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Nursing Leadership Excellence Certificate Program
Advance Your Nursing Career with Flexible,
Self-Paced Leadership Training
Are you a nurse ready to lead with confidence, drive positive change, and make a greater impact in your healthcare organization? The Nursing Leadership Excellence Certificate Program is designed for current and aspiring nurse leaders who want to strengthen their leadership skills, improve healthcare outcomes, and advance their careers.
This comprehensive, self-paced online program includes 9 interactive ANCC approved modules that align with national healthcare leadership standards and offer practical strategies and tools for immediate application across diverse healthcare settings.
Earn a leadership certificate to enhance your career while fulfilling continuing education (CE) requirements for your professional license renewal.
Courses in this program are pre‑approved for a total of:
- 25 CE/contact hours for Nurses (ANCC)
- 23.5 CEs for Case Managers (CCMC)
- 21.5 CEs for Rehabilitation Counselors (CRCC).
Gain practical skills in communication, delegation, team management, quality improvement, and more!
Who Should Enroll?
- Charge and Lead Nurses
- Nurse Managers and Supervisors
- Nurse Educators
- Clinical Coordinators and Supervisors
- Nurses preparing for leadership roles
- Aspiring leaders
Key Benefits
- Developed by experienced nurse educators and healthcare leadership experts.
- Learn at your own pace—anytime, anywhere.
- Upon successful completion of the program, participants will automatically receive a downloadable and printable certificate to verify and showcase their achievement.
What You’ll Learn – Course Modules Overview
Applying Leadership Theories in Healthcare
Explore core leadership theories and frameworks to guide your nursing practice, inspire teams, respond to healthcare challenges, and improve care outcomes.
Integrating Clinical Reasoning, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Judgment
Enhance clinical decision-making using advanced thinking strategies and health technologies to provide ethical, person-centered care in complex patient scenarios.
Mastering the Art of Delegation in Nursing
Improve patient safety and team efficiency by learning how to delegate with confidence and clarity. Explore tools and strategies to overcome common pitfalls and barriers, apply clinical standards, and continuously evaluate and enhance delegation practices.
Learn to lead cohesive healthcare teams by effectively managing conflict, communicating with purpose, retaining talent, and fostering a culture grounded in collaboration and shared goals.
Conflict Resolution in Healthcare
Strengthen your ability to manage conflict with empathy and professionalism. Learn practical strategies to navigate tough conversations, reduce workplace tension, and promote equity in healthcare settings.
Healthcare Leaders as Change Agents
Lead transformative change using trusted models like Lewin’s, Kotter’s™, and ADKAR®, and gain the confidence to overcome resistance and achieve lasting impact.
Optimizing Healthcare Delivery Through Strategic Nurse Leadership
Understand the vital role nurse leaders play in advancing staff development, shaping policy, and streamlining systems—while using data and strategic planning to lead change.
Healthcare Finance (Part 1): Leading Cost Management
Gain essential healthcare finance knowledge, including budgeting, resource allocation, and productivity tracking, to support cost-effective decision-making in nursing leadership.
Healthcare Finance (Part 2): Leading Quality Improvement
Learn how to apply Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and lean management strategies to optimize care delivery and lead to measurable improvements in patient outcomes.
Enroll Today
Ready to elevate your leadership potential? Enroll in the Nursing Leadership Excellence Certificate Program and take the next step in your nursing career!
Interested in developing your team’s leadership capacity? Ask us about professional partnership opportunities to help support your goals.
Additional Program Details
Each course module includes a final quiz that must be passed with 80% or more. Final quizzes may be re-taken as often as needed. Individual course certificates will be available immediately upon completion of each course.
The final program certificate will be available immediately upon completion of all 9 course modules included in the program.
Access to this program expires one year from date of purchase.
Courses in this program are also individually available in our CE subscriptions without the final program certificate.