Henderson State University’s MSN program offers the opportunity for a BSN or MSN-prepared RN to obtain a graduate certificate in nursing leadership. Provided in an online environment, this certificate allows the flexibility to maintain full-time employment during completion.
If you are a nurse interested in opening the door to numerous employment opportunities in nursing leadership settings, then the online nursing leadership certificate at HSU is a perfect fit. If you are already a nurse leader, the graduate nursing leadership certificate provides an opportunity to expand your knowledge regarding fiscal oversight, personnel management, and how governmental policies impact healthcare systems. The courses are taken over 2 semesters to accommodate nurses who are working full-time. There is no on-campus component required for this certificate.
Admission Requirements
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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
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Courses
In order to earn your certificate in nursing leadership, you will complete 4 courses for a total of 12 credit hours.
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NURS 50803: Health Economics & 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 51503: Nursing Leadership & 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 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).
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).