Post-Graduate Certificate: Nursing Leadership - Clinical Operations

Mount Carmel College of Nursing’s Master of Science Program Nursing Leadership-Clinical Operations is a dynamic program designed for career-minded nurses who are ready to expand their knowledge and expertise in nursing leadership. The online program focuses on developing core leadership skills of practicing nurses and prepares them to act and think strategically, lead organizations through improvement and innovation efforts while participating in policy decisions. Course work covers a variety of business functions relative to clinical operations management such as safety, quality, and risk management; patient and population health advocacy; clinical care delivery and optimal patient outcomes; healthy work environments; strategic, financial, and human resource management; legal and regulatory compliance; networking, partnering, and collaborating; and accountability/advocacy for employees.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Nursing Administration track, graduates will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Integrate nursing, social, and health related theories with evidence-based practice to enhance, innovate and design quality and effective delivery of health care. (ME I); [DD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9]; {QSEN 2, 4, 5, 6}

2. Assimilate evidence into practice to provide timely, ethical, compassionate, and culturally responsive, person-centered advanced nursing care. (ME IV); [DD 2, 4]; {QSEN 1, 2, 3, 6}

3. Integrate patient care technology and information systems in the coordination and evaluation of advanced nursing practice (ME V); [DD 1, 2, 7, 8, 9]; {QSEN 3, 5, 6}

4. Participate in evidence-based policy and practice that promotes dimensions of health and wellness and development for self, peers, individuals, families, communities and populations. (ME VI, VIII); [DD 1, 3, 4, 8, 9]; {QSEN 1, 2, 3, 5, 6}

5. Use quality improvement tools, performance measures and standards to drive care delivery that is safe, cost-effective and achieves desired outcomes. (ME III); [DD 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]; {QSEN 2, 4, 5, 6}

6. Apply leadership principles to promote ethical and strategic change in health care and health policy at organizational, local, and regional levels. (ME II); [DD 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10?]; {QSEN 1?, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

7. Facilitate interprofessional and community partnerships to address the diverse health care needs in local, regional, national and/or global communities. (ME VII); [DD 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10]; {QSEN 1, 2, 3, 6}

8. Support advanced nursing roles and nursing’s unique disciplinary perspectives to enhance outcomes (ME IX); [DD 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10]; {QSEN 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}