Master of Science in Nursing – Nurse Executive Leadership Online
Broaden your influence in healthcare by combining advanced nursing practices with business and management expertise. This career-focused online program helps accelerate your path to senior leadership roles.
Program Overview
Elevate your career outlook through the online master’s in nurse executive leadership program
The online Master of Science in Nursing – Nurse Executive Leadership program at St. Thomas University empowers you to drive transformational change in the healthcare industry. Instruction by our supportive faculty enhances your ability to foster strategic partnerships, manage conflicts, and improve organizational outcomes across a wide range of real-world healthcare settings.
Benefit from easily accessible online coursework that emphasizes the importance of scholarly research, leadership theories as they apply to nursing management, financial processes, and HR competencies. The CCNE-accredited MSN Nurse Executive Leadership program supports your pursuit of professional certification and equips you with the real-world management experience needed to lead at the highest levels of nursing.
Learning Outcomes
- Collaborate effectively with healthcare professionals from various disciplines to enhance patient care and organizational efficiency
- Develop skills in communication, negotiation, and team management to lead diverse healthcare teams successfully
- Gain real-world leadership experience under the guidance of a seasoned nurse executive
- Develop the research skills needed to critically analyze and synthesize relevant literature in the area of a specific phenomenon
- Examine how health policies are formulated, how to affect this process, and how it impacts clinical practice and healthcare delivery
- Collaborate effectively with healthcare professionals from various disciplines to enhance patient care and organizational efficiency
- Develop skills in communication, negotiation, and team management to lead diverse healthcare teams successfully
- Gain real-world leadership experience under the guidance of a seasoned nurse executive
- Develop the research skills needed to critically analyze and synthesize relevant literature in the area of a specific phenomenon
- Examine how health policies are formulated, how to affect this process, and how it impacts clinical practice and healthcare delivery
Nursing Leadership Career Opportunities
- Nurse Executive
- Healthcare Administrator
- Clinical Nurse Leader
- Director of Nursing
- Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
- Nurse Executive
- Healthcare Administrator
- Clinical Nurse Leader
- Director of Nursing
- Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
Accreditation
The baccalaureate degree, master's degree, Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, and post-graduate certificate programs in nursing at St. Thomas University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.
Tuition
Pay your affordable tuition one course at a time
Tuition for the MSN – Nurse Executive Leadership online degree program is the same for in-state and out-of-state students and can be paid by the course. The total tuition is inclusive of all fees, including a technology fee for each course and lab fees for specific nursing courses. Tuition costs are subject to change at any time.
| Program | Per Credit Hour | Per 3 Hour Credit Course | Per Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSN – Nurse Executive Leadership | $605 | $1,890 | $23,635* |
Tuition breakdown:
Calendar
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The MSN – Nurse Executive Leadership online program is delivered in an online format ideal for working professionals, conveniently featuring multiple start dates each year. Choose the start date that's best for you.
| Term | Start Date | App Deadline | Document Deadline | Registration Deadline | Tuition Deadline | Class End Date | Term Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2 | 3/14/26 | 2/20/26 | 2/27/26 | 3/6/26 | 3/18/26 | 5/8/26 | 7 weeks |
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Admissions
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Our very reasonable admission requirements allow students from diverse academic backgrounds greater access to the MSN – Nurse Executive Leadership online program. You must possess an unencumbered RN license, a bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited nursing school, and submit transcripts from all institutions previously attended. Only students currently residing in Florida and Georgia can enter this program.
Admission Requirements:
- Free Application
- 3.0 cumulative GPA
- Active RN License
The following are required for admission to the MSN – Nurse Executive Leadership online program:
- Completed free application
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited nursing school
- Transcripts from all post-secondary institutions (unofficial transcripts are accepted)
- 3.0 or higher GPA
- Active and unencumbered Florida or Georgia nursing license
- Residency in Florida or Georgia
Official transcripts can be sent to St. Thomas University through Parchment and National Student Clearinghouse. Unofficial transcripts and other documents can be uploaded via your Admissions Portal or emailed to [email protected].
This program is only offered in Florida and Georgia.
Courses
Build advanced expertise through online MSN Nurse Executive Leadership coursework
The MSN – Nurse Executive Leadership online curriculum is comprised of 10 core courses for a total of 37 credits.
Courses in this program are seven weeks long. Courses during the two summer terms, however, are six weeks long.
Students will take the following courses.
Learning Outcomes
- Critically appraise health policies proposals and policies that encompass ethics, global health, health care disparities, uninsured, under-insured, complex health care financing issues, and the health care reform (Affordable Care Act).
- Analyze and discuss health services research, evidence-based practice policy and politics for implementation at the institutional, local, state, and federal level.
- Articulate social justice, health equity, and new policy issues to improve care delivery, patient outcomes, and the profession of nursing.
- Utilize leadership skills when developing and implementing policies in the workplace, government, professional organizations, and the community.
Learning Outcomes
- Critique and assess theories and conceptual models from nursing and related fields.
- Provide high-quality care to clients using the appropriate theories from the field of nursing.
- Effectively implement the principles of research and evidence-based practice.
- Understand the application of both classic and modern literature on development and implementation of Middle Range Theory and evidence-based practice (EBP).
- Critically appraise research study and articulate findings.
Learning Outcomes
- Employ culturally competent care practices for self, individuals, and families.
- Describe conceptual models and theories of cultural diversity and analyze the cultural patterns and behaviors of cultural values of diverse populations.
Learning Outcomes
- Articulate marketing and negotiating strategies to promote acceptance of the advance practice nurse within the practice management system.
- Investigate ethical issues and the cope of practice that governs the advanced practice nurse in Florida and/or other states.
- Evaluate the interprofessional collaborative healthcare team function of the Advanced Practice Nurse.
STU is ranked #80 in the “Best Regional Universities South” by U.S. News & World Report, 2022
*The total tuition is inclusive of all fees, including a technology fee for each course and lab fees for specific courses. Tuition costs are subject to change at any time.
