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:
- practices at the highest level of nursing by integrating nursing
science with ethics and the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical,
organizational and public health sciences;
- demonstrates organizational and systems leadership for quality and
safety in health care systems;
- utilizes clinical scholarship and analytical methods for
evidence-based practice;
- applies information systems and technology for the provision and/or
transformation of health care;
- leverages transdisciplinary collaboration for the improvement of
individual and population health outcomes;
- utilizes strategies of risk reduction/illness prevention, health
promotion, and health maintenance for individuals and populations; and
- 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.
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Course Name
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Credits
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First Semester
|
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Nursing Inquiry for Evidence Based Practice |
3 |
|
Advanced Nursing Health Policy |
3 |
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Analytic Approaches to Outcomes Management |
3 |
|
Capstone Project I |
1 |
|
Second Semester
|
|
Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care |
3 |
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Translating Evidence to Practice |
3 |
|
Health Economics and Finance |
3 |
|
Capstone Project II |
1 |
|
Third Semester
|
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Capstone Project III |
3 |
|
Electives |
6 |
|
Fourth Semester
|
|
Capstone Project IV |
3 |
|
Electives |
6 |