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Duquesne University offers an online BS in Organizational Leadership. This curriculum will give students the ability to help others move organizations forward in changing times. 

While the focus of the program is cultivating the ability to lead at any level, individuals also develop and refine skills in critical thinking, problem solving, motivating and empowering others, and communicating effectively and persuasively. Among many other things, students will learn the need for ethical, responsible leadership and how to embody those values in their own leadership practice.

Optional electives available in this online Organizational Leadership degree program include:

• Mediating organizational disputes
• Building effective teams
• Valuing a multicultural workforce
• Power and politics in organizations
• Leadership: Gender perspectives
• Industrial and organizational psychology

Duquesne University offers an online Master of Science in Leadership degree. This program is ideal for adult working professionals with current or anticipated leadership responsibilities at all levels and from diverse professional backgrounds and experiences.

This online organizational leadership degree provides the framework for learning, analyzing, and interacting in new and exciting ways, so as to provide leaders the confidence to meet the challenges and changes in today's rapidly evolving and more global professional landscape. This degree offers a wide range of courses across disciplines to provide professionals with targeted and flexible skills with which to develop and strengthen their individual leadership style and philosophy and to advance their career development goals. 

Courses focus on competencies including:

• Critical and creative thinking
• Innovative problem solving
• Making critical decisions
• Communicating effectively
• Forging alliances
• Inspiring others

Duquesne University offers an online Master of Science in Management. This program positions students for success as leaders in nearly any industry and environment.

The curriculum focuses on the essentials that you need to successfully lead and achieve results in a convenient format for your hectic schedule. Students are provided with the tools and experience necessary to become a transformational leader, whether it is in the field of business, nonprofit, healthcare, education, or other industries.

Coursework includes studies of:

• Ethics and stakeholder management
• The legal environment
• Negotiation
• Budgeting and finance for managers
• Business strategy

The online Professional Master of Business Administration from Duquesne University provides you the opportunity to gain new skills and network with fellow professionals without interrupting your career. Coursework challenges you to thrive in a competitive and global environment. An optional STEM-designated option offers highly sought after technical skills.

This online Business Administration degree program incorporates both synchronous and asynchronous components, engaging coursework, and opportunities for experiential learning. Students enhance their ability to solve business problems with ethics considerations to lead with integrity. Graduates will be able to connect theory to practice to create effective change within their organization.

After completing this program, professionals will be able to:

• Utilize an entrepreneurial mindset to consider new ways of accomplishing goals
• Apply sustainability principles to drive efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage
• Lead effectively in an environment with diverse perspectives, values, and business practices
• Build effective teams, motivate people, and create innovative change

The Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Technology from Duquesne University is an online Computer Information Systems degree.  This flexible program allows you to earn a degree in one of the fastest growing fields while still meeting your current personal and professional obligations.  Featuring a combination of computer systems and information technology courses, the curriculum will teach you to think analytically, assess and diagnose organizational problems, and then find the best solutions.  Courses provide an understanding of the technical knowledge, skills, and methodologies that prove beneficial when working with computers, communication, and software.  You will begin by completing four required courses that provide a solid foundation in the field before choosing additional courses that best meet your interests and career goals.  Required courses are:

• Introduction to Computer Systems Technology
• Introduction to Information Systems and Design
• Introduction to Programming
• Leadership Trends in IT

The online Master of Science in Higher Education Administration program is designed to allow students to tailor the program for their professional goals or to prepare for doctoral study. Students will learn how to confidently and effectively make a difference in classrooms and across campuses and communities.

The program is beneficial to professionals in all areas of a university, including enrollment management, admissions, development, management and business, marketing and communication, educational technology, and facilities management. Graduates of this master's in higher education online carry a broad, holistic understanding of university structures and operational areas, along with the ability to identify and analyze problems, craft data-driven solutions, and cast vision for future practice.

Health informatics online programs are a great way to expand healthcare and IT knowledge and skills. This micro-credential certificate provides a research-based education in a highly flexible format, led by renowned faculty. Pieces of the curriculum come from the Duquesne University MHA program, and courses such as:

• Data mining
• Data visualization
• Healthcare information systems

Expand your skills in data conversion, predictive modeling, and information communication. Graduates of the online health informatics program may advance to positions in medical groups, insurance industries, hospitals, and other healthcare and business settings. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree. 

• Health Informatics and Data Analytics
• Healthcare Compliance and Risk Management
• Population Health

• Studying at a research-based university
• Flexible online program format
• Learn from internationally known and respected professionals in the healthcare community
• Graduate from a top-ranked institution
• Build your network of classmates, faculty, industry experts and prospective employers

• Health Informatics and Data Analytics
• Healthcare Compliance and Risk Management
• Population Health

• Studying at a research-based university
• Flexible online program format
• Learn from internationally known and respected professionals in the healthcare community
• Graduate from a top-ranked institution
• Build your network of classmates, faculty, industry experts and prospective employers

• Health Informatics and Data Analytics
• Healthcare Compliance and Risk Management
• Population Health

• Studying at a research-based university
• Flexible online program format
• Learn from internationally known and respected professionals in the healthcare community
• Graduate from a top-ranked institution
• Build your network of classmates, faculty, industry experts and prospective employers

As a RN you already understand the importance of healthcare and work everyday to ensure that your patients have the best possible outcomes.  The Doctor of Nursing Practice in Clinical Leadership, an online nursing administration degree from Duquesne University, helps you to take your career to the next level.  

The Clinical Leadership DNP program teaches students to manage the business side of healthcare.  Courses prepare you to influence patient outcomes and improve the quality of care in clinical settings using evidence-based practice.  Instead of working one-on-one with patients, graduates of this program take their influence to the administrative level, managing nursing staff and leading your team to ensure best practices are used when it comes to patient care.

In as little as two years graduates are competent, highly-qualified leaders who are ready to transform the future of health care and improve health outcomes for diverse populations.  While the online coursework allows you to earn your degree on our own schedule and in the convenience of your own home, the one-on-one faculty mentorship ensures that you do not feel alone.

Duquesne University offers a Doctor of Nursing Practice in Executive Nurse Leadership & Health Care Management, an online nursing administration degree.  As an RN you know the importance of providing quality healthcare to the patients you come into contact with each day but with this advanced nursing degree you are able to improve patient outcomes on a broader scale.

This DNP degree allows students to manage the business side of healthcare with a curriculum that combines core business courses with advanced healthcare.  Students gain the knowledge and skills needed to be an influential leader in healthcare, collaborating with executives and other leaders across various health care disciplines.  You will work to identify problems and propose solutions and then implement change for health care systems as a whole.  Topics covered include:

• Finance 
• Budgeting
• Human Resources

Taught by nursing leaders, this degree prepares competent and confident leaders who not only understand healthcare policies and initiatives but who are also devoted to being agents of change.  In as little as two years graduates are ready to design models for patient care services and transform healthcare organizations, promoting best possible patient outcomes.

The online PhD in Nursing degree program curriculum reflects not only the national trends in nursing research, but also the faculty research agenda including vulnerable and underserved populations.  The intensive and rigorous curriculum is designed to engage students as nurse scholars.  Through applied research courses in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies, students learn to function as independent researchers.  

The program’s goal is to ensure that all students are familiar with, and comfortable performing, intellectual inquiry, creative scholarship, and research within nursing.  Pre-doctoral funding is emphasized early on in this online nursing degree and all students write and defend a dissertation as a graduation requirement.  Graduates are prepared for successful careers in nursing education, research, and organizational leadership in the United States and abroad.

This flexible program features three-year and four-year curriculum options along with a DNP to PhD program that typically takes two-and-a-half years to complete.

The online PhD in Nursing Ethics degree program combines doctoral courses in Nursing and Healthcare Ethics.  Since nurses are typically “on the front lines” of ethical health care issues, it is important that they are ready to handle such situations.  With this degree you will be prepared.

This is an interdisciplinary online nursing degree, with courses taught by both clinical nursing faculty and health care ethicists who are experts in theoretical ethics.  The program’s goal is to develop a student’s intellectual skills and practical knowledge, preparing them to think and debate rationally and to stand up for what is right.  Coursework includes topics such as intensive research in health care ethics, social and distributive justice in health policy, clinical ethics, and more.  Graduates are able to:

• Identify ethical issues in nursing
• Evaluate options using moral and ethical reasoning
• Come to a well-reasoned resolution

Students are required to come to campus for the final public defense of their dissertation.

The online MSN / Family NP degree program prepares advanced practice nurses to function as Family Nurse Practitioners in a primary care setting.  As a FNP you will work with patients of all ages, diagnosing and developing treatment plans.  You will also become more involved with your patients, families, and community.

The curriculum for this online nurse practitioner degree will prepare students to work in a variety of settings, including independent practice.  Based on the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty’s (NONPF) criteria, these courses prepare students for either the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) examination or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Family Nurse Practitioner certification examination.  Duquesne University’s online BNP to FNP program uses the Synergy Model for Patient Care which is based on the belief that the needs or characteristics of patients and families influence the nurse’s characteristics or competencies.

The online MSN / Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner degree allows students to advance their careers while ensuring that they are able to provide their patients with the best care possible.  With this particular degree the focus is on gaining the knowledge and skills needed to provide advanced acute care to adult patients who are suffering from complex chronic illnesses.

This adult gerontology nurse practitioner degree provides a deeper understanding of chronic and complex health issues so that you are not only able to diagnose and develop treatment plans but also help your patients manage their illness from day-to-day.  You will be enhancing your personal experience and knowledge, and you will also learn to collaborate with other health care professionals and caregivers.  By the time you complete this program you will be able to:

• Understand the unique developmental life stages that impact patient care
• Perform comprehensive physical, mental, and cognitive assessments
• Interpret diagnostic tests
• Create and implement treatment plans
• Determine the impact that a chronic and/or critical acute illness will have on daily life  

Graduates are eligible to take the ACNPC-AG certification examination.

Combine your love of caring for patients with your interest in business with the online MSN / Executive Nurse Leadership & Health Care Management from Duquesne University.  In order for patients to receive the best possible care, collaboration is necessary between nurses, physicians, families, and more.  This need for collaboration extends to require nurses, physicians, and other staff to communicate and work together to ensure healthcare organizations run smoothly, which is where this online nursing administration degree comes in.

With this role you will be a leader at the administrative level, responsible for such staffing and human resources, budgeting and finances, and collaborating with others in a business strategy.  Students combine their nursing experience and healthcare knowledge with their business knowledge to advocate for patients, innovative health care systems, and affordable health care for vulnerable populations.  Coursework further develops your advanced nursing skills while also developing business and relationship-building skills, so you understand and impact health care systems from a business perspective.  Graduates are competent to lead teams of nurses, lead a department, or sit on the executive board of a hospital or large health care system.

Sometimes as a nurse you are faced with patients who were crime victims, requiring you to act in a different manner when treating them so as not to interfere with any future investigation.  The online MSN / Forensic Nursing degree program is designed to provide students with the medical skills required for effective nursing as well as the skills required to help law enforcement and legal professionals do their jobs effectively.  For example, you will learn how to treat sexual assault victims, provide trauma-informed care, serve as a patient advocate, preserve the chain of evidence, and more.

As one of the only programs that offers an in-depth study in all areas of forensic practice, this master’s in nursing from Duquesne University was designed to prepare students for leadership roles in this emerging field.  The curriculum focuses on addressing violence and its consequences in our communities, creating opportunities for the unique contributions of nurses.  Part of this training is SANE-A certification, preparing you to sit for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner certification exam.  Other topics in this broad-based curriculum include:

• Ethics
• Criminal law
• Evidence-based practice
• Health care policy

As you look back to your days in school you can probably remember at least one instructor or mentor that made a big difference in your future.  With this online MSN / Nursing Education & Faculty Role degree program you have the opportunity to become this remarkable person in a future nurse’s education!  Duquesne University strives to help create a strong and diverse nursing workforce through a flexible yet nurturing online environment.

This masters in nursing education provides students with theory knowledge and real-world experience to support the teaching and learning environment, specifically focusing on curriculum design and evaluation, in addition to the legal environment for the nursing faculty member.  Courses use technology-infused education, ethical behavior, and community-based practice.  Graduates are prepared to pursue positions as clinical faculty members, online teachers, lab coordinators/directors, or faculty members in a community college for contemporary nursing education.

With the rise in substance abuse and mental health issues and the shortage of psychiatrists, there is a need for mental health primary care providers.  The online MSN / Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree prepares students to meet this need, focusing on mental illness, substance abuse, and mental health among vulnerable populations.   

This mental health nursing online program allows you to work with patients of all ages and backgrounds, assessing their mental health, diagnosing conditions, and providing primary care services.  Courses also teach you the importance of collaborating with other professionals to ensure optimal patient care.  Plus, you will be prepared to advocate for policy development at a legislative level.  

As an online student at Duquesne University, you will have the flexibility needed to study when and where it is convenient, but you will also have support.  The program is completed in a cohort with 12 to 15 students and the faculty work with students personally to ensure they are prepared for exams prior to graduation.

If you have a master’s degree but want to become an executive nurse leader, in less than a year you can complete the Post Master's Certificate in Executive Nurse Leadership & Health Care Management to meet this goal.  As an online nursing administration degree, this program has the flexibility that allows students to continue working as they study but just because you are not on campus does not mean you will be lacking support.  Duquesne’s program features a faculty mentor program in which each student has the name, number, and email of a campus-based faculty member who will act as your guide.

The curriculum provides the skills you will need to develop a holistic approach to problem solving and adapting to change in health care.  Courses combine healthcare and business, teaching students to collaborate with other health care professionals, analyze data to make data-driven decisions, and promote complex care services to people of all ages as you prepare to take on a leadership position in healthcare.  As you learn ways to improve health care efficiency by bridging the gap between nursing and management, this nursing administration online degree stresses the use of ethical and strategic methods when addressing health care concerns and implementing new strategies. 

Graduates of this program are ready to:

• Lead, support, and guide nurses 
• Shape health care systems at the executive level
• Make decisions that affect the larger health care system
• Develop interpersonal relationships
• Collaborate with other health care professionals

The Post Master’s Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner program online prepares advanced practice nurses to function as Family Nurse Practitioners.  Duquesne offers a degree that covers a range of patients and prepares you to monitor healthy families across all lifespans.  Students also learn how to deliver primary care and to provide diagnoses and treatment plans.  The curriculum teaches you to address chronic health issues and promote healthy habits and to take on leadership positions while providing comfort and preventing suffering.  As you go through each stage of development, the curriculum builds, so from course to course you gain a holistic understanding of caring for entire families.  

Graduates are prepared for the AANPCP or AANC certification exams.

The online Post Master's Certificate in Forensic Nursing program prepares students for a variety of nursing roles, such as sexual assault nurse, nurse coroner, nurse investigator, forensic psychiatric nurse, forensic correctional/institutional nurse, clinical nurse specialist, legal nurse consultant, and expert witness. Graduates are able to:

• Apply the principles of law and forensic science to the practice of nursing
• Develop and incorporate a collaborative approach with other disciplines in planning the care of victims of violence and/or the perpetrator
• Demonstrate leadership in forensic nursing through active participation in health care policy and professional organizations and by developing roles for forensic nurses in all areas of practice

The online Certificate in Nursing Education & Faculty Role is designed for students who already possess a master’s or doctoral degree and wish to gain additional theory knowledge and experience in nursing education.  Teachers are some of the most important people in the world and can make a large impact on the next generation.  This online nurse educator degree prepares you to mold future nurses, serving as the path from care provider to educator.   

The curriculum begins with a strong foundation in educational theory and builds on this until students are ready to be brought into the classroom under the guidance of an experienced teacher.  The practicum portion of the curriculum allows you to test out your new skills in your preferred educational setting.  The courses combine innovative curriculum models with modern educational theory and the newest nursing trends, honing your experience and personal teaching philosophy.  

Graduates are prepared for a variety of roles in contemporary nursing education such as clinical faculty member, online educator, lab coordinator/director, or faculty member in a community college.  They are also ready to sit for the Certified Nurse Educator exam.