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MN Study Option: Leadership in Health Care
The Leadership in Health Care curriculum option provides nurses with the skills and knowledge to become leaders and change agents in the evolving health care environment. The curriculum focuses on leadership, health care management and evaluation, and human and fiscal oversight to foster effectiveness, innovation, and change.
Students in this curriculum option:
- Gain competencies in leadership behaviors
- Develop skills related to human and fiscal resource management
- Develop skills related to health care management, evaluation, and the ethics of health care systems and organizations
- Gain competencies in clinical outcomes management
- Evaluate policies that relate to healthcare delivery
- Develop skills in the use and evaluation of technology in health care environments
- Graduates function as managers or administrators in health care systems, governmental agencies or community organizations.
Part-Time, Year 1 |
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| Quarter | Course | Credits |
| Autumn (6 credits) |
T NURS 507: Leadership Behaviors for Evolving Health Care Organizations | 3 |
| T NURS 527: Health Care Systems and Health Policy | 3 | |
| Winter (6 credits) |
T NURS 520: Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice | 3 |
| related coursework | 3 | |
| Spring (6 credits) |
T NURS 539: Healthcare Business Strategies: Optimizing Resources | 3 |
| T NURS 521: Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice II | 3 | |
| Summer (3 credits) |
related coursework | 3 |
Part-Time, Year 2 |
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| Quarter | Course | Credits |
| Autumn (7 credits) |
T NURS 509: Evaluation and Decision-Making in Health Care | 3 |
| T NURS 510: Society, Justice, and Health | 3 | |
| T NURS 598: Scholarly Projects (seminar) | 1 | |
| Winter (7-12 credits) |
T NURS 503: Advanced Fieldwork | 3 |
| related coursework | 3 | |
| T NURS 598: Scholarly Projects or T NURS 700: Master's Thesis | 1-6 | |
| Spring (7-12 credits) |
T NURS 503: Advanced Fieldwork | 3 |
| related coursework | 3 | |
| T NURS 598: Scholarly Projects or T NURS 700: Master's Thesis | 1-6 | |
| Total credits | 45-48* | |
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* Students selecting the thesis option will earn 48 credits. |
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Full-Time, Year 1 |
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| Quarter | Course | Credits |
| Autumn (9 credits) |
T NURS 507: Leadership Behaviors for Evolving Health Care Organizations | 3 |
| T NURS 527: Health Care Systems and Health Policy | 3 | |
| T NURS 510: Society, Justice, and Health | 3 | |
| Winter (9 credits) |
T NURS 520: Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice | 3 |
| related coursework | 3 | |
| related coursework | 3 | |
| Spring (10-16 credits) |
T NURS 539: Healthcare Business Strategies: Optimizing Resources | 3 |
| T NURS 521: Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice II | 3 | |
| T NURS 503: Advanced Fieldwork | 3 | |
| T NURS 598: Scholarly Projects or T NURS 700: Master's Thesis | 1-6 | |
| Summer (3 credits) |
related coursework | 3 |
Full-Time, Year 2 |
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| Quarter | Course | Credits |
| Autumn (10-16 credits) |
T NURS 503: Advanced Fieldwork | 3 |
| T NURS 509: Evaluation and Decision-Making in Health Care | 3 | |
| related coursework | 3 | |
| T NURS 598: Scholarly Projects or T NURS 700: Master's Thesis | 1-6 | |
| Total credits | 45-48* | |
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* Students selecting the thesis option will earn 48 credits. |
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