MSN Nursing at University of Miami

Programme overview

Lock-step MSN advanced practice nursing tracks.

Faculty: School of Nursing and Health Studies | Duration: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP: 37 credits; full-time 3 semesters, part-time 5 | Location: Coral Gables, FL, United States

What you will study

Acute Care NP track includes Advanced Pharmacology, Physiology/Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing, Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning, Adult Gerontology Acute Care I-III, Diagnostics and Nursing Interventions for Acute Care, and Research Methods and Evidence-Based Practice.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admissions requirements include, but are not limited to: Bachelor’s degree in nursing from a regionally-accredited institution. Minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0. Introductory statistics course. The acute care nurse practitioner program requires a minimum of one year of critical care experience. Three letters of recommendation. Statement of purpose. Current CV/Resume. Current, unencumbered RN license to practice nursing in the state of Florida or the state/territory of current practice. Please consult the School of Nursing and Health Studies website for detailed information on all admission requirements, including those for non-U.S. citizens and non-U.S. residents, as well as application deadlines and submission procedures.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Most on-campus graduate programmes apply through the Graduate School online application; the application fee is $85 for Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Communication, Education and Human Development, Engineering, Miller School of Medicine and Rosenstiel School programmes, and $100 for Miami Herbert Business School and Frost School of Music programmes. Nursing applies through NursingCAS; Law, MD, Physical Therapy and Public Health Sciences use their own application portals.

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