Course Descriptions
The program for the Master of Science degree in Health Care and Nursing Administration consists of 33 semester hours.
PAPA 561 Biostatistics/Epidemiology. Application of Biostatistics with statistical software and techniques of epidemiology to health care management and policy.
NURS 500 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing. Systematic and critical analysis of nursing related concepts, models, and theories as a basis for Advanced Nursing Practice.
NURS 504 Research in Advanced Nursing Practice. Analyze, evaluate and synthesize health-related research and evidence-based practice reviews for the improvement of nursing practice.
NURS 505 Health Policy and Advanced Nursing Practice. Focus on the dynamics of health policy and nursing's role in complex health care systems. Prerequisite: graduate standing. *Offered in spring
NURS 510 Healthcare Informatics. Critical elements of healthcare informatics for advanced nursing practice including searching, managing, and evaluating data, analyzing information systems, and integrating technology into practice. Prerequisite: admission to the program or permission of Assistant Dean for Graduate Program.
NURS 556 Quality and Safety for Nurse Executives. Identifying systems and process failures that lead to errors, monitoring and analyzing information, and initiating quality improvements within organizations.
NURS 558 Nursing Executive Leadership I. Under guidance and supervision of a nurse executive preceptor, begin to design and implement an evidence-based scholarly project related to the nurse executive role.
NURS 590 Organizational Behavior and Leadership. Integration and application of organizational, management, and leadership theories incorporated in nurse executive practice. Explores healthcare models, structure, and design.
NURS 592 Healthcare Finance and Budgeting. Emphasizes management of diverse human resources in health care. Selected topics include professional growth, performance appraisal, recruitment, retention, promotion, conflict management, collective bargaining, and diversity.
NURS 593 Management of Human Resources. Examines factors related to the management of diverse human resources in health care.
NURS 594 Nursing Executive Leadership II. Under the guidance of a nurse executive preceptor in a planned practicum experience, applies knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the nurse executive role.
Total Credit Hours 33
Retention
Scholarship appropriate for students in a School of Nursing graduate program is demonstrated through satisfactory completion of course work, defined as obtaining a course grade of "A" or "B." Students who obtain a course grade of "D" or "F" in a graduate nursing specialization are withdrawn from the graduate program without the option of repeating the course. Students may only earn one grade of “C” and stay enrolled in the graduate nursing programs. If a second course grade of “C” is earned, students are automatically removed from the graduate nursing program, regardless of the cumulative GPA. Repeating a course in which there is originally a grade of “C” does not eliminate the original course grade of “C” from being applied toward this exclusion policy.
