Today's health care system wants strong leaders and management skills, and you can enhance your career through Loyola University's interactive curriculum. Management skills come from within. Gain the traits, skills and ways of thinking that define management in the health care field from Loyola University.
Loyola University New Orleans offers a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a specialization in Health Care Systems Management (HCSM). The HCSM program focuses on knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a variety of nursing leadership positions in health care organizations.
"The HCSM program requires 36 credit hours of graduate coursework, 12 of which are devoted to core courses and 24 of which are devoted to HCSM major courses. The HCSM Master's program is designed to be completed in 24 months."
An RN who has a non-nursing bachelor's degree may be admitted to Loyola's MSN program without obtaining a BSN degree. To be admitted to the MSN program, the RN must complete Loyola's MSN Blend program which is now offered online.
The online blend program is composed of integrated upper division, undergraduate nursing courses that serve as prerequisites to 700-level (graduate) nursing courses. This 6-credit blend program covers important themes including leadership, health promotion, community, and professional development.
Loyola University New Orleans has been educating Nurses for over 25 years and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a Commission of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*, to award bachelor, master, and doctor (juris doctor) degrees.IS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (HCSM) RIGHT FOR YOU?
The HCSM program includes content in nursing administration, management, leadership, finance, quality improvement health promotion, disease prevention/management, integrated delivery systems, managed care strategies, and workforce management.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS AND FEATURES
- Networking with a community of fellow students from a broad range of career fields.
- Loyola has also been named one of "America's 300 Best Buys" in Barron's Best Buys in College Education, and ranks in the top seven percent of the 1,500 colleges and universities ranked by Barron's.
- Loyola has consistently ranked among the top regional colleges and universities in the South and one of the top 60 in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.
- Classes offered online - continue working full time and maintain your lifestyle while completing your degree.
