DNP, Post Master's Option
The Post Master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice degree is available to currently licensed, certified and practicing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, certified nurse anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists) who do not wish to add an additional practice population focus national certification. Graduates generate new knowledge through innovation of practice change, the translation of evidence, and the implementation of quality improvement processes in specific practice settings, systems, or with specific populations to improve health or health outcomes.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate, integrate, translate, and apply evidence from nursing science and other disciplines in the delivery of care.
- Create, communicate, and evaluate person-centered care that includes holistic, individualized, just, culturally aware, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based and developmentally appropriate.
- Analyze current population health gaps and create and evaluate cost-effective, evidence-based interventions to meet the needs of the target population.
- Advance the scholarship of nursing through the integration of best evidence and ethical conduct of scholarly activities.
- Employ improvement science to ensure system effectiveness for safe, person-centered care within a physically, psychologically, secure, and just environment.
- Collaborate across professions and with other stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.
- Coordinate the resources of the complex healthcare system to provide safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations.
- Use information and communication technology to anticipate, manage and improve healthcare in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards.
- Model a sustainable professional identity of accountability, ethical comportment, and collaborative disposition.
- Participate in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, and well-being; students will contribute to life-long learning; and students will support the acquisition of nursing expertise and the assertion of leadership.
The DNP Post-Master's option is designed for nationally certified, currently practicing, masters-prepared nurse practitioners who do not wish to add a separate practice focus. Graduates generate new knowledge through innovation of practice change, the translation of evidence, and the implementation of quality improvement processes in specific practice settings, systems, or with specific populations to improve health or health outcomes. A complete gap analysis of transcripts is used to determine the number of clinical hours to be credited towards the required 1,000 DNP hours and if prior masters courses may be waived. Full and part-time coursework is available.
| NRSG 604 | Evidence Based Practice I | 3 |
| NRSG 605 | Evidence Based Practice II | 3 |
| NRSG 606 | Statistical Applications | 3 |
| NRSG 608 | Design H C Delivery Systems | 3 |
| NRSG 609 | Advanced Nursing Leadership & Roles | 3 |
| NRSG 610 | Health Care Informatics | 3 |
| NRSG 611 | Program Planning & Evaluation for Quality Improvement | 3 |
| NRSG 612 | Ethics, Law, and Policy for Advocacy in Healthcare | 3 |
| NRSG 613 | Finance & Budget H C Systems | 2 |
| NRSG 614 | Vulnerability and Health Care in Diverse Communities | 3 |
| NRSG 673 | Writing for Scholarly Projects | 2 |
| NRSG 675 | DNP Scholarly Project | 3 |
| NRSG 675 | DNP Scholarly Project | 3 |
Total Credits: 37