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The Certificate of Graduate Study in Nursing Administration is for students who hold a master’s degree in nursing and choose to pursue additional knowledge in the area of nursing administration. The program’s curriculum is designed to prepare professional nurses to enter leadership roles and work within interdisciplinary teams to improve system and population health services in a variety of health care settings.

Graduates of the program may be eligible to sit for certification examination as a nurse executive.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply knowledge of nursing leadership practices in the heathcare system.
• Integrate core and clinical course content in application to nursing leadership roles.
• Demonstrate nursing leadership knowledge to facilitate efficient and effective interdisciplinary teams. 
• Integrate nursing leadership principles to actively engage and direct quality healthcare outcomes. 

Requirements for earning the Certificate include the following:

• Completion of an approved program of study;
• a GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) on all courses attempted for graduate credit and all courses numbered 700 and above;
• a GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) on all courses on the approved program of study