- Participate in activities and self-reflection that foster personal and professional wellbeing and resilience, contribute to lifelong learning, and support the development of leadership. (Domain 1)
- Lead and integrate initiatives which drive person-and family-centered care that is culturally responsive, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate. (Domain 2)
- Appraise practice patterns and risk stratification to lead evidence-based initiatives that improve holistic care, collaborating in traditional and non-traditional partnerships for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes. (Domain 3)
- Design, implement, evaluate, and disseminate scholarly inquiries that incorporate evidence appraisal, research translation, and best practices to improve outcomes. (Domain 4)
- Design and lead quality and safety initiatives using established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science to mitigate risk of harm to patients and providers and optimize individual performance and system effectiveness. (Domain 5)
- Lead interprofessional teams to address complex needs of the individual, families, community and population through respectful and effective communication and shared decision making. (Domain 6)
- Analyze complex systems impacting the healthcare industry to generate strategic innovations that enhance value, access to care and cost-effectiveness. (Domain 7)
- Leverage information and communication technologies and informatics processes in accordance with best practice and professional and regulatory standards, to analyze and compare quality metrics, impact clinical decision making, and develop knowledge to improve healthcare delivery. (Domain 8)
- Advance core values that promote professionalism, ethical standards, accountability, integrity, empathy, civility, and a spirit of mentorship into one’s advanced nursing specialty practice/role. (Domain 9)
- Advocate for reflective practices that advance the health and well-being of self and colleagues through engagement in initiatives that support personal health, resilience, life-long learning, and leadership development. (Domain 10)
The DNP—Clinical Practice (Post MSN) program is a 36-credit, 2-5 year traditional track for graduates of the MSN program. The College of Nursing offers full and part-time plans of study to help students select the right option for them.
Program Outcomes
- Synthesize knowledge from ethics and the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, and organizational sciences into the conceptual foundation of advanced nursing practice at the doctoral level. (Essential I)
- Employ organizational and systems-level leadership principles in the development and evaluation of care delivery approaches that meet the current and future needs of communities and populations. (Essential II)
- Design, direct and evaluate scholarly inquiries that incorporate evidence appraisal, research translation, and standards of care to improve practice and the practice environment. (Essential III)
- Analyze ethical and legal issues in the use of information, information technology, communication networks, and patient care technologies used to support safe, high-quality patient care. (Essentials II, IV)
- Influence policy makers through active participation on committees, boards, or task forces at the institutional, local, state, regional, national, and/or international levels to improve health care delivery and outcomes. (Essential V)
- Integrate skills of effective communication, collaboration, shared decision-making, and leadership with interprofessional teams to create change in health care. (Essential VI)
Curriculum
| Core Curriculum | Credits |
|---|---|
| NU 702 Practice Inquiry: Designs, Methods and Analyses | 3 |
| NU 704 Philosophy, Foundations, and Methods for Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
| NU 713 Digital Transformation in Healthcare: Trends and Opportunities | 3 |
| NU 714 Healthcare Systems Safety, Quality, and Improvement Science | 3 |
| NU 715 Leading Strategic Change in an Era of Healthcare Transformation | 3 |
| NU 716 Perspectives in Community Engagement and Population Health | 3 |
| NU 717 Health and Social Policy | 3 |
| NU 718 Introduction to DNP Studies and the Scholarly Project | 1 |
| Doctoral Elective | 3 |
| Practicum Sequence | |
| NU 719 DNP Scholarly Project and Practicum Seminar I | 4 |
| NU 720 DNP Scholarly Project and Practicum Seminar II | 3 |
| ***In consultation with academic advisor and with permission |
| Core Curriculum | Credits |
|---|---|
| NU 702 Practice Inquiry: Designs, Methods & Analyses | 3 |
| NU 704 Philosophy, Foundations, and Methods for Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
| NU 713 Digital Transformation in Healthcare: Trends and Opportunities | 3 |
| NU 714 Healthcare Systems Safety, Quality, and Improvement Science | 3 |
| NU 715 Leading Strategic Change in an Era of Healthcare Transformation | 3 |
| NU 716 Perspectives in Community Engagement and Population Health | 3 |
| NU 717 Health and Social Policy | 3 |
| NU 718 Introduction to DNP Studies and the Scholarly Project | 1 |
| Doctoral Elective N/A | 3 |
| Practicum Sequence | Credits |
|---|---|
| NU 719 DNP Scholarly Project and Practicum Seminar I | 4 |
| NU 720 DNP Scholarly Project and Practicum Seminar II | 3 |
| Core Curriculum | Credits |
|---|---|
| NU 701 Scientific Underpinnings for Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NU 702 Practice Inquiry: Designs, Methods and Analyses | 3 |
| NU 703 Theoretical Foundations for Organizational Change in Healthcare Systems | 3 |
| NU 704 Philosophy, Foundations, and Methods for Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
| NU 705 Advanced Topics in Health Informatics | 3 |
| NU 706 Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety | 3 |
| NU 707 Leadership and Inter-Professional Collaboration | 3 |
| NU 708 Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving the Nation’s Health | 3 |
| NU 709 Current Issues in Health and Social Policy: Planning, Participating and Policy Making | 3 |
| Practicum Sequence | Credits |
|---|---|
| NU 710 Practicum I | 3 |
| NU 711 Practicum II | 3 |
| NU 712 Practicum III | 3 |