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The Master’s Degree in Nursing program delivered via distance education at 911ºÚÁÏ University is accredited by the National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA) located at 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037. 202-909-2487.

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Department of Nursing Mission

The mission of the Department of Nursing is to consistently prepare knowledgeable, merciful, compassionate, creative, accountable and respectful nurses who embody a passion for excellence, lifelong learning, and true caring for all they encounter. This will be accomplished through a united faculty that will foster consistency, communication, teamwork in decision-making, and use of evidence-based practices in classroom and clinical settings.

MSN Program Philosophy

The Integrative Nursing Leadership graduate program provides a transformative education, preparing intellectually creative, merciful, compassionate, mindful and resilient nurse leaders whose relationship-based practice is informed by the evidence with a focus on the health and wellbeing of caregivers as well as those they serve.

The 32-credit Integrative Nursing Leadership MSN curriculum is designed with working professionals in mind, offering both a full-time, one-year option and a part-time, two-year option.

Full-Time, One-Year Option

With this option, you’ll complete more than one course per eight-week Mini (half-semester) term, allowing the program to be completed in one year.

Fall SemesterÌý
Mini 1: NURS 500: Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Care (3 credits)
Mini 1: NURS 600: Transforming Health Care: Information Systems and Technology (3 credits)
Mini 2: NURS 611: Health Care Finance & Economics (3 credits)
Mini 2: NURS 504: Health Concerns of Vulnerable Populations (3 credits)

Spring SemesterÌý
Mini 3: NURS 506: Nurse as Scholar: Evidence-Based Practice (3 credits)
Mini 3: OL 502: Leadership & Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
Mini 4: NURS 604: Health Care Policy Analysis & Advocacy (3 credits)
Mini 4: NURS 508: Fostering Resilience (3 credits)

Summer SemesterÌý
Mini 5: NURS 573: Quality, Safety & Value in Health Care (4 credits)
Mini 6: NURS 677: Integrative Nursing Capstone (4 credits)

Part-Time, Two-Year Option

With this option, you’ll complete one course per eight-week Mini (half-semester) term, allowing the program to be completed in two years.

Fall Semester (Year 1)
Mini 1: NURS 500: Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations of Care (3 credits)
Mini 2: NURS 504: Health Concerns of Vulnerable Populations (3 credits)

Spring Semester (Year 1)
Mini 3: NURS 506: Nurse as Scholar: Evidence-Based Practice (3 credits)
Mini 4: NURS 508: Fostering Resilience (3 credits)

Summer Semester (Year 1)
Mini 5: NURS 573: Quality, Safety & Value in Health Care (4 credits)

Fall Semester (Year 2)
Mini 1: NURS 600: Transforming Health Care: Information Systems and Technology (3 credits)
Mini 2: NURS 611: Health Care Finance & Economics (3 credits)

Spring Semester (Year 2)
Mini 3: OL 502: Leadership & Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
Mini 4: NURS 604: Health Care Policy Analysis & Advocacy (3 credits)

Summer Semester (Year 2)
Mini 6: NURS 677: Integrative Nursing Capstone (4 credits)

During this course, the student will be introduced to a model of human caring that includes the arts and humanities as well as science. Watson’s Theory of Human Caring provides a philosophical and ethical foundation for an integrative nurse leader’s professional practice. An exploration of Complexity Science and Systems Theory will further the student’s ability to transform theory into safe, quality nursing practice that improves the health of the public and supports the profession of nursing.

In this course, the student studies various mind-body techniques such as biofeedback and mindfulness and applies them in a program of self-care to foster resilience. An exploration of an individual’s strengths, accomplishments, and what matters most in their life can lead to growth and flourishing. ÌýStudents will cultivate self-awareness and compassion for oneself allowing for compassion and mercy to be extended to others.

Successful leadership is a process that takes time, experience, learning and a behavioral disposition toward working with others. This course examines the field of organizational behavior and leadership by studying theoretical models, practical examples, and experiential exercises.

This course addresses the health care needs of vulnerable populations as they currently exist and as they will evolve in the future. Care for those who are injured, suffering, powerless, and/or dependent, such as the very young and the very old, the chronically ill, racial/ethnic/sexual minority groups, and the disabled, will be the focus of this course. This course lays the groundwork to collaborate successfully with communities and stakeholders in the provision of quality population health and in the promotion and protection of human dignity. Ìý

This course engages the student in the assessment of a health care organization’s culture of safety with the goal of decreasing and preventing inadvertent harm to patients as a result of their care. The student will analyze and interpret patient safety data and present this evidence to support a specific patient safety initiative. A critical appraisal of the evidence and compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements will be conducted during the design of a process improvement initiative. The student completes 30 hours working with a preceptor, under guidance of faculty, on this assessment.

This course enables students to develop the leadership skills needed to effectively interface between the emerging field of data science technology and interdisciplinary clinical users. During this course, the student will learn to use meaningful data analytics to perform impact evaluations that improve patient outcomes. Advancing patient information security and confidentiality to promote ethical health care decisions will be a central focus.

This course examines economic and financial factors associated with the health care industry. Health care leaders will explore concepts vital to the management of financial resources within the health care industry, such as economics, budgeting, staffing, and various forms of analysis in the ever-evolving landscape of the health care system. Policies that influence the structure and financing of health care, practice, and health outcomes will be examined.

Graduate nursing students build upon previous learning of nursing research and evidence-based practice to develop mastery in critiquing and translating research evidence into practice. With an inquiring attitude toward their practice and care environment, students work with faculty to identify a research question, analyze research findings for evidence-based practice, and disseminate results to advance nursing knowledge.

This course prepares the integrative nurse leader to advance the agenda of the rapidly changing care environment by examination of health policy. Students will focus on policy process and develop and implement policy agendas. They will participate in collective decision-making, identifying roles and key stakeholders. The course will address how to identify gaps in policy knowledge. Nurse leaders will have an opportunity to engage in processes that influence population health. The course will prepare the integrative nurse leader to analyze the policy process and engage in politically competent care.

In the Integrative Nursing Leadership Capstone immersion, the student spends 60 hours working with a preceptor, under the guidance of faculty, as they further enhance their leadership skills. The student will implement their process improvement safety initiative, started in Quality, Safety & Value in Health Care, and prepare to sit for their Patient Safety Certification Exam. The student also completes, and submits for publication, a faculty-approved manuscript on their chosen patient safety topic.