| Course | NURS 524 Systems Management and Leadership for Nurse Leaders (NURS524) |
|---|---|
| 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 524 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What NURS 524 covers
Three textbooks frame the course: Kelly and Tazbir's Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management, Porter-O'Grady and Malloch's Leadership in Nursing Practice, and O'Brien's Servant Leadership in Nursing, which carries the final two weeks. Forum threads must reach 500 words with course knowledge, and each of two replies must reach 250 words with APA citations.
The shorter papers each require three to five scholarly sources beyond the textbooks: a three-to-five page literature review on how strategic planning affects patient outcomes, a two-to-three page paper on the concept of power and nursing's influence, and a three-to-five page paper drawing on the student's own experience of teams. The Christian Nurse Leader Paper runs ten to fifteen pages on servant leadership with five to seven scholarly sources plus the textbooks and the Bible, preceded by an annotated bibliography in Week 4.
This course is designed for students who desire to develop skills in the areas of leadership and management who plan to utilize their selected area of advanced practice and knowledge as nurse leaders within healthcare organizations. Students will investigate content areas that will build knowledge and expertise in working with systems theories, high performing work teams, information systems, change theories and theories of organizational behavior. Leadership styles and innovations styles will be explored.
NURS 524 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Reflective Exercise 1 | 75 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | Discussion Board Forum 1: 500-word thread and two 250-word replies | 50 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Strategic Planning Literature Review, 3 to 5 pages, 3 to 5 scholarly sources | 125 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Political Power in Nursing paper, 2 to 3 pages, 3 to 5 sources (75), and the Annotated Bibliography for the servant leadership paper (75) | 150 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | The Influence of Teams on Patient Outcomes, 3 to 5 pages from personal experience, 3 to 5 sources | 100 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | Reflective Exercise 2 | 125 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Reflective Exercise 3 (100) and Discussion Board Forum 2 (50) | 150 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Christian Nurse Leader Paper on servant leadership, 10 to 15 pages, 5 to 7 scholarly sources plus textbooks and the Bible | 225 | Read the Week 8 sample |
Where NURS 524 papers lose points
Papers in NURS 524 lose points when reflection stays general instead of drawing on the student's own leadership experience, when the literature review summarizes articles one by one without synthesizing them, and when servant leadership is described as niceness rather than as a model with measurable effects on staff and patients.
Using a NURS 524 sample well
Read each sample for how personal experience, the textbooks and recent research are woven together. Your course supplies its own prompts and reflective questions; use these pages to see the depth, structure and balance of sources each one needs.
NURS 524 questions, answered
What textbooks does NURS 524 use?
Kelly and Tazbir's Essentials of Nursing Leadership and Management, Porter-O'Grady and Malloch's Leadership in Nursing Practice, and O'Brien's Servant Leadership in Nursing.
How long is the NURS 524 Christian Nurse Leader Paper?
It is a 10 to 15 page research-oriented paper on servant leadership in current APA, with 5 to 7 scholarly sources in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible, preceded by an annotated bibliography.
How many sources do the shorter NURS 524 papers need?
The strategic planning literature review, the political power paper and the teams paper each require three to five scholarly sources in addition to the course textbooks.
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