Business Administration / Nursing Practice

Overview

This collaborative program offers post-master's, advanced practice nurses the option of obtaining both an MBA and DNP simultaneously.

The MBA is designed to develop the professional capabilities of managers working in business, focusing on topics such as:

Quantitative analysis
Decision-making
Negotiation
Enhancing quality and innovation
Program management
Ethical management of resources in a global environment

Guided by faculty mentors in the DNP program, nurses emerge as leaders, transforming their practice and healthcare in self-identified areas of concern and influence. The program culminates in a doctoral project that reflects a synthesis of the knowledge and skills gained throughout the candidate’s educational experience. All educational strategies focus on the development of meaningful relationships and scholarship competencies needed at the highest level of nursing practice.

Course Format

DNP

Online
On-campus immersion experiences
- One to three days in August

MBA

Online
Accelerated eight-week sessions

Out-of-state students applying for this program are strongly encouraged to discuss clinical requirements with the assistant dean of graduate programs. Clinical arrangements are not able to be made in all states.

Please note that international students are ineligible to receive a student visa for this program.

What can I do with a DNP/MBA?

The interprofessional DNP/MBA concurrent degree program provides master’s-prepared nurses with the scholarly knowledge, political awareness, and financial skills to become entrepreneurs, chief nursing officers (CNOs), or chief executive officers (CEOs) of major healthcare institutions, collaborating with other professionals to design cost-effective models of accountable healthcare.

This concurrent degree will be essential for helping potential nursing executives promote innovative change in a variety of environments. The program benefits students with master's preparation as indirect care providers (administrators) or direct care providers (NPs, CRNAs, midwives, or CNSs).

Faculty

Post-Master's DNP Faculty
Multiple faculty from all graduate nursing specializations contribute to post-master’s DNP coursework and projects. Below is a list of faculty who have recently taught in specific post-master’s student course sections.

View current School of Nursing faculty.

Master of Business Administration Faculty Information
Faculty members are committed to providing students with the best knowledge and skills for career challenges and achievements. SIUE MBA faculty serve as exemplars of the teacher-scholar model by actively producing innovative and internationally recognized research in their areas of expertise and by engaging students in interactive learning based on real-world business experience.

To learn more about faculty and instructional staff, visit the School of Business website.