The Nursing Executive Leadership specialization prepares you with skills in organizational behavior, clinical operations, quality measurement and risk management, fiscal operations and systematic change, and human resource development. You will also learn the latest in technology to ensure you have the skills necessary to manage departments or nursing units within the health care setting.

When you graduate, you will have the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to engage in an advanced practice role. You will graduate with the ability to:

• Build leadership alliances for collaborative action and change around health issues
• Encompass concepts of fiscal and human resources in designing quality care measures
• Influence the health policy making process through the involvement and leadership of nurses having diverse perspectives
• Integrate advanced core competencies and clinical expertise to evaluate nursing care delivery systems
• Lead in a manner that recognizes the cultural and spiritual context of that health community and environment.
• Integrate principles of evidence-based related practice in the design and implementation of nursing and health care delivery programs
• Incorporate ethical precepts in leadership and management practices
• Incorporate administrative and leadership theories in the design, development implementation and evaluation of quality nursing and health care delivery programs