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2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
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NUR405 Introduction to Healthcare Finance (3 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): All 300 level courses or approval from the Program Director
This course introduces nurses to concepts in financial management. Students are exposed to different types of budgets, financial forecasting, determination of assets, valuation of nursing services, and preparation of nursing unit budgets across different types of nursing units.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Apply budgeting skills and technological tools to support financial and operational unit management.
  2. Discuss staffing resources including recruitment and retention of staff and their impact on the financial status of a patient care area.
  3. Analyze cost, revenue, and expense data related to financial operations for the healthcare unit/division and organization.
  4. Evaluate methods such as forecasting used for the development of operating budgets for nursing services.
  5. Discuss key issues impacting decision making in healthcare resource management.
  6. Describe the relationships between healthcare financing, costs, and quality of care.



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