Yale offer's a masters in nursing to provide students "an opportunity to become prepared as practitioners in selected specialties and in evidence-based research so they may assume roles as clinician-scholars," according to the school. The school accepts applicants with undergrad nursing degrees and those with no education in the field, immediately placing students into clinical specializations. Registered nurses will require two years to complete the program, and those without nursing degrees will need two years into addition to extra terms and a summer session to provide the necessary education. The program prepares students to "function in an expanded role in the specialty area of his or her choice," according to Yale, which also states that program graduates are "actively recruited" by the healthcare industry.
Yale University School of Nursing
P.O. Box 9740
New Haven, CT 06536-0740
203-737-2257
nursing.yale.edu
The College of Nursing at the University of Utah offer's a masters in nursing to students with a bachelor's in nursing who have experience in public and community health as well as psychiatric care. The master's prepares students to work in select specializations, preparing them to improve health care policy, participate in professional organizations and community groups and provide high quality care to individuals and groups alike. The program can be completed over four years, less if a student attends full-time, and requires the completion of core courses, specialty classes and a thesis or synthesis project. The program offers several specializations: nurse practitioner, nursing informatics, mental health and nursing education.
University of Utah College of Nursing
10 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-581-3414
nursing.utah.edu
Through a combination on campus classes and special sessions and online work, the University of Tennessee in Knoxville offers a doctorate of philosophy in nursing degree. The course "prepares nursing scholars capable of integrating research, theory, and practice into their roles as researchers, educators, and/or administrators," according to the school. Students may choose to attend part time or full time, select a specialization in nursing education, or proceed directly from a BSN degree to the PhD program without having a master's. Though much coursework is conducted online, students must visit campus twice a year to attend meetings, seminars and other events. The school particularly encourages those interested in becoming nursing instructors, so as to help alleviate the shortage of qualified educators in the field.
College of Nursing
1200 Volunteer Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37996-4180
865-974-4151
nightingale.con.utk.edu