The collaborative 100% online Nursing Home Administration Certificate is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to advance to management positions in a variety of long-term care and healthcare settings. The certificate is designed to give graduates a greater understanding of nursing home administration and management issues and prepare them for senior care management roles. Based on the location and geographic distribution of participating UW campuses in this program, the curriculum will also include significant content related to rural nursing home and healthcare issues.
Career-Defining Curriculum
This certificate offers working healthcare professionals pursuing a career in the long-term care (LTC) continuum, and professionals seeking career advancement in LTC, the knowledge and skills to become an effective and compassionate leader within the long-term care industry.
Certificate Requirements
Apply Your Certificate to a Graduate Degree
Certificate Outcomes
Upon completion of the graduate-level Nursing Home Administration Certificate, professionals will be able to:
- Evaluate the services and support of nursing home facilities through the oversight of psychological, physical, medical, and social needs of residents.
- Illustrate the ideal operations of nursing home facilities through financial management, risk management, human resources and the protection of the interests, safety, and well-being of residents of nursing homes.
- Recognize the application and oversite of environmental quality in a nursing home setting inclusive of regulatory compliance and the application of laws governing the operation of licensed nursing homes.
- Develop leadership and strategy through organizational management and practice elements of proper and effective administration of licensed nursing homes.
Make UW-Stout Your Home Campus
The graduate-level Nursing Home Administration Certificate is offered through the Master of Science in Healthcare Administration program. This certificate is offered as a collaborative program between University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and University of Wisconsin-Stout, with support from the UW Office of Online & Professional Learning Resources (formerly UW Extended Campus), bringing you the best and brightest healthcare management instructors.
Although you will take courses taught by faculty from all five partner campuses and complete your program entirely online, you will be asked to apply to a “home” campus. Your home campus is the institution from which you will receive financial aid (if you qualify), advising, career services, and ultimately, your diploma.
Accreditation
Whether online or on campus, University of Wisconsin programs have a reputation for delivering world-class education and student support. Accreditation is your assurance that you will graduate with skills that are relevant to your field and valued by employers. The graduate-level Nursing Home Administration Certificate is approved by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and is pending accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission.