Doctor of Nursing Practice

Degree Requirements

Health Systems Leader Doctor of Nursing Practice

The Doctor of Nursing Practice program requires completion of a minimum of 48 quarter credit hours (dependent upon entering academic preparation) and a combined minimum total of 1000 supervised academic clinical hours between the master’s and doctoral programs. The program of study includes up to 17 credits per quarter over 6 to 16 quarters. Variations from this plan will be considered on an individual basis. 

Foundation Courses

45 credits, including:

• NURS 6010 - Health Care Policy for a Just and Humane World 3 credit hours
• NURS 6014 - Theory Informed Critical Inquiry I 3 credit hours
• NURS 6015 - Critical Inquiry II 3 credit hours
• NURS 6017 - Health Care Economics and Finance 3 credit hours
• NURS 6018 - Health Program Planning and Development 3 credit hours
• NURS 6020 - Epidemiologic Analysis of Populations at Risk 4 credit hours
• NURS 6110 - Ethical Care for Social Justice 4 credit hours
• NURS 6111 - Health Informatics 3 credit hours
• NURS 6120 - Population-Based Health Care 3 credit hours
• NURS 6130 - Foundations of Nursing Knowledge for Advanced Practice 3 credit hours
• NURS 6160 - Leadership in Health Care Systems 3 credit hours
• NURS 6190 - Quality Improvement Process and Methodologies 3 credit hours
• NURS 6901 - DNP Internship I 3 credit hours
• NURS 6903 - DNP Project Internship II 2 to 4 credit hours
• NURS 6905 - DNP Project Internship III 2 to 4 credit hours

Elective

3 credits of electives required

• 5000- 6000-level elective 

• DNP Internship 

Program Synthesis

• DNP Project Presentation 
• ​E-Portfolio
• 1000 Clinical/Internship hours (students may apply up to 500 clinical hours from their master’s degree)

Minimum credits required for degree (48)