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Nursing M.S.N. – Leadership, Quality and Safety Concentration

 

Program Overview

College of Natural and Health Sciences

New and current students cannot currently declare this program.

General Master's Degree Admission Requirements

View delivery options, start terms and admission requirements.

Director: Melissa Henry, Ph.D.

Location: Gunter 3080

Telephone: 970-351-2293

Fax: 970-351-1707

Website: www.unco.edu/nhs/nursing/

The Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in leadership, quality, and safety prepares the post-baccalaureate nursing student for a leadership role in the assessment of client risk and management of outcomes, promotion of client and family advocacy and provision of client, family and staff education.

This program prepares the graduate to function as a leader in collaborative, interdisciplinary evidence-based practice. The graduate of the Master of Science in Nursing degree guides complex patient care, providing care coordination for groups of clients across the life span and across the continuum of care. This program is not a preparation for an advanced practice role as defined by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

Degree Requirements — 30 Credits

Required Major Core Credits — 9 credits

NURS 507Policy, Leadership and Nursing Issues

3

NURS 601Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing

3

NURS 606Research and Evidence-based Practice in Nursing

3

Non-Thesis Concentration — 21 credits

NURS 616Leadership in the Measurement of Clinical Outcomes for Advanced Nursing Practice

3

NURS 621Leadership in the Management of Clinical Outcomes to Improve Quality and Safety of Care

4

NURS 626Leadership in the Management of Care Environment to Improve Quality and Safety of Care

4

NURS 631Teaching Strategies for Practice and Academic Settings to Improve the Quality and Safety of Care

3

NURS 646Integrative Clinical Concepts

4

NURS 668Population Centered Health Care

3

Prerequisites: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing

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