Nursing (MN)
Advance your nursing career in our people-centred program.
Why choose this program?
Choose from our mental health and addictions, nurse practitioner, or professional stream options in this flexible Master of Nursing (MN) program that is framed within a philosophy of people-centred care.
Careers
Apply your MN in the following professional settings: hospitals, long term care, homes, schools, industry, communities, collaborative health centres, non-profit organizations, government.
Nurses are in demand, and Dalhousie’s School of Nursing can help you find your place in the profession.
Admission requirements
You'll need to meet the Faculty of Graduate Studies minimum requirements as well as any program-specific admissions requirements before you can apply.
Financial information
At Dalhousie, we want our students to focus on their studies, rather than worry about their personal finances. We offer competitive tuition rates and funding programs to support graduate students in almost all of our professional master's degree programs.
Program options
This professional master's degree program offers three specializations:
- Mental Health and Addictions Residency requirement; requires 250 hours of clinical placements/practica. Courses include simulations and are delivered in a combination of modalities: in-person, synchronously online and asynchronously online.
- Nurse Practitioner (Residency requirement; requires total of 700-hrs of clinical placements/practica) Courses include lab components, lectures, and are delivered in a combination of modalities: in-person, synchronously online and asynchronously online.
- Professional - Course-Based, No clinical placements – can be completed 100% online from anywhere in Canada). Courses are delivered both synchronously online and asynchronously online.
Clinical Practicum: During the Master of Nursing Mental Health and Addictions and Master of Nursing Nurse Practitioner degree programs, you will participate in clinical placements to gain hands-on experience.
All graduate programs at Dalhousie are collaboratively delivered by a home Faculty and the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
