MSN in Nursing Leadership

Designed for professional nurses who seek expanded leadership roles, this master’s level nursing degree program prepares you to influence health policy, take on advanced nursing practice in a variety of settings, and broaden your health care career mobility and earnings.CCNE-Accredited Program Aligns to Your Career GoalsThis leadership in nursing degree program offers four concentrations. Nurse Executive emphasizes health care policy, as well as entrepreneurial and management roles of the nurse leader. The Nurse Educator degree option prepares you to teach students, clients and staff in all settings. Legal Nurse Consultant teaches the expertise and critical thinking skills so you can assess health practice and standards in a legal setting. The Public Health concentration provides knowledge in public health essentials, epidemiology, and population health so nurses can help build healthy communities and improve access to equitable health care for all.Expert MSN Instruction From Caring Nurse LeadersWilmington University faculty are veteran nurses and active practitioners, and understand the challenge of balancing shift work, family and advanced education. The interdisciplinary nurse leadership degree curriculum is infused with hands-on experiences that put theory and research into innovative practice.Flexible Master's in Nursing Leadership Program Fits Your Life and BudgetThe Nurse Leadership MSN combines rigorous academics with unparalleled flexibility and affordability. Choose in-person or 100% online MSN options in accelerated 7-week block classes.To fulfill the requirements of the M.S.N. Leadership program, students must complete all courses, consisting of 36 credit hours, while maintaining a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Students complete coursework with an emphasis in one of four concentrations: executive leadership, nursing education, legal nurse consultant, or public health. All concentrations are designed to advance the student’s knowledge of research to improve the practice of nursing and strengthen the awareness of contemporary influences on the healthcare needs of individuals, families, and communities. Philosophy of nursing leadership and health care expands the foundation for ethical decision-making as students develop skills in working within the context of prevailing systems of care.