students will be able to critically analyze clinical outcomes information presented in the professional and lay press.
Prerequisite: For Hopkins Business of Nursing students only.
NR.300.504 Synthesis and Integration of Nursing and Business
Students will apply the knowledge and skills learned in the first three Business of Nursing courses. Using newly acquired verbal, written, and electronic skills while working in teams, participants incorporate cutting-edge concepts, topics, and practices into a comprehensive business plan for executive presentation. Presentations will cover the spectrum of clinical, financial, operational, and evaluative approaches and practices, addressing real-world scenarios. The course is designed to provide effective business skills and tools for tomorrow's nurse leaders.
Prerequisites: NR300.501-300.503
* Either NR.110.504 Context of Healthcare for Advanced Practice Nursing OR NR.300.501 Emerging Health Care Systems and Concepts is taken.
* Either NR.110.605 Leadership and Management in Health Care OR NR.300.504 Synthesis & Integration of Nursing and Business is taken.
Business Specialty Courses
BU 120.601 - Business Communication (2)
BU 210.620 - Accounting & Financial Reporting (2)
BU 231.620 - Finance & Capital Markets (2) OR
NR 300.502 - Managing Financial Outcomes (3)
BU 410.620 - Customer Driven Marketing (2)
BU 757.712 - Negotiation (2)
BU 220.610 - The Firm & the Macroeconomy (2)
BU 220.620 - Economics for Decision Making (2)
BU 142.620 - Leaderships in Organizations (2)
BU 131.601 - Ethics & Humanity (2)
BU 320.701 - Health Care Information Systems (2)
Business Electives - (choose 3) (6)
Strategic Management - (16 weeks) (4)
* Only applies if Hopkins Business of Nursing was completed prior to matriculating into MSN/MBA
** Practicum
Sample Course
of Study
Sample Full time Course of Study
Business courses may be taken at any Carey Business School campus located in the metropolitan Baltimore/Washington area; nursing courses are held at the East Baltimore campus.
Nursing Courses (26 credits)
Statistical Literacy and Reasoning in Nursing Research (3 credits)
Philosophical, Ethical, and Theoretical Basis of Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credits)
Context of Healthcare for Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credits)
Application of Research to Practice (3 credits)
Health Systems Management I* (3 credits)
Health Systems Management II* (3 credits)
Leadership and Management in Healthcare (3 credits)
Health Systems Management III*—Outcomes Management (3 credits)
Program Development and Evaluation in Healthcare (2 credits)
Business Specialty Courses (30 credits)
Business Communication (2 credits)
Accounting and Financial Reporting (2 credits)
Finance and Capital Markets (2 credits)
Leadership in Organizations (2 credits)
Customer Focused Marketing (2 credits)
Negotiation (2 credits)
The Firm and the Macroeconomy (2 credits)
Economics for Decision Making (2 credits)
Ethics and Humanity (2 credits)
Healthcare Information Systems (2 credits)
Business Electives (6 credits)
Strategic Management—16 weeks (4 credits)
* Course includes a clinical component
Tuition
Tuition
Tuition and Other Costs| Billed Expenses (September 2013 - May 2014) | | Tuition: | $33,984* (full-time per year) | | Per credit cost: | $1,416 | | Matriculation fee: | $500 (onetime only fee for first-time enrolled JHU students) | | Health Insurance: | $2,421** | | Health Fee: | $450 | | | Estimated Other Expenses*** | | Room and Board: | $12,294 | | Books/Supplies: | $1,856 | | Personal Expenses: | up to $1,350 | | Travel Expenses: | up to $3,366 |
*Full-time: 12 credit hours per semester
**All students must have health coverage. Purchase of the School’s plan is optional.
***Amounts for other expenses vary based upon student's selection of books, supplies, and living arrangements. Billed expenses are subject to change without prior notice. |
