Doctor of Nursing Practice D.N.P.
Program description
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program is offered as the post-baccalaureate with specialty (12 specialties). The School of Nursing also offers a post-master's DNP program for students who have completed a master's degree in a nursing practice specialty.
The DNP program is an innovative, practice-focused program that prepares students to be leaders in health care, develop quality improvement, and systems problem solving. It prepares nurses to create and lead new models of care delivery for communities locally, across the nation, and around the world. Students work with faculty who are leaders in their fields and on the cutting edge of nursing research and practice. These experts become mentors and guide students through the program. The unique, interdisciplinary core curriculum is divided into the following four areas.
1. DNP core - Includes science of nursing intervention, moral and ethical positions, research, statistics, program evaluation, evidence-based practice, epidemiology, informatics, leadership, health economics, health policy, and teaching and learning.
2. DNP specialty core - Prepares students for advanced clinical practice; includes physiology, pharmacology, pharmacotherapeutics, and advanced health assessment.
3. DNP specialization - Prepares graduates for certification in their chosen specialty by a national certifying body and includes:
a. Advanced clinical practice with specialty-specific courses for each of the areas of clinical specialization
b. Other specialization in innovation and leadership, informatics, and integrative health and healing
4. DNP project - Completed by all students in a three-semester sequence during which the project is planned, implemented, evaluated, and disseminated
The School of Nursing and the School of Public Health offer a DNP/MPH-Public Health Practice dual degree program. This dual degree option provides students with a unique opportunity to provide advanced nursing care as leaders of inter-professional health care teams, emphasizing population-focused practice, and quality improvement to impact patient outcomes.
The DNP program is an innovative, practice-focused program that prepares students to be leaders in health care, develop quality improvement, and systems problem solving. It prepares nurses to create and lead new models of care delivery for communities locally, across the nation, and around the world. Students work with faculty who are leaders in their fields and on the cutting edge of nursing research and practice. These experts become mentors and guide students through the program. The unique, interdisciplinary core curriculum is divided into the following four areas.
1. DNP core - Includes science of nursing intervention, moral and ethical positions, research, statistics, program evaluation, evidence-based practice, epidemiology, informatics, leadership, health economics, health policy, and teaching and learning.
2. DNP specialty core - Prepares students for advanced clinical practice; includes physiology, pharmacology, pharmacotherapeutics, and advanced health assessment.
3. DNP specialization - Prepares graduates for certification in their chosen specialty by a national certifying body and includes:
a. Advanced clinical practice with specialty-specific courses for each of the areas of clinical specialization
b. Other specialization in innovation and leadership, informatics, and integrative health and healing
4. DNP project - Completed by all students in a three-semester sequence during which the project is planned, implemented, evaluated, and disseminated
The School of Nursing and the School of Public Health offer a DNP/MPH-Public Health Practice dual degree program. This dual degree option provides students with a unique opportunity to provide advanced nursing care as leaders of inter-professional health care teams, emphasizing population-focused practice, and quality improvement to impact patient outcomes.