Overview
Become the nurse leader/executive who inspires, creates, achieves, and celebrates the organization's mission. There is a need for nurse leaders to respond to the clinical, organizational, and fiscal changes faced by complex health care delivery systems. Today's nurse leaders and executives require knowledge and skills with evolving evidence-based specialty practices, strong communication skills, business acumen and knowledge of financial and human resource management, strategic leadership, advocacy, applied quality improvement, informatics, and organizational behavior. Nurse Leader/Executive specialty students participate in hybrid classes supported by 500-hours of specialty clinical experiences.
Career opportunities include nursing leader/executive roles in any type of healthcare or business settings, including hospitals/hospital systems, transitional care facilities, community-based centers/agencies, public health departments, clinics, and insurance companies.
Sample 3-Year Plan of Study
| Fall Year 1 | NRSG 603 Leadership in Nursing | 3 |
| NRSG 652 Organizational Improvements | 4 | |
| 7 credits | ||
| Spring Year 1 | Graduate Statistics (If possible, take summer prior) | 3 |
| NRSG 651 Health Care Systems and Policy | 3 | |
| 6 credits | ||
| Summer Year 1 | NRSG 602 Nursing Scholarship | 4 |
| 4 credits | ||
| Fall Year 2 | NRSG 655 Financial Management and Health Care Economics | 3 |
| 3 credits | ||
| Spring Year 2 | NRSG 609 Health Promotion for Populations | 3 |
| NRSG 654 Introduction to Health Informatics | 3 | |
| 6 credits | ||
| Summer Year 2 | NRSG 653 Analyzing Issues in Nursing Administration | 3 |
| 3 credits | ||
| Fall Year 3 | NRSG 656 Developing Systems and Infrastructures in Health Care Organizations | 5 |
| 5 credits | ||
| Spring Year 3 | NRSG 657 Practicum in Managing and Evaluating in Health Care | 5 |
| 5 credits | ||
| TOTAL | 39 credits |
Core Courses
These courses are generally required for most specialty programs, but review the specialty plans of study for confirmation.
| Credits | |
| Various Graduate Statistics * | 3 |
| NRSG 602 Nursing Scholarship | 4 |
| NRSG 603 Leadership in Nursing | 3 |
| NRSG 604 Health Systems Innovation and Improvement | 3 |
| NRSG 607 Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| NRSG 608 Transition to Nurse Practitioner Practice | 1 |
| NRSG 609 Health Promotion for Population | 3 |
* Not offered by College of Nursing but available through University of Nebraska system, including UNMC (BIOS 806 - Biostatistics I), or at/through any accredited college/university.
Available in Summer Terms
These core courses are available to be taken in the summer if desired.
| Summer - Odd Years | Credits |
| NRSG 604 Health Systems Innovation and Improvement | 3 |
| Summer - Even Years | |
| NRSG 602 Nursing Scholarship | 4 |
| NRSG 603 Leadership in Nursing | 3 |
| Summer - Every Year | |
| NRSG 607 Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| NRSG 609 Health Promotion for Populations | 3 |