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NURSING ADMINISTRATION
MSN/MBA
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In our program designed for working nurse professionals seeking a coordinated MSN and MBA degree, you can find a career in health care management and administration. UT Tyler’s online graduate programs are consistently ranked in the top 25 in the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs. Being enrolled in UT Tyler’s Online MSN-MBA program affords you the opportunity to attend classes 100% online and secure clinical placement at the facilities of your choice. Enroll today to earn this prestigious credential.
MSN/MBA
COURSEWORK
NURS 5301 Translational Science I
Students will follow Steps 0-3 of the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) process. Students will answer clinical questions by critical appraisal of research and explore theoretical and ethical issues in translating evidence into practice as they begin assimilating in their advanced practice role in nursing.
NURS 5302 Translational Science II
This course builds upon the learning in Translational Science I, continuing steps 0-3 and beginning step 4 of the EBP process. Students focus on evaluation and synthesis of relevant evidence to answer clinical questions. Students begin translating science into practice by recommending best practices and subsequent outcomes as they actualize their advanced practice role in nursing.
NURS 5321 Health Policy & Population Health
This course explores the reciprocity between health care policies and population health.
NURS 5324 Health Care Informatics
This course prepares the student to utilize informatics and health care technologies in the management of individuals, groups and organizations for the improvement of patient outcomes.
NURS 5325 Organizational Systems Leadership
This course builds on prior knowledge, continuing step 4 of the EBP process. Students will explore leadership styles/principles and their impact on healthcare delivery systems, including economic, ethical, legal and political factors. Students will analyze evidence-based quality improvement principles that include metrics to demonstrate their impact on healthcare outcomes with group and individual application.
NURS 5331 Leadership in Healthcare Environment
Enables the professional nurse to demonstrate organizations and systems leadership by synthesizing principles of leadership and management theory, organizational science, professional communication and informatics. Theories are applied in the consideration of evidenced based practice.
NURS 5335 Legal, Regulatory & Financial Management
Focuses on the legal, ethical, regulatory and fiscal environment faced by nurse administrators. Enables the professional nurse to manage the ethical, legal and regulatory issues facing healthcare organizations and actively participate in the fiscal management of healthcare divisions and organizations.
NURS 5337 Delivery of Care
Focuses on the delivery of care within the healthcare environment at the organizational, community, state, national and international levels. Enables the professional nurse to participate in the design of care delivery systems within healthcare organization in community, state and national environments.
NURS 5382 Capstone
Students will synthesize evidence for a clinical problem and develop an evidence-based project building on work in prior core and clinical courses. This project will be comprised of evidence-based best practice innovations that will actualize the nursing advanced practice role in educational, administrative and clinical environments to impact health of individuals or populations. This course is designed to fall within the final two semesters of the MSN program.
NURS Electives (3 Courses - 9 Hours)
Elective courses should be chosen to enhance the student’s area of professional interest and skill development. These courses may be taken in any discipline, but must be 3 credit, graduate level (5000) courses.
ACCT 5320 Accounting for Management Control
Use of accounting data in the decision-making process and in the analysis and control of business operations.
MANA 5305 Decision Making in Operations Management
Analysis of the operations management functions from a manager's perspective. Quantitative techniques related to decision making such as linear programming, statistics and selected operational models are applied to operations management problems in both the service and manufacturing industries.
MANA 5320 Orginizational Behavior
Investigation of issues managers face when trying to lead individuals and organizational units to achieve corporate objectives. Focus of the course emphasizes the individual and group levels of analysis.
MANA 5345 Strategic Leadership Process
Focuses on leadership and development issues addressed by members of the top management team and other upper-level managers. Topics include coordination between and among units, managerial control systems and the development of management talent within the firm.
MANA 5350 Strategic in Human Resources
Focus is on the role of HR managers and practices in developing competitive advantage for the firm. Considers the role of both specific HR practices and the overall HR architecture in enhancing firm performance.
MANA 5360 Global Business Perspectives
An intensive study of the different aspects of international business including, but not limited to, international politics, culture, economics, finance, technology, marketing, ethical decision-making, strategic planning and management and human resource development in a global environment.
MANA 5395 Formulating & Implement Strategies
Students adopt the top management’s view of the firm and focus on positioning the firm to gain strategic advantage in the competitive marketplace. Industry analysis, planning and implementation of competitive strategy, evaluation of strategy alternatives, utilization of appropriate controls and the evaluation of the administrative process are emphasized.
FINA 5320 Advanced Financial Management
Financial management of the firm with special emphasis on financial planning, capital concepts.
MARK 5320 Adv. Market Fundamentals
An analysis of contemporary problems in marketing with emphasis on dynamic market characteristics.