Direct-Entry Master of Science in Nursing Program
Your Nursing Career Begins Here
MGH Institute's Three-year Direct-Entry Master of Science in Nursing
World-class resources, intimate environment
Apply what you learn right away in on-campus simulation and practice labs.
The Dr. Charles A. and Ann Sanders IMPACT Practice Center
Transforming health professions education & community care
Play an Integral Role in Improving Patient Care
Are you interested in becoming a nurse practitioner and playing an integral role in improving patient care? Do you want access to Boston’s world-class hospitals and ambulatory sites? If you have a college degree and desire to play a leadership role in helping others, the MGH Institute’s three-year Direct-Entry Master of Science in Nursing (DEN-Masters) program is the right place for you. Join other students who come from a range of academic and professional backgrounds who share a passion for helping people. As a student in our DEN-Masters program, you will select 1 of 7 advanced specialty nursing tracks, learn team-based skills from renowned practicing nurse clinicians, and have clinical placements with greater role responsibility as you increase your knowledge and skills throughout the program.
"I've always been very passionate about medicine and the art of counseling, but I struggled to find a way to combine both practices. When I started working in a community clinic I became deeply inspired by the work the women's health nurse practitioners were doing around me."
Learn more about Serena Fasano [1].
Direct-Entry Master of Science in Nursing '18
Women's Health NP Track
3rd
U.S. News & World Report ranks our program 3rd in Massachusetts and NPs as the best healthcare job [2].
1:6
faculty-to-student clinical ratio in pre-licensure part of the program, giving you personalized attention from leading clinicians.
1:1
preceptor-to-student ratio. Individualized clinical placements provide one-on-one attention and interaction at more than 600 sites.
The IHP Advantage
You will learn and collaborate with students and practitioners from across the health professions. Interprofessional team-based experiences will strengthen your ability to provide patient-centered care in an increasingly complex health care environment. Learn more about IMPACT Practice [4].
Learn from faculty members who have earned national and international recognition for practice and research. The majority are active clinicians who bring real-life experience into the classroom and are on the cutting edge of patient care.
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Boston is not only the center of higher education and health care, it is also a city with a rich history, amazing sports teams, wonderful neighborhoods, and vibrant performing arts. Your graduate experience will be one you will never forget.
Learn from the Best
Innovating During Times of Change:
Jason R. Lucey, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
NP students are utilizing cutting-edge online Objective Structured Clinical Examinations to prepare for a future where telepractice is the norm, not the exception. Watch a short video on Jason's work. [7]
Learn more about our faculty [8] and read about their scholarship [9].
Choose the Right Track for You
The MGH Institute School of Nursing offers seven advanced practice nursing specialties to become a Nurse Practitioner [10] (NP) in the Direct-Entry Master of Science in Nursing program. Upon completing the program, you will be prepared to take the advanced practice certification exam for your chosen specialty. Read more on licensing and careers [11].
The nursing specialties offered are as follows (please click/tap any of these links to learn more and to view the curriculum for each track):
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner [12]
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner [13]
- Family Nurse Practitioner [14]
- Pediatrics Nurse Practitioner [15]
- Women's Health Nurse Practitioner [16]
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Lifespan Nurse Practitioner [17]
- Dual Adult-Gerontology/Women's Health [18]
IMPACT Practice Center: On-campus clinical education/learning opportunities
The Dr. Charles A. and Ann Sanders IMPACT Practice Center houses the Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center for Clinical Education and Wellness [19], a nurse-led screening, referral, education, and support resource for Charlestown and Greater Boston-area residents.
The IMPACT Practice Center enables student teams from across the health professions to deliver integrated services as part of their uniprofessional and interprofessional clinical education. By providing this free care under the supervision of the Institute's practicing clinician faculty, students enrolled in the nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, speech-language pathology, and genetic counseling programs receive a priceless benefit: real-life experience.
Students provide care to a variety of clients, tackling complex problems, supported by the latest technology and state-of-the-art facilities. Client populations include those with chronic conditions across the lifespan. Learn more about the IMPACT Practice Center [20].
Other Clinical Opportunities
Nursing students at MGH Institute of Health Professions don’t just learn about providing health care. Through their clinical placements and scholarly projects, you will also learn about how providing health care can change the world. Some students return to their locations of clinical placement after graduation, as these students did with Rosebud Reservation [21]. Other global health experiences for nursing and other degree programs can be found on our global health experiences [22] page.
More recently, Institute nursing students were on the front lines treating COVID-19 patients at Boston Hope [23], the field medical facility inside the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The MGH Institute was the only school whose nursing students are actively treating coronavirus patients anywhere in the state.
Institute Pledges to Combat Racial Injustice Head On
The IHP Office of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) [24] helps guide the IHP in an agenda that includes this anti-oppression statement [25]; an expansion of the JEDI Fellowship program [26]; programs to improve the diversity, retention, and support of faculty, staff, and students of color, especially Black faculty, staff, and students; and a review and streamlining of procedures for reporting bias.
