Master of Science in Nursing

The Master of Science (MS) program is designed to meet our statewide demand for a highly competent nursing workforce equipped with the skills to ensure the delivery of safe, quality nursing care in Hawaii. It is a post-baccalaureate program for registered nurses (RNs) with a bachelor’s degree in nursing; an associate’s degree in nursing and a bachelor’s degree or higher in another field

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Master of Science Degree Entry Pathways

Online Advanced Population Health Nursing

The Online Advanced Population Health Nursing (APHN) Program is a distance-based master’s degree that prepares registered nurses for leadership roles in population health nursing. The program is geared towards registered nurses who wish to practice in Hawai‘i, the US mainland, or an international setting. APHN program coursework is completed online and includes individual and group learning, as well as fieldwork activities conducted locally in the student’s community.

Advanced population health nurses practice using outcome-driven strategies to manage health for groups of individuals. The APHN program equips graduates with skills to engage with patients in diverse contexts and develop valuable insight into how health care affects individuals, families, and communities. The program focuses on population-level health, wellness, social determinants of health, health promotion, and disease prevention. Students learn critical population health skills such as community and population assessment; leadership, complex project/program management; disaster nursing, health services research; and health policy analysis.

The 30 credit program can be completed in one year as a full-time student or in two years or longer as a part-time student. Students in the (APHN) program complete a six-credit capstone  designed to provide students with experience in the indirect care level of service at the aggregate population, organizational or systems level.

 

More Information: Master of Science in Nursing | Phone: 808-956-3794 | Email: msnel@hawaii.edu

Visit the school’s event page for upcoming online informational sessions at nursing.hawaii.edu/events/.

International Student Visa

International students enrolled in fully online or primarily online degree or certificate programs are not eligible for issuance of the Form I-20 required to apply for an F-1 student visa to study in the United States. Students participating in online programs must complete their coursework from outside the United States unless they hold another valid immigration status that permits study in the U.S.

For the purposes of international student visa eligibility, a “primarily online” program refers to a program in which the majority of coursework or instructional delivery is conducted online or through distance education methods, even if the program may include limited in-person, hybrid, residency, or short-term on-campus components.