Nursing Service Administration
The NSA major examines the administrative and operational processes of nursing service management/leadership in selected organizational settings.
Course study includes the application of selected theories/concepts, research and nursing process to perform the independent, collaborative and multifaceted functions (i.e. legal, political, ethical, social, cultural, financial and professional) of the advanced practice nursing administrator role.
An innovative project in collaboration with the clinical site and preceptor is developed and implemented during the clinical courses of the Nursing Service Administration major.
Observation, participation and practice in nursing administration are essential to project completion and readies the graduate for ongoing clinical practice focused on the role of the Nursing Administrator in today's health care systems.
Graduate Nursing Core
| NURS 622 | Health Care Systems | 4 hrs. |
| NURS 636 | Development of Nursing Knowledge | 3 hrs. |
| NURS 638 | Using Evidence-Based Knowledge in Practice | 3 hrs. |
| NURS 640 | Educational Program Development and Evaluation | 3 hrs. |
| NURS 699 | Nursing Elective* | 3 hrs. |
| Total: | 13-16 hrs. |
*Select either a nursing elective or a BADM elective
NSA Core
| BADM 500 | Financial Management for Health Care Administrators | 4 hrs. |
| BADM 600 | Managing in Organizations | 4 hrs. |
| Choose one BADM option from the following:* | ||
| BADM 635 | Management of Services | 4 hrs. |
| BADM 660 | Quantitative Methods for Business Decision-Making (Prereq: MATH 230) |
4 hrs. |
| BADM 680 | Communications and Negotiations | 4 hrs. |
| BADM 685 | Managing Information Systems | 4 hrs. |
| BADM 696 | Business Ethics: Public Policy and Social Responsibility | 4 hrs. |
| BADM 698 | 21st Century Leadership | 4 hrs. |
| Total: | 8-12 hrs. |
*Select either a nursing elective or a BADM elective
NSA Specialty
| NURS 650 | Nursing Service Administration I | 5 hrs. |
| NURS 655 | Nursing Service Administration II | 5 hrs. |
| NURS 660 | Nursing Administration Practicum | 5 hrs. |
| Choose one Capstone from the following: | ||
| NURS 665 | Nursing Administration Scholarly Project | 3-5 hrs. |
| NURS 667 | Nursing Administration Comprehensive Exam | 3 hrs. |
| NURS 700 | Thesis | 3-5 hrs. |
| Total: | 18-20 hrs. | |
| Major Total: | 42-45 hrs. |
