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A small group of diverse nursing students sit around a boardroom table as they listen attentively to their teacher and lead doctor.  They are each dressed in medical scrubs and sitting with papers out in front of them.  The doctor is holding out a clipboard with a document on it as she reviews it with the group.

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At a Glance

  • College

    College of Nursing

  • Degree

    Doctor of Nursing Practice

  • Campus

    Center City

  • Format

    Online

  • Duration

    2 - 3 Years

The Doctor of Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership (DNP-EL) offers nurses with a Master’s degree a dynamic, flexible program preparing them for executive leadership roles across all care delivery sites and systems. The online program designed for current and aspiring senior leaders, focuses on evidence-based leadership and innovation and integrates experiential learning tailored to each student’s interests often within their practice setting or community.

Program Highlights

  • Opportunities for interprofessional collaboration with other healthcare leaders
  • Develop competencies in the new AACN (2021) essentials
  • Develop skills to redesign healthcare models and delivery systems using technology to improve quality and safety and patient outcomes.

DNP-EL Program Outcomes

At the completion of the DNP-EL the graduates will be able to:

  • Integrate, translate, and apply established and evolving disciplinary nursing and transdisciplinary knowledge to form the basis for clinical judgment and innovation in nursing practice.
  • Model advanced clinical reasoning and person-centered care to improve health equity and population health outcomes across the healthcare delivery continuum.
  • Synthesize scientific knowledge to inform evidence-based practice, influence policy, improve health outcomes, and transform health care.
  • Lead within complex systems of health care through coordination of resources; through utilization of Information and communication technologies and informatics processes; and, through the application of principles of safety and improvement science to deliver safe, high quality, equitable care.
  • Build intentional interprofessional partnerships to optimize care and improve health outcomes for patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders.
  • Integrate reflective practices to model a sustainable professional nursing identity that fosters personal health, resilience, and well-being; cultivates lifelong learning; reflects nursing’s characteristics and values; and supports acquisition of nursing expertise and the assertion of leadership.

Curriculum

A two or three-year plan of study provides students with flexibility in an online format.

DNP-EL program prepares nurses to become innovators, strategic planners, and expert leaders in the complex healthcare industry.

Nurse executives are vital to lead change based on the evidence from research and improve clients’ health care outcomes, decrease cost, and improve patient satisfaction.

Year 1 - Summer Semester

Course Title Credits
NU725 Introduction to Executive Leadership DNP Studies 1
NU716 Perspectives in Community Engagement and Population Health 3


Fall Semester

Course Title Credits
NU714 Healthcare Systems Safety, Quality, and Improvement Science 3
NU726 Trends Shaping the Future of Executive Leadership in Health Care 3


Spring Semester

Course Title Credits
NU715 Leading Strategic Change in an Era of Healthcare Transformation 3
NU727 Innovation, Creativity and Well-Being in Health Care 3


Year 2 - Summer Semester

Course Title Credits
NU702 Practice Inquiry: Designs, Methods and Analyses 3


Fall Semester

Course Title Credits
NU728 Executive Leadership DNP Project and Practicum Seminar I 4
Elective In consultation with academic advisor and with permission 3


Spring Semester

Course Title Credits
NU729 Executive Leadership DNP Project and Practicum Seminar II 3
NU713 Digital Transformation in Healthcare: Trends and Opportunities 3

Year 1 - Summer Semester

Course Title Credits
NU725 Introduction to Executive Leadership DNP Studies 1
NU716 Perspectives in Community Engagement and Population Health 3


Fall Semester

Course Title Credits
NU714 Healthcare Systems Safety, Quality, and Improvement Science 3


Spring Semester

Course Title Credits
NU715 Leading Strategic Change in an Era of Healthcare Transformation 3


Year 2 - Summer Semester

Course Title Credits
Elective In consultation with academic advisor and with permission 3


Fall Semester

Course Title Credits
NU726 Trends Shaping the Future of Executive Leadership in Health Care  3


Spring Semester

Course Title Credits
NU713 Digital Transformation in Healthcare: Trends and Opportunities 3
NU727 Innovation, Creativity and Well-Being in Health Care 3


Year 3 - Summer Semester

Course Title Credits
NU702 Practice Inquiry: Designs, Methods and Analyses 3


Fall Semester

Course Title Credits
NU728 Executive Leadership DNP Project and Practicum Seminar I 4

 

Spring Semester

Course Title Credits
NU729 Executive Leadership DNP Project and Practicum Seminar II 3

Get in Touch

Admissions Contact

Email: enroll@jefferson.edu
Contact Number(s):
  • 215-951-2800

Leadership

Name: Kathy Gray, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, FAANP
Email: Kathy.Gray@jefferson.edu
Contact Number(s):
  • 610-417-6293
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