Graduate Certificate in Nursing Informatics Online
Expand the scope of your impact in healthcare. Earn your Graduate Certificate in Nursing Informatics online and become an in-demand specialist with expertise in leveraging data and information systems to improve patient outcomes.
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Program Overview
Accomplish your goals with the help of an online Graduate Certificate in Nursing Informatics
Play a key role in improving healthcare delivery systems by integrating data and technology into decision-making and workflow processes. Learn how to bridge communications between clinical and IT professionals and deepen your knowledge of related legal and regulatory issues.
With no GMAT or GRE required, this affordable Graduate Certificate in Nursing Informatics online program prepares you for high-demand positions such as Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Electronic Health Record System Integration Specialist and Telehealth Clinical Coordinator.
Finish in as few as 12 months and be prepared to sit for exams including the ANCC Informatics Nursing certification exam and the Certified Associate in Healthcare Information Management Systems (CAHIMS) exam.
Online nursing informatics program learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate skills necessary to integrate technology and use information systems to support evidence-based decision-making
- Analyze current regulations and practices around healthcare and clinical data
- Perform data analysis and reporting related to both patient and/or system outcomes
- Analyze workflow processes in various clinical settings to improve the healthcare delivery process
- Manage communications and relationships between system developer and interprofessional clinical users to support system and patient outcomes
- Demonstrate skills necessary to integrate technology and use information systems to support evidence-based decision-making
- Analyze current regulations and practices around healthcare and clinical data
- Perform data analysis and reporting related to both patient and/or system outcomes
- Analyze workflow processes in various clinical settings to improve the healthcare delivery process
- Manage communications and relationships between system developer and interprofessional clinical users to support system and patient outcomes
Career opportunities:
- Nurse Informatics Educator
- Nurse Informaticist
- Nursing Informatics Specialist
- Nursing Informatics Clinician
- Clinical Nurse Informatics Specialist
- Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
- Perioperative Informatics Nurse
- Telehealth Clinical Coordinator
- Electronic Health Record System Integration Specialist
- Informatics Consultant
- Quality Improvement
- Nurse Informatics Educator
- Nurse Informaticist
- Nursing Informatics Specialist
- Nursing Informatics Clinician
- Clinical Nurse Informatics Specialist
- Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
- Perioperative Informatics Nurse
- Telehealth Clinical Coordinator
- Electronic Health Record System Integration Specialist
- Informatics Consultant
- Quality Improvement
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Accreditation
The Millersville University RN-BSN (delivered via distance education), Master’s Degree in Nursing (Nurse Educator, Nurse Leader, School Nurse, and Nursing Informatics tracks delivered via distance education), Post-Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Nurse Educator, Nurse Leader, School Nurse, and Nursing Informatics tracks delivered via distance education), and Doctor of Nursing Practice (delivered via distance education) Programs are accredited by the National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA) located at 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037. 202-909-2487.
Tuition
Enjoy low, pay-by-the-course tuition
Millersville University offers accessible and affordable online nursing programs. Take advantage of affordable, pay-by-the-course tuition for our Graduate Certificate – Nursing Informatics online program.
Program | Per Credit Hour | Per Course | Per Program* |
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Grad Cert – Nursing Informatics | $605 | $1,815 | $10,890 |
Tuition breakdown:
Calendar
Choose a start date and secure your spot
Millersville online programs are flexible and convenient, offering multiple start dates per year. View the calendar to choose your start date and review the corresponding deadlines.
7-week courses | Program Start Date | Application Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Payment Due |
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Fall 2 | 10/21/24 | 10/11/24 | 10/15/24 | 10/21/24 | 10/21/24 |
Spring 1 | 1/21/25 | 1/10/25 | 1/14/25 | 1/21/25 | 1/21/25 |
Spring 2 | 3/17/25 | 3/7/25 | 3/11/25 | 3/17/25 | 3/17/25 |
Summer 1 | 5/12/25 | 5/2/25 | 5/5/25 | 5/12/25 | 5/12/25 |
Summer 2 | 6/30/25 | 6/20/25 | 6/23/25 | 6/30/25 | 6/30/25 |
Fall 1 | 8/25/25 | 8/15/25 | 8/18/25 | 8/25/25 | 8/25/25 |
Fall 2 | 10/20/25 | 10/10/25 | 10/13/25 | 10/20/25 | 10/20/25 |
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Admissions
Review the requirements for your online Nursing Informatics Graduate Certificate
Review our streamlined admission process for this online graduate nursing certificate program. Requirements include:
- Complete the online application and submit application fee(s)
- Official transcript(s) from all previous colleges or universities attended
- Active RN license in Pennsylvania or in the state where clinical practice or internship is to be arranged
- MSN from an accredited program (CCNE, CNEA or ACEN)
- MSN grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
- When GPA is below this, provisional acceptance may be considered if the candidate demonstrates graduate study potential by other means
- Two professional letters of recommendation—one must be from a supervisor
- Statement of intent/purpose (include why you’re interested, why you think you would succeed in the program and what you plan to do with the degree in the future)
- Minimum of one year of clinical experience in nursing, but two years is preferred
- Waived for graduates of the Millersville University BSN program
- Interview with program coordinator of nursing program
- MU will establish two times each week when interviews will be held. Once the applicant is notified that their application is complete, they will be provided with a link to schedule their 20 min interview. An admission decision will be made immediately following the interview.
- MU assumes all materials will be submitted at least a week in advance of the interview, allowing the University to make an immediate decision afterward. Interviews can be scheduled with incomplete applications, but the admission decision will be delayed until all outstanding materials are submitted.
Plan to provide the additional documents listed below with your completed application:
- Current resume or curriculum vitae (include all clinical experience to date)
- Copy of your RN license (include state where licensure is held, RN number and expiration date)
Instructions for document submission
Applicants can submit transcripts/documents to:
Email: [email protected]
Mail:
Millersville University
c/o Graduate Admissions
PO Box 1002
Millersville, PA 17551
ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS:
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Active RN license
- One year of clinical nursing experience
Courses
Check out the online Graduate Certificate – Nursing Informatics curriculum
Students in this nursing informatics online program must complete the following six courses for a total of 18 credit hours.
Students must complete the following courses.
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