Nursing Practice (DNP)
Faculty
Judy Beal, Dean and Professor
Susan Duty, Associate Professor
Rebecca Koeniger-Donohue, Professor of Practice
Eileen McGee, Associate Professor of Practice
Patricia Rissmiller, Chair, Graduate Nursing Program and Associate Professor
Shelley Strowman, Associate Professor of Practice
Patricia White, Professor of Practice
Description
Our Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program is carefully designed for experienced, advanced practice nurses and nurse leaders. With a strong focus on Professional Practice Leadership, our program develops nursing leaders who improve health care outcomes in clinical practice, research and management. We offer a blended learning format, allowing our students to fit course requirements around their schedules.
We have close relationships with world-renowned teaching hospitals and research facilities -- such as Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as well as community-based and international settings. Our experienced professors-of-practice are experts in the field and work to ensure that our students stay current on contemporary practices and procedures.
Learning Outcomes
Our DNP program will prepare students to:
- Integrate nursing science with knowledge from ethics, the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical and organizational sciences.
- Demonstrate leadership in organizations and health care systems to promote safe and efficient care delivery to both individuals and populations.
- Conduct practice-based research.
- Utilize technology and informatics to improve health care and to implement change in health care systems.
- Design, influence and implement health care policies that affect health care financing, practice regulation, access to care, safety, quality, and efficacy of care.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary professionals and teams to improve patient and population health outcomes.
- Assume a leadership role in the design of evidence-based interventions that enhance clinical prevention and population health.
(Adapted from the AACN Doctoral Essentials (2006))
Requirements for entry into program
MS in nursing or a related Master's degree (3.5 graduate GPA) from a regionally accredited U.S. post secondary institution.
Evidence of RN licensure and board certification in the U.S. (notarized copies of certification/license) in an advanced practice specialty (NP, CNS, CNM, CRNA) or experience (at least two years post-Master's) as a nurse manager/nurse executive. Board certification in management (CENP, CNML) is preferred but not required for nurse managers.
Applicants must have taken an undergraduate statistics course at a regionally accredited U.S. post-secondary institution within 5 years prior to the application deadline. The course must be equal to a semester in length and a grade of B or better is required. The course may be in progress at the time of application but cannot be completed after acceptance or enrollment in the DNP program, as it is an admission requirement.
Applicants who have not completed a statistics course within five years prior to the application deadline (and earned a grade of B or better) may take one course as a non-degree student before formally applying for admission.
Costs
Including financing and fellowships / assistantships
| Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) | $1,300 per credit hour |
| Activity Fee | $105 per semester |
Degree requirements
Credits
The DNP will prepare doctoral-level nursing clinicians for expert practice and leadership in clinical settings. All DNP students will enroll in core courses (24 credits) and complete a Capstone Project (6 credits).
Required Courses
Concentrations, specializations, etc.
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Licensure, certification, etc.
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Delivery Mode or Modes Available (full-time, part-time, locations, technologies, etc.)
Our program is offered in a hybrid or blended learning format so you'll be able to fulfill the course requirements as they fit into your schedule. On site classes will be held two weekends per semester in a condensed and intensive residency format with the remaining course work online.
Dual (and other) degree options (With what other degree programs may this program be combined?).
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Other program information
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