Johns Hopkins MS-NP/MPH

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Does anyone have information on this program, how competitive, stats of the incoming class, profile of accepted students (GPA, GRE, what they looking for)

Thanks in advance. This is my ultimate goal so i want to be well prepared.

Any input would be much appreciated.

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I don't mean to side-bar your topic, but what is the difference between an MS-NP/MPH and a DNP? What would be the practical and academic differences?

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

MS NP is only a master nurse practitioner vs. DNP is the doctorate nurse practitioner. I am interested in public health, so this is kind of killing 2 birds with one stone. I don't really care about the master vs doctor, i just want a decent curriculum with less nursing theory classes and more patho and clinical. The Bloomberg PH school is the best. Plus, Johns Hopkins is.,,, well Johns Hopkins, it's my dream to go there.

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Okay, that makes sense. I guess I think a standard MPH curriculum would be similar to the theory portion of a DNP. However, MPH is more established of a degree.

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Specializes in Home Health, Podiatry, Neurology, Case Mgmt.

Program Requirements

Students may apply for full- or part-time study.

The school seeks individuals who will bring to the student body the qualities of scholarship, motivation, and commitment. The Admissions Committee is interested in each applicant as an individual and will consider both academic potential and personal qualities. Therefore, school records, test scores, recommendations, and essays about goals and interests are important.

Recommendations about a student's character, intellectual curiosity, seriousness of purpose, and range of extracurricular activities are considered.

Selection factors include:

Bachelor of Science degree in nursing

Scholastic Grade Point Average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale from an accredited college or university

Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores within the past five years (for MSN/MPH and MSN/MBA applicants only). Our GRE school code is 5767.

Demonstrated commitment to nursing practice and scholarly pursuit

Community service and professional commitment

Interview with faculty member*

Written expression of goals

Letters of recommendation

Applicants must submit evidence of current nursing licensure. Students must have or obtain Maryland Registered Nurse licensure for matriculation

*Interview with a faculty member may or may not be requested.

Additionally, applicants for the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program

Will be exceptional students who are carefully chosen based on a number of factors including previous experiences. Direct care acute care experiences will be required;

OR

Will be required to attend part time during their first year in the program while working as a staff nurse in a critical care unit full time (more than 36 hours per week), and will not begin NP clinical courses until their second year.

Prerequisites

Undergraduate Statistics

Health Assessment (for NP and CNS applicants only)

Information Technology in Nursing (Can be taken as a co-requisite during your MSN program)

In addition to the prerequisites above, the following courses are also required for MSN/MPH applicants:

College level course in Quantitative Science (ex. Algebra, Calculus, Statistics)

General Biology

Health Related Science (ex. Nutrition, Anatomy, Physiology)

Transfer of Credit

Transfer of credit is granted on an individual basis. The decision is based on equivalent content (for required courses), credit allotment and satisfactory completion of courses. You may petition for permission to substitute a course from another college or university by submitting a request to the Office of Admissions and Student Services along with the complete course syllabus.

Up to 6 credits of graduate course work taken at Johns Hopkins University or elsewhere may be accepted for transfer. Course work must have been completed within the last five years. Course work at the undergraduate level will not be considered for advanced standing credit.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Thank you Tasha for your response. Do you know what is the competitive GPA and GRE for this program?

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Priorities2, I thing you are right. I eventually want to work for WHO, UN or UNICEF. So I need a well recognized public health degree. In many parts of the world, the role of nurse practitioner or physician assistant is not even exist. The DNP and the MS NP really does not matter much outside of the US. It all comes back to being a nurse and support the community. That is what I want.

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Priorities2 I thing you are right. I eventually want to work for WHO, UN or UNICEF. So I need a well recognized public health degree. In many parts of the world, the role of nurse practitioner or physician assistant is not even exist. The DNP and the MS NP really does not matter much outside of the US. It all comes back to being a nurse and support the community. That is what I want.[/quote']

This is absolutely not true. The role of a PA is not recognized worldwide, the role of an NP IS recognized across the world in most places. But, I do agree that you need a well-recognized degree to work internationally like that, but you will also need the NP as well.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Thanks for your input. That's why i choose this track from JHU because is a master NP plus MPH. I have a hard time find actually stat for this program though, besides the info from their website. I try to find out what they looking for in a candidate to be prepared like GRE, GPA ... etc.

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Specializes in Emergency, Trauma, Public Health.

@hanoi98 Hello! I applied for the MSN/MPH program at JHU and I'm waiting to hear back. Have you heard anything yet? Good luck!

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Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.
This is absolutely not true. The role of a PA is not recognized worldwide the role of an NP IS recognized across the world in most places. But, I do agree that you need a well-recognized degree to work internationally like that, but you will also need the NP as well.[/quote']

I am aware that the NP role (being an American original) have spread across most of the Western World particularly Canada, UK, Australia, and possibly parts of Asia. Do you have any idea about the ease of transferring between countries and getting recognition as NP's? It seems as though the educational paths are a bit different in each country and regulation is obviously not going to be the same.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.
@hanoi98 Hello! I applied for the MSN/MPH program at JHU and I'm waiting to hear back. Have you heard anything yet? Good luck!

Hello, it's great to hear from you. Finally find someone on the same road. I have not yet applied. I am still in the last semester of the ADN program. So i plan to apply for fall 2016. Please keep in touch. Good luck and let me know how it turns out.

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