Excellence Cornered
The East Baltimore campus, also known as the “four corners,” is one of few campuses in the world where highly ranked schools of nursing, medicine, and public health are adjacent to one another and within steps of a top-ranked hospital.
Center for Innovative
Care in Aging
A new, interprofessional initiative to develop, advance, and support the well-being of older adults and their families.
Weekly Tour &
Information Sessions
Join a small group of prospective students and have your questions answered by admissions staff on our campus.
Public Health Week
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing is encouraging people to live a better, healthier lifestyle as it celebrates National Public Health Week, April 2-6..
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The School of Nursing offers two opportunities for doctoral degrees. Both share demanding expectations, a scholarly approach, and a commitment to the advancement of nursing.
Advance the practice of nursing and improve health outcomes
The DNP program prepares nurse leaders for evidence-based practice in both direct patient care and executive roles. This requires competence in translating research into practice, evaluating evidence, applying research in decision-making, and implementing viable clinical and organizational innovations to change practice.
Advance the science of nursing and healthcare
The PhD program prepares the nurse scholar to develop and conduct scientific research that advances the theoretical foundation of nursing practice and healthcare delivery. The program is designed to prepare nurses for careers as research scientists, often in academic or governmental positions.
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Objectives | Prepares nurses at the highest level of nursing practice who will lead in applying and translating research into practice | Prepares nurses at the highest level of nursing science to conduct research that advances the empirical and theoretical foundations of nursing and healthcare globally |
Competencies and Content | Knowledge and skills in applying and translating research into practice; leads dissemination and integration of new knowledge in healthcare organizations | Knowledge and skills in theoretical, methodological, and analytic approaches to the discovery and application of knowledge in nursing and healthcare |
Program Outcome | Practice leaders such as an advanced practice nurse caring for individuals or other practice leadership positions in nursing such as healthcare administration | Nurse scientists prepared for a career in research in academia or other research-intensive environments focused on the design and testing of interventions to advance nursing and healthcare |
Hopkins Program Hallmarks | An intense practice immersion experience with expert clinical faculty | An intense mentored research experience with a faculty investigator with an established funded program of research |
Final Project | A practice application-oriented DNP capstone project | Completion and defense of an original research project |
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