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Today's health care system wants strong leaders and management skills, and you can enhance your career through Loyola University's interactive curriculum. Management skills come from within. Gain the traits, skills and ways of thinking that define management in the health care field from Loyola University.
Loyola University New Orleans offers a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a specialization in Health Care Systems Management (HCSM). The HCSM program focuses on knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a variety of nursing leadership positions in health care organizations.
Loyola University New Orleans has been educating Nurses for over 25 years and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a Commission of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools*, to award bachelor, master, and doctor (juris doctor) degrees.
The HCSM program includes content in nursing administration, management, leadership, finance, quality improvement health promotion, disease prevention/management, integrated delivery systems, managed care strategies, and workforce management.
Networking with a community of fellow students from a broad range of career fields.
Loyola has also been named one of "America's 300 Best Buys" in Barron's Best Buys in College Education, and ranks in the top seven percent of the 1,500 colleges and universities ranked by Barron's.
Loyola University New Orleans was ranked sixth Best Master's University in the South in the 2010 edition of America's Best Colleges by U.S.News & World Report and ranked number two in U.S.News & World Report's Great Schools, Great Prices category. It has also been ranked for the last 19 years among the Top 10 Southern region schools in U.S.News & World Report.
Classes offered online - continue working full time and maintain your lifestyle while completing your degree.
Accreditation
Loyola University New Orleans is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Bachelor's, Master's, and JD (Juris Doctor) degrees.*
NLN Accreditation
Loyola's M.S.N. programs are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), 61 Broadway, 33rd Floor, New York, New York 10006 (800-669-1656 ext. 153).
Master of Science in Nursing specializing in HCSM
For busy nursing professionals ready to take their career to the next level, Loyola University New Orleans offers a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a specialization in Health Care Systems Management (HCSM) made available through a completely online format.
Making access to coursework, and a higher paying career, as easy as logging on to the internet, Loyola's MSN-HCSM curriculum provides students with a modern method in which to earn essential knowledge and skills. After just two years of study, these capabilities can be applied to a variety of in-demand nursing leadership roles.
MSN-HCSM curriculum covers a broad spectrum of topics ranging from nursing administration, management, to leadership, finance, quality improvement health promotion, disease prevention/management, integrated delivery systems, managed care strategies, and workforce management.
Blend Program (MSN Bridge)
If you are a Registered Nurse (RN) who is in possession of a non-nursing bachelor's degree, you may still be admitted to Loyola's Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program without first obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. To be admitted to the MSN program, you must complete Loyola's MSN B.L.E.N.D. (Bridge to Leadership Education for Nurses at a Distance) program, which is now offered fully online.
The online blend program incorporates higher level, undergraduate Nursing courses that serve as prerequisites to 700-level (graduate) nursing courses. This 6-credit bridge program covers important themes including Leadership, Health Promotion, Community, and Professional Development.
Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration - Forensic Science Administration
Designed in response to a growing need for criminal justice experts, Loyola’s MSCJA appeals to both public and private practitioners already working in the field. Long-term trends indicate modern public law enforcement agencies and corporate governance and security entities employ many of the same concepts, skills, and frameworks. Our MSCJA takes into account the needs and demands in both sectors and provides an overview of the foremost scientific knowledge, legal cases, administrative and management practices, and technical innovations employed in the public and private sectors.
Loyola’s MSCJA online program is highly recommended for individuals who want to advance in the public or private sector and/or those public law enforcement professionals seeking careers in the private security and loss prevention sector. The core curriculum integrates best practices required for both public and private sector administrators including such topical areas as:
- Practical applications of crime and organizational theory
- Crisis management and media relations
- Budget development, analysis, and management
- Assessment techniques for evaluation of organizational performance
- Ethics in public and private justice administration
- Resource development and grant writing
The Forensic Science Administration specialization is designed to provide professionals within the criminal justice field training in the proper use and management of forensic science tools and knowledge, including their limitations. Areas of study include relevant case law and legislation, standards of professionalism, and critical issues influencing the use of forensic science techniques, which may apply in various settings ranging from the crime scene to the courtroom.
Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration - Justice Administration
Designed in response to a growing need for criminal justice experts, Loyola’s MSCJA appeals to both public and private practitioners already working in the field. Long-term trends indicate modern public law enforcement agencies and corporate governance and security entities employ many of the same concepts, skills, and frameworks. Our MSCJA takes into account the needs and demands in both sectors and provides an overview of the foremost scientific knowledge, legal cases, administrative and management practices, and technical innovations employed in the public and private sectors.
Loyola’s MSCJA online program is highly recommended for individuals who want to advance in the public or private sector and/or those public law enforcement professionals seeking careers in the private security and loss prevention sector. The core curriculum integrates best practices required for both public and private sector administrators including such topical areas as:
- Practical applications of crime and organizational theory
- Crisis management and media relations
- Budget development, analysis, and management
- Assessment techniques for evaluation of organizational performance
- Ethics in public and private justice administration
- Resource development and grant writing
The Justice Administration specialization focuses on public law enforcement and covers a broad spectrum of topics such as organizational structure, leadership effectiveness, fiscal and resource management, personnel training and development, and emerging technologies used in law enforcement. The program will help to develop skills that are relevant to the effective management and administration of a law enforcement agency. This specialization will also benefit individuals in the public sector who aspire to move into the private sector. The curriculum in this program has been designed to include a number of “carry over” skills applicable to either the public or private justice administration fields.
PLEASE NOTE: All candidates must have a minimum undergrad GPA of 2.8 to apply for this degree program