Johns Hopkins University is located in Baltimore, Maryland. The forensic program offered at Johns Hopkins is a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist with a focus in forensic nursing. The program is offered either on campus or online. Nurses with this degree will be able to serve and assist people who have been victims of things like child abuse, sexual assault or intimate partner abuse. The program requires 40 to 41 credits to complete. Applicants must have a bachelor's of science in nursing and a 3.0 grade point average. Completing the program costs between $42,000 and $49,000, as of 2011.
Binghamton University offers an online forensic health certificate program for people that are already registered nurses. You can obtain the forensic health certificate by completing three educational modules: forensic health essentials, forensic health of victims and forensic health of offenders. You can take these programs in any order, but they must amount to 135 hours of course work. They cost $1,000 per module as of 2011, but you can receive a discount if you register for and pay for all three programs in advance. The school is located in Binghamton, New York.
Monmouth University is located in West Long Beach, New Jersey. It offers a master's of science in forensic nursing. Monmouth began offering a forensic nursing degree in 2002. Nursing students at Monmouth study various aspects of legal issues, forensic evidence, nursing ethics and interpersonal violence. Applicants to Monmouth's master's program must have a bachelor's of science in nursing and a grade point average of at least 2.75. As of 2011, graduate programs at Monmouth cost $816 per credit hour.
The University of California Riverside has partnered with American Forensic Nurses to offer a certificate in forensic nursing for those who are already registered nurses. It's an online program that requires 16 credit hours. Of the 16, 14 of those are predetermined required courses. The two left-over hours are considered elective hours and you are allowed to choose from a few different forensic nursing courses to obtain them. The course is estimated to take around 18 months at an overall cost of $4,200 as of 2011.