Executive Nurse Leadership and Health Care Management

Collaboration between professionals is essential for the success of today’s health care systems. Nurses, physicians and other staff must be able to communicate and work together to ensure procedures and daily operations run smoothly. Earn your MSN in Executive Nurse Leadership and expand your understanding of how health care systems function from a business perspective and learn how you can make an impact as a nurse executive.

Your experience as a nurse is indispensable, and you have the unique ability to pair it with business knowledge gained through our MSN program to innovate health care systems at budgetary, quality care and strategic levels. You will be prepared to lead a team of nurses, lead a department or sit on the executive board of a hospital or larger health care system.

Program Information

The Master of Science in Nursing, Executive Nurse Leadership and Health Care Management is a two-year online program that prepares you for administrative health care roles. You will expand your organizational leadership and business skills to drive health care innovation and outcomes. This program is offered in partnership with the Palumbo-Donahue School of Business.

Program Type

Major

Degree

Master's

School

School of Nursing

Duration

2 years

Required Credit Hours

30

Modality

Online

Admissions

Admissions Requirements

To qualify for our online MSN program, you must:

  • Hold a current, unencumbered RN license.
  • Hold a bachelor’s degree (nursing or non-nursing) from an accredited college or university with a 3.0 GPA or higher. BSN degree preferred.
  • Have completed an undergraduate statistics course with a “C” or higher or a graduate statistics course with a “B” or higher.

We prefer at least one year of full-time work experience as an RN prior to registration in the clinical or specialty courses. Strong leadership experience is preferred.

Admissions Process

  • Resume or curriculum vitae
  • Professional goal statement
  • Official transcript(s)
  • Two electronically submitted references (one academic and one professional in a supervisory role)
    • The supervisor reference letters must come from a direct supervisor who is responsible for your performance evaluation
    • If you have been out of school more than five years, please speak with your Enrollment Advisor for advice
  • An interview may be required

Transfer Credit Policy for MSN Executive Nurse Leadership Students

  • A maximum of 9 graduate credits, completed within the past 5 years from a previously earned graduate degree, may be transferred.
  • A grade of “B” or higher is required.
  • The Advanced Standing Request form must be submitted during the admissions process for transfer credits to be considered.

 

Curriculum

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The Executive Nurse Leadership MSN curriculum is built for nurses who are ready to use their nursing experience to drive innovation through leadership roles. In partnership with the Duquesne University Palumbo-Donahue School of Business, we offer courses that focus on both health care and business.
  • GPNG 547 Historical and Contemporary Frameworks for Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credits)
  • MGMT 601 The Entrepreneurial Manager (3 credits)
  • GPNG 548 Evidence Based Practice and Policy for Advanced Nursing (3 credits)
  • MGMT 605 Behavior in Organizations (3 credits)
  • GPNS 917 Transcultural and Global Health Perspectives (3 credits)
  • GPNG 928 Social Justice and Vulnerable Populations (3 credits)
  • GPNG 550 Clinical Prevention and Population Health Promotion for Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credits)
  • MGMT 619 Budgeting and Finance for Managers (3 credits)
  • MGMT 620 Business Strategy (3 credits)
  • GPNG 549 Nursing and Health Care Ethics in Practice and Policy (3 credits)

 

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Enrollment Counselor

School of Nursing

Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of nursing’s distinct perspective and where shared perspectives exist use an intradisciplinary approach applying clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base from theory, research, arts, humanities and other sciences.
  2. Distinguish and promote person-centered care that is holistic, compassionate, evidenced-based, and developmentally sound for individuals, families, communities, and populations in their cultural context for optimal healthcare outcomes.
  3. Develop implementation and dissemination strategies to address the social determinates of health including population health, health equity, and health policy through collaboration with community stakeholders.
  4. Identify, differentiate, and analyze evidence-based practice to improve health outcomes while embracing ethical concepts as a life-long learner.
  5. Transform health care delivery through the development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives to mitigate risk and promote safety of the patient and health professionals.
  6. Participate in the development of critical elements used in interprofessional, team based healthcare to address needs of a population with the purpose of increasing positive patient outcomes.
  7. Organize and execute safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations while maintaining cost-effective, just, and responsible stewardship of multiple system resources. 
  8. Embrace various technologies and informatics in safe care and communication to patients, interprofessional team members, and other stakeholders to deliver safe care to diverse populations.
  9. Demonstrate a professional approach in nursing through personal accountability to the individual, society, and the profession incorporating relevant laws, policies, and regulation while recognizing diversity, equity, and inclusion as core to one’s professional nursing identity.
  10. Participate in leadership development activities that foster professional growth and encourage lifelong learning that demonstrate selfcare and reflection by maintaining health and wellness.

Accreditation

The Executive Nurse Leadership and Health Care Management MSN program at Duquesne University School of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)