Nursing (D.N.P)
Marymount’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to negotiate and improve the health care system.
Acquired skills include those needed to develop evidence-based practice protocols, develop and utilize databases, and apply epidemiological methods. Students will endeavor to develop new models of care delivery and to become expert in a specific area of nursing. Further, students will expand their knowledge of health care policy and finance to better negotiate and influence the health care delivery system and to advocate for improved care for individuals and aggregates. Graduates with this terminal degree will be prepared for roles in direct care or indirect, systems-focused care.
Upon successful completion of the D.N.P. program, students will be able to
- develop new approaches to advanced nursing practice and health care delivery based on scientific knowledge and theories of nursing and other disciplines;
- demonstrate clinical, organizational, and systems-level leadership through design of innovative models of caring;
- design methods for evaluating clinical outcomes to direct evidence-based practice for improving health care outcomes;
- utilize knowledge drawn from epidemiological, statistical, and technological data to implement quality improvement initiatives for practice with individuals, aggregates, or populations;
- lead inter-professional teams in the analysis of complex practice and organizational issues;
- demonstrate leadership in health policy advocacy at the local, state, and federal level;
- demonstrate advanced levels of clinical judgment, systems thinking, and accountability in designing, delivering, and evaluating evidence-based care to improve patient outcomes;
- apply ethical analysis when generating policy, research, and practice; and
- use conceptual and analytical skills in evaluating the links among practice, organizational, population, fiscal, and policy issues.
Doctoral Scholarly Project: Students complete a project that integrates the practice and scholarship essentials of the D.N.P. degree. The project is designed to be completed in two semesters. Students are expected to present a summary of their scholarly project at a university, regional, or national conference.
Degree Requirements — Nursing (D.N.P.)
Degree Requirements for those entering with a B.S.N.
63-70 credits
| NU 501 | Theoretical, Ethical, and Profession Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| NU 510 | Population Health | 3 |
| NU 552 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3 |
| NU 554 | Advanced Pathophysiology | 4 |
| NU 590 | Health Care Data Analysis | 3 |
| NUF 500 | Advanced Assessment and Health Screening for the Family Nurse Practitioner | 3 |
| NUF 501 | Introduction to Primary Care of the Family | 3 |
| NUF 503 | Primary Care of the Family I | 5 |
| NUF 504 | Primary Care of the Family II | 6 |
| NU 700 | Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
| NU 701 | Innovative Models of Care Delivery | 3 |
| NU 702 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| NU 703 | Research Methods and Applications | 3 |
| NU 705 | Multivariate Analysis | 3 |
| NU 706 | Policy and Advocacy in Health Care | 3 |
| NU 707 | Leadership, Quality, and Ethics in Health Care | 3 |
| HCM 500 | Accounting Basics for Health Care Managers | 3 |
| NU 800 | Residency | 3 |
| NU 801 | Doctoral Project | 3 |
| NU 899 | Independent Study | 1 |
Students must complete a minimum of 1,200 supervised post-baccalaureate clinical practicum hours to fulfill program requirements. 700 clinical hours must be in direct patient care to meet the requirements for FNP certification; 500 hours must be spent in DNP practicum. Residency hours are established in courses.
Degree Requirements for those entering with an M.S.N.
30-39 credits
All students must have taken a graduate-level statistics course within five years of admission.
| NU 700 | Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
| NU 701 | Innovative Models of Care Delivery | 3 |
| NU 702 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| NU 703 | Research Methods and Applications | 3 |
| NU 705 | Multivariate Analysis | 3 |
| NU 706 | Policy and Advocacy in Health Care | 3 |
| NU 707 | Leadership, Quality, and Ethics in Health Care | 3 |
| HCM 550 | Health Care Finance | 3 |
| NU 800 | Residency | 3 |
| NU 801 | Doctoral Project | 3 |
| NU 899 | Independent Study | 1 |
Post-baccalaureate clinical hours must total to a minimum of 1000 at the completion of the DNP degree. 500 of these hours are completed in 800 level course work and are typically project-focused. Students whose master's degree does not include clinical hours that lead to certification as an advanced practice registered nurse must complete an additional 500 residency hours at the doctoral level for a total of 1000 post baccalaureate clinical hours. If more than one semester is required for completion of NU 800, students may complete it by registering for independent study credits (NU 899) for a maximum of three (3) subsequent semesters.