Nurse administrators increasingly are becoming integral members of administrative teams within health service organizations and are competing for leadership positions with individuals from non-nursing backgrounds. Their responsibilities have grown in the areas of long-range, strategic, and financial planning; resource management; implementation of outcomes-based approaches to quality patient care; governance of board meetings; and management of multiple patient care departments.
This combined 72–74- credit program with the School of Nursing and the School of Business allows the registered nurse holding a bachelor’s degree to complete the Master of Science in Nursing and Master’s in Business Administration. The program incorporates contemporary management theory; business fundamentals and essential core competencies; and knowledge, skills, and values of advanced professional nursing practice. The objective of this joint degree program is to prepare leaders who facilitate and embody the competencies required to help transform health service organizations and health systems as a whole.
Admission to the M.B.A. in Management and M.S. in Nursing Program
Students must apply to the M.S. in Nursing and M.B.A. programs concurrently. One application and one set of transcripts, references, and other supporting documents should be sent to the Office of University Graduate Admissions. Students may exit the program after completion of the requisite 45 credits for the M.S. in Nursing. Students who are currently enrolled in the M.S. program in nursing administration and who wish to enroll in the joint degree program must apply directly to the School of Business prior to enrolling in NUR 770. An additional 27 credits will be required for the M.B.A.
Admission Requirements
- Current licensure as a registered nurse.
- Possession of a baccalaureate degree in nursing from a professionally accredited program or a non-nursing baccalaureate degree plus a passing score on the NLN baccalaureate comprehensive achievement test.
- Completion of a basic calculus and a basic statistics course with a grade of B or better.
- A minimum of two years of practice in nursing prior to taking specialty courses. One year of practice should be in nursing service administration.
- Official transcripts from all previous colleges or universities attended.
- Grade point average of 3.0.
- Two letters of recommendation from the applicant’s recent employers.
- Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score.
- A statement of personal objectives.
- International applicants must have obtained a minimum score of 550 on Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) within the past two years; a declaration and certificate of finances; and certified English translations of all prior academic records.
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