Master of Science in Nursing
Leadership in Healthcare Ecosystems
Master of Science in Nursing
Leadership in Healthcare Ecosystems
Linfield’s leadership in healthcare ecosystems MSN program incorporates the fields of economics, environmental, social and health sciences to address current and future challenges to healthcare delivery. The program addresses these challenges while advocating for a sustainable and just healthcare ecosystem. Linfield, known for its student-focused programs, designed this degree to meet the growing needs of the healthcare industry and the work-life balance of nurses.
In the MSN Program at Linfield
you will take:
Provides a foundation for understanding the concept of healthcare ecosystem, its relationships with nursing and the role of nursing leaders. Using a multidisciplinary perspective, core concepts of the healthcare ecosystem will be explored and analyzed as they relate to the nurse clinician, educator and leader. (NURS 500)
Nursing and the Healthcare Ecosystem
Provides a foundation for understanding the concept of healthcare ecosystem, its relationships with nursing and the role of nursing leaders. Using a multidisciplinary perspective, core concepts of the healthcare ecosystem will be explored and analyzed as they relate to the nurse clinician, educator and leader. (NURS 500)
Explores policies (internal and external) in the healthcare ecosystem that impact the delivery of quality health care outcomes of populations. Utilize professional advocacy to incorporate social, economic, cultural and political considerations into the care of populations. (NURS 501)
Policy Advocacy and Social Justice
Explores policies (internal and external) in the healthcare ecosystem that impact the delivery of quality health care outcomes of populations. Utilize professional advocacy to incorporate social, economic, cultural and political considerations into the care of populations. (NURS 501)
Explores organizational and systems leadership skills such as: systems thinking, ethical and critical decision making; interprofessional team development and leadership; succession planning and change management. (NURS 511)
Leading Through Change
Explores organizational and systems leadership skills such as: systems thinking, ethical and critical decision making; interprofessional team development and leadership; succession planning and change management. (NURS 511)
The MSN program at Linfield
Learning Outcomes
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Integrate nursing and interprofessional sciences to transform current systems.
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Analyze healthcare ecosystems.
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Advance nursing practice through policy changes, advocacy strategies and use of technology.
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Demonstrate nursing leadership in the synthesis of health determinants in ecosystems toward improving human health.
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Meet our MSN faculty
| Gary Laustsen: Professor, MSN Program Coordinator | Morgan A. Torris-Hedlund: Assistant Professor |
| Kimberly Dupree Jones: Dean of Nursing | Ericka Waidley: Assistant Professor |
| Naomi Pitcock: Associate Professor, MSN Program Coordinator | Mindy Zeitzer: Assistant Professor |
| Henny Breen: Professor | Susan Givens Bell: Assistant Professor |
| Ingrid Flanders, BSN, MN, FNP-C: Assistant Professor | Kathryn Crabtree: Assistant Professor |
| Paul Smith: Associate Dean of Nursing | Kiki Fornero: Assistant Professor |
| Elizabeth Straus: Assistant Professor |
Request more information
Do you have questions about the Master of Science in Nursing program at Linfield? Reach out! We'd love to connect with you.
Gary Laustsen
Professor and MSN Program Coordinator
971-369-4163
glaustsen@linfield.edu
Naomi Pitcock
Associate Professor and MSN Program Coordinator
971-369-4202
npitcock@linfield.edu
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