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Adult Health Nursing
Administration
The Nursing Administrator
Focus prepares the Nurse Administrator, Manager, and/or Executive for diverse
practice settings in the healthcare system. These settings may include
small facilities, integrated delivery systems, larger corporate-owned
facilities, ambulatory settings, organizational and academic settings, as well
as nontraditional environments. Essential inclusion in these practice
settings are entrepreneurial partnerships and interdisciplinary collaboration.
The Nurse Administrator, Manger, or Nurse Executive will develop skills as the
catalyst and role model, providing leadership and direction, consistent
with the mission and value of an organization. He/She will be responsible
for creating a work environment that facilitates and encourages nursing staff to
demonstrate accountability for their own practice, utilizing critical thinking
and effective decision making. This Nurse Leader will acquire knowledge to
ensure the development, implementation and evaluation of policies, programs, and
services that are evidence-based and consistent with professional standards and
values. Preparation for organizational analysis, strategic planning,
financial and human resources management and professional development is
included.
Students pursuing a career as
a Nurse Administrator take care and support courses as well as clinical course
work to prepare for the advanced practice role. Nursing Administrator
students also take course work related to leadership and management, budgeting
and financial management, healthcare law and quality improvement.
Graduates from this option are prepared as Nurse Administrators, Mangers and/or
Executives.
Examples of full time and part time
coursework selections are available on the
Curriculum link.
Policies and other
information are available in a guide for graduate nursing students, entitled
Graduate Information Guide (GIG). Knowledge of
the policies and information in the GIG is required following admission.
MSN Program
application
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