This Masters Degree concentration prepares nurses to work in the administration of healthcare organizations, with emphasis on human and financial resource management. The 36 credit hour program is offered in conjunction with the McColl School of Business. Students take 5 courses dedicated to the health systems management specialty and 6 core nursing courses.
Admission to the Masters of Science in Nursing Program
BUSN 516 Foundation of Economics The application of microeconomic theory to managerial decision-making seeks to answer basic resource-allocation questions. The course is designed to provide the student with an ability to view resource-allocation problems within a framework of shareholder wealth maximization. Included are price and output decisions of the firm under various market conditions such as pure competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition. 3 credit hours
BUSN 605 Law and Ethics This course will examine the relationship between business and the complex network of state and federal laws and regulatory agencies. It is designed as a study of the legal and ethical environment of business. Topics will include the development of the law and legal system, regulatory law and regulatory agencies, commercial law basics and the fundamentals of applied business ethics. Specialty topics will include employment and labor law, environmental law, litigation/risk management, insurance and others. 3 credit hours
BUSN 610 The Management of Organizations This course focuses on the management of human behavior in work environments. It includes the development, design, operation, and control of activities necessary to generate the goods and services of profit and nonprofit organizations, as well as considering the personal dynamics of individuals, groups and organizations. Major topics include motivation, stress, career process, leadership, decision-making and conflict management. 3 credit hours
NURS 546 Fiscal Management This course examines the principles of fiscal management in terms of financial and managerial accounting to provide an understanding of generating accounting reports, as well as using these reports in decision making for managers in not-for-profit settings. Financial accounting concepts include financial statements, valuing assets/equity, costs of providing services and revenue sources. Managerial accounting concepts include operating and capital budget, behavior of costs and use of accounting data to plan/implement/control activities of not-for-profit organizations. 3 credit hours
NURS 616 Health Care Administration This course examines fundamentals for health care administration including concepts of accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing. Emphasis centers on integration of these topics into an expansive model to provide an underlying foundation for managers in health care settings. 3 credit hours
NURS 634 Health Care Practicum This practicum focuses on collaboration between nurses in leadership roles and other members of the interdisciplinary health team. Students are paired with a preceptor to participate in the leadership of health care organizations, thereby, synthesizing all learning from previous course work. Students analyze health care organizations in the broader context of community health delivery systems. Case students are analyzed in seminars. A scholarly project is conducted, presented, and submitted for publication. 6 credit hours
NURS 612 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice This course focuses on the development and analysis of knowledge from nursing and related disciplines. Theory as a foundation for nursing practice and nursing research will be examined. 3 Credit Hours
NURS 624 Health Policy This course focuses on developing comprehensive knowledge of how health policy is formulated and how it impacts clinical practice and health care delivery. The use of negotiation to influence the policy process will be discussed. 3 Credit Hours
NURS 628 Health Care Informatics The focus of this course is learning about and understanding the concepts relevant to health care informatics and the use of computerized information systems in health care organizations. A main focus is the use of computer applications by nurses to support decision making in clinical, administrative, educational, and research areas. The Internet, specifically the World Wide Web, is used as a rich source of information. The development of information management skills and the use of the Web to access and evaluate health are emphasized. 3 Credit Hours
NURS 630 Research Data Interpretation This course emphasizes interpretation of data collected through research. It examines types of data, selection of appropriate statistical procedures, use of statistical software, interpretation of statistical tests, and reporting of research findings. 3 Credit Hours
NURS 634 Research Methods This course focuses on research methodology, critical analysis of studies, and the relationship among theory, research, and practice. Students will develop a proposal to study a clinically relevant topic. 3 credit hours
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