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Nursing Leadership in Health Care Systems

Advance Your Skills as a Nurse Leader with a Leadership in Health Care Systems MSN Degree

This masters in nursing leadership is designed to incorporate the advanced roles of a clinician, researcher, learner, educator, coach, leader, community advocate, manager of systems, collaborator and consultant. Thus, students will possess a wide range of skills and expansive knowledge that prepares them to improve healthcare and patient outcomes from all aspects. Among the skill sets to adopt, clinical and organizational decision-making skills are required for a graduate-level nurse. These skills are developed through critical thinking, evidence-based research and diagnostic reasoning.

The MSN program’s curriculum consists of graduate nursing core and leadership courses, including leadership courses taken with Master of Science in Leadership (MSL) students. In the graduate nursing core courses, students gain the knowledge, values and skills necessary for advanced generalist nursing practice in an evolving healthcare system. The leadership coursework provides insight into how organizations function with a focus on financial and human resource management within healthcare. Leadership courses prepare master’s nursing students to meet the requirements of leaders in contemporary healthcare, which include skills in quality and performance improvement, effective communication and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Courses include an Evidence-Based Practice Project in which students address a problem in their area of professional practice, propose a solution and design an evaluation. The Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum also provides students with the opportunity to apply what they learned to a contemporary, nursing leadership-related practicum experience. This practicum encourages the application of deep nursing knowledge, along with advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Topics can range from quality/performance improvement or mentorship/coaching to interdisciplinary relationships or staff development.

What Can You Do with an MSN Leadership Degree?

Master’s-prepared nurses may pursue the next step in their career as an advanced registered nurse, charge nurse, director of nursing or staff nurse. Graduates may also choose to move right into the DNP program to elevate their career and nursing expertise to the highest degree.

Hone your leadership skills, learn how to manage people and resources, and prepare for a career as a charge nurse or director of nursing with an MSN in healthcare systems.

Advance Your Skills as a Nursing Leader with a Leadership in Health Care Systems MSN Degree

This master's in nursing leadership is designed to incorporate the advanced roles of a clinician, researcher, learner, educator, coach, leader, community advocate, manager of systems, collaborator and consultant. Thus, students will possess a wide range of skills and expansive knowledge that prepares them to improve healthcare and patient outcomes from all aspects. Among the skill sets to adopt, clinical and organizational decision-making skills are required for a graduate-level nurse. These skills are developed through critical thinking, evidence-based research and diagnostic reasoning.

The MSN program’s curriculum consists of graduate nursing core and leadership courses, including leadership courses taken with Master of Science in Leadership (MSL) students. In the graduate nursing core courses, students gain the knowledge, values and skills necessary for advanced generalist nursing practice in an evolving healthcare system. The leadership coursework provides insight into how organizations function with a focus on financial and human resource management within healthcare. Leadership courses prepare master’s nursing students to meet the requirements of leaders in contemporary healthcare, which include skills in quality and performance improvement, effective communication and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Courses include an Evidence-Based Practice Project in which students address a problem in their area of professional practice, propose a solution and design an evaluation. The Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum also provides students with the opportunity to apply what they learned to a contemporary, nursing leadership-related practicum experience. This practicum encourages the application of deep nursing knowledge, along with advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Topics can range from quality/performance improvement or mentorship/coaching to interdisciplinary relationships or staff development.

Earn Your Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in

"After completing my BSN through Grand Canyon University, I decided to continue on the path to nursing leadership and improving nursing care by obtaining a MBA/MSN degree. This required for me to research different universities and their respective programs. Comparatively, GCU came out ahead. It offered many discounts that made a graduate degree affordable, and offered convenient, online coursework. GCU ranked very high in how it compared to other notable MSN/MBA programs. Currently, I am almost halfway through my dual degree and one more GCU is making this nurse's dream a soon-to-be reality."

Irma Crawford
B.S. in Nursing (RN to BSN) and MBA and MSN with an Emphasis in Nursing Leadership in Health Care Systems (Dual Degree)

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Advance Your Skills as a Nurse Leader with a Leadership in Health Care Systems MSN Degree

This masters in nursing leadership is designed to incorporate the advanced roles of a clinician, researcher, learner, educator, coach, leader, community advocate, manager of systems, collaborator and consultant. Thus, students will possess a wide range of skills and expansive knowledge that prepares them to improve healthcare and patient outcomes from all aspects. Among the skill sets to adopt, clinical and organizational decision-making skills are required for a graduate-level nurse. These skills are developed through critical thinking, evidence-based research and diagnostic reasoning.

The MSN program’s curriculum consists of graduate nursing core and leadership courses, including leadership courses taken with Master of Science in Leadership (MSL) students. In the graduate nursing core courses, students gain the knowledge, values and skills necessary for advanced generalist nursing practice in an evolving healthcare system. The leadership coursework provides insight into how organizations function with a focus on financial and human resource management within healthcare. Leadership courses prepare master’s nursing students to meet the requirements of leaders in contemporary healthcare, which include skills in quality and performance improvement, effective communication and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Courses include an Evidence-Based Practice Project in which students address a problem in their area of professional practice, propose a solution and design an evaluation. The Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum also provides students with the opportunity to apply what they learned to a contemporary, nursing leadership-related practicum experience. This practicum encourages the application of deep nursing knowledge, along with advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Topics can range from quality/performance improvement or mentorship/coaching to interdisciplinary relationships or staff development.

Advance Your Skills as a Nurse Leader with a Leadership in Health Care Systems MSN Degree

This masters in nursing leadership is designed to incorporate the advanced roles of a clinician, researcher, learner, educator, coach, leader, community advocate, manager of systems, collaborator and consultant. Thus, students will possess a wide range of skills and expansive knowledge that prepares them to improve healthcare and patient outcomes from all aspects. Among the skill sets to adopt, clinical and organizational decision-making skills are required for a graduate-level nurse. These skills are developed through critical thinking, evidence-based research and diagnostic reasoning.

The MSN program’s curriculum consists of graduate nursing core and leadership courses, including leadership courses taken with Master of Science in Leadership (MSL) students. In the graduate nursing core courses, students gain the knowledge, values and skills necessary for advanced generalist nursing practice in an evolving healthcare system. The leadership coursework provides insight into how organizations function with a focus on financial and human resource management within healthcare. Leadership courses prepare master’s nursing students to meet the requirements of leaders in contemporary healthcare, which include skills in quality and performance improvement, effective communication and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Courses include an Evidence-Based Practice Project in which students address a problem in their area of professional practice, propose a solution and design an evaluation. The Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum also provides students with the opportunity to apply what they learned to a contemporary, nursing leadership-related practicum experience. This practicum encourages the application of deep nursing knowledge, along with advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Topics can range from quality/performance improvement or mentorship/coaching to interdisciplinary relationships or staff development.

Have a Bachelor's Degree in a Field Other Than Nursing?

Bridge Program: MSN: Nursing Leadership in Health Care Systems
Join leaders and change-makers on the forefront of nursing advancement. The Bridge (Master of Science in Nursing with an Emphasis in Nursing Leadership in Health Care Systems) program helps experienced RNs with a bachelor's degree outside of nursing make the transition to master’s degree studies. In this MSN bridge program, you will develop your skills in critical thinking, effective communication, leadership, and administration of resources in preparation for a management role in today’s complex health care environments.

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