护理实践博士

护理实践博士（DNP）是一个专业学位课程，提供护理学院的多个专业领域。护理实践博士要求至少72 sh的研究生学分。根据他们的重点领域，学生可以在三到五年内完成该计划。被授予MSN / APRN的个人可以完成DNP并获得至少29 sh的研究生学分。学生可以从许多专业中进行选择，包括成人老年医学急症护理从业者，成人老年医学初级护理护士从业者，麻醉护理，家庭护士从业者，儿科护士从业者（急性护理，儿科护士从业者），初级保健，精神病/心理健康执业护士，以及卫生系统。DNP学生完成基础研究生核心课程，专业课程，高级核
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program is designed to prepare clinicians with the knowledge and skills to provide the highest standard of care for individuals, families, and communities and navigate today's complex health care systems. Nurse managers and administrators will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, implement, and monitor programs of care and policies in complex organizations. Graduates will be able to utilize scientific underpinnings for nursing practice, demonstrate organizational and systems leadership, evaluate clinical scholarship and analytical methods for evidence-based practice, evaluate information systems and patient care technology for the improvement and transformation of health care, influence health care policy for advocacy in health care, collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population health outcomes, design clinical prevention and population health interventions and demonstrate expertise in advanced nursing practice.