Jul 01, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

HLTH 4914 - Internship in Nursing Home Administration


This course provides a 600 hour field experience utilizing the operational skills necessary to manage a Nursing Home. Students work under the direct supervision of a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator and carry out assigned tasks, which may include, but are not limited to, the direct provision of care, development of programs, maintenance of systems, management of data, projects, plans of action, and other administrative tasks. Students will have optimal time and experience to integrate information learned throughout their academic experience and apply it in a Nursing Home Administration line of service setting.

Requisites: HLTH 4050 and Permission required
Credit Hours: 8
OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Learning and Doing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 40.0 internship
Grades: Eligible Grades: F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to engage in direct provision of care in Nursing Home Administration (NHA)
  • Students will be able to integrate development of programs in NHA
  • Students will be able to observe maintenance of systems in NHA
  • Students will be able to perform management of data in NHA
  • Students will be able to complete projects in NHA
  • Students will be able to identify plans of action in NHA
  • Students will be able to accept other administrative tasks in NHA


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