The Doctor of Nursing (DNP) Program prepares advanced practice nurses to manage the care of individuals and families across the lifespan. The DNP is designed for nurses holding Masters in Nursing degrees with a NP, who are interested in completing course requirements leading to a doctoral degree in nursing. Graduates of this program are eligible to be leaders in the field of Nursing Practice and Education
Role and Qualifications
The 40-credit program, which is completed through precepted clinical settings, provides a flexible, executive-education format in which theoretical content of each course is taught in a one-weekend session, totaling three-weekend sessions per course. Each Weekend session is online (3 hours synchronous followed by 12 hours asynchronous).
Students are required to be on campus during the first weekend session of the program (Immersion Weekend) and the last weekend session of the program (DNP Project presentations). A detailed schedule will be provided for the on-campus sessions. The didactic portion will be taught using both face-to-face and web-enhanced pedagogical approaches for student/faculty collaboration, faculty presentations, and clarification of theoretical content.
All clinical courses are offered as immersion practicum experiences, conducted in faculty-approved, in-person, precepted clinical settings. Students are admitted to this program as a cohort in Spring and Fall.
Curriculum
The following course sequence is required for this curriculum of study.
Course No.
Course Title
Units
Clinical Hours
Year 1 | Semester 1
DNP 701
Doctor of Nursing Practice Roles and Theory Development
4/0
DNP 703
Information Systems for Quality Improvement of Patient Care
3/0
DNP 705
Health Care Organizational and Systems Leadership
3/0
Total Semester Units/Hours
10/0
Semester 2
DNP 707
Data Analysis
4/0
DNP 711
Quality Improvement and Management for Research and Practice
1/4
180
DNP 731
Health Care Policy and Advocacy
3/0
Total Semester Units/Hours
8/4
180
Semester 3
DNP 728
Seminar in Evidence-Based Quality Improvement for Scholarship and Practice
1/6
270
DNP 727
Health Care Organizational System Leadership and Financial Management
4/0
Total Semester Units/Hours
5/6
270
Year 2 | Semester 1
DNP 735
Clinical Preventions and Interventions for Population Health
