Post-Master's Certificate, Nursing - Leadership and Management (Post-MSN)

The Post-Master's Certificate, Nursing - Leadership and Management (Post-MSN) program is a competency-based program that prepares students to be leaders and managers in diverse settings: hospitals, long term care facilities, community service agencies, governmental agencies and facilities, and corporations. Students use their organizational, analytic, strategic planning, financial, human resources, and evaluation skills across healthcare organizations. The WGU Post-Master's Certificate, Nursing - Leadership and Management (Post-MSN) program content is evidence-based, drawing on national standards and research related to creating work environments that are collaborative, interdisciplinary, and promote effective functioning in complex nursing and healthcare environments. The certificate program content and processes are consistent with the American Nurses Association (ANA) Standards for Nurse Administrators and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) competencies for nursing managers and executives, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL). The Post-Master's Certificate program is focused on the preparation of highly qualified nurse administrators (nurse managers and nurse executives). This program builds on the core knowledge developed during the student's prior MSN degree. Areas of focus for this certificate program include organizational and leadership theories, strategic planning, regulatory standards, risk management, principles of financial management, and concepts of human resource management. Graduates examine organizational, financial, and personnel issues and their resolution. The process for assessment, measurement, evaluation, and use of outcome data for improvement is presented.

Official catalog text — WGU-authored.

Program learning outcomes are not available in the current catalog edition.

Course groups from the WGU Program Guide. Expand each group to see course descriptions and competencies.

Total: 16 CUs across 8 courses. Degree total per catalog: 16 CUs.