MSN: Nurse Leader Program at a Glance
- 36 Credit Hours – Taken 100% Online
- 6 semesters to complete
- Affordable tuition
- 510 clinical hours
MSN Nurse Leadership Program Structure
HCU’s MSN Nurse Leadership program courses are 100% online and asynchronous. At 36 credits, students can complete the program in as little as 6 semesters. The MSN in Nurse Leadership program is practicum based; providing nursing students with an opportunity to integrate theory and clinical practice under supervision from a mentor.
Nurse Leader Degree Plan
Online MSN in Nurse Leadership Curriculum
Industry-Aligned Curriculum Enriched with Christian Values
The MSN Nurse Leadership curriculum is rooted in HCU’s 10 Pillars, enabling students to approach nurse leadership with a well-rounded perspective.
At HCU, our students come first. We understand that graduate school is a big commitment, so we offer personalized support to every student. We set you up for success as a nurse leader.
Course Summaries and Highlights
- Theory Integration: Explores theories from social, psychological, medical, nursing, and interpersonal relations as foundations for nursing research, practice, and scholarship.
- Research Integration: Teaches students to integrate appropriate research for resolving clinical issues using evidence-based practice that incorporates patient preferences, clinical expertise, and research data.
- Leadership for Quality, Safety and Health Policy: Examines leadership principles in complex healthcare organizations, quality improvement processes, and policy development with emphasis on political, demographic, and economic influences.
- Advanced Patho-Pharmacology: Explores physiological, pathophysiological, and pharmacologic processes to prepare nurses for roles in leadership and education.
- Leadership Roles & Operations: Introduces leadership roles, styles, and operations in nursing service organizations through 90 clinical hours of practical application.
- Healthcare Finance: Covers healthcare economics principles, reimbursement, budgeting, variance, economic evaluation methods, and business plan development for healthcare programs.
- Advanced Health Assessment and Leadership for Population Health: Focuses on health assessment of patient populations with emphasis on epidemiology, vulnerable populations, and leadership skills for quality management and disaster response.
- Healthcare Operations Immersion: Explores competencies essential for organizational nursing leadership through 90 clinical hours examining administrative, financial, legal, and quality improvement activities in healthcare organizations.
- Organizational Theory and Culture: Introduces organizational theory, culture, and practice principles in nursing services administration through 120 clinical hours.
- Advanced Healthcare Informatics: Explores core concepts, skills, and tools of health information technologies to promote safety, improve quality, and enhance consumer-centered care.
- Nurse Leader Residency: Integrates previous course content through 200 clinical hours of precepted experience in various non-hospital healthcare systems.
Nurse Leader Certificate
Available to anymore, or as an addon to your MSN to set you apart to future employers, this certificate will equip you to function as a top, mid, and front-line nurse leader.
The Nurse Leader Certificate program covers four core areas of nursing administration and leadership. Students begin by exploring leadership roles, styles, and operations within nursing organizations, then build financial competency through healthcare economics, budgeting, and reimbursement concepts.
The program culminates in a hands-on operations immersion experience working alongside healthcare specialists, followed by a capstone course in organizational theory and culture as it applies to nursing services administration.
Nurse Leader Certificate
