Doctor of Nursing Practice and Post-Masters Public Health Certificate
This dual option provides students the opportunity to earn a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Post-Masters Public Health Certificate simultaneously. The Doctor of Nursing Practice and Post-Masters Public Health Certificate combined option provides a solid academic and practical foundation for master’s prepared nurses interested in a career as a public health specialist.
Public Health Certificate
The Public Health Certificate is designed for nurses interested in leading public health initiatives and improving population health outcomes.
For more information regarding the Post-Masters Public Health Certificate Program please refer to: https://www.wilmu.edu/health/nursing-leadership-certificate.aspx
Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree
The Doctor of Nursing Practice Program is designed for nurses who hold a master’s degree in nursing or a related field and offers an educational pathway to earn the highest clinically focused doctoral degree in nursing. Upon completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, students will possess forward thinking clinical and systems leadership skills to promote the application of evidence-based practice to address the nation’s increasingly complex healthcare needs.
For more information regarding the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, please refer to: https://www.wilmu.edu/health/dnp.aspx
Program Information
Admission, progression, and graduation requirements are a coordinated effort within the College of Health Professions and Natural Sciences graduate and doctoral programs. The combined Doctor of Nursing Practice program and Post-Masters Public Health Certificate is 39 credits and 500 experiential engagement hours for students enrolled in the Advanced Practice DNP Concentration. Students enrolled in the Leadership DNP Concentration will complete 57 credits and 1,000 experiential engagement hours. Students will be dual advised by the MSN Leadership Program Chair and DNP Program Chair.
Admission Requirements
Students must meet admission requirements for both the Post-Masters Public Health Certificate as well as the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.
In addition, this program requires two applications, one to the Post-Masters Public Health Certificate program and one to the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.
Advanced Practice DNP Concentration (39 Credits, 13 Courses)
DNP Core Classes
| DNP 7000 | Bioethics for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| DNP 7101 | Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| DNP 7103 | Population Health (20 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
| DNP 7104 | Politics and Policy in the Healthcare System | 3 |
| DNP 7105 | Healthcare Economics | 3 |
| DNP 7106 | Healthcare Informatics | 3 |
| DNP 7108 | QI and Systems Thinking in Healthcare (35 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
| DNP 7107 | Applied Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
| This course must be taken immediately prior to DNP 8000. | |
DNP Project Courses
| DNP 8000 | Doctor of Nursing Practice Project I (145 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
| DNP 8001 | Doctor of Nursing Practice Project II (150 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
| DNP 8002 | Doctor of Nursing Practice Project III (150 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
Public Health Certificate Courses
Leadership DNP Concentration (57 Credits, 19 Courses)
DNP Core Classes
| DNP 7000 | Bioethics for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| DNP 7101 | Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| DNP 7103 | Population Health (20 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
| DNP 7104 | Politics and Policy in the Healthcare System | 3 |
| DNP 7105 | Healthcare Economics | 3 |
| DNP 7106 | Healthcare Informatics | 3 |
| DNP 7108 | QI and Systems Thinking in Healthcare (35 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
| DNP 7107 | Applied Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
| This course must be taken immediately prior to DNP 8000. | |
DNP Project Courses
| DNP 8000 | Doctor of Nursing Practice Project I (145 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
| DNP 8001 | Doctor of Nursing Practice Project II (150 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
| DNP 8002 | Doctor of Nursing Practice Project III (150 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
Experiential Engagement Courses
| DNP 9001 | Doctor of Nursing Practice Experiential Engagement I (125 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
| DNP 9002 | Doctor of Nursing Practice Experiential Engagement II (125 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
| DNP 9003 | Doctor of Nursing Practice Experiential Engagement III (125 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
| DNP 9004 | Doctor of Nursing Practice Experiential Engagement IV (125 Experiential Engagement hours) | 3 |
Public Health Certificate Courses
| MSN 6609 | Advanced Concepts in Pathophysiology and Pharmacology | 3 |
| MSN 6610 | Advanced Physical Assessment for Nurse Leaders | 3 |
| MSN 6615 | Public Health Essentials | 3 |
| MSN 8900 | Nurse Leadership Portfolio | 3 |