In alignment with the American Organization for Nursing Leadership competencies, this practicum provides knowledge and experience within the healthcare environment with a focus on business skills. The following concepts are included: financial management, strategic management, and human resource management. Activities for this practicum are interdependently planned with the guidance of a preceptor Students will be provided with opportunities to participate in all phases of the executive role in an acute care delivery system and community-based systems settings under the guidance of a preceptor. This clinical practicum consists of 180 hours.

In alignment with the American Organization for Nursing Leadership competencies, this practicum provides knowledge and experience within the healthcare environment with a focus on business skills. The following concepts are included: financial management, strategic management, and human resource management. Activities for this practicum are interdependently planned with the guidance of a preceptor Students will be provided with opportunities to participate in all phases of the executive role in an acute care delivery system and community-based systems settings under the guidance of a preceptor. This clinical practicum consists of 180 hours.

In alignment with the American Organization for Nursing Leadership competencies, this practicum provides knowledge and experience within the healthcare environment with a focus on business skills. The following concepts are included: financial management, strategic management, and human resource management. Activities for this practicum are interdependently planned with the guidance of a preceptor Students will be provided with opportunities to participate in all phases of the executive role in an acute care delivery system and community-based systems settings under the guidance of a preceptor. This clinical practicum consists of 180 hours.

An introduction to the structure and function of the medical care delivery system. Includes basic concepts and measures of health, disease, quality, values, needs and utilization; issues in healthcare workforce, institutions, and system organization; general issues in policy; reimbursement and regulation; broad community, and organizational considerations in medical care organizations.

Exposes the students to the legal system as it affects the healthcare industry. The course addresses the numerous legal and ethical issues raised by advances in technology, changing societal values, decreasing resources, and increasing professional liability.

Optimal patient care starts with financially secure healthcare organizations. In this course, students will explore topics such as insurance and reimbursement, financial accounting, case flows, profit analysis, cost allocation, service line costing, budgeting, debt, risk analysis, capital structure, and revenue cycles. Financial theories and practical tools needed to make crucial financial decisions are included.

This course covers the concepts and techniques necessary for improving the systems vital to the daily work of clinicians and the outcomes of patient care. Topics emphasized include: the role of policy, measuring process and system performance, a supportive environment, outside forces that affect quality, teamwork, collaboration, continuous improvement, high reliability accountability, and patient safety.

Graduate level nursing at the master’s level requires a final competency demonstration. Final comprehensive competency demonstration in the MSN program consists of the graduating student’s ability to meet the expected outcomes as set forth by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Master Education in Nursing. These Essentials are core for all master’s programs in nursing, and delineate the outcomes expected of all graduates of master’s nursing programs. Completion of a final competency portfolio, which encompasses the core knowledge and skills outlined in the AACN Essentials document, serves as demonstration of the MSN student’s mastery of the required competencies. The final competency portfolio is evaluated by a rubric and is pass/fail.