Nursing Informatics

Globally connected networks, big data, and innovative decision analytics are rapidly shaping patient care delivery and the future of healthcare systems. This program provides students an opportunity to enhance or develop expertise in nursing informatics and participate in efforts to improve population health outcomes. This inter-professional certificate program blends nursing science with knowledge and skills in information science, business management, and healthcare. Students complete the 12-credit (four-course) program in eight or 12 months. Courses in the certificate program also apply toward master’s degree requirements. This gives students the flexibility to complete a certificate and be well on the way to earning a graduate degree when they are ready to continue their education. This program prepares students to:

• Utilize nursing informatics concepts to support decision making, work flows, and improve healthcare outcomes
• Accelerate the transformation of data into information and knowledge
• Design, implement, and evaluate health information systems
• Employ evidence-based strategies to promote data integrity and security
• Apply business, economic, and entrepreneurial principles to advance strategic business goals
• Become an innovative informatics healthcare leader to participate in efforts to improve human health

More Details

The Graduate Certificate in Nursing Informatics prepares students to use nursing informatics concepts to support decision making, work flows, and improve healthcare outcomes.

• Complete application
• Two letters of recommendation
• Resumé
• Purpose statement
• Official transcripts
• Undergraduate degree
• RN license

Once your application is submitted, received, and processed, you will be able to access your Application Status Check. If you are required to provide further information regarding your proficiency in English, you will be able to complete the requirement in several ways, depending on your familiarity with English, and the frequency with which you use English each and every day:

• Non-native English-speaking applicants will be required to submit official and valid results from one of the following English Language Tests:
  • C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency (Cambridge English)
  • Duolingo English Test (DET)
  • IELTS Academic
  • PTE Academic
  • TOEFL Internt-based Test (CEEB Code: 3667) Northeastern will accept either the in-person version completed in a test center, or the TOEFL iBT Home Edition
• However, based on your academic environment and the primary instructional language in either your high school or university, you may be eligible for a waiver. All waivers must be submitted through your Application Status Check. For additional information and to determine whether or not you are eligible for a waiver, please read the section below on waiving the English proficiency requirement.

Please note: Northeastern’s Admissions Committee reserves the right to request proof of English language proficiency from any applicant, regardless of citizenship or first language, at any time during the evaluation process.

• 1.Create your application

  Submit your application through The Common Application or the Coalition Application (both are accepted). Once you have created your application, please select Northeastern University to directly submit your application to us. Application fee of $75 or need-based fee waiver* *Northeastern accepts need-based fee waivers from the Common Application, the Coalition Application, as well as organizations such as the College Board and ACT, or in a written request from a school official.

• 2.Submit all required materials

  Double check to make sure that you have submitted all required materials. Even if your application has been submitted, we cannot begin reviewing your file until all of your required materials have been received. For applicants applying for the 2022-2023 academic year, Northeastern University is test-optional and does not require standardized testing to complete an application for admission.

• 3.Check your application status

  Within seven days of applying, you should receive a confirmation email containing your Northeastern University ID number and instructions for setting up your Application Status Check account. To ensure all of the necessary documents have been submitted, and for updates or information about your application, visit your application status check.