If you are a nurse interested in opening the door to numerous employment opportunities such as magnet coordination, program development, consulting, management, quality improvement, or nurse leadership/executive positions (nurse managers, nurse administrators, directors of nursing, and chief nursing officers), the online MSN Nursing Executive Leadership and Administration (NELA) program at HSU is a perfect fit.
If you are already a nurse leader, the MSN NELA degree provides...
If you are a nurse interested in opening the door to numerous employment opportunities such as magnet coordination, program development, consulting, management, quality improvement, or nurse leadership/executive positions (nurse managers, nurse administrators, directors of nursing, and chief nursing officers), the online MSN Nursing Executive Leadership and Administration (NELA) program at HSU is a perfect fit.
If you are already a nurse leader, the MSN NELA degree provides an opportunity to expand your knowledge regarding resource management (personnel, fiscal), informatics, strategic planning, and quality improvement. There is no on-campus component required for this track. Graduates of the MSN NELA track may be eligible (pending work requirement) to test for the Advanced Nurse Executive Certification through the ANCC.
Admission and Prerequisite Requirements
Henderson's graduate nursing program strives to provide an individualized, engaging educational experience for every student. To ensure this, seat availability is limited. All admissions are contingent upon seat availability in the applied for track. If applications outnumber available seats, applicants will ...
Admission and Prerequisite Requirements
Henderson's graduate nursing program strives to provide an individualized, engaging educational experience for every student. To ensure this, seat availability is limited. All admissions are contingent upon seat availability in the applied for track. If applications outnumber available seats, applicants will be ranked by GPA.
Priority will be given to students who have completed all prerequisites prior to the application deadlines and meet all admission requirements. However, we also encourage students to apply if they expect to have completed the prerequisites by the beginning of the fall semester. Acceptance is contingent upon completion of all admission requirements (Castle Branch, criminal background checks, etc.) and the successful completion of all prerequisites.
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Bachelor's Degree
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7
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RN License
- Unencumbered Registered Nurse license, may consider out of state RN license
- Applications
Program Goals
- Prepare nurses who identify and use resources for nursing and healthcare in the community
- Prepare nurses to utilize holistic concepts of humanity, environment, and health in their practice
- Produce nurses who use research and theory to improve nursing and health care
- Provide a foundation for the doctoral-level study of nursing
Learning Outcomes
- Lead change to improve quality outcomes
- Advance a culture of excellence within nursing and health care systems
- Build and lead collaborative interprofessional care teams
- Design innovative nursing practices
- Translate evidence into practice
Courses
In order to earn your MSN NELA, you will complete 9 courses for a total of 33 credit hours.
- Online classes with practicum experiences in your region
- Total practicum hours: 300
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NURS 50003: Public Health
Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to introduce the student to public health care in advanced nursing practice. Graduate nursing core components addressed will include integrating nursing and related sciences to deliver advanced nursing practice to diverse population while combining current and emerging genomic evidence in providing care to individuals, families, and communities.
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NURS 52103: Advanced Nursing Concepts, Theory, and Research
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides translation of evidence using nursing concepts and theory of research. This course will require the graduate student to apply concepts and theories in nursing to research outcomes in practice settings, resolve practice problems, and disseminate results across health care teams and systems. This is a component of the graduate nursing core courses.
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NURS 51503: Advanced Nursing Leadership and Roles
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces leadership skills necessary for the ethical and critical decision making abilities of advanced nursing practice. The roles of advocate, leader, researcher, and policymaker are explored in relation to organization and systems based care. These skills will define graduate nursing by initiating and maintaining interdisciplinary relationships and communication, collaboration and civility within healthcare teams for coordination of care, delegation, negotiation and conflict resolution. This course is essential to the graduate nursing core.
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NURS 51703: Health Policy
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces strategies for the student to effectively collaborate with stakeholders to promote access to care and health outcomes locally and globally through technology, economics, policy and sociocultural components. This course is a component of the graduate nursing core.
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NURS 50803: Healthcare Economics and Systems
Credit Hours: 3
This course will introduce the graduate student to the complexities of healthcare reimbursement and regulation. This course will require the graduate student to determine if the outcomes of standards of practice, performance, and competence have been met and maintained. This course will introduce graduates to reducing barriers, facilitate access to care, and improve health outcomes within micro and macro-systems of healthcare. This is a component of the graduate nursing core courses.
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NURS 51303: Informatics
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides the opportunity to examine and practice appropriate use of technologies and integrate current and emerging technologies to enhance outcomes. This course will prepare students to educate health professionals, staff, patients, and caregivers about the principles related to safe and effective use of care and information technologies.
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NURS 53403: Organizational Management
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides the opportunity to examine the latest strategies for improving nursing leadership and management skills. This course offers coverage and practical management strategies for a wide range of workplace issues such as delegation, diversity, evidence-based practice, stress management, quality improvement, legal issues, and recruitment and retention. This course promotes an understanding of a detailed analysis of today’s nursing environment including problems of management in health care settings from a micro level (departmental/unit) and a macro level (organizational).
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NURS 50206: Nursing Executive Leadership and Administration Practicum I
Credit Hours: 6
This course provides an experiential immersion into nursing administration and will expand the role of Nursing Administrator for the graduate student. This course will prepare graduates to implement safe, quality care in a variety of settings and roles.
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NURS 50606: Nursing Executive Leadership and Administration Practicum II
Credit Hours: 6
This course provides an experiential immersion for the student into advanced nursing administration. This course will further 86 expand the role of Nursing Administrator and will prepare graduates to assess the impact of research and advocates for participants, personnel, and systems integrity. This course provides graduates to increase their knowledge with emphasis on lifelong learning.
Certificate Option
Students pursuing their MSN NELA can also receive an online graduate certificate in Nursing Education by taking the following courses.
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NURS 55503: Nursing Education Theory
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides graduate students the knowledge necessary to mentor, coach, and instruct students and nurses. This course will introduce graduate nursing students to the theoretical aspects of teaching/learning. This course will also integrate depth of understanding of the nursing discipline, nursing practice, and enhanced pedagogical skills, including preparation in curriculum design and development, teaching methodologies, educational needs assessment, and learner-centered theories and methods.
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NURS 55703: Nursing Education Technology
Credit Hours: 3
This course builds on nursing education theory to provide the graduate student with the technological knowledge necessary to mentor, coach, and instruct students and nurses using online and classroom technologies. This course will introduce graduate nursing students to the technical aspects of teaching/learning. This course will also integrate a depth of understanding of the nursing discipline, nursing practice, and enhanced pedagogical skills, including preparation in curriculum design and development, teaching methodologies, educational needs assessment, and learner-centered theories and methods.
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NURS 51603: Nursing Education Theory Practicum
Credit Hours: 3
Hours of Instruction: Lecture 15 hours and Practicum 90 hours
This course provides an introduction to the theory of advanced nursing education. This practicum is a faculty-guided nursing education experiential immersion for applying and synthesizing the nurse educator role in academia or staff development in health care institutions. The graduate students will assess, design, implement, and evaluate a classroom or clinical instructional module under the direction of a selected nurse faculty educator. This course will provide an in-depth understanding of the nursing discipline, nursing practice, and the added pedagogical skills.
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NURS 51803: Nursing Education Technology Practicum
Credit Hours: 3
Hours of Instruction: Lecture 15 hours and Practicum 90 hours
This course builds on the nursing education technology course to provide the graduate student with the technological knowledge necessary to mentor, coach, and instruct students and nurses using online and classroom technologies. This course provides an experiential immersion that is faculty-guided for applying and synthesizing the nurse educator role in academia or staff development in health care institutions. The graduate students will assess, design, implement, and evaluate a classroom or clinical instructional module under the direction of a selected nurse faculty mentor. This course will provide an in-depth 88 understanding of the nursing discipline, nursing practice, and the added pedagogical skills.
Resources
Contact
Dr. Allison Divine
Graduate Nursing Program Coordinator
870-230-6510
divinea@hsu.edu
The master's degree program in nursing at Henderson State University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (ccneaccreditation.org).