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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING-INFORMATICS, QUALITY, & SAFETY (MSN-IQS)

Build Technical and Analytical Skills
Support evidence-based changes that improve patient outcomes through informatics.

100% ONLINE &
RENOWNED FACULTY

Develop practical skills in analyzing data and creating visuals to convey meaning for quality improvements.

100% Online

Courses are currently offered 100% online and the schedule is designed for the working nurse. 

Renowned Faculty

Our Program Director, Dr. Cheryl D. Parker, served as the 2020 President for the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA).

Total tuition:
$19,700USD

JOIN OUR PROGRAM

UT Tyler’s online Master of Science in Nursing-Informatics, Quality, & Safety program prepares you to serve as the essential link between health care technology, information systems, clinicians, providers and consumers. While working as an RN, you will cultivate the skills needed for the ANCC certification exam. Upon graduation, your degree will open opportunities in health care and government facilities, consulting firms and vendor organizations. Through a competency-based practicum, skills in three areas will be developed:

  1. Quality improvement
  2. Data analysis
  3. Information systems selection, implementation, optimization
MSN-IQS

COURSEWORK*

NURS 5301 Translational Science I
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Students will follow Steps 0-3 of the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) process. Students will answer clinical questions by critical appraisal of research and explore theoretical and ethical issues in translating evidence into practice as they begin assimilating in their advanced practice role in nursing.
NURS 5302 Translational Science II
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This course builds upon the learning in Translational Science I, continuing steps 0-3 and beginning step 4 of the EBP process. Students focus on evaluation and synthesis of relevant evidence to answer clinical questions. Students begin translating science into practice by recommending best practices and subsequent outcomes as they actualize their advanced practice role in nursing.
NURS 5321 Health Policy & Population Health
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This course explores the reciprocity between health care policies and population health.
NURS 5325 Organizational Systems Leadership
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This course builds on prior knowledge, continuing step 4 of the EBP process. Students will explore leadership styles/principles and their impact on healthcare delivery systems, including economic, ethical, legal and political factors. Students will analyze evidence-based quality improvement principles that include metrics to demonstrate their impact on healthcare outcomes with group and individual application.
NURS 5381 Healthcare Informatics for the 21st Century
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Provides introductory principles to understand conceptual and theoretical basis for information management in healthcare informatics. An interdisciplinary approach will be used to examine the clinical aspects, practice considerations and application of information technology.
NURS 5383 Applied Informatics: Quality, Safety, & Cost
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Provides foundational education in the role of informatics in assisting healthcare organizations, clinicians and consumers to achieve the goals of: (1) quality care, (2) reducing the cost of healthcare, (3) improving the health of populations while improving the experience of the clinician.
NURS 5385 Information Systems Life Cycle
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This course is focused on preparing the students for all facets of information system procurement and implementation. A primary focus of the course is on the tactical skills and competencies required to implement information systems in various healthcare settings. This course prepares the student to function as a project team member during the implementation of a clinical information system and to participate in system evaluation and maintenance.
NURS 5387 Data Analysis and Healthcare Technology
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Learning to effectively manage and analyze healthcare data is essential to the practice of healthcare informatics. In this course, students examine data standards, management, analysis, application and transformation. The students will have hands-on experience with data analysis from conception of a project to presenting the results. Students will examine other ways technologies are being used in healthcare such as simulation, robotics, wearable devices and communication.
NURS 5389 Informatics, Quality, & Safety Capstone
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This course is focused on demonstrating critical thinking, self-direction and competency in the skills needed by healthcare informatics professions entering the profession.  Using students' learning from the prerequisite courses, a series of real-world work products will be created based on unfolding case studies using simulated data sets.  Students will work in one or more consulting team(s) however; a portfolio of their individual work will be created as exemplars for the future.
NURS 5399 Independent Study: NIQS
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This course is focused on demonstrating critical thinking, self-direction, and competency in the skills needed by healthcare informatics professions entering the profession. Using students' learning from the prerequisite courses, a series of real-world work products will be created based on unfolding case studies using simulated data sets. Students will work in one or more consulting team(s) however; a portfolio of their individual work will be created as exemplars for the future.
NURS Electives (3 Courses - 9 Hours)
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Elective courses should be chosen to enhance the student’s area of professional interest and skill development. These courses may be taken in any discipline, but must be 3 credit, graduate level (5000) courses.

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Post Baccalaureate Nursing Informatics, Quality & Safety

If you’ve completed your master's degree or higher in nursing, the Nursing Informatics, Quality & Safety Certificate at UT Tyler is designed for nurses who are interested in combining their clinical expertise with advanced technology skills to improve patient care outcomes. The online certificate provides a comprehensive overview of health care informatics and builds practical skills in three core areas, including quality improvement, data analysis, and information systems selection, implementation and optimization. Students who complete the certificate are well-prepared for roles in healthcare informatics, such as clinical informatics specialist or chief nursing informatics officer.

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