Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

Nurses are called to be leaders, to serve as change agents, and to practice to the full extent of their education and training in order to advance health across the population (IOM, 2010).  This course will explore the foundational concepts of the graduate-level prepared registered nurse and the advanced functions inherent in that role.

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

The nursing profession is transforming, and nurses must be able to use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error and support decision making (QSEN, 2019).  This course will focus on evaluating information systems and technological resources used in patient care settings to support decisions that promote safe, quality client care.

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

The nursing profession is challenged with staying abreast of new information influencing nursing practice.  Nurses must be able to analyze research methods, and research findings to evaluate its relevance to nursing practice and quality improvement efforts.  This course will focus on analyzing quantitative and qualitative approaches to research, data collection methods, data analysis, and the legal and ethical issues of research.  Students will apply their knowledge of research to an evidence-based practice initiative.

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

Nurses are committed to advancing health and understand the need for healthcare transcends differences in respect to culture, values, and preferences across the global population (ANA Scope and Standards, 2015).  This course will analyze the impact of social, political, and economic influences on the global environment and human health experience.

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

Nurses influence policy to promote health (ANA Scope and Standards, 2015).  They must be actively involved in policy development to accelerate the nursing profession and to support the overall health of the population.  This course will discuss policy development in healthcare and evaluate nursing’s responsibility in shaping public and private policy.

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

Nursing leaders recognize organizational and systems leadership are critical to the promotion of high quality and safe patient care. Leadership skills are needed that emphasize ethical and critical decision making, effective working relationships, and a systems-perspective (AACN, 2011). This course focuses on the essential competencies nurse executives require to lead within modern healthcare organizations. Includes an experiential learning experience. 

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

The nurse executive needs to understand and manage the financial implications within the healthcare system.  This course will focus on reimbursement systems, effective and efficient models of nursing care, and financial policy.  Processes for operational and capital budgeting, strategic planning, revenue management, and forecasting will be examined. Includes an experiential learning experience. 

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

Nursing leaders recognize they serve as members and leaders of interprofessional teams in order to communicate, collaborate, and consult with other health professionals to manage and coordinate care (AACN, 2011). They must work to establish a healthy, ethical, and safe workplace environment. This course will focus on relationship-building, human resource management, conflict resolution, change theory, mentorship, coaching, workplace diversity, and shared governance. Includes an experiential learning experience. 

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

Nurse executives are life-long learners. They use the leadership role to establish an organizational culture and processes to promote research innovation and application of research outcomes to practice (AACN, 2011).  This course will focus on knowledge translation to practice models, research evaluation and dissemination, IRB requirements, evidence-based practice application, and quality improvement processes. Includes an experiential learning experience. 

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

The nurse executive leads, influences, and governs within the healthcare environment to foster a culture of clinical excellence, innovation, transformation, and engagement (ANA, 2016).  In this course students will participate in an experiential learning experience with a nurse leader within a healthcare organization.  They will apply complex knowledge and skills to address the developing needs of the healthcare system. The student will design an evidence-based, data supported master’s leadership project. Completion of this capstone fulfills the graduate professional development requirement. Includes an experiential learning experience. 

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

This course builds upon undergraduate nursing education and practice experience to refine and further develop nursing knowledge and skills related to pathophysiology, health assessment, and pharmacology across the lifespan. The focus is on advanced knowledge and skills needed by nurse educators in both direct- and indirect-care roles. In this course students integrate concepts of pathophysiological processes, physical assessment and diagnostic findings, and pharmacologic management. Includes an experiential learning experience. 

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

The nursing profession is ever evolving; therefore, nurse educators must formulate curriculum that integrates innovation and evidence-based practice findings (Billings & Halstead, 2020).  This course will focus on the role of the nurse educator in curriculum development and explore the influence of current education trends, technological integration, theoretical framework, and professional standard alignment. Includes an experiential learning experience. 

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

Teaching in nursing education is a complex undertaking that utilizes evidence-based practice findings to enhance innovative teaching and learning strategies (Billings & Halstead, 2020).  This course will focus on effective teaching and learning methods used in a variety of teaching settings with diverse student needs.  Theoretical frameworks of teaching and learning will be discussed. Includes an experiential learning experience. 

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

A nurse educator should be prepared to use evidence-based assessment and evaluation methods to measure student learning, and to identify quality improvement efforts across the nursing program.  This course will focus on the application of assessment and evaluation methods for outcome measurement in nursing education. Includes an experiential learning experience. 

Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3

Nurse educators are required to utilize the NLN core competencies to understand how to effectively teach and practice within healthcare and higher education organizations (Halstead, 2019).  In this course, students will participate in an experiential learning experience with a nurse educator.  The student will apply complex knowledge and skills to address the developing needs of the nurse educator role. The student will design an evidence-based, data supported master’s project focused on the NLN core competencies of the nurse educator. Completion of this capstone fulfills the graduate professional development requirement. Includes an experiential learning experience.