Nurse Managers & Leaders: Administration in Community
& Health Care Systems in Nursing (ACHCS)

Do you want to pursue graduate education with a focus on management and administration? If so, a Master of Science Degree in Nursing (MSN) degree with a major in Administration in Community and Health Care Systems in Nursing will give you this opportunity.

This major focuses on administrative leadership and management within our emerging integrated healthcare system. The roles of the nurse manager and administrator are experienced through course work, use of computer software germane to healthcare, and practicums in a chosen setting (e.g. hospitals, home health agencies, health departments, community-based primary care centers, clinics, case management organizations) depending on availability and your previous experience.

You will develop knowledge and skills related to marketing, community focused planning, problems-solving, finance, organizational theory, policy making, and assessment of populations through classroom and hands-on experiences in clinical agencies.

For further information, contact: Beverly H. Robinson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor & Associate Dean for Graduate Nursing Program
UTHSCSA School of Nursing 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MC # 7943, San Antonio, T X 78229-3900
(210) 567-5815
Website: www.nursing.uthscsa.edu

On-line application : http://studentservices.uthscsa.edu/publications/nursing.html

Graduates are eligible for national certification and recognition by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas as an Advanced Practice Nurse.

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Major Course Descriptions:

• NURS 5310 Administrative Strategies and Nursing Systems
  Credit Hour Allocation:
  • 3 semester hours
  • 3 clock hour class
  
  Prerequisites: NURS 5339; NURS 5226
  
  This course examines contemporary influences, theories, principles, and functional strategies related to organizational and management science. Included are the influence of the external and internal environment on complex systems, role relationships, planning, structure, communication, negotiation, and consultation, as they apply to health care management concerns. Major Courses

• NURS 5311 Nursing Assessment of Populations
  Credit Hour Allocation:
  • 3 semester hours
  • 2 semester hour Seminar
  • 1 semester hour practicum
  
  Prerequisites: Graduate standing
  
  This course explores the acquisition of knowledge about a community of interest and its health problems. Communities of interest may include populations within organizations, neighborhoods or communities. Sources of both qualitative and quantitative information about selected populations and their health problems will be addressed. Students will gain experience in the identification of population characteristics, problem health measurement and the identification of "communities of solution." For their clinical activities, students may choose population aggregates in a variety of settings compatible with their area of interest. Major Courses
  
  
• NURS 5409 Program Planning & Evaluation
  Credit Hour Allocation:
  • 4 semester hrs
  • 2 semester hours class = 2 clock hours class

2 semester hours practicum = 6 hours practicum (90 clock hours practicum)

Prerequisites: NURS 5311

This course and practicum provide an opportunity to explore problems that affect client population aggregates in a variety of health care settings. The emphasis of this course is program planning and evaluation. Using analytical and problem solving skills, processes, strategies, and evidenced based practice, students will be given the opportunity to develop theory-based interventions and evaluation strategies. Major Courses

• NURS 5501 Financial Management and Decision Support Systems for Nursing Administrative Practice
  Credit Hour Allocation:
  • 5 semester hrs
  • 3 semester hours class = 3 clock hours class (45 clock hours class)
  • 2 semester hours practicum = 6 hours practicum (90 clock hours practicum)
    

Prerequisites: NURS 5226

This course considers advanced financial management concepts (financial statements, capital budgeting, forecasting, rate setting, costing out of nursing services) and an introduction to the concepts of decision support systems in the administration of community and health care services. Major Courses

• NURS 5561 Advanced Nursing Practicum in Policy and Management
  Credit Hour Allocation:
  • 5 semester hrs
  • 1 semester hour seminar – 1 clock hour seminar (15 clock hours seminar)
  • 4 semester hours practicum – 12 clock hours practicum
    (180 clock hours practicum)

Prerequisites: NURS 5306, NURS 5307, NURS 5409, NURS 5501

The purpose of this course is to provide the student with the opportunity to examine the role of the nurse executive in a health care agency. Emphasis is placed on the development of interdisciplinary relationships, long-range planning skills, organizational priority setting, fiscal management, marketing, policy setting, care systems and support systems for patient care delivery. The student will be assigned to an institutional or community-based health care setting under the preceptorship of an experienced nurse executive for the practicum portion of the course. Major Courses