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Nursing Administration and Financial Leadership Curriculum

Introduction to the Nursing Administration & Financial Leadership Concentration

This track integrates the caring philosophy into organizational management. Its core and cognate courses provide study central to advanced nursing management and financial practice; the nursing concentration courses offer content and practice in nursing and health care administration and finance, relevant to primary, secondary and/or tertiary settings in rapidly changing times.

The Administrative and Financial Leadership in Nursing and Health Care track curriculum can be taken completely online and the needs of students in other geographic areas can be accommodated for the practicum. The track requires a minimum of 37-39 credit hours for completion. Full and part time program of study options are available. The curriculum contains a minimum of 180-270 hours of required practical related to administrative and financial management in health care organization(s). Students will find a preceptor who will mentor them throughout this portion of the curriculum. Decisions about preceptors will be made with the advisement.

Preceptor and practicum/clinical site decisions are determined in collaboration between faculty and students. Every effort is made to accommodate the practicum/clinical needs of students in various geographic locations.

FAU is authorized to offer online nursing programs in many states. Individual state authorization status is available online at http://fauelearning.com/fauonline/state-authorization/. If you are a resident of a state in which FAU is not currently authorized to provide post-secondary educational instruction, please contact us to discuss program options.

For more information about the program contact:

Terry Eggenberger, PhD,RN, NEA-BC, CNE, CNL,FNAP

Professor of Nursing and Program Coordinator
Email: TEGGENBE@health.fau.edu

In keeping with Florida Atlantic University's philosophy as a distributed university, courses may be held on varying campuses over the program of study with various modes of delivery. This may include live classes/weekend format classes/TV classes/web-assisted classes/ and/or on-line offerings. Campuses include Boca Raton, Broward County/Davie, and the Treasure Coast.

Full Time Curriculum Plan

Nursing Administration
All Campuses

Course Name	Course #		Credits	Clinical Hours
FALL SEMESTER (9 credits)
Adv. Nursing Practice: Grounded in Caring	NGR	6110	3
Philosophy & Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice Roles	NGR	6811	3
Leadership in Nursing Administration	NGR	6725	3
SPRING SEMESTER (9 credits)
Leadership, Policy and Finance in Advanced Nursing Practice	NGR	6891	3
Financial Administration of Nursing Systems	NGR	6722	3
Clinical Informatics	NGR	6871	3
SUMMER SEMESTER (9 or 11 credits)
Adv Nursing Situations: Influencing Health Policy	NGR	6892	3
Human Resource Management	MAN	6156	3
Nursing Research Evidence Based Practice	NGR	6812	3
Adv. Nursing Administration Practicum I * * (Not required of all students)	NGR	6723L	2	90
FALL SEMESTER (10 credits)
Healthcare Financing	HSA	6175	3
Adv. Nursing Administration Practicum II with Project	NGR	6724L	4	180
*3rd Business Course to be approved by the Program Advisor			3
TOTAL CREDITS/CLINICAL HOURS			37 or 39	180 or 270

Part Time Curriculum Plan

Nursing Administration
All Campuses

Course Name	Course #		Credits	Clinical Hours
FALL SEMESTER (6 credits)
Advanced Nursing Practice: Grounded in Caring	NGR	6110	3
Leadership in Nursing Administration	NGR	6725	3
SPRING SEMESTER (6 credits)
Financial Administration of Nursing Systems	NGR	6722	3
Leadership, Policy and Finance in Advanced Nursing Practice	NGR	6891	3
SUMMER SEMESTER (6 credits)
Philosophy & Theoretical Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice Roles	NGR	6811	3
Advanced Nursing Situations: Influencing Health Policy	NGR	6892	3
FALL SEMESTER (6 or 8 credits)
Advanced Nursing Practicum I (not required of all students)	NGR	6723L	2	90
Human Resource Management	MAN	6156	3
Nursing Research Evidence Based Practice	NGR	6812	3
SPRING SEMESTER (6 credits)
Clinical Informatics	NGR	6871	3
Healthcare Financing	HSA	6175	3
SUMMER SEMESTER (7 credits)
Advanced Nursing Administration Practicum II with Project	NGR	6724L	4	180
*3rd Business Course to be approved by the Program Advisor			3
TOTAL CREDITS/CLINICAL HOURS			37 OR 39	180 OR 270