| Course | NURS 522 Performance Management in Healthcare (NURS522) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | MSN |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 8 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 8 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published NURS 522 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What NURS 522 covers
Two textbooks carry the course: Poister, Aristigueta and Hall on managing and measuring performance in public and nonprofit organizations, and Wheelan's Creating Effective Teams, whose stages of group development and organization support checklist appear in the Week 3 and Week 4 work. Students are placed in groups for three collaborative forums.
Each blog post must run at least 500 words with one peer-reviewed article from the past five years and biblical principles, followed by three replies of at least 250 words that do the same. The reflection paper runs three to five pages, the article critique two to four, and the two papers six to eight pages with at least five peer-reviewed journal articles in addition to the textbooks and the Bible.
This course will allow students to explore the concepts that support a sound approach to managing performance. Performance management is a proactive and ongoing process which strives to align individual, unit, and/or team performance with the mission, vision, and strategic goals of the organization. When organizational goals are established, performance metrics are created along with a methodical measurement process that will support analysis of performance. Performance management also implies that leaders are managing their individual staff through relationship and rapport building, investment in the ongoing growth of employees, goal setting, motivating and rewarding staff, and giving feedback at regular intervals.
NURS 522 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Reflection Paper on current impressions of performance management, 3 to 5 pages, 2+ peer-reviewed sources from the past 5 years | 100 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | Blog 1: 500-word post with a recent peer-reviewed article and biblical principles, plus 3 replies of 250 words | 75 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Article Critique of the article provided, 2 to 4 pages (100), and the Wheelan Organization Support Checklist (50) | 150 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Group Discussion Board Forum 1 | 100 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | Paper 1 on the course topic, 6 to 8 pages, 5+ peer-reviewed articles | 100 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | Group Discussion Board Forum 2 | 100 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Blog 2 with 3 replies (75) and Group Discussion Board Forum 3 (100) | 175 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Paper 2 on the course topic, 6 to 8 pages, 5+ peer-reviewed articles | 200 | Read the Week 8 sample |
Where NURS 522 papers lose points
Work in this course loses points when sources are older than five years, when the Bible is quoted without being applied to the management question, and when papers describe performance management in general instead of naming measures, targets and the people responsible for them.
Using a NURS 522 sample well
Read each sample for how it pairs a measure or team concept with a real unit problem and current evidence. The blog topics, the article to critique and the paper topics are set in your course shell, so write to those; these pages show the structure and depth each one needs.
NURS 522 questions, answered
What textbooks does NURS 522 use?
Poister, Aristigueta and Hall's Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations and Wheelan's Creating Effective Teams, alongside the Bible and current peer-reviewed articles.
How long are the NURS 522 papers?
The reflection paper runs 3 to 5 pages, the article critique 2 to 4 pages, and Papers 1 and 2 run 6 to 8 pages each with at least five peer-reviewed journal articles plus the textbooks and the Bible.
What are the NURS 522 blog requirements?
Each blog post is at least 500 words with one peer-reviewed article from the past five years and biblical principles, and each of the three required replies is at least 250 words with its own recent article.
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