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The Nursing Management and Leadership specialty prepares the nurse to assume a nursing management or leadership role in the health care environment. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of finance, business management, information management, and marketing resources management evaluation into the nursing management and leadership roles. There are a total of 39 credit hours in the specialty. 

The nursing management and leadership graduate is prepared to:

1. Integrate critical thinking skills in complex, multi-dimensional nursing management and leadership situations through the use of economic, finance, marketing and administration theories and principles. 
2. Analyze the use of management and leadership principles and quality management skills in the health care organizations.
3. Advance nursing knowledge through research in nursing management, leadership and health care policy. 
4. Incorporates global influences and the use of information and communication technology into the nursing management and leadership role.
5. Integrate legal and ethical standards, professional values, and lifelong learning into the nursing management and leadership role. 

Internet and Distance Education
All courses for this program will be offered using distance technologies. Distance education initiatives using  Internet web pages, CD-ROMs and streaming presentations are designed to assist the working or distance student to advance educationally. 
 

MSN - Curriculum Nursing Management and Leadership Nursing Core Courses
N612 Advanced Nursing Research	3 credits
N613 Theoretical Basis for Advanced Practice Nursing	3 credits
N614 Advanced Practice Nursing and Health Care Issues	3 credits
N615 Advanced Nursing Research II	3 credits
N616 Management of the Client in the Health Care System	3 credits
	15 credits
Nursing Management and Leadership
Nursing 624 Economic Policies in Nursing and Health Care	3 credits
Nursing 625 Marketing and Competitive Strategies in Nursing and Health Care	3 credits
Nursing 627 Nursing Informatics	3 credits
Nursing 631 Individual and Group Behavior in Nursing and Health Care Organizations	3 credits
Nursing 632 Administration of Nursing and Health CareOrganizations	3 credits
Nursing 633 Human Resources Management in Nursing and Health Care	3 credits
Nursing 634 Financial Management in Nursing and Health Care Organizations	3 credits
Nursing 635 Business of Nursing	3 credits
	24 credits

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Post Masters Credit
The Nursing Management and Leadersip option  is offered for post-masters credit to students with a Masters Degree in Nursing.  The program of study is individualized and based on transcript evaluation and clinical practice experience.