Nursing Leadership Certificate
Accelerate your growth. Lead healthcare with impact.
Elevate Your Nursing Leadership
As a nurse, you are more than just a caregiver, an educator, and a patient advocate. You are the eyes and ears of your healthcare organization, making a critical impact on enterprise-level decisions. Consequently, the need for nurse leadership has soared to an all-time high, driven by a host of complex challenges, including a shortage of nurses, a rise in chronic disease, and an aging baby boomer population.
The Nursing Leadership Certificate program from Emory Executive Education is designed and led by Emory’s foremost thought leaders in business and nursing leadership. Dane Peterson, former president and chief operating officer; Bob Dent, vice president of patient services and chief nursing officer; Trina Geyer, director of nursing leadership and development; and other Emory Healthcare leaders bring their vast experience and expertise in nursing leadership, healthcare and business management, patient care, and finance to the program. The five-month immersive curriculum is focused on providing the frameworks, skills, and experience you need to develop innovative healthcare delivery models and create a strategic vision to lead your team of nurses and your organization through any healthcare challenge.
ANCC Accreditation
The Nursing Leadership Certificate Program has been approved for 51.3 contact hours through the Emory Nursing Professional Development Center. Emory Nursing Professional Development Center (ENPDC) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.
Who Is This Program For?
The Nursing Leadership Certificate program is ideal for you if you are:
A current or new nurse executive who is seeking to enhance your business acumen and nursing skill set
An aspiring nurse executive who will soon take on leadership challenges in your healthcare organization
A senior nursing leader looking to acquire new skills and expand your influence as you move toward an executive-level position
Participants are required to have:
Minimum 10 years of combined experience in nursing and management roles
Fluency in written and spoken English
Designed for Success
Structured with the needs of busy nursing leaders in mind, you will learn through online sessions, including guest lectures from top nursing executives in the healthcare industry. The flexible nature of the Nursing Leadership Certificate program allows you to customize your learning journey for maximum career and business impact.
Flexible
Complete the program at your own pace, engaging in just three to five hours of learning time per week around your busy work schedule.
Interact
Grow your network by interacting with a global cohort of nursing leaders. Learn from world-renowned faculty and glean insights from industry experts with extensive experience in the nursing sector.
Grow
Gain in-depth knowledge and skills that are fundamental to advancing your career and enable you to thrive as a nursing leader. Inspire colleagues by building a shared vision that considers the unique needs of patient care delivery and the business needs of healthcare organizations.
"Complexity in healthcare is uncertain. Change is inevitable. Leading change in complex healthcare situations and settings, during rapidly successive crises, requires intentional leader development and organizational commitment to advance evidence, abilities, ethical care, resilience, and innovation. The Nursing Leadership Certificate program from Emory Executive Education offers current and aspiring nurse executives the space to learn, reimagine, and grow through volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous healthcare times. Join us!"
— Trina Geyer, PhD, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, Co-Director, Nursing Leadership Certificate; Director of Nursing Leadership and Development, Emory Healthcare
What You Will Learn in the Program
The program will help you:
Understand the forces of change impacting today’s healthcare organizations, the specific needs of organizations, and the nursing leader's role in driving transformation
Sharpen your communication, conflict management, and influencing skills
Strengthen your decision making and better manage people, teams, and conflicts in your role
Develop strategies to guide yourself and your team of nurses and manage team performance
Identify your organization's strategic placement of incentives to better motivate people and teams, manage key drivers of healthcare spending, and improve patient care
Learn to manage clinical operations, liaising between the nursing, administration, and medical staff while ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of care
Evaluate your organization’s current tools and methods for assessing well-being and create a well-being initiative to propose to your organization
Acquire skills that are instrumental to navigating the complexities of healthcare and emerge as a leader who can mobilize teams to effect patient and organizational change
Gain new perspectives, skills, and tools to play a more strategic role in decision making, change initiatives, and the future success of your organization
Program Highlights
ANCC Accreditation
The Nursing Leadership Certificate Program has been approved for 51.3 contact hours through the Emory Nursing Professional Development Center.
Immerse yourself in an in-depth curriculum that is designed to equip nurses with the skills of the future, including leadership, personnel management, and finance.
Participate in a highly focused learning journey that examines leadership through the lens of nursing.
Leverage evidence-based frameworks and the real-world expertise of Emory nursing and business leaders to create innovative solutions for the challenges you face at work.
Apply your learning in real time as you develop effective strategies to navigate the complex healthcare landscape in a capstone project.
Join an active learning community of today’s nursing leaders and discover how your peers are making an impact on the health of their patients and the success of their organizations.
Earn a cutting-edge certificate that provides a unique combination of practical experience in leadership, business, and finance, complementing advanced nursing degrees, such as the MSN or DNP.
A Practical Curriculum for Leaders in Nursing
The program’s curriculum is structured around four overarching areas of nursing leadership that are designed to elevate your success as a nursing leader: business; finance; building and leading teams; and diversity, equity, and inclusion. You will learn the skills needed to navigate the current complexities of healthcare and emerge as an effective leader who can drive positive change for patients and healthcare organization.
Note: Session topics and the order of the modules are subject to change.
Capstone Project
As a key part of the program, you will address a real-world business challenge you might encounter in the role of a nursing leader. Drawing on core concepts, you will demonstrate your ability to help improve patient care, ensure the well-being of your nursing team, and guide executive-level decision-making within your organization. You will come away with a series of application examples that you can reference and refine as you advance in your leadership career.
Meet the Faculty
This program is designed and taught by thought leaders who bring to the curriculum cutting-edge scholarship, extensive experience in the healthcare industry, and rich insights into the skills and frameworks needed to be a successful nursing leader. Industry experts and guest speakers also share their knowledge of best practices in nursing leadership and healthcare management.
Co-Director, Nursing Leadership Certificate; Director of Nursing Leadership and Development, Emory Healthcare
Co-Director, Nursing Leadership Certificate; Professor in the Practice of Organization and Management, Emory Goizueta Business School; Faculty Director, Woodruff Leadership Academy, Emory Woodruff Health Sciences Center
Associate Vice President, Strategic Planning, Woodruff Health Sciences Center; Vice President, Strategic Planning, Emory Healthcare
Co-Chief Well-Being Officer, Office of Well-Being; Vice President of Practice and Innovation, Emory Healthcare; Adjunct Associate Professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Vice President, Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Emory Decatur Hospital, Emory Long-Term Acute Care
Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Emory Healthcare, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
Associate Dean for Community, Engagement, Equity, and Inclusion/Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer; Professor and Vice-Chair of Faculty Equity, Engagement, and Empowerment,...
Chief Financial Officer, Emory Healthcare
Associate Professor in the Practice of Organization and Management, Emory Goizueta Business School
Vice President for Global Health; Director, Emory Global Health Institute
President and Chief Executive Officer, Regenstrief Institute Inc.
Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Emory Healthcare
Professor in the Practice of Organization and Management, Emory Goizueta Business School
Co-Chief Well-Being Officer, Office of Well-Being; Professor of Urology, Emory University School of Medicine; Vice Chair of Education and Faculty Affairs, Department of Urology
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Accounting, Emory Goizueta Business School
Professor in the Practice of Finance, Emory Goizueta Business School
Professor in the Practice of Organization and Management, Emory Goizueta Business School
Organizational Psychologist
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be awarded a verified digital certificate by Emory Executive Education. The certificate will be a recognition of your achievement in the Nursing Leadership Certificate program. The program is also approved for 51.3 contact hours through the Emory Nursing Professional Development Center.
FAQs
Didn’t find what you were looking for? Write to us at learner.success@emeritus.org or Schedule a call with one of our Program Advisors or call us at +1 585 549 3600 (US) / +44 113 519 1455 (UK) / +65 3138 1545 (SG)
Early registrations are encouraged. Seats fill up quickly.
Flexible payment options are available.
Starts On