Aug. 17, 2022
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Courses Required
$743
Cost Per Credit Hour
22
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Next Start Date
Courses Required
Cost Per Credit Hour
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The Nurse Executive Leadership (NEL) post-MSN certificate, offered by the School of Nursing, is for professional nurses who have an MSN degree and are interested in leadership positions within health care. The program prepares nurses for careers in administration and management and includes educational concepts such as finance and budgeting, quality measures, improving the client experience, interprofessional collaboration, advanced information technology, and systems-based thinking. It will provide you with skills to pursue administrative or managerial positions and leadership roles in a range of health care settings. You will gain valuable hands-on experience in a clinical practicum with experienced nurse leader preceptors. Graduates of this program will meet all requirements to sit for national certification.
Online Courses
Low-Residency
August 17, 2022
Curriculum developed and taught by faculty from
Degree Awarded: Nursing Executive Leadership Graduate Certificate
This is a 22-credit hour program, consisting of six didactic and two three-credit clinical courses. All didactic courses are offered via a mix of synchronous and asynchronous, web-based modalities. Two semesters of clinical practicum are required for a total of 300 clinical hours. These hours will be completed with a nurse leader mentor in a healthcare setting. Preceptors will be selected based on direct experience with human resource management, budget & finance responsibilities, quality & safety responsibilities and interprofessional collaboration.
Graduates will be prepared for Nurse Executive Certification (NE-BC) through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or to become Certified Nurse Executive Practice (CNEP) through the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).
At the completion of the Nurse Executive Leadership Post-Master’s Certificate, the graduate will be prepared to demonstrate the following outcomes:
Application Information
Qualifications
To be considered, applicants will be required to meet all WVU admission requirements in addition to program-specific admission criteria.
Note: Any student who has been dismissed from the West Virginia University School of Nursing or any other nursing program will not be readmitted or considered for admission to the program.
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Depending on pre-requisites completed, entry term into the program will vary from student to student.
Computer Application Checklist
Once the WVU application has been completed, you must complete and submit the Application Checklist, a tool designed to ensure you have submitted all required information for your application to be considered complete.
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Acceptance
Students will be evaluated based on the following:
Orientation
Students are required to attend an online orientation session prior to the start of the semester.
Nurse Executive Leadership Graduate Certificate requires 22 credit hours to complete. Cost per credit hour is $743.
$16,346 – Residents and Non-Residents
Coordinator of Enrollment Management
Email:
Jennifer.Pruzinsky@mail.wvu.edu
Phone: (304) 293-3606
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Students who graduate from WVU Online with the Nurse Executive Leadership Graduate Certificate may be prepared for the following careers. These are only a few examples of some of the many opportunities that will be open to you with this degree. Advanced degrees or certifications may be required for some positions.
Information about careers on this list comes from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) of the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA).