Nursing Administration

The syllabus for N41.2005 is intended for graduate students in nursing. The course provides the foundations necessary to understand elementary biostatistics and applications of biostatistics in the medical literature. It will concentrate on the interpretation and comprehension of graphical and statistical techniques that are essential components to medical research. The ability to understand basic arithmetic and high school algebra is required.

This graduate research course is designed to develop the role of the advanced practice nurse, midwife, educator, administrator, or informatics specialist as a competent research consumer. An evidence-based practice paradigm is used to promote acquisition of information literacy and critical appraisal skills which, combined with clinical judgment and patient preferences, support evidence-based decision making.

In this course, students analyze current political, social, and economic issues and trends that affect health care delivery, nursing, and health policy. The course focuses on the United States and includes global issues that affect health care systems and delivery of care. Students develop strategies for collaborating with individuals and organizations in efforts to enhance health equity and the quality of care for patients and populations of diverse racial, ethnic, gender, and other identities. The course covers credentialing of advanced practice nurses and its importance in providing high quality care. Throughout the course, students are encouraged to develop and pursue their professional goals in terms of participation and leadership in professional organizations, engaging in civic participation, and obtaining and using health policy evidence and information to advance health equity. Coursework entails individual and group assignments in both synchronous and asynchronous modes. This is a required core course for all master’s students at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and open to other NYU graduate students with permission of the instructor.

The Population-Focused Care course explores advanced practice nursing at community and population levels. Nursing contributions to core public health functions and essential public health services are considered in the context of theoretical frameworks for health communication and behavioral change to develop programs to improve the health of populations. Data sources for community health assessment and epidemiologic analyses are examined. Cultural and political competencies are also addressed.

This course focuses on the theoretical basis of nursing and health care informatics. The model of data, information, and knowledge is used to explore the basis of nursing informatics within health care. Nursing classifications and taxonomies and the computerized patient record (CPR) are introduced. Strategies are examined for dissemination, access, retrieval, and evaluation of information for professionals and consumers of health care, with an emphasis on reducing health care disparities.

This course introduces two major and important management concepts for nurse leaders: quality process improvement and budget management. The first part of the course examines the fundamental concepts of healthcare process improvement. The course introduces the students to various quality management models for continuous improvement such as, but not limited to, the PDSA, six sigma and LEAN methodologies. The course explores the basic kinds of measures, the run charts, cause-effect diagrams, fishbone diagrams, and the systematic approach to error called root cause analysis (RCA). The course examines the role of the nurse leader in a multidisciplinary team or in leading quality improvement initiatives in healthcare organizations. The remainder of the course examines the principles of budgeting and its practical applications in healthcare organizations. Specific techniques of health care budgeting and variance analysis are explored. Excel computer software programs to prepare graphs, charts, and other budgeting applications are used to provide hands-on skills for budget preparation. The purposes and application of budgets in healthcare, including long range planning, programming, budget operations, capital budgets, and fixed and variable costs are analyzed. Prototypes of zero-based budgeting, cost estimation and forecasting, performance budgeting, and capital budgeting are analyzed throughout the course. The course culminates with student presentations of a budget for a nursing unit or for a project proposal that apply the principles learned in class.

This course will focus on the role of the Advanced Practice Nurse as a system leader and change agent. Didactic and experiential course content will incorporate current theories of management, leadership and organizational change. The class will also discuss how advanced nursing knowledge and evidence shapes and informs the Advanced Practice Nurse's management and leadership practice.

This course examines the impact of health care legislation, policy, economics, financing, and reimbursement structures on the role of the nurse administrator. Employing principles of organizational behavior, leadership, change, communication, and cultural competence, students analyze finance and reimbursement models, financial reports, management processes, budgeting, and the strategic planning process in diverse and multicultural health care settings.

In this course, the student implements a strategic plan for change in the health care practicum setting that reflects organizational assessment and diagnosis of an area for improvement, supporting evidencebased research findings, analysis of financial implications, and evaluation criteria. Concomitantly, the student assists the preceptor in areas of nursing administration practice. In the seminar, students promote a culture of caring and team building as they collaborate in planning practicum initiatives related to the nurse administrator?s role.

The emphasis of this course is on examining, conducting, and evaluating competency-based and culturally competent nursing administrative practices in the management of human resources. Based on criteria from ANA Scope and Standards for Nurse Administrators, Code of Ethics, and national health care agency accreditation, the student uses relevant theoretical and evidence-based research to address issues related to the restructuring of the health care environment, hiring, employment, labor relations, employee assistance, and problems of harassment, discrimination, workplace violence, nursing staff turnover, and advocating for the well-being of nurses in multicultural and diverse health care settings.

In this final practicum course, the student conducts all aspects of the nurse administrator role in the health care setting. The emphasis is on evaluating nursing administration based on criteria from ANA Scope and Standards for Nurse Administrators, Code of Ethics, and national health care agency accreditation; and the expected administrative nursing practice that advocates for the well-being of nurses, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and team-building, conducts cost-benefit analysis of strategic initiatives, and addresses consumer health care needs within multicultural and diverse health care environments.