Master of Science in Nursing

Nursing Administration Concentration

Program

Administration (ADMN) concentration prepares nurses with a core inclusive of finance, budgeting, marketing, and analytics for healthcare strategy. The nurse acquires critical leadership, communication, health policy, and cultural competency skills that prepare them for complex healthcare nursing administrative positions locally, nationally, and globally.

The ADMN concentration post-baccalaureate option can be completed in 17-months and requires 36 semester hours of graduate course work including a minimum of 360 clinical hours. Clinical courses have a 1:4 credit hour to clinical hour ratio making 360 clock hours for the program. Students also complete a directed scholarly inquiry. This concentration is offered online.

Total Credits
36
Course Sequencing

Sample Nursing Administration Curriculum

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Nursing Administration Certification

The Lincoln Memorial University’s Nursing Administration Certification prepares nurses with a core inclusive of leadership concepts such as finance, budgeting, human resource, and analytics for healthcare strategy. The nurse acquires critical leadership, communication, health policy, and cultural competency that empowers them for healthcare nursing administrative positions. These three courses (12 credit hours) are:

NURS 521 Human Resource Management and Business Strategy - 4 credit hours

NURS 533 Finance and Budget for Strategic Decision Making - 4 credit hours

NURS 579 Leadership Synthesis for the Nursing Administrator - 4 credit hours