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The Leader in Healthcare Delivery curriculum option provides nurses with in depth knowledge and skills relating to leading in a healthcare environment of constant change. Graduates are leaders in care systems, governmental agencies or community organizations.

Students in this curriculum option achieve the following learning outcomes:

  • Gain competencies in leadership behaviors
  • Develop skills related to human and fiscal resource management
  • Develop skills related to health care management, evaluation, and the ethics of health care systems and organizations
  • Gain competencies in clinical outcomes management
  • Evaluate policies that relate to healthcare delivery
  • Develop skills in the use and evaluation of technology in health care environments

Faculty advisor for Leader in Healthcare Delivery: Weichao Yuwen

Sample Program Plan
The program plan presented below is set up for students planning on completing scholarly inquiry project. Students that choose course work option or thesis should contact the MN advisor to receive a new program plan.

Learn more about the scholarly inquiry requirements. 

MN course descriptions are available at: https://www.washington.edu/students/crscatt/tnurs.html#tnurs503

 

Year One
Quarter Course Credits
Autumn (6 credits) T NURS 510: Society and Health 3
  T NURS 557: Populations Health, Health Promotion, and Clinical Prevention 3
Winter (8 credits) T NURS 539: Healthcare Business Strategies: Optimizing Resources  3
  T NURS 551: Translating Research into Nursing Practice 5
Spring (6 credits) T NURS 523: Assessment and Planning 3
  T NURS 552: Organizational and Systems Leadership 3
  Total Credits Year One 20

 

Year Two
Quarter Course Credits
Early Autumn (3 credits) T NURS 545: Essential Skills for Healthcare Leaders 3
Autumn (9 credits) T NURS 513: Theories and Methods of Teaching and Learning
(coursework option)		 3
  T NURS 527: Healthcare Systems and Health Policy 3
  T NURS 561: Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation 3
Winter (6 credits) T NURS 503: Advanced Practicum I 3
  T NURS 556: Quality and Safety in Healthcare Settings 3
Spring (10 credits) T NURS 505: Advanced Practicum II 3
  T NURS 512: Evaluation of Academic and Clinical Performance in Nursing Health Care
(coursework option)		 3
  T NURS 554: Informatics and Healthcare Technology 3
  T NURS 596: Scholarly Inquiry: Course Work Option 1
  Total Credits for Year Two 28
  Total Credits Year One and Year Two 48