Doctor of Nursing Practice

* 2017-2018 DNP graduates employed within 12 month of graduation.

You Will Be Prepared.

Completing the Doctor of Nursing in Nursing Program prepares you to:

• Assume the role of the doctoral prepared nurse in teaching, scholarship, leadership and service.
• Apply analytic methods to create, evaluate and adopt effective innovations to improve health.
• Analyze, translate and apply evidence to improve health outcomes.
• Engage individuals and communities to develop, implement and evaluate interventions to address their health disparities.
• Facilitate optimal health outcomes through delivery of culturally sensitive care, including clinical prevention strategies, identification of risk, individualized interventions and formation of therapeutic relationships with clients.
• Apply clinical, community and policy interventions to reduce health inequities.
• Evaluate and critique social policy relevant to the organization and delivery of health care.
• Integrate and evaluate information systems in patient care technology for clinical, research and administrative best practices.
• Apply leadership and advocacy skills in the development, implementation and evaluation of health care organizations, delivery of care, and policy.
• Utilize effective management and organizational skills to assume a leadership role in health care delivery, policy and systems.
• Practice nursing reflectively, guided by theory, based on best evidence and integrating creative and critical thinking.