Truly Innovative Nursing Curriculum

Preparing nurses for roles in leadership, education, administration and global health care.



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A Customizable Master of Science in Nursing Degree (MSN)– Online

Flexible curriculum for today’s healthcare professional

The health care industry is changing, and nurses will play a key role in ensuring the continued quality of patient care during its evolution. The growing demand for registered nurses has led to a shortage in nursing faculty, and the need for strong, effective leadership in the industry is critical. Benedictine University’s School of Health Services offers its Online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) to prepare registered nurses to become administrators, leaders and educators.

The online MSN degree emphasizes interrelated academic preparation in areas of leadership, education, administration, and global health care. Nurses will study these content areas in the context of emerging demographic trends such as the expected increase in the elderly population and/or trends in caring for vulnerable populations including the homeless, those with chemical addictions, HIV/AIDS, the poor and those with catastrophic illnesses.

Truly Innovative Curriculum

Benedictine University’s MSN curriculum is truly innovative. Unique relative to other online nursing degree graduate programs, the Benedictine MSN curriculum combines an eight course core with the flexibility of four additional elective courses that can be combined to develop a custom "area of focus." Students may choose from one of our six existing Areas of Focus, including Public Health, Health Education, Administration, Leadership, Disaster Management and Health Policy, or create their own by selecting individual courses from each of the Areas of Focus. Integrated into the eight core courses are the critical skills necessary to lead, educate and administer in health care. But students also have the opportunity through the elective courses to reach across different academic disciplines to create a truly custom and inter-disciplinary Master of Science in Nursing degree.

The flexibility offered by the elective courses allows nurses in the online MSN program to “dive deep,” taking multiple elective courses in a specific discipline, or gain broad-based exposure to a number of different areas, taking one course from each discipline. This offers the student an opportunity for a truly personalized academic and career growth plan that also meets the skill demands of current and future professional settings.

Your advisor can also help you to choose elective options that support nursing certifications including:

Students may take elective courses concurrently with the nursing core during the program which will accelerate completion from 24 months to approximately 16 months.

A Nursing Degree That Works for Working Adults

For more than 25 years, Benedictine University has offered cutting-edge nurse education programs for working adults. The Master of Science in Nursing program at Benedictine University is tailor-made for working adults who want to get ahead. At Benedictine University we understand that nurses have busy professional and personal lives. We designed our fully online MSN degree so you can learn on your schedule, at your own pace and earn your degree in just under two years. Our online master of science in nursing degree is affordable, flexible and totally customizable to suit the needs of busy professionals. Take a few minutes and check out our Online MSN program. We designed it for nurses just like you.

Advance Your Career

At Benedictine University, we put students first. Our Online MSN program is designed to help our nurses meet the changing skill demands of nurses in the 21st century and beyond. Our MSN degree can help current nurses in a number of professions including the following:

See What We Have to Offer

At Benedictine University Online, we're proud of the high-quality education we provide our students. We strive every day to deliver an educational experience that our students, faculty and alumni can be proud of.

Learn more about our Master of Science in Nursing program by calling at (866) 295-3104, or request information here.