Nursing and Healthcare Administration Plans of Study

The 16 C.U. Nursing and Healthcare Administration Program combines coursework in nursing administration (11 C.U.s) and 5 C.U.s in the healthcare management major in the Wharton MBA program or from the MSOD program (Organizational Dynamics in the School of Arts & Sciences.)

The requisite nursing administration courses are:

Core Courses (11 course units)
NURS537       Foundations in Patient Safety (Fall)
NURS549       Quality Improvement Processes in Healthcare (Spring)
NURS610       Concepts in Healthcare Economics (0.5 CU) (Spring)
NURS637       Introduction to Research Methods and Design (all terms)
NURS651       Nursing Informatics (Summer Session II)
NURS652       Healthcare Accounting and Financial Management (Summer Session I)
NURS654       Business and Strategic Planning (Fall)
NURS699       Advanced Roles in Administrative Nursing Practice (Executive Style-Summer Session II)
NURS748       Leadership Development for Health (Fall)
NURS650       Health Systems Analysis (1.5 CU theory and fieldwork course) (Spring)
NURS655       Nursing Administration Practicum (practicum course) (Summer or Fall)

Business Electives (5 course units)

Recommended Healthcare Management Courses at Wharton: Other courses are available and all business electives are planned with your program faculty advisor

HCMG841       The Health Services System
HCMG845       Managed Care and the Industrial Organization of Health Care
HCMG854       Legal Aspects of Health Care
HCMG855       Management of Health Care of the Elderly
HCMG858       Health Care Marketing
HCMG859       Comparative Health Care Systems
HCMG863       Management and Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry
HCMG866       E-Health: Business Models and Impact
OPIM691        Negotiations

Recommended Organizational Dynamics Courses: Courses in Organizational Dynamics may be substituted for Wharton courses with the permission of your program advisor and a minor in Organizational Dynamics in Healthcare can be planned.

DYNM603        Administrative Decision Making and Problem Solving
DYNM605        Assessing and Managing Project Risk
DYNM612        Mastering Organizational Politics and Power
DYNM619        Project Management
DYNM628        Organizational Diagnosis
DYNM628        Organizational Diagnosis
DYNM629        Organizational Consulting
DYNM631        Strategic Planning and the Process of Implementation
DYNM637        Coaching and Facilitating Teams
DYNM651        Group Team Dynamics:  Understanding the Overt and Covert Dynamics that Support Effective Work
DYNM667        Complexity, Sustainability & Systems Thinking
DYNM673        Stories in Organizations: Tools for Executive Development

Recommended Wharton Program for Working Professionals (WPWP) Courses:  Students must have three years of work experience and a GPA of > 3.0 to be eligible to apply for either a WPWP certificate program or permit to take a course.  Among others, certificate offerings in Human Resources, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship can be obtained for a 4.0 C.U. course load.  Students can also elect to just take course(s) without certificate application.

Courses commonly taken by nursing administration students although others are possible as planned with your faculty advisor.

MGMT422       Human Resource Management
MGMT438       Organizational Behavior/Psychology
MGMT491       Negotiations
MGMT482       Strategic Implementation
MKTG411       Introduction to Marketing
MKTG421       Consumer Behavior
MKTG423       Marketing Research
MKTG477       Marketing Strategy
ACCT411       Financial Accounting
FNCE412        Corporate Finance
MGMT423       Business Policy

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