MSN Nurse Executive

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MSN Nurse Executive at a Glance

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In as few as two years, Chamberlain’s online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Executive specialty track is designed to provide you with the foundational skills essential to becoming a nurse leader within a variety of different healthcare organizations.

Student finance advisors can answer your financial questions, tell you more about Chamberlain’s list of 3,500 grants and scholarships available and discuss your program completion timeframe before applying and taking the next step.

Admissions representatives can answer your questions, tell you more about financial aid and scholarships, and discuss with you how this option might fit into your life.

Earn your degree in as few as 2 years by taking 1 course at a time
No mandatory login times
100% online coursework
No GRE or entrance exams
24/7 access to the online platform, online & Chamberlain services

Mentor Collaboration

Collaborate with a proven nurse leader to identify a problem and propose an actionable solution

Applied Learning

Practice concepts, principles and skills learned and acquired during the program in a real-world setting

Expand Your Network

Network with the healthcare community and staff you are assigned to

Impact Your Organization

Work on problems affecting the organization in which you are completing the practicum

MSN Nurse Executive Benefits

How does the Nurse Executive practicum benefit you?

The program coincides with completing your 144-hours of practicum experience and working closely with your mentor and faculty members to achieve your overall goals.

The practicum provides you with the opportunity to view a healthcare organization through the lens of a senior leader and practice the skills
you have learned in your previous courses.

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MSN Nurse Executive Track Courses

Courses

5 Courses

Leadership & Nursing Practice: Role Development

With an interdisciplinary viewpoint, explore personal and strategic leadership components for diverse healthcare settings to promote positive healthcare outcomes through advanced evidence based collaborative practice. The course emphasizes leadership concepts including communication, ethics, negotiation, advocacy and a caring person-centered practice environment. Information related to living leadership within teams, systems, communities and professional organizations are discussed. With the use of active learning, students will be able to practice problem solving and change techniques in selected leadership scenarios to foster a caring person-centered practice environment.

Nursing Leadership in Healthcare Organizations

This course focuses on leadership and management of healthcare organizations, emphasizing organizational structure, processes and outcome.

Healthcare Operational Planning & Management

This course focuses on synthesizing organizational and management theories in relation to strategic planning and management, changing care-delivery systems, human and financial resource management, decision making, professional practice, management-information systems and meeting accreditation and legal standard.

Financial Management in Healthcare Organizations

Examine the concepts and issues in budget formulation, decision making, variance analysis, financing in healthcare, models for forecasting, addressing throughput issues, implementing professional practice models and program planning. The emphasis is on practical methods and techniques within a wide variety of healthcare situations.

Healthcare Systems Management

This course focuses on a systems theory approach in providing patient-centered and value-added care and critical thinking and decision making to coordinate and deliver quality and cost-effective patient care. Examine different modes of organizing nursing care, managing care within a multidisciplinary-team framework and promoting effective teamwork.

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You’re more than just a GPA or an application

If your CGPA falls below our requirements - in the range of 2.5 to 2.99 - you may still be considered for provisional acceptance into the online MSN Nursing Informatics program.

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How to Enroll

MSN Nurse Executive Track Admission Requirements

For your MSN Nurse Executive Specialty Track nursing application, you should have:

A degree in nursing at the bachelor’s level or higher from an accredited institution
A minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
Current, active and unrestricted RN license in the U.S. or in a jurisdiction that is an associate member of the NCSBN

Can I transfer credits into the MSN Nurse Executive Specialty Track?

General guidelines for transfer credits include:

A maximum of six semester hours may be accepted towards your MSN degree
Core coursework must have been completed within the past 7 years for transfer; specialty coursework with the past 5 years
A grade of ‘B’ or higher is required for transfer credits
For the NP specialty tracks, transfer credits will only be accepted for core courses

Our admissions team can get you started on a transcript evaluation so you’ll know exactly what will transfer in before making your enrollment decision.

“What inspired me to be a nurse leader is the desire to provide the leadership that I needed when I was a new grad to my nursing staff. Chamberlain gave me a lot of good tools in my toolbox as far as transformational leadership and having emotional intelligence and being available for my staff.”

Angela Majied,MSN ’23, RN-BSN ’22"

Live Your Life and Earn Your Degree at the Same Time

Flexible scheduling and our 100% online coursework can make it easy to fit classes into your life, instead of building your life around your class schedule.

The MSN Executive curriculum is designed to apply relevant concepts and principles to prepare you for senior-level leadership positions.

Key skills learned and developed while in the program

Leadership skill
Leading and managing change processes
Developing and managing budgets
Forecasting
Decision making
Conflict management

Key skills learned and developed while in the program

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MSN Program Costs

Tuition & Expenses for the MSN Nurse Executive Track

Chamberlain provides you with individualized support throughout your educational journey beginning with the admissions process. Your admissions representative will work with you to build a schedule that will work with your life and finances, whether that's one class or two.

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$3,500 in Scholarships Available
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Partner Tuition Rates
Chamberlain partners with healthcare institutions, community colleges and associations to provide accessible educational opportunities for registered nurses. See if your employer, community college or association has an education partnership with Chamberlain that could provide you with tuition savings.
Chamberlain grad? Save on tuition
Earning your MSN is closer than you think, Chamberlain alumni are eligible to save $100 per credit hour, for a total savings of $3,600.

Join a Proudly Accredited Institution

Are you looking for an accredited MSN degree program?

Chamberlain University accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), www.hlcommission.com an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Chamberlain University confers online degrees from its Main Campus in Addison, IL.

Practicum option availability varies by state/location. Chamberlain reserves the right to update information as it becomes available. For a complete list, and to learn more, check out our authorizations or view our approvals in your state.