Nursing Leadership
LD Option
The Nursing Leadership option is designed to prepare nurses to assume leadership roles within acute, ambulatory care, or community-based settings. Content includes organizational and leadership theory, strategic planning, finance, human resource management, clinical and outcomes management, and health service administration. Students are required to complete thirty-nine semester hours of credit which includes practicum experiences.
Program of Study for the Nursing Leadership Option |
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Full-Time Program |
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Fall I |
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NURS 6600 |
Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Practice |
3 cr |
NURS 6652 |
Administrative Approaches to Nursing Leadership |
3 cr |
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Elective |
3 cr |
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Total 9 cr |
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Spring I |
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NURS 6653 |
Organizational Behavior in a Changing Health Care System |
3 cr |
NURS 6610 |
Advanced Evidence Application |
4 cr |
NURS 6654 |
Financial Management |
3 cr |
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Total 10 cr |
Fall II |
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NURS 6612 |
Health Care of Rural Communities |
3 cr |
NURS 6655 |
Advanced Leadership |
3 cr |
NURS 6655 L |
Advanced Leadership Lab |
2 cr |
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(96 practicum hours) |
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NURS 6602 |
Health Care Policy and Finance |
3 cr |
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Total 11 cr |
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Spring II |
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NURS 6621 |
Advanced Nursing Roles |
3 cr |
NURS 6656 |
Advanced Leadership Practicum |
4 cr |
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(192 practicum hours) |
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Elective |
2-3 cr |
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Total 9-10 cr |
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Total Option Credits: 39-40 |
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Total Practicum Hours: 288 |
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Part-Time Program |
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Fall I |
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NURS 6600 |
Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Practice |
3 cr |
NURS 6652 |
Administrative Approaches to Nursing Leadership |
3 cr |
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Total 6 cr |
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Spring I |
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NURS 6653 |
Organizational Behavior in a Changing Health Care System |
3 cr |
NURS 6610 |
Advanced Evidence Application |
4 cr |
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Total 7 cr |
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Fall II |
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NURS 6612 |
Health Care of Rural Communities |
3 cr |
NURS 6602 |
Health Care Policy and Finance |
3 cr |
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Total 6 cr |
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Spring II |
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NURS 6654 |
Financial Management |
3 cr |
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Elective |
3 cr |
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Total 6 cr |
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Fall III |
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NURS 6655 |
Advanced Leadership |
3 cr |
NURS 6655 L |
Advanced Leadership Lab |
2 cr |
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(96 practicum hours) |
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Elective |
2-3 cr |
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Total 7-8 cr |
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Spring III |
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NURS 6621 |
Advanced Nursing Roles |
3 cr |
NURS 6656 |
Advanced Leadership Practicum |
4 cr |
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(192 practicum hours) |
Total 7 cr |
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Total Option Credits: 39-40 |
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Total Practicum Hours: 288 |
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