Executive Nurse Leadership and Health Care Management
Collaboration between professionals is essential for the success of today’s health care systems. Nurses, physicians and other staff must be able to communicate and work together to ensure procedures and daily operations run smoothly. Earn your MSN in Executive Nurse Leadership and expand your understanding of how health care systems function from a business perspective and learn how you can make an impact as a nurse executive.
Your experience as a nurse is indispensable, and you have the unique ability to pair it with business knowledge gained through our MSN program to innovate health care systems at budgetary, quality care and strategic levels. You will be prepared to lead a team of nurses, lead a department or sit on the executive board of a hospital or larger health care system.
Program Information
The Master of Science in Nursing, Executive Nurse Leadership and Health Care Management is a two-year online program that prepares you for administrative health care roles. You will expand your organizational leadership and business skills to drive health care innovation and outcomes. This program is offered in partnership with the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business.
Program Type
Major
Degree
Master's
School
Duration
2 years
Required Credit Hours
30
Admissions
Admissions Requirements
To qualify for our online MSN program, you must:
- Hold a current, unencumbered RN license.
- Hold a bachelor’s degree (nursing or non-nursing) from an accredited college or university with a 3.0 GPA or higher. BSN degree preferred.
- Have completed an undergraduate statistics course with a “C” or higher or a graduate statistics course with a “B” or higher.
We prefer at least one year of full-time work experience as an RN prior to registration in the clinical or specialty courses. Strong leadership experience is preferred.
Admissions Process
- Resume or curriculum vitae
- Professional goal statement
- Official transcript(s)
- Two electronically submitted references (one academic and one professional in a supervisory
role)
- The supervisor reference letters must come from a direct supervisor who is responsible for your performance evaluation
- If you have been out of school more than five years, please speak with your Enrollment Advisor for advice
- An interview may be required
Transfer Credit Policy for MSN Executive Nurse Leadership Students
- A maximum of 9 graduate credits, completed within the past 5 years from a previously earned graduate degree, may be transferred.
- A grade of “B” or higher is required.
- The Advanced Standing Request form must be submitted during the admissions process for transfer credits to be considered.
Curriculum
- GPNG 523 Historical and Contemporary Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credits)
- GPNG 524 Evidence Based Nursing Practice and Policy Development (3 credits)
- GPNG 526 Healthcare Ethics in Practice and Policy (3 credits)
- GPNG 527 Clinical Prevention and Population-Based Health Promotion (3 credits)
- GPNG 928 Social Justice and Vulnerable Populations (3 credits)
- GPNS 956 Nursing Informatics and Data Management (3 credits)
- MGMT 601 The Entrepreneurial Manager (3 credits)
- MGMT 605 Leadership & Motivation for Executives (3 credits)
- MGMT 619 Budgeting & Finance for Leaders (3 credits)
- MGMT 620 Leading Strategic Change (3 credits)