Program Director

Dr. Josanne Wollenhaupt
Office: CC-117
Phone: (414) 277-4533
Email: wollenha@msoe.edu

A Master of Science in Nursing (MSN): Health Care Systems Management from MSOE, with its unique blend of nursing, business, and engineering concepts, will equip graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to function effectively in the health care environment. MSOE’s MSN program is based on the fact that nurses at mid-management, executive levels and nurse entrepreneurs must have the capacity to manage financial resources, manage human capital, analyze large data sets, understand complex organizational systems, and ensure quality and safety, all through the lens of nursing practice. The curriculum in the MSN program meets this need by blending the expertise of the faculty of the School of Nursing and the Rader School of Business with the student’s knowledge and experience. The MSN in Health Care Systems Management is best described as a graduate degree in nursing blended with business concepts.

Designed to accommodate busy working professionals, courses are available via blended-online format. This combines the benefits of face-to-face interaction with the convenience of online learning. The blended-online delivery format provides flexibility to balance graduate education with work and family responsibilities.

Faculty

Dr. Debra L. Jenks, Dr. Josanne Wollenhaupt, Dr. Jane Paige, Dr. Renee Wenzlaff, Dr. Victoria Carlson-Oehlers, Brian King,   Rhonda Powell, Catherine Leffler, Christine Olson

Program Goals

Program goals are broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the academic program is preparing the graduates to achieve. Graduates of the MSN program will:

1. Lead others and manage resources in complex health care systems with a sense of social and ethical responsibility.
2. Have the knowledge and skills desired by employers to progress in their desired career path.
3. Improve systems in health care to positively impact outcomes for patients, families, and communities.

Student Outcomes

Student outcomes are narrower statements that describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation. Graduates of the MSN program will:

1. Exhibit exemplary professional practice in the role of leader, mentor and role model for nurses.
2. Effectively lead and manage the nursing workforce and/or interprofessional teams to deliver high quality, safe patient care.
3. Understand and utilize evidence based practice in making decisions that are clinically and fiscally responsible.
4. Create an environment where relationships are valued, shared decision making is expected and where patient care is the main focus.
5. Recognize the professional, ethical and social responsibility inherent in the role of manager and leader.
6. Manage the process of change with a strategic plan that moves the organization forward with an awareness of systems and operational issues.
7. Embrace the use of a variety of technologies as an efficient and effective method to support data drive decisions as well as deliver high quality patient care.
8. Value the importance of engaging in ongoing personal and professional development through a process of lifelong learning.