MS(N) Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare Systems
The Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare Systems MS(N) program curriculum prepares nurses to:
Manage clinical efforts across health care settings
Provide visionary leadership
Lead quality and safety initiatives
Implement evidence-based practice
The MS(N) Leadership curriculum provides core master’s coursework in combination with leadership specialty courses. Leadership specialty courses focus on principles of leadership within healthcare organizations, management of human resources, health care financial management, and managing quality, safety and performance outcomes.
Full-Time and Part-Time sample plan of study is available for the Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare Systems program.
Certification as a Nurse Leader
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) offers certification as an Advanced Nurse Executive to recognize excellence in nurse leaders and administrators. Students who have completed a master’s degree in the nurse leader area of study and have two years or more of full-time employment within the past five years in an administrative position at the nurse executive level OR a faculty position teaching graduate students executive level nursing administration are eligible to sit for the exam.