This course is designed to prepare students in assisting persons (individuals, families, communities) to achieve and maintain optimal mental health.

This course is designed to prepare students in assisting persons (individuals, families, communities) to achieve and maintain optimal mental health.

This clinical course provides the student with an opportunity to apply nursing and public health concepts to families, aggregates, communities, and populations. Opportunities to apply epidemiology and risk assessment strategies in a community assessment are provided. The role of the community health nurse as educator is addressed.

This course provides a foundation for understanding the contribution of formal US healthcare services to the nation's health. Content includes how the healthcare system is structured, how care is organized, delivered, financed and regulated. Major challenges that impact healthcare cost, quality and access are examined with underpinnings of social justice and impact on communities served. Emphasis is placed on quality, patient safety and information technology as center pieces of the modern health care environment.

This course focuses on informatics in health care, with an emphasis on information systems and the use of information technology (IT) applications to support population health. Basic epidemiologic concepts of health are addressed. The key concepts of feasibility, usability and adaptability are addressed. This course includes evaluation of IT applications for healthcare administration, clinical practice, research, and education.

The practicum course guides the student in a synthesis of content from nursing and related sciences and the application of this knowledge to the role of the nurse in leadership and management experiences. Emphasis will be placed on the student's clinical engagement in management initiatives requiring critical assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation activities using theoretical models and management tools. Students in the practicum experience are expected to progress throughout the clinical practicum from requiring assistance to becoming primarily independent.

This course focuses on managing the continuum between safety and quality and the strategic importance of these concepts to healthcare organizations and clients. Trends in patient safety and healthcare quality, practices in different healthcare environments, and practices related to improving safety and quality will be examined. The course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills in systems thinking and in preventing, learning from and resolving error and addressing adverse events. Interprofessional teamwork, the use of information technology and data are emphasized in promoting safer healthcare and improved outcomes.

This course focuses on the integration of core knowledge in leadership, administration, human resources and communication in health care organizations. Special emphasis is placed on leadership styles, the roles of the leader, human resources management and communication. The course is designed to provide the student with knowledge to practice the leadership skills necessary to positively impact healthcare systems. Selected Topics May Include: Leadership theory and style and professional practice a) leader competencies b) Influencing behaviors c) Relationship management d) Culture e) Nimble flexibility f) Professional accountability g) Motivation for high performance h) Strategic leadership and tactical leadership (Administration vs management) Human resource management a) Communication b) Difficult conversations c) Conflict resolution d) Coaching e) Performance evaluation f) Onboarding Power politics a) Development and management of partnerships/relationships/networks b) Strategic negotiation c) Power.

This course focuses on the theory and methods to measure and evaluate healthcare outcomes. Concepts of population health will guide the comparison and analysis of health outcomes and measures. Current political, legal, regulatory, and ethical issues will be explored as these relate to health outcomes. Interprofessional teamwork, the use of information technology and data are emphasized in promoting safer healthcare and improved outcomes.

This course presents an integrated approach to strategic planning, program planning, and marketing in nursing and health care organizations. Key models, elements and processes associated with strategic planning are presented with an emphasis on the leadership role in leveraging information, environmental scanning, and competitive analysis. Theories, models, tools, and processes for program planning, implementation, and evaluation and the marketing of nursing and healthcare services are addressed. The integration of strategic planning, program planning, and marketing with the mission, goals, and objectives of organizations and services is emphasized. 6. Relate the strategic planning, program planning, and marketing processes to nursing leadership competencies.

This course is designed to introduce key policy issues and processes in public policy development. The impact of health care policy on management and health system improvement is discussed. The student is provided with advanced policy knowledge, frameworks, and skills required to assume a leadership role in health care. Emphasis is placed on using evidence to develop an understanding of the effect of health care policy on practice.

This course prepares the graduate student to develop a framework for understanding key issues in financial management in health care from two perspectives. First, the course explores the relationship between the national economic environment and the financial context for current models of health care delivery. Second the course introduces a variety of fiscal concepts and techniques as applied to nursing and healthcare administration. Emphasis is placed on the way cost data influences operational decision making in healthcare administrative practice.

Comparative effective research (CER) is a central tenet of health care reform. This course offers an overview of policy implications and rationale for CER and explores different approaches of developing, analyzing and communicating CER. Research comparing the clinical and economic merits of different treatments, devices and procedures will be explored.