Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
Experience the Duke Difference. Discover world-class academic resources and collaborate with practicing clinical experts at the Duke School of Nursing. Our 8 innovative MSN clinical majors prepare you for your top scope of practice. Here, you’ll study the latest evidence-based practices and utilize high-fidelity simulation labs to make a lasting impact as a nurse practitioner.
You’ll also partner with our dedicated Clinical Placement Office, experiencing concierge-style placements that prioritize your success. With secured clinical placement agreements exceeding 2,000 locations nationwide, you can complete your clinicals near home, ensuring a seamless clinical experience.
We’re committed to developing nurse leaders and innovators who transform health care by expanding access to treatment and advancing health equity.
Develop the knowledge and skills to deliver care to acutely ill patients from adolescence through end-of-life in settings such as intensive care or trauma units.
Prepare to treat patients from adolescence through older adulthood in a variety of settings, like private practices, public clinics, retirement communities, home care, and more.
Acquire the essential skills and knowledge required to provide holistic primary care to patients of all ages, fostering nurse-led models of care, advancing health equity, and more.
Practice in diverse settings including neonatal intensive care units, special care nurseries, delivery rooms, and more to provide complex care for low and high-risk patients from birth up through two years of age.
Provide family-centered, culturally sensitive, acute, critical and complex care to pediatric patients, infant through young adult, in specialty clinics, in-patient stepdown and intermediate units, pediatric intensive care, and more.
Gain the skills needed to provide comprehensive primary care to children of all ages in diverse outpatient settings like primary care clinics, school-based health clinics, teen clinics, and community health centers.
Develop the requisite knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to deliver comprehensive evidence-based mental health care across the lifespan and spectrum of care.
Prepare to provide primary care and specialty care for women through the lifespan, inclusive of culturally sensitive reproductive healthcare for people of all gender identities across multiple care settings.
Discover innovative nursing education. Our faculty are experts in distance-based education and are passionately committed to advancing the role of nurse practitioners. Access world-class resources, collaborate with practicing clinical experts, and experience unmatched student support through faculty guidance and mentorships.
Our MSN plans of study are purposefully layered to meet the foundational competencies of graduate education and include population-specific coursework. Clinical experiences are thoughtfully crafted and developed in collaboration with faculty and clinical placement experts to ensure your success.
At Duke, we’re committed to unleashing your limitless impact. From application to graduation, you’ll find world-class resources and practicing clinical experts always ready to go the extra mile.
Study alongside practicing clinical experts in our distance-based MSN program. Our curriculum was intentionally created for working nurses, allowing you to continue your practice in your home environment while preparing for an advanced role.
Experience thoughtfully created in-person intensives designed to optimize your time on campus while you prepare for life after the program.
Utilize the Center for Nursing Discovery, our state-of-the-art simulation facility that is accredited and endorsed by two international simulation professional organizations. Here, you’ll integrate textbook knowledge with hands-on experiences to confidently deliver compassionate care in diverse and complex health care environments.