MSN Benefits

• Generates opportunities to grow personally as well as professionally
• Provides the theory/didactic knowledge needed to be an effective administrator or teacher in an increasingly complex health-care environment
• Focuses on leadership skills with strategies for implementing fiscal responsibility and managing change
• Eligible for professional certification as an executive or teacher in the field of nursing
• Provides global opportunities in local and/or worldwide facilities (e.g., hospitals or other health-care facilities in Honduras, Russia, Uganda, China, to name a few)
• Provides the possibility for multiple career opportunities
• Imparts relevant knowledge in both nursing and business or education
• Provides the tools needed to effectively lead and direct health-care personnel and programs
• Gives the knowledge to ask hard questions related to budgets, staffing, fiscal resources, etc.
• Increases knowledge of how the government, as well as private organizations, influence health-care delivery, i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, JCAHO, private insurance companies, other regulating bodies, etc.
• Offers information about legal and ethical issues affecting the work place
• Generates critical thinking and communication skills as well as effectiveness in dealing with people at the administrative level in health-care organizations and universities.
• Qualifies all graduates to teach in a school of nursing.