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MSN/MPH Combined Degree Program

The University of Iowa, Colleges of Nursing and Public Health

Objective

The PHN Section of the American Public Health Association defines public health nursing as "the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences." The MSN/MPH degree will prepare students to hold positions such as: director of a public or community health agency, director of occupational health for a company or corporation, case manager for specific populations, or advanced nurse practitioner in a school, occupational or public health organization.

Prerequisites/Admission

The admissions requirements include:

  1. Baccalaureate degree in nursing from an accredited program;
  2. Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
  3. Satisfactory Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores

The applicant must provide:

  1. A formal application;
  2. Complete transcripts for work done in all undergraduate and graduate schools;
  3. Three professional recommendation (U Iowa recommendation forms required)

To be a candidate for this combined degree the applicant must be accepted into the MSN program as a condition of acceptance into the combined degree. This may occur concurrently but the condition of acceptance into the MSN must be made before final acceptance into the MPH program. For information on admission to the MSN program, please see http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/academic_programs/graduate/msn/index.htm.

The admission committees of the two colleges will independently review the candidate for acceptance into the combined degree. In the College of Nursing this will be the Graduate Admissions Committee and in the College of Public Health. This review will be conducted by the MPH General Track Admissions Committee.

MPH Core Courses (18 s.h.)
170:101 Introduction to Public Health Practice [Fall/Su.] 1 3 s.h.
171:161 Introduction to Biostatistics [Fall/Spr./Su.] 3 s.h.
172:101 Intro to Health Promotion and Disease Prevention [Fall/Spr.] 3 s.h.
173:140 Epidemiology I: Principles [Fall/Spr./Su.] 3 s.h.
174:102

Introduction to the US Healthcare System [Su.]

or

3 s.h.
174:200 Introduction to Health Care Organization and Policy [Fall] 2 3 s.h.
175:197 Environmental Health [Fall/Spr.] 3 s.h.
1 MPH students who enrolled in the course when entitled Public Health Practice meet degree requirements.
2 Effective fall 2001, the course number changed from 175:202. Previously it was 63:202. MPH students enrolled in this course under previous numbers meet degree requirements.

MSN Core Courses (12 s.h.)
096:206 Nursing Science and Inquiry [Fall/Spr.] 3 s.h.
096:208 Leadership for Advanced Nursing Practice [Fall/Fall/Spr.] 3 s.h.
096:209 Health Systems, Economics and Policy [Fall/Spr.] 3 s.h.
096:263 Informatics in Nursing and Health Care [Fall] 3 s.h.

Capstone Experience (3-5 s.h.)

MPH Program
170:299* MPH Practicum (Fall/Spr./Su.) 3 s.h.
  and  

MSN Program
096:298 Project (Fall/Spr./Su.) 2 s.h.
  or  
  Clinical Portfolio 0 s.h.

*170:299 meets the requirements for course 096:238, Intensive Practicum in Advanced Community Health Nursing. The nursing student in this course will have an advisor from both Public Health and Nursing

Pre-Requisite:

Students should complete all Core Courses prior to registering for the Practicum. In special circumstances, students may request to take a Core Course concurrently with the Practicum.

For additional information, regarding the practicum experience, please visit the official practicum website.

Bioscience

Requirement is met for nurses in the undergraduate curriculum.

Focus Areas

Administration / Community Health / Ergonomics / Informatics / Occupational and Environmental Health

Administration (25-27 s.h.)

Required courses Administration, College of Nursing (8 s.h.)
096:170 Introduction to Case Management [Fall] 2 s.h.
096:260 Nursing Administration Process Roles & Strategies I [Fall] 3 s.h.
096:261

Nursing Administration Process Roles & Strategies II

[Spr. - every other year]

3 s.h.

Electives (17-19 s.h.)

Electives per consent of advisor (Sum of electives to be at least 17-19 s.h., as needed to complete 60 s.h.)
096:266 / 174:266 Advanced Case Management: An Interdisciplinary Approach [Spr. - every other year] 3 s.h.
174:206 Leadership in Health Care Organization [Spr.] 3 s.h.
174:217

Health Insurance and Managed Care

[Spr. - every other year]

3 s.h.
174:220 Advanced Topics in Managed Care 3 s.h.
174:221 Evaluations & Outcomes in Health Care [Spr.] 3 s.h.
174:237 Legal Aspects of Health and Medical Care [Spr.] 3 s.h.
174:240 Mental Health Services and Policy I [Fall] 3 s.h.
174:243

Introduction to Health Policy: Process and Content

[Fall]

 3 s.h.
 
Any of the nursing specialty courses listed as core in the other MPH/MSN programs or graduate level courses from the College of Business such as:
06N:211 Marketing Management [Fall/Spr./Su.] 3 s.h.
06N:225 Managerial Finance [Fall] 3 s.h.
06N:229 Operations Management [Fall] 3 s.h.

Summary of Requirements
MPH Core Courses 18 s.h.
MSN Core Courses 12 s.h.
Focus Administration, CN 8 s.h.
Capstone 3-5 s.h.
Electives 17-19 s.h.
Total 60 s.h.

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Community Health (25-27 s.h.)

Required courses Community Health, College of Nursing (10 s.h.)
096:234 Advanced Community Health Assessment 3 s.h.
096:235 Advanced Community Health Practicum I 2 s.h.
096:236

Advanced Community Health Interventions & Evaluation

[Fall]

 3 s.h.
096:237 Advanced Community Health Practicum II 2 s.h.

Required courses Community Health, College of Public Health (choose at least 9 s.h.)
172:130 Social Determinants of Health [Spr.] 3 s.h.
172:131 Anthropology and International Health [Spr.] 3 s.h.
172:133 The Anthropology of Women's Health [Fall/Spr.] 3 s.h.
172:150 Health Behavior and Health Education [Spr.] 3 s.h.
172:181 Evaluation I: Theory and Applications [Fall] 3 s.h.
172:240 Health Communication [Su.] 3 s.h.

Electives (6-8 s.h.)

Electives per consent of advisor (Sum of electives to be at least 6-8 s.h., as needed to complete 60 s.h.)
096:170

Introduction to Case Management [Fall]

or

 3 s.h.
096:266

Advanced Case Management: An Interdisciplinary Approach [Spr. - every other year]

or

 3 s.h.
174:220 Advanced Topics in Managed Care 3 s.h.
171:163 Introduction to Design of Sample Surveys [Fall] 4 s.h.
173:145 Public Health Data [Spr.] 2 s.h.
173:160 Epidemiologic Data Analysis with Computer [Fall] 2 s.h.
173:225 Genetics and Epidemiology [Spr.] 4 s.h.
173:235 Nutritional Epidemiology [ Spr.] 2 s.h.
173:253 Epidemiology for Occupational Injuries [Spr.] 3 s.h.
173:255 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases [Fall] 3 s.h.
173:261 Epidemiology of Aging [Spr.] 1-2 s.h.
173:263 Epidemiology of Reproductive Diseases [Fall] 2 s.h.
173:265 Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology [Fall] 3 s.h.
174:217

Health Insurance and Managed Care

[Spr. - every other year]

3 s.h.
175:192 Occupational Safety [Fall] 3 s.h.

Summary of Requirements
MPH Core Courses 18 s.h.
MSN Core Courses 12 s.h.
Focus Community Health, CN 10 s.h.
Focus Community Health, CPH 9 s.h.
Electives 6-8 s.h.
Total 60 s.h.

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Ergonomics (26 s.h.)

Required courses Ergonomics, College of Nursing (12 s.h.)
096:256 Occupational Health Nursing I [Fall] 3 s.h.
096:257 Occupational Health Practicum I [Fall] 3 s.h.
096:258 Occupational Health Nursing II [Spr.] 3 s.h.
096:259 Occupational Health Practicum II [Spr.] 3 s.h.

Required courses Ergonomics, College of Public Health (14 s.h.)
056:144 Human Factors and Ergonomics [Fall] 3 s.h.
175:180 Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar [Spr.] 0 s.h.
175:190 Occupational Ergonomics I [Fall] 3 s.h.
175:230 Occupational Health [Fall] 3 s.h.
175:294 Occupational Ergonomics II [Spr.] 3 s.h.
175:295 Clinical Ergonomics [Spr.] 2 s.h.

Electives (0-1 s.h.)

Electives per consent of advisor (Sum of electives to be at 0-1 s.h., as needed to complete 60 s.h.)
096:213 Physiology for Advanced Nursing Practice [Fall] 3 s.h.
173:251 Injury Epidemiology [Spr. - every other year] 3 s.h.
175:203

Preceptorship in Occupational and Environmental Health

[Fall/Spr./Su.]

 3 s.h.
175:192 Occupational Safety [Fall] 3 s.h.
175:253 Epidemiology of Occupational Injuries 3 s.h.

Summary of Requirements
MPH Core Courses 18 s.h.
MSN Core Courses 12 s.h.
Focus Ergonomics, CN 12 s.h.
Focus Ergonomics, CPH 14 s.h.
Electives 0-1 s.h.
Total 60 s.h.

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Informatics (25-27 s.h.)

Required courses Informatics, College of Nursing (9 s.h.)
096:310 Advanced Nursing Informatics [Spr.] 3 s.h.
096:311 Advanced Seminar in Nursing Informatics [Fall] 3 s.h.
096:312 Advanced Practicum in Clinical Information Systems [Fall/Spr.] 3 s.h.

Required electives Informatics, College of Public Health (11 s.h.)
096:283 / 174:226 Health Informatics I [Fall] 3 s.h.
171:164 Research Data Management [Fall - every other year] 3 s.h.
172:181 Evaluation I: Theory and Applications [Fall] 3 s.h.
173:145 Public Health Data [Spr.] 2 s.h.
173:160 Epidemiologic Data Analysis with Computer [Fall] 2 s.h.
174:266 Advanced Case Management: An Interdisciplinary Approach [Spr. - every other year] 3 s.h.

Electives (5-7 s.h.)

Electives per consent of advisor (Sum of electives to be as many s.h., As needed to complete 60 s.h.)
021:142 Web Search Engines [Su./Fall] 1 s.h.
021:220 JAVA Programming [Spr.] 3 s.h.
021:232 Computer Networks [Spr.] 3 s.h.
021:234 Distributed Information Systems [Spr.] 3 s.h.
021:273 Informatics and Law 3 s.h.
021:277 International Information Networks [Fall] 1 s.h.
021:278 Information Policy [Spr.] 2 s.h
065:138 Knowledge Discovery & Management 3 s.h.
096:234 Advanced Community Health Assessment 3 s.h.
096:260 Nursing Administration Process Roles & Strategies I [Fall] 3 s.h.
096:261

Nursing Administration Process Roles & Strategies II

[Spr. - every other year]

3 s.h.
096:264 Nursing and Health Informatics in an International Context 2-4 s.h
096:265 Healthcare Classifications and Knowledge Building 3 s.h.
096:266

Advanced Case Management: Interdisciplinary Approach

 [Spr. - every other year]

3 s.h.
096:289 Health Informatics II [Spr.] 3 s.h.
171:163 Introduction to the Design of Sample Surveys [Fall] 3 s.h.
172:281 Evaluation II: Design and Methods [Fall] 3 s.h.
174:221 Evaluation and Outcomes in Health Care [Spr.] 3 s.h.
174:225 Topics in Health Care Information Systems [Spr.] 3 s.h.

Summary of Requirements
MPH Core Courses 18 s.h.
MSN Core Courses 12 s.h.
Focus Informatics, CN 9 s.h.
Focus Informatics, CPH 11 s.h.
Electives 5-7 s.h.
Total 60 s.h.

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Occupational and Environmental Health (25-27 s.h.)

Required courses Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Nursing (12 s.h.)
096:256 Occupational Health Nursing I [Fall] 3 s.h.
096:257 Occupational Health Practicum I [Fall] 3 s.h.
096:258 Occupational Health Nursing II [Spr.] 3 s.h.
096:259 Occupational Health Practicum II [Spr.] 3 s.h.

Required courses Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health (10 s.h.)
175:180 Occupational and Environmental Health Seminar [Fall/Spr.] 1 s.h.
175:209 Rural Health and Agricultural Medicine [Su.] 3 s.h.
175:230 Occupational Health [Fall] 3 s.h.
175:260 Environmental Toxicology [Spr.] 3 s.h.

Electives (3-5 s.h.)

Electives per consent of advisor (Sum of electives to be at least 3-5 s.h., As needed to complete 60 s.h.)
096:170 Introduction to Case Management [Fall] 3 s.h.
096:213 Physiology for Advanced Clinical Practice [Fall] 3 s.h.
096:222 Health Promotion and Related Interventions for Primary Care [Fall] 3 s.h.
096:224 Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Clinical Practice [Spr.] 4 s.h.
096:266 Advanced Care Management: Interdisciplinary Approach [Spr. - every other year] 3 s.h.
173:251 Injury Epidemiology [Spr. - every other year] 3 s.h.
175:253 Epidemiology of Occupational Injuries [Spr.] 3 s.h.
175:190 Occupational Ergonomics I [Fall] 3 s.h.
175:192 Occupational Safety [Fall] 3 s.h.
175:203 Preceptorship in Occupational & Environmental Health [Fall/Spr./Su.] 3 s.h.
175:295 Clinical Ergonomics [Spr.] 2 s.h.

Summary of Requirements
MPH Core Courses 18 s.h.
MSN Core Courses 12 s.h.
Focus Occupational Health, CN 12 s.h.
Focus Occupational Health, CPH 10 s.h.
Electives 3-5 s.h.
Total 60 s.h.

Students are encouraged to check with the College of Nursing for availability of nursing courses.

 

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