DNP PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Building on current master's nursing program curricula, students in this post-master's DNP program are prepared at the most advanced level of nursing practice. Graduates are educated to effectively advance the management of individuals, families, and populations; improve the safety and quality of patient care; apply informatics to practice and health care problems; administer health care programs and organizations; and develop and implement health policy.

At the completion of the DNP program, the graduate:

1. practices at the highest level of nursing by integrating nursing science with ethics and the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, organizational and public health sciences;
2. demonstrates organizational and systems leadership for quality and safety in health care systems;
3. utilizes clinical scholarship and analytical methods for evidence-based practice;
4. applies information systems and technology for the provision and/or transformation of health care;
5. leverages transdisciplinary collaboration for the improvement of individual and population health outcomes;
6. utilizes strategies of risk reduction/illness prevention, health promotion, and health maintenance for individuals and populations; and
7. develops, evaluates, advocates and provides leadership for health care policy that shapes health care financing, regulation, access, and delivery.

Course of Study
The 38-credit DNP program includes 18 credits of required DNP core, 12 credits of elective in the student's focus specialty area, and 8 credits for the required capstone project.