The Health Systems and Organizational Leadership program prepares nurses to lead in complex adaptive systems. Nurses will learn about the contextual attributes of complex dynamic health care delivery systems, sustainable organizations, the legislative and regulatory environment and the financial and human resources that support the health care endeavor. Complexity and quality science are foci of the program with courses that will build skills in analyzing, leading and managing effective quality-based health care systems and organizations where nurses advance the practice of professionals within their systems. The program will provide opportunities for interprofessional collaboration and practice. Once the student has completed the Master of Nursing degree should the student wish to pursue doctoral education in practice, he or she may apply to the Post-Master’s DNP program.

On completion of the Health Systems and Organizational Leadership program the graduates will be able to demonstrate the following competencies in addition to the general Master of Nursing student learning outcomes:

1. Apply advanced knowledge of nursing and health systems theories to positively impact organizational, care delivery and policy outcomes at a population level.
2. Integrate nursing and health systems knowledge in leading and advocating for the design, implementation and improvement of sustainable person-centered practice models.
3. Maximize the use of human capital to impact the clinical care, quality outcomes and evidencebased policies within complex adaptive health systems.
4. Use information, quality science and knowledge management tools to make sound and ethical decisions that advance interprofessional and collaborative health services practice.