Be more than an excellent nurse. Become a nurse leader.
Extend your reach and touch more lives by becoming a nurse leader with our online Master of Science in Nursing Leadership and Administration.
Advance your career to nursing leadership and administration
With Herzing you have an educational pathway to advance your nursing career toward becoming a nurse executive, leader, or administrator.
CCNE-accredited*
Full-time and part-time options available
36-credit, 16-month program with online coursework
Clinical placement pledge
Prepare to sit for the Nurse Executive-Board Certified (NE-BC) credentialing exam
Gain the Skills to Lead the Way
Prepare to facilitate change to achieve positive outcomes by building on your clinical expertise to understand the business of healthcare. Through our unique program you will:
- Gain the tools to help you plan, implement and evaluate system-wide strategies to move your organization toward successful outcomes
- Be prepared to analyze the impact regulatory agencies, such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the US Department of Health and Human Services, exert on healthcare systems - including human resources, fiscal stability and reimbursements, total quality improvement and attaining positive outcomes within a system
- Gain the skills to help you confidently apply ethical and legal principles when making decisions to ensure the best care for all patients and their unique needs.
As a nurse, you know the career field is ever-changing. A Herzing MSN in Nursing Leadership and Administration can help you stay at the forefront by offering you the tools you need to effectively evaluate your organization’s ability to adapt to the changing healthcare landscape.
Your Clinical Placement is Our Pledge
We understand securing clinical placement as part of an MSN degree program is one of the biggest concerns students face. At Herzing, we offer guidance and support through our step-by-step Clinical Guidance Process to ensure you can get the clinical practice experiences you need. As a Herzing student, we’ll encourage you to find your own preceptor and clinical sites as there are many benefits to doing so. However, we provide extensive support should you find difficulty along the way. With Herzing, you are never on your own. Because of our strong relationships with healthcare providers across the U.S. and our comprehensive Clinical Guidance Process, we are confident in our ability to help you find clinical placement. So much so that if you are unable to find a clinical site on your own, we pledge to step in and help you secure clinical placement.*
*Subject to terms and conditions outlined in the enrollment documents.
The Herzing University Difference
At Herzing, we’re focused on helping you reach your highest career goals in nursing while also ensuring that the communities we serve benefit from highly competent nurse practitioners. That’s why we offer:
- Mentorship and guidance from doctoral-prepared nursing faculty with extensive clinical experience
- Hands-on clinical experience
- Access to a clinical placement coordinator and our clinical placement pledge
- Certification exam preparation as part of your degree
This program is also accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).*
What will I learn in Herzing's MSN-NL program?
Our program curriculum focuses on healthcare organizations as adaptive systems. Here, you’ll obtain the skills needed to understand the complex healthcare system. American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) core components are integrated into our curriculum, which prepares our students to meet the competencies of nurse executives.
Required Core Courses
- Health Policy and Management
- Theoretical Foundations for Nursing
- Technology and Nursing Informatics in Advanced Practice
- Organizational Systems and Behaviors
- Research Methods and Evidence-Based Practice
- Advanced Pathophysiology
Required Nursing Leadership specialty courses
- Advanced Health Assessment
- Advanced Pharmacology
- Healthcare Economics, Finance and Resource Management
- Leading and Managing in Complex Organizations
- Dynamic Healthcare Leadership Practicum
- Transformation of Care in Health Delivery Systems Practicum
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