BSN to MSN: Nursing Leadership & Management

Your first step is to get in touch with any questions or submit the simple application for admission. After acceptance to the University as a candidate for graduate studies, we will assist you every step of the way toward acceptance into your academic program so you can enroll and begin your classes!

• Online

Applied Health Care Economics, Finance, and Budgeting (3 credits)

Demonstrate advanced knowledge of delivery of high quality, safe and effective health care in a cost-effective fashion. Factors affecting the financial health of an organization including economics, federal and state payment systems and regulations, and private insurance issues are investigated. Principles of health care financing, budgeting, cost/ benefit analysis, and fiscal reporting will be explored. The course will culminate in development of a business plan that demonstrates responsible management of financial resources.

Management and Organizational Behavior (3 credits)

Managers can be more effective leaders and decision makers by implementation of organizational behavior concepts, which focuses on understanding human behavior at the individual and group level within the context of an organization. Models that influence behavior such as group dynamics, organization culture, motivation, power and politics, and conflict management will be covered in this course.

Health Care Law & Policy (3 credits)

Analyze professional licensing regulations, practices that create legal liability for health care providers and health care institutions, requirements and pitfalls of reimbursement and payment systems, the decision making processes for death and dying, and the exploration of laws which may directly or indirectly impact health care.

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Shila Blend, MSN, RN
Deborah Cave, DNP, RN, CNE
Carol Ann Cavouras, RN, MS
Claudia Dietrich, MS, RN, NE-BC
Joan Doerner, EdD, RN
Christine Keller, MSN, RN
Julie Klein, PhD, RN, CNE
Janet Lakomy, PhD, RN
Joanne Lassiter, EdD, MSN, RN
Linda Liebert-Hall, JD
Billie Madler, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, FAANP
Lauren Terzo, MSN, RN, MBA, OCN
Karen Zimmerman, MSN, RN, DNP-S

• Tuition: $460 per credit
• Application fee: $45
• Technology fee: $43 per credit

For a full list of fees, visit our Tuition and Fees page.

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The following will be needed when you have applied for admission so we can get you accepted into the graduate program:

• Official transcripts showing a Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75.
  • Graduated from the University of Mary before? Then we’ll get your Mary transcript for you!
  • At most other schools, you can request transcripts by going to the National Student Clearinghouse or by contacting the registrar’s office. 
  • Have your transcripts sent to:
    Office of Admissions
    University of Mary
    7500 University Drive
    Bismarck, ND 58504
  • Or request to send electronic transcripts to registrar@umary.edu
• Current unencumbered RN license

For more information about our admission requirements, please visit this page.