Offering a Progressive Curriculum for Career Advancement in the Urban Health Care Environment
For nearly 55 years, the School of Nursing at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus has provided a teaching and learning environment that delivers quality nursing education to students from a broad array of cultural backgrounds. Because its programs are based in downtown Brooklyn, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the country, the school’s graduates are encouraged to share cultural insights, to appreciate cultural differences, and to provide caring, quality health care to members of multicultural populations.
MS—Executive Program for Nursing and Health Care Management
The Executive Program for Nursing and Health Care Management provides advanced nursing content and facilitates an understanding of complex nursing issues through courses taught by nursing and business faculty. It prepares nurses for leadership positions in hospitals, nursing homes, community health centers, HMOs, home care agencies, consulting firms, and entrepreneurial ventures. The program is approved by the New York State Education Department and is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Graduates of this program will be prepared to:
- Organize a nursing department and develop its vision and mission in concert with the hospital’s mission; delineate authority, functional responsibilities, and lines of relationships and communication.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate standards of patient care and standards of nursing practice that ensure safety and therapeutically effective nursing care of patients.
- Control and evaluate the allocated budget to meet staffing and nursing needs of patient care.
- Make sound decisions based on analytical skills, problem-solving techniques, and use of resources, information, and communication technology.
- Collaborate with the administrative staff, other department personnel, and representatives of allied groups in planning for coordinated services to patients.
- Manage change effectively.
MS and Advanced Certificates in Nursing for Nurse Practitioners
The Adult Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Master of Science degree programs are designed to prepare advanced practice nurses in primary care roles. Master of Science degree candidates develop refined analytical skills, enhance their ability to articulate viewpoints and positions, increase their capacity to connect theory to practice, and acquire advanced practice skills to provide primary care to adults, families, and the elderly. All programs are approved by the New York State Education Department and are fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Advanced certificate programs in the above areas are available to nurses who have earned a master’s degree in nursing and who are seeking clinical expertise in the nurse practitioner role.
For more information, visit www.brooklyn.liu.edu/nursing/advanced.html.
Private nonprofit
Located within a major urban area
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Undergraduate: 3,938
Graduate: 3,032
International: 266
Director of Graduate Admissions
Edward Dettling
Phone: 718-488-1101
gradadmissions@liu.edu
