Nursing Administration and Financial Leadership - Fully Online

This concentration 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 concentration curriculum can be taken completely online and the needs of students in other geographic areas can be accommodated for the practicum. The concentration requires a minimum of 37-39 credit hours for completion. Full and part-time program 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 advisement.

 

Virtual Information Session (TBA)

 

Sample Careers:

• Nurse Manager or Director
• Quality or Safety Manager
• Ambulatory Clinic/Center Director
• Chief Nursing Officer
• Informatics Nurse
• Director of Patient Experience

 

** The curriculum includes 4-6 credits of practicum experiences with nurse leaders arranged in a geographic area convenient for the student.

Online Curriculum 

Full-Time Curriculum Plan: Nursing Administration
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
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
Leadership in Nursing Administration	NGR 6725	3
SPRING SEMESTER (6 credits)