Online Nursing - Nursing Administration

Online Nursing Degree : Master's in Nursing: Nursing Administration Specialization
Online University : Indiana State University

The master of science in nursing (with a nursing administration specialization) includes 32-38 credit hours (listed below).

REQUIRED COURSES -- 32-38 CREDIT HOURS

Core Courses
NURS 601 Health Care Perspectives (3 credit hours)
NURS 605 Nursing Theory Development (3 credit hours)
EPSY 612 Statistical Methods (3 credit hours) - or -
HLTH 604 Research Design and Data Analysis in Health and Human Performance (3 credit hours)

Research
NURS 633 Nursing Research (3 credit hours)

Classroom Course Work and Practica
NURS 500X Nursing Informatics (3 credit hours)
NURS 651 Theories of Health Care Administration (3 credit hours)
NURS 652 Financial Management for Health Care Managers (3 credit hours)
NURS 671 Administrative Practices in Health Care Administration (2-5 credit hours)

Guided Electives (6 credit hours)
Culminating Experience
Select one of the following:
NURS 697 Evidence Based Practice for Advanced Practice Nurses (3 credit hours)
NURS 698 Culminating Project (3 credit hours)
NURS 699 Master's Thesis (6 credit hours)

Course Descriptions
All courses are delivered via the Internet. Clinicals can be arranged in the student's community.

Note: High-speed Internet access is required. For details see Computer Requirements

EPSY 612 Statistical Methods-3 hours.
A basic course in statistics. Topics include descriptive statistics, probability, selected sampling distributions, correlation and simple linear regression, and elementary hypothesis testing (e.g., t-tests, chi-square). Students learn to use computer software appropriately to analyze their data, and to interpret computer output.

HLTH 604 Research Design and Data Analysis in Health and Human Performance-3 hours.
Designed to familiarize graduate students with research design and data analysis including scientific methodology, data collection, and statistical analyses. Includes an introduction to computerized data manipulation, analyses, interpretation, and presentation.

NURS 500 Topics in Nursing-1-3 hours.
Includes selected nursing topics as they relate to current issues, trends, and/or practices in nursing. Specific topics, some of which may have a clinical component, vary each semester. May be repeated if a different topic is studied. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

NURS 601 Health Care Perspectives-3 hours.
The course focuses on an analysis of policies, ethics, and finance in health care delivery and the role of advanced practice nursing in health care delivery systems.

NURS 605 Nursing Theory Development-3 hours.
The student will analyze and synthesize nursing, behavioral, natural and applied sciences theories, frameworks, and models and apply them to advanced nursing practice.

NURS 633 Nursing Research-3 hours.
The course provides an in-depth analysis of research processes used in advanced practice nursing. Emphasis is placed on methods for validating, refining, and extending nursing research. Prerequisite or concurrent: enrollment in statistics.

NURS 651 Theories of Health Care Administration-3 hours.
This course is designed to be an overview of theories of administration as they relate to the functions and responsibilities of a variety of nursing and healthcare administrator leadership roles. The student will analyze administrative theories and models for their application to health care administration. Three classroom hours per week.

NURS 652 Financial Management for Healthcare Managers-3 hours.
This course focuses on the economic and financial aspects of healthcare management with an emphasis on the management of patient care delivery. The budgetary process will be analyzed and its relationship to the larger health care system financial and economic environments will be explored. Three classroom hours per week.

NURS 671 Administrative Practices in Healthcare Administration-2-5 hours.
This course is designed to be an overview of nursing and health services administrative practices as they relate to the functions and responsibilities of leadership positions in a variety of healthcare settings. Students will apply problem solving strategies to cope with current issues in complex healthcare settings under the direction of a nursing leader or other appropriate preceptor. One classroom hour per week and one to four clinical hours per week (30-180 contact hours). Prerequisite: 651.

NURS 697 Evidence Based Practice for Advanced Practice Nurses-3 hrs.
This course is designed to prepare advanced practice nurses to base clinical decision making on current research. Problem based learning will be used to examine clinical research, develop evidence based guidelines based on that research, and design an evaluation plan to determine the effectiveness of the guidelines. Prerequisite courses: 633. As this course is a substitution for a culminating project or thesis, this course must be taken during the final semester of the graduate nursing program.

NURS 698 Culminating Project-1-3 hours.
The student will complete the non-thesis option, culminating project. A student must complete at least 3 credits during the master’s program of study. Prerequisite: 633.

NURS 699 Master’s Thesis-6 hours.
Prerequisite: By permission of chair of thesis committee.

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