MS Nursing: Leadership Specialization Core
HCE 604 - Ethics for Nurse Leaders
Examines ethical and moral reasoning relevant to professional nursing practice and health care delivery in today's society. Explores philosophical and faith-based foundations, including Catholic moral tradition, socio-cultural influences, professional codes, organizational and personal ethical norms. Ethical issues are examined with emphasis on advanced practice nursing, leadership roles and models of health care delivery. Introduces skills in analyzing ethical dilemmas and evaluating ethical practice using ethical theory, moral argument, and case studies. NOTE: This course was previously titled Ethics and Society.
Cross listing(s): NR 690E NR 604.
NR 601 - Theoretical Frameworks
Examines the theoretical basis of nursing which guides advanced nursing practice. Critiques and evaluates theories from nursing and related fields such as the natural, social, organizational, and biological sciences. Analyzes the usefulness and applicability of theory in nursing practice, research, education, and administration. Regis University, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions and the Loretto Heights School of Nursing mission and goals are discussed. Service Learning is introduced in this course in the campus-based MS program.
NR 602 - Adv Apps of Research for Evidenced-Based
Addresses best practices for evidence-based nursing practice. Quantitative and qualitative research designs and analytical procedures are compared. Methodologies for implementing evidence-based practice are examined and ethics associated with research are appraised.
Cross listing(s): NR 690F.
NR 608 - Health Care Policy
Focuses on health care policy formation and evaluation. Learning activities will facilitate students' opportunities to learn about change, as a result of public policy and politics. Examines public health care policy emphasizing it's relationship and application to advanced practice nursing, leadership roles in management, and education and models of health care delivery. Topics include history, trends, and issues in health care systems; legal issues; legislation and regulation; funding, planning, delivery, and evaluation of health care services to individuals and populations; and accessibility, quality and outcome issues. The policy and business practices developed by hospitals and other private institutions are not included in the course objectives. Service Learning is further explored in this course in the campus-based MS program. The graduate component extends foundational knowledge through additional readings, case analysis and/or applied project work. Prerequisite(s): Completion of NR 622 for online students. Admission to the Master of Science degree in Nursing or Permission of the Executive Director of the Graduate and Post-Licensure Department required.
Cross listing(s): HCA 408 HSA 608.
MS Nursing: Leadership in Health Care Systems
Comprehensive Eval
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Comprehensive Evaluation, Master of Science
Management Focus
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Management Focus
NR 614, NR 615, NR 621, NR 623E
NR 620 - Health Care Structure/Dynamics
Explores and analyzes classical and contemporary organizational theories and their applicability in health care. Organizational culture, mission and governance, strategic planning, private, public and integrated health care systems, and environmental issues will be examined in relation to health care organizations. Health care organizations will be evaluated using an analysis of the interplay of structure and function based on contemporary organizational theories. Liability insurance fee.
Cross listing(s): NR 690G.
NR 622 - Advanced Leadership Concepts
Analyzes leadership roles in relation to decision-making and strategic planning. Focuses on leadership theories and concepts, team building, motivation, negotiation, mediation, conflict management, mentorship, workforce planning, human diversity, power and communication. Service Learning is further explored in this course in the online MS program.
NR 624 - Issues in Practice
Analyzes issues and forces that influence nursing and health care. Incorporates evaluation of nursing's contribution to social, economic, technological, legal, political, and ethical issues as they affect change and redefine health care. Topics include fiscal accountability, population demographics and diversity, advocacy and changing roles. Facilitates understanding of the complexities of issues shaping health care. Students will demonstrate synthesis of issues influencing local, state, national or international nursing and health care.
NR 625 - The Legal Environment
Focuses on the law and the regulations pertaining to individuals and institutions that provide health care and health care education. Topics include labor and employment law, student rights and responsibilities, patient rights, and professional and organizational accountability.
Graduate Elective
Elective
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Graduate Level (600) Elective
Statistics
Statistics
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Statistics Prerequisite--Required prior to NR 602
(Regis courses that fulfill requirement include
MT 270 OR MT 274)