Health Care Systems

Today’s health care system requires new skills of clinical nursing leaders to transform the delivery of nursing and health care. The Health Care Systems Advanced Practice Area prepares students with knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a variety of leadership positions in health care organizations. This advanced practice area includes content in management and leadership, informatics, financial management, human resource management, quality improvement, outcomes management, and education. Such an approach prepares graduates with a breadth and depth of knowledge and skills needed to develop, implement, and measure the impact of innovations in care delivery at all levels within health care organizations.