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MSN Healthcare Admin & Quality

Graduate Programs
The MSN, Healthcare Administration & Quality track at MNU prepares nurse leaders to apply leadership and management skills, as well as designed to educate you to evaluate quality systems within healthcare organizations.

Fast Facts

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33 credit hours
Complete in 12-24 months or at your own pace

Niche Ranks MNU the Top Nursing School in Kansas

Niche 2025 Badge

Rigorous courses of study, state-of-the-art facilities, subject matter experts in the classroom, academic partnerships with regional hospitals, hands-on learning, and excellent career preparation — current students and recent grads alike sang the praises of MNU’s School of Nursing in the 2025 Niche rankings of Best Colleges in America. MNU was ranked the top nursing school in Kansas and #2 in the KC metro area.

AccelerateYour Career

We will prepare you to lead and to function successfully in healthcare administration positions ranging from nurse manager to CEO, within healthcare organizations. Students develop expertise in the management of human and fiscal resources, care delivery systems, quality and regulatory compliance, and strategic and financial planning.

Program Overview

Designed for licensed registered nurses with BSN degrees, this curriculum allows you to complete courses at your own pace. We offer full-time or part-time options. Each student is assigned an MSN faculty member as an advisor to assist them throughout the program.

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing and master degree program in nursing at MidAmerica Nazarene University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791

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Cost & Value

A degree from MNU is a competitively priced, affordable option designed for students with a busy schedule. We’re here to help you find the best options to assist you as you work toward earning your degree. Apply now or connect with admissions to learn more: pgadmissions@mnu.edu or 913.971.3800

Credit Hours:

33 total

Tuition:

Varies by program
See Program Costs for more information.

Payment Options

Your degree is an investment in your future. We have a variety of different payment options available, so you can choose the option or combination of options, that best fits your situation. The total cost will be calculated based on your program and can be divided into multiple payments.

Financial Aid Available

The Federal Direct Student Loan Program is an additional payment option. MNU School Code: 007032. Information and applications may be obtained from the Student Financial Aid Services Office at 913.971.3298 or finaid@mnu.edu.

Military/Veteran Financial Aid

MNU appreciates the service and protection that the Military provides for us all. We offer a Military Financial Aid Program that can help active military, veterans and their spouses reposition themselves in the working world.

The School of Nursing prepares nurse leaders for advanced roles in Health Care Administration, Nursing Education, and Healthcare Quality Management. MSN graduates guide, direct and educate others on providing professional nursing care. These graduates evaluate education, administration, and quality to incorporate research findings into evidence-based practice. The impact of national and international policy and events are studied so that graduates can respond to nursing needs on a local to international level now and in the future. These leaders are also competent in scholarship, critical thinking and cultural diversity, and will continue to grow as servant leaders striving for personal and professional excellence.

Accreditation

The master’s degree program in nursing at MidAmerica Nazarene University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Suite 750, Washington DC, 20001, 202-887-6791.

Accreditation assures you of the program’s credibility for future nursing positions and continued education in nursing.

The MBA program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.

Additionally, the University is authorized to offer associate’s degrees in all fields, bachelor’s degrees in all fields, and master’s degrees in the fields of Administration/Leadership, Business, Counseling, Education and Nursing. The University accreditation is through the Higher Learning Commission.

Outcomes

The faculty of the Graduate Studies in Nursing Department assist students to build on, at the graduate level, the five General Education Outcomes of the University. Graduate Nursing Students demonstrate competency in these outcomes before graduation. The outcomes, their definitions, and their defining characteristics relative to a master of science in nursing degree are:

  • Christlike Community

    • Faith Integration: Appreciate sacred Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience as the foundation to know the triune God – Father, Son, Spirit; as such, generating a deepened spiritual journey and allowing faith to guide advanced professional nursing practice.

    • Interprofessional Partnerships: Evaluate the effectiveness of interprofessional collaboration in optimizing patient care and outcomes. Propose innovative strategies for fostering collaborative relationships across professions and with care team members, including patients, families, and communities to enhance the healthcare experience and strengthen outcomes.

    • Professionalism: Develop and cultivate a sustainable professional identity that reflects nursing’s characteristics and values and demonstrates accountability, perspective, a collaborative disposition, and comportment.

  • Academic Excellence
    • Knowledge for Nursing Practice: Integrate, translate, and apply established and evolving knowledge from nursing and other disciplines to formulate sound clinical judgment and propose innovation in nursing practice.
    • Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline: Generate, synthesize, translate, apply, and disseminate nursing knowledge to improve health and transform healthcare.

    • Quality and Safety: Apply established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science to enhance quality and minimize harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.

    • Informatics and Healthcare Technology: Evaluate and integrate information and communication technologies and informatics processes that meet regulatory and professional standards and help manage and improve the delivery of safe, efficient, quality care.
  • Passion to Serve
    • Person Centered-Care: Design, deliver and evaluate comprehensive personalized healthcare that demonstrates a compassionate understanding of the patient’s development, social contexts, and values, as well as evidence-based practice.
    • Population Health: Analyze population health data to identify trends and disparities and propose evidence-based interventions. Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders across the care continuum to design and implement health promotion and disease prevention strategies for the improvement of equitable healthcare outcomes.
    • Systems-Based Practice: Support healthcare as a complex, adaptive and nuanced system and effectively coordinate resources to provide safe, quality, equitable care to diverse populations.
    • Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development: Acquire nursing expertise and affirm leadership through participating in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, well-being, and life-long learning.
Faculty Award
Nominations open for Daisy Faculty Award
The DAISY Foundation, as a part of its service to the nursing profession’s role in patient care, established the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty. The purpose of this program is to provide to colleges/schools of nursing a national recognition program they may use to demonstrate appreciation to educators for their commitment and inspirational influence on their students. The Foundation hopes that, in some way, this program will contribute to a positive work environment for faculty in schools.

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