NURS 520 - Foundations of Systems Leadership

• Using a systems perspective, you will explore basic concepts related to the health care system, professional knowledge, and quality and safety.

NURS 521 - Evidence-Based Practice Improvement

• You will analyze and apply evidence for selected areas of clinical practice to facilitate optimal patient outcomes and use evidence to develop, validate and endorse strategies for system-wide practice improvements.

NURS 540 - Health Promotion and Risk Reduction

• At the individual and interpersonal level of care, you will explore the concepts of health promotion and risk reduction and examine evidence-based strategies that acknowledge patient-centered values and beliefs optimizing health/wellness.

NURS 541 - Population Health

• For vulnerable (including cross-cultural) populations and communities, you will apply concepts related to the assessments, surveillance and interventions for risk reduction, disease prevention and health promotion. 

NURS 543 - Health Information and Patient Care Technologies

• You will evaluate and apply emerging health care technologies, such as point of care clinical support, telehealth/medicine and electronic documentation, in support of patient-provider communication, interprofessional practice and coordinated patient care delivery.

NURS 545 - Healthcare Environments and Care Coordination

• You will examine health policy and regulation, health economics and advocacy, and apply advocacy strategies for transitioning ‘at-risk’ individuals across the health care continuum.

NURS 640 - Healthcare Business Dynamics

• You will apply business concepts and principles consistent with patient-centered care across a variety of health care settings. Concepts include organizational structure and finance, budgeting, cost-benefit analysis, marketing, resource allocation, innovation and entrepreneurship.

NURS 641 - Leadership for Patient-Centered Care

• You will explore the principles of shared leadership, team dynamics and interprofessional practice as the foundation of patient-centered care with emphasis on mediation, negotiation, conflict resolution, collaboration and consultation. 

NURS 653 - Healing Environments and Practices

• You will examine evidence-based integrative approaches that support structural and human care processes and evaluate models of optimal healing environments that promote personal and organizational health/wellness.

NURS 654 - Quality and Safety Management

• You will examine concepts related to the quality and safety improvement process and management strategies that ensure patient safety and quality outcomes, including continuous quality improvement processes and program planning, implementation and evaluation.

NURS 660 - Clinical Systems Leadership Immersion

• During your 16-week Clinical Systems Leadership Immersion, you will work with a faculty mentor of your choosing to develop a comprehensive care management plan for a chronic care population utilizing patient-centered leadership concepts.

This program requires 43 credits to complete. Students may choose either a full-time or part-time option, and all courses are offered online.