ADVANCED HEALTH SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION

NURSING 448

Learning is centered on advancing knowledge of professional attributes necessary in healthcare settings. Expand the understanding of core concepts related to ethics, advocacy, safe therapeutic care, technology, and health informatics at a systems-level to influence care and outcomes. Broaden the understanding of nursing's role in the healthcare delivery system regarding quality improvement, emergency preparedness, care coordination, and palliation.

NURSING 772

Provides healthcare leaders with the knowledge, skills, and competencies to improve patient, organization and health system outcomes. Effective organizational and systems leadership will help to eliminate health disparities and promote patient safety and excellence in practice. Includes the analysis, integration, and application of principles of leadership and management to healthcare organizations and to population-based efforts across the healthcare delivery system including a basic introduction to finance. Emphasis is placed on the practical skills needed to succeed as leaders in today's complex environments.

NURSING 712

An opportunity to explore and analyze healthcare systems including practical skills in leading teams. An individualized planned practicum provides an opportunity to explore the leader roles (multiple settings) within the context of an administrative issues. Emphasis is on clinical engagement in management projects requiring critical assessment, design, planning, intervention, and evaluation activities using theoretical models and management tools. The focus is on the advanced systems analysis and design of programs and services within an organization/community setting.

NURSING 713

Continue the application of leadership and management skills and role development with a focus on leadership and innovation within complex health settings and across multisector partnerships. Emphasis on clinical engagement in management projects requiring critical assessment, design, planning, intervention, and evaluation activities using theoretical models and management tools to leverage technology and innovation. Focuses on leadership and innovation of programs and services within an organization/community-setting.

NURSING 444

Expand understanding of core nursing competencies such as safe therapeutic care and health informatics by examining how these concepts operate at a systems-level to influence care and outcomes. Focus is given to emergency preparedness as enacted in a variety of systems. Key conceptual elements of the healthcare system, organization, policy, financing and law, and quality improvement and their impact on care and outcomes are examined. Expand your understanding of scholarship and evidence-based practice by delving into the process of nursing research.