Nursing - Nurse Executive Leadership (Online)

Overview

Nursing - Nurse Executive Leadership (Online) from Northern Kentucky University prepares you to effectively manage a variety of healthcare facilities by combining core nursing competencies with courses in business informatics, psychology, and accounting and finance.

Our program includes fundamentals of theory and research for evidence-based practice and analysis and application of health data for advanced nursing practice. You will also develop your working knowledge of healthcare policy, economics, and population health. The program includes a capstone practicum, giving you an opportunity to synthesize the curriculum and demonstrate your learning in real-world experiences.

Program Learning Outcomes

• Critically analyze data for practice by integrating knowledge from arts and sciences within the context of nursing's philosophical framework and scientific foundation

• Use evidence-based practice to demonstrate advanced levels of clinical judgment, systems thinking, and accountability while implementing change to improve healthcare outcomes

• Integrate nursing science, educational frameworks, health policy, professional values, and principles of business to implement initiatives that facilitate the highest level of advanced nursing practice

• Demonstrate sensitivity to diverse cultures and populations, including patients and providers

• Analyze one's own behaviors and institutional practices and policies for coherence with principles of caring

• Apply effective communication in order to facilitate nursing practice at an advanced level