Rockhurst University’s online Master of Science in Nursing-Leadership (MSN-Leadership) degree program prepares nurses to achieve new professional heights as transformative leaders in a variety of clinical and organizational leadership roles.
Become a Transformative Nurse Leader
Our online MSN-Leadership program will empower you to:
- Participate in an accredited program delivered by Saint Luke’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences
- Develop skills in team building, critical thinking, problem-solving and ethical decision-making
- Choose to take this online MSN leadership program on a full-time (4 semesters) or part-time (6 semesters) basis depending on what works best for you
Guided by Jesuit values, Rockhurst University offers a purposeful learning experience that integrates professional and personal growth, emphasizing ethics, compassion and care for the whole person.
Rockhurst Nursing Learning Outcomes
- Practice safe, effective, holistic, and client/family-centered nursing with diverse individuals, families, and populations.
- Consistently demonstrate professionalism and leadership.
- Collaborate with other disciplines and organizations to develop interventions and strategies that optimize client outcomes.
- Synthesize multiple ways of knowing to inform practice, make clinical judgments and creatively transform knowledge to provide humanistic, quality client-centered care with tolerance for uncertainty and ambiguity.
- Use principles of quality improvement, evidence-based practice, health care policy, and cost-effectiveness to enhance client outcomes, and participate in opportunities to engender change.
RU Nursing Program Goals
- Prepare the graduate for the role of the professional nurse.
- Provide an environment of trust, student engagement, and academic support. Provide high-quality nursing education.
- Promote a culture of safety.
- Integrate the students into clinical practice and transition the students into nursing culture.
- Increase the diversity of the student population with an emphasis on cultural awareness.
- Be a leader in NCLEX board pass rate for the region.
- Provide population-focused education to produce graduates that provide efficient, effective health care.
- Create an innovative, cutting-edge environment for nursing students in this fast-changing field of health care.
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