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Candidates for the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree must satisfactorily pass a comprehensive examination, specific to the role of advanced practice nursing. The comprehensive examination will assess the breadth of the student’s knowledge within the scope of a DNP prepared advanced practice nurse. The examination will include the use of a nationally normed and referenced instrument specific to the chosen specialty area.

This course provides the student the opportunity to apply knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the roles of the adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner in the acute care environment. A minimum of 200 supervised clinical hours are required.

The course focuses on development of components of the DNP Scholarship Portfolio. The DNP Practice Inquiry Project will require that the student develop a practice focused problem that will include application of an intervention for the problem with the appropriate metric evaluation and dissemination of the project findings. The Practice Inquiry Project will be presented for approval in this course. This course will assist the student in the refinement of the plan, methodology, and implementation of the Practice Inquiry Project.

This course will provide the students with the opportunity to interact with faculty and community/organizational leaders related to their DNP Project Inquiry. Students will demonstrate their breadth and synthesis of knowledge of the DNP Essentials as it related to their project.

A course designed to permit the offering of topics of current interest. Topics and projects are selected on the basis of student interest and need. May be repeated for credit when content varies. Prerequisite: permission of the Director of the Doctor in Nursing Practice program.

This is the second of the Advanced Seminar courses that will provide the students with the opportunity to interact with faculty and community/organizational leaders related to their DNP Project Inquiry. Students will demonstrate their breadth and synthesis of knowledge of the DNP Essentials as it related to their project.

This is the third of the Advanced Seminar courses that will provide the students with the opportunity to interact with faculty and community/organizational leaders related to their DNP Project Inquiry. Students will demonstrate their breadth and synthesis of knowledge of the DNP Essentials as it related to their project.

An independent study directed by a full-time graduate faculty member in the College of Education. May be repeated for credit when the content varies. Prerequisite: permission of the Director of the Doctor in Nursing Practice program. 

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the issues in healthcare information technology. Students will develop the skills necessary to evaluate health care information systems regarding monitoring of outcomes, patient safety, and quality improvement. Ethical and legal issues related to Information Technology will be addressed.

This course will provide the students with the opportunity to interact with faculty and community/organizational leaders related to their DNP Project Inquiry. Students will demonstrate their breadth and synthesis of knowledge of the DNP Essentials as it related to their project.

The course focuses on continued development of components of the DNP Practice Inquiry Project. This course will assist the student in the refinement of the plan, methodology, and implementation of the DNP Practice Inquiry Project.

The course focuses on continued development of components of the DNP Practice Inquiry Project. This course will assist the student in the refinement of the plan, methodology, and implementation of the DNP Practice Inquiry Project.

The course focuses on continued development of components of the DNP Practice Inquiry Project. This course will assist the student in the refinement of the plan, methodology, and implementation of the DNP Practice Inquiry Project.

This course focuses on continued development of components of the DNP Practice Inquiry Project. This course will assist the student in the refinement of the plan, methodology, and implementation of the DNP Practice Inquiry Project.

A course designed to permit the offering of topics of current interest. Topics and projects are selected on the basis of student interest and need. May be repeated for credit when content varies. Prerequisite: permission of the Director of the Doctor in Nursing Practice program.

An independent study directed by a full-time graduate faculty member in the College of Education. May be repeated for credit when the content varies. Prerequisite: permission of the Director of the Doctor in Nursing Practice program.

Doctoral students complete a required doctoral internship (EDAD/NURS 7308) in the third year.  In preparing the doctoral internship proposal, students select an intern setting that provides the greatest opportunity for development as a scholar-practitioner leader.  The internship experience may be completed within the student's current employing organization or in another setting.  If a student chooses to complete a second internship, it must be completed in a different setting.

This course serves as the foundational course for the DNP and will explore the qualities necessary to be a leader and clinical scholar in a complex health care system. This course will study the scientific underpinnings of nursing knowledge significant to develop the role of the DNP. Students will evaluate and develops new practice approaches based not only on nursing theories but theories from other disciplines.

This course will explore core components of pedagogy to include curriculum development, teaching strategies, and evaluation methods.

This course will analyze Interprofessional collaboration as a fundamental component of the DNP practice. This course focuses on Interprofessional methodologies to address emerging health care issues and analyze methods to lead change in a complex Interprofessional healthcare delivery systems. Students will be given the opportunity to explore these issues at the state level.

This course is designed to build the foundation for Evidence Based health care. Students will use analytical methods to critically evaluate literature to determine and implement evidence based care and develop practice guidelines. Students will develop skills necessary to design, direct and evaluate quality improvement methodologies to promote safe, effective, efficient, and equitable healthcare. Key aspects of how to disseminate and integrate research into both organization and clinical practice will be included.

This course will extend evidence-based practice principles. The student will refine the skills necessary to evaluate and disseminate research findings in order to develop evidence-based practice guidelines to improve healthcare outcomes. The student will identify a practice focused problem for their DNP project proposal.

This course focuses on the use of biostatistical data to critically analyze data and evidence for improving advanced nursing practice.

This course prepares the student to be a leader in the global health care arena. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of business, finance, economics and health policy needed to be effective leaders. This course will present the skills necessary to evaluate the costs, risk, and value of health care. Students will examine the political and economic environment of the health care systems at the national level.

This course will explore and analyze the dynamics of health care policy and the influence these policies have on the delivery of health care. Students will develop skills necessary to become leaders in developing and implementing institutional, local, state, federal and/or international health policies. Students will acquire the knowledge necessary to educate policy makers at all levels regarding nursing, health policy and patient care outcomes. Ethics related to health care policies will be explored. This course will provide students with the opportunity to exercise these skills at the national international level.

This course focuses on organizational and systems leadership within the complex health care environment. Emphasis will be placed on interprofessional collaboration strategies. Application of QSEN concepts to current health care challenges will be examined.

This course focuses on advanced clinical management of patients and diverse populations with complex health care needs. This course will introduce principles and concepts of epidemiology and the impact on individual, aggregate, and population health. Students will also explore the relationship and contribution of genetics and genomics to healthcare issues, including disease susceptibility and therapeutic efficacy. The role of genomics in personalized medicine will be explored. Students will synthesize concepts, including psychosocial dimensions and cultural diversity, related to clinical prevention and population health and will develop, implement, and evaluate interventions to improve health status, access to care and gaps in the care of individuals, aggregates or populations. This course is designed to assist student in developing high level clinical reasoning in order to provide positive patient outcomes within a framework of evidence-based practice.

Designed to provide students with an in-depth study of the principles, social, cultural, and economic factors and inter-professional issues that impact curriculum and program development in baccalaureate and higher degree nursing education. The process of accreditation is also reviewed.

Leadership and management theories and concepts are presented with applications made to the nursing faculty and administrative leadership roles. Building upon professional education and experience of learners, essential skills, core competencies, and best practices in leadership are explored.

Prepares nurse educators to identify and apply evidence based practice teaching methods to student learning and evaluation, and teacher and program effectiveness. Teaching pedagogy as it relates to nursing education, fairness in evaluation, and integration of new and emerging technologies, assessment, and reporting is presented.

A focus on innovation in classroom, clinical and simulated learning is presented as a framework for building upon the students’ professional experience as educators, objective assessment and evaluation of students is explored. Legal and ethical implications of teaching, learning and the evaluative process are included.

The course focuses on the refinement of the DNP Scholarship Portfolio. The student will work with the faculty on the DNP Practice Inquiry Project. This course will assist the student in the refinement of the plan, methodology, and implementation of the Practice Inquiry Project.

This course provides the student the opportunity to apply knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the roles of the adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner in the acute care environment. A minimum of 200 supervised clinical hours are required.

This course serves as the clinical practice component of the DNP program and focuses on the direct care of patients within a population of interest. The course provides the student with a clinical specialty immersion experience necessary to plan and design the Practice Inquiry Project. The student is expected to utilize advanced levels of clinical judgement, systems thinking, and accountability in designing, delivering, and evaluating evidence-based care to improve patient outcomes. Students use conceptual and analytical skills in evaluating the links among practice, organizational, population, fiscal and policy issues in the health care arena.

This course serves as the clinical practice component of the DNP program and focuses on the direct care of patients within a population of interest. The course provides the student with a clinical specialty immersion experience necessary to plan and design the Practice Inquiry Project. The student is expected to utilize advanced levels of clinical judgement, systems thinking, and accountability in designing, delivering, and evaluating evidence-based care to improve patient outcomes. Students use conceptual and analytical skills in evaluating the links among practice, organizational, population, fiscal and policy issues in the health care arena.

A course designed to permit the offering of topics of current interest. Topics and projects are selected on the basis of student interest and need. May be repeated for credit when content varies. Prerequisite: permission of the Director of the Doctor in Nursing Practice program.

An independent study directed by a full-time graduate faculty member in the College of Education. May be repeated for credit when the content varies. Prerequisite: permission of the Director of the Doctor in Nursing Practice program.