MSN Nursing Administration

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The Nursing Administration specialty is designed for baccalaureate prepared registered nurses who seek preparation for leadership and management positions in healthcare organizations at the unit level or higher. Graduates of the MSN Administrative program are prepared to assume roles in direct and indirect care management and leadership in selected and emerging healthcare settings. The program is designed for independent learners who desire an online experience coupled with clinical learning experiences that relate to today’s administrative challenges and opportunities. Graduates meet the educational requirements for national certification programs.

Credit Distribution

I. Core Courses (15 Credits)

NUR-529Health Policy

3

NUR-530Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

3

NUR-531Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Issues

3

NUR-600Nursing Leadership in a Global Community

3

NUR-582Financial Management in Nursing Practice

3

II. Electives (6 Credits)

Electives may be selected from the nursing elective course offerings, direct-care core courses, and/or alternate specialty area courses. For example, students may take two courses in nursing to enhance their skill base and work toward a future certificate in another nursing specialty. For TESU course options, please contact an Advisor.

III. Specialty Courses (9 Credits)

NUR-632Nursing Administration: Standards and Structures

3

NUR-702Nursing Administration: Executive Managerial Process

3

NUR-712Nursing Administration: Resource Acquisition and Management

3

IV. Practicum Courses (6 Credits)

NUR-722Nursing Administration: Seminar and Role Practicum

3

NUR-732Nursing Administration: Seminar and Process

3

Total Credit Hours: 36

Note:

Completion of 150 on ground, supervised hours is required in each Practicum course. Application for Practicum placement is submitted six months in advance. The Practicums must be taken consecutively at the same facility.

Course descriptions, advisories and prerequisites can be found in this publication. It is the student’s responsibility to know and to satisfy advisories and prerequisites prior to course registration. In the MSN degree program, the core courses are to be taken first and the Practicums are to be taken last and may not be taken concurrently with core courses.

Program Competencies

In addition to the MSN degree outcomes, the graduate of the Nursing Administration program will be able to:

  • utilize systems thinking to lead and manage complex healthcare organizations;
  • provide leadership in the professional design of nursing care grounded in ethical, multicultural, and professional standards and healthcare policy;
  • utilize financial, material, human, and environmental resources to benefit nursing divisions in complex healthcare organizations;
  • use information management systems to facilitate organizational decision making;
  • demonstrate communication skills and relationship building competencies to support organizational goals;
  • demonstrate leadership in the professional community;
  • integrate best evidence to provide quality nursing care and promote improvement in healthcare outcomes; and
  • use an interdisciplinary approach to execute nursing administration practice.