For RNs with a Bachelor’s Degree
Our Master’s in Advanced Population Health program elevates your nursing career by equipping you with the expertise to lead data driven health innovation, advocate for equity, and influence transformative change in diverse communities and populations. Students receive a Master of Science degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa upon successful completion of the program.
Top Program Benefits
- Master data-driven strategies and systems-level thinking to improve health outcomes.
- Gain skills in data analysis to design and provide inclusive care that tackles health disparities.
- Lead health initiatives, shape policy, and advocate for health equity on local and global levels.
- Advance your career with leadership opportunities to shape innovative health programs and policies.
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Program Description
The Online Advanced Population Health Nursing (APHN) program is a distance-based program that prepares registered nurses for leadership roles in population health nursing who wish to practice in Hawaii, the US mainland, or in an international setting. Students learn skills to engage with patients in diverse contexts and develop valuable insight into how health care affects individuals, families, and communities. The program focuses on population-level health, wellness, social determinants of health, health promotion, and disease prevention. Students learn critical population health skills such as community and population assessment; leadership, complex project/program management; disaster nursing, health services research; and health policy analysis.
Curriculum
This 30-credit program can be completed in as little as one year as a full-time student, or two years or longer as a part-time student. Current students consult with the Online APHN Program Director to develop an individualized path to graduation.
Coursework is completed online at your own pace (asynchronous) and includes individual and group learning, as well as in-person fieldwork activities conducted in the student’s own community. Students complete a 6-credit capstone project that includes 270 hours of in-person fieldwork experience, Students may also elect to complete a thesis (Plan A) designed to provide experience in the indirect care level of service at the aggregate population, organizational or systems level. There is an optional additional 9-credit thesis option.
The following is a sample curriculum and is subject to change. Course offerings may vary based on the student’s year of admission to the program, faculty, and program updates.
Course List
- NURS 600 Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing (3)
- NURS 609 Health Policy (3)
- NURS 620 Nursing Research and Theory (3)
- NURS 626 Advanced Population Health Nursing (3)
- NURS 641 Global Health (3)
- NURS 662 Leadership, Role, Identity and Organizational/System Change (3)
- NURS 670 Disaster Nursing (3)
- NURS 671 Biostatistics (3)
- NURS 672 Advanced Population Health Nursing Capstone Practicum (6)
Sample Course of Study (Full-time, complete in 1 year)
Students who wish to complete the program in one year must take four courses in the fall, four courses in the spring, and complete the remaining two courses in the summer.
| Year 1 | |
| Fall | 4 courses (12 credits) |
| Spring | 4 courses (12 credits) |
| Summer | 2 courses (6 credits) |
Sample Course of Study (Part-time)
Students who wish to enroll on a part-time basis will enroll in 1 to 2 courses per semester.
| Year 1 | |
| Fall | 2 courses (6 credits) |
| Spring | 2 courses (6 credits) |
| Summer | 1-2 courses (3-6 credits) |
| Year 2 | |
| Fall | 2-3 courses (6-9 credits) |
| Spring | 1-2 courses (3-6 credits) |
Contact
Department of Nursing Chair, Online Advanced Population Health Nursing Program Director & Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall 413
Honolulu, HI 96822
Ph: 808-956-3390
Fax: 808-956-3257
Email: glauberm@hawaii.edu
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Associate Specialist, Master of Science and PhD Program Advisor
Contact for applicants and current students in the Master of Science and PhD programs.
- Master of Science program: msnurs@hawaii.edu
- PhD program: phdnurs@hawaii.edu
School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall 201
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: (808) 956-3519
Fax: (808) 956-5977
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