SIGMA'S NURSE MANAGER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

The Sigma Nurse Manager Certificate Program is a self-paced, online tutorial and certification exam to develop students’ nursing management competencies and prepare them for their aspirations as nurse managers. When a student successfully completes 86 hours, they receive a certificate of completion from Sigma Theta Tau, the International nursing honors society. The evidence-based curriculum in the Sigma Nurse Manager Certificate Program was developed by experienced clinical and academic nurses. Course work consists of teaching materials, self-assessments and case studies, and includes exercises focusing on team building, mentoring, conflict resolution, budgeting, data analysis, quality processes and more.

Online courses include:

• Using Evidence to Guide Decision Making and Management Practice
• Introduction to Administrative, Management and Organizational Theories
• Using Evidence to Guide Strategic Planning
• Human Resources: Issues and Strategies
• Project Management
• Managing the Team
• Patient Safety in the Health Care Workplace
• Using Evidence to Determine Resources Demands and Allocation
• Building a Better Business Plan
• Safety for the Health Care Worker
• Ethical Principles for Nurse Managers
• Facilitating Staff Development
• Nursing Liability
• Legal Documentation and Defenses

This program is available to everyone interested in nursing leadership and management. A Sigma Theta Tau chapter on campus is not a mandate for providing this program.