Clinical Nurse Leader (MSN)

  • Master's Program
  • On Campus

Applications for the Clinical Nurse Leader Track are currently on hold. Please contact the Graduate Nursing Office if you are interested in any of the other MSN Tracks at msn@lasalle.edu.

What You’ll Learn

The Clinical Nurse track at La Salle prepares advanced generalists that plan to remain at the point of care to develop additional leadership skills. Nurses will be prepared to function as leaders and change agents within health care microsystems and fill a growing gap in health care organizations.

Why Study Nursing at La Salle?

La Salle University’s nursing programs are innovative, evidence-based, experiential, and interprofessional training to prepare nurses to become leaders within related fields. Students become educated professionals and prepare as leaders in practice, contributing to the advancement of the health and well-being of communities. CNLs act as clinicians, patient advocates, team leaders, information managers, systems analyst/risk anticipators, outcomes managers, educators, and lifelong learners.

Curriculum, Courses and Requirements

Highlighted Courses

NUR 631 – Clinical Outcomes Management

This course addresses clinical decision-making, management of patient care, evidence-based practice, and outcomes management. Students participate in the process of developing best practice guidelines for promoting, maintaining, and restoring health. Quality assurance, safety and risk reduction will be examined. Students begin to develop a leadership portfolio.

NUR 633 – Care Environment Management

This course investigates knowledge of complex health care systems including health care delivery models, financing, organization of health care systems, legislation affecting health care, and the role of professional nursing organizations in the health care environment. Students analyze the role of the CNL in health care systems.

NUR 634 – Field Study in Clinical Nurse Leadership

This course provides students the opportunity to participate in a leadership practicum with a mentor from a practice setting. Students complete their leadership portfolio that includes a capstone project demonstrating implementation of the leadership skills they have developed during their course of study.

Meet the Faculty

The Nursing faculty encourages our students to Explore, Experience, and Excel in a teaching-learning environment that fosters scholarship, collegiality, respect, and collaboration among learners and teachers. We focus on the care of vulnerable populations and respect the humanity of the people that we serve.

Career Opportunities

Our Nursing program has established strong ties with several senior centers, adult day care centers, hospitals, and other health care facilities within Philadelphia and the surrounding areas (including Montgomery, Bucks, and Delaware Counties as well as New Jersey). Clinical experiences associated with coursework may be assigned at institutions such as

  • Abington Memorial Hospital
  • Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Belmont Center for Comprehensive Care
  • Bryn Mawr Rehab
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
  • Christopher’s Hospital for Children
  • Cooper Medical Center
  • Doylestown Hospital
  • Friends Hospital
  • Shriner’s Hospital for Children
  • Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
  • Jefferson Health
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital,
  • Lankenau Hospital
  • Paoli Hospital
  • Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Mary Medical Center
  • Temple University Hospital
  • Various public, parochial, and private schools in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties.

Accreditation

La Salle’s BSN, MSN, DNP and APRN post-master’s certificate programs are fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Access the Graduate Nursing, Certificate, and RN to BSN Programs Student Handbook