Learning Path

Sigma's Nurse Manager Certificate Program

​The Nurse Manager Certificate Program is a robust Web-based educational tool using the latest evidence-based content. It is designed to help develop nursing management competencies necessary to function in today's fast-paced and ever-changing health care environment.

Sigma Theta Tau International's Nurse Manager Certificate Program:

The curriculum and content were created by nurses with both academic and clinical expertise in leadership and management.
Each course contains didactic content and learner activities designed to involve and engage the learner.
Nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hours are awarded for successful completion of each course.
Total Program NCPD hours: 76.75
When all the courses in the program and the post-assessment have been completed (passed with a score of 80% or higher), the learner will receive a Certificate of Completion of Sigma Theta Tau International's Nurse Manager Certificate Program.

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6 Lessons

Introduction to Administrative, Management, & Organizational Theories

This course is designed to introduce the learner to the ways in which theory-guided evidence can assist managers with planning, decision making, and understanding relationships. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Using Evidence to Guide Decision Making & Management Practices

This course is designed to educate the learner on the steps required in applying evidence to administrative decision making. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Using Evidence to Guide Strategic Planning

Introduces theory-guided evidence for strategic planning, reviewing key methods and how evidence supports administrative practice. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

The Art of Leading

This course will discuss leadership and explore the components of what makes up leadership. It will also address creating a shared vision, empowerment, and staff recognition. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Human Resources: Issues and Strategies

To introduce the learner to human resources management, with a specific focus on recruitment and hiring practices. Strategies to create a positive work environment and increase staff retention will also be discussed. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Project Management

The purpose of this course is to introduce the learner to the steps involved in project management, including how to select the appropriate members of the project management team. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Managing the Team

This course will expose the learner to ways teams are formed, provide managers with effective skills to build and lead a team, and assist managers in dealing with conflict within a team structure. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Patient Satisfaction

This course will explore the nurse manager's role in patient satisfaction and address meeting administrative expectations, getting staff on board with initiatives, and excelling in patient satisfaction. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Facilitating Staff Development

Covers effective staff development principles and their value to staff, patients, and organizations, plus tools to assess competency and learning needs. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Patient Safety in the Healthcare Workplace

Explores errors and near-miss events in health care delivery and how understanding them can improve staff and patient safety. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Creating Budgets and Business Plans

Covers health care costs, budgeting, business plan components, financial planning concepts, and how to present a plan. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Safety for the Health Care Worker

Builds skills to ensure a safe, healthful health care workplace, covering risk identification, employee rights, and disaster preparedness. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Nursing Liability

This course is designed to educate the learner on the standards and legal issues applicable to nurse managers and nursing staff in the litigious and highly regulated health care environment. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Legal Documentation and Defenses

This course is designed to educate the learner on legal documentation, consent and refusal, and patient outcomes as they relate to legal defenses in nursing practice. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Ethical Principles for Nurse Managers

This course is designed to facilitate a better understanding of ethical issues and the application of this understanding for making decisions in health care delivery. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

6 Lessons

Life Balance for Nurse Managers

This course is designed to assist nurse managers to make informed, thoughtful choices based on an understanding of the importance of both personal and professional life balance. Course Expires: 06/23/29.

3 Lessons

Sigma Theta Tau International's Nurse Manager Certificate Program

This contains the program's post-assessment test and evaluation. Expires: 06/23/29.

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