Program Overview
The DNP is a practice doctorate that prepares clinical scholars recognized for outstanding leadership and innovative evidence-based patient/population centered care in nursing and healthcare delivery that improves systems of care and influences patient outcomes. The program focuses on interprofessional collaboration and developing competencies in quality improvement and safety that lead to enhanced outcomes important to patients, families, providers, and organizations.
BSN-DNP Program Outcome
Upon completion of the DNP program graduates will be prepared to:
- Uses evidence-based practice in the delivery of nursing care through translation of theories, models, and nursing scholarship to improve health and transform health care.
- Translate person-centered nursing care at the highest level of nursing practice to meet healthcare needs for individuals, families, populations, and communities in diverse settings with coordination of resources across the healthcare delivery continuum.
- Translate quality and safety science and healthcare technology to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services.
- Demonstrate team communication and multidisciplinary collaboration skills to promote, improve, or maintain optimum health for patients, families, communications, populations, and health systems.
- Professional and leadership values and skills to support ongoing personal and professional development.
BSN-DNP Nursing Leadership and Administration (NL) Program Advisement
All BSN-DNP Nursing Leadership and Administration (NL) students will be advised by a DNP faculty member throughout the doctoral program. The DNP Director assigns a faculty advisor to each student upon admission into the program. The faculty advisor provides advisement for academic and clinical processes. Advisement includes guidance on the program, didactic courses, clinical component courses, and the degree plan. Advisement includes assisting the student in selecting, developing, and completing a DNP Project based on a clinical problem of interest to the student. The faculty advisor is responsible for evaluating the written report of a completed project. The advisor’s written approval is required before finalizing the written DNP Project report. This documentation is submitted to the Graduate Council for approval before graduation. The student is expected to maintain timely, ongoing communication with the assigned faculty advisor and to be responsive to established timelines. If either the student or faculty advisor wishes to change the relationship, the request is addressed to the DNP Director, who has the authority to officially make an advisee-faculty advisor change. The DNP Director will report the change to the Student Affairs Office.
BSN to DNP Nursing Leadership and Administration Proposed Full-Time Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 - Fall | ||
| NURS 7538 | Transforming Health & Health Care Delivery | 6 |
| NURS 6806W | Research for Evidence-Based Practice for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| Semester 2 - Spring | ||
| TBD Health Care Standards | 4 | |
| TBD Organizational, Leadership, and Change Management Theory for Complex Systems | 4 | |
| TBD Managing Human Capital in Complex Health Systems | 3 | |
| Semester 3 - Summer | ||
| NURS 7533 | Vulnerable Populations | 4 |
| NURS 7537 | Nursing Informatics: Translation into Advanced Practice | 2 |
| Semester 4 - Fall | ||
| TBD Marketing and Economics of Healthcare | 4 | |
| TBD Nursing Leadership Practice I for DNP | 3 | |
| TBD Innovation in Nursing Leadership | 2 | |
| Semester 5 - Spring | ||
| NURS 7301 | Translational Science I: Evidence-Based Practice Foundations | 6 |
| TBD Nursing Leadership Practice II for DNP | 3 | |
| Semester 6 - Summer | ||
| NURS 7302 | Translational Science II: Methodology | 6 |
| NURS 7448B | Nurse Executive Immersion I | 2 |
| Semester 7 - Fall | ||
| NURS 7303 | Translational Science III: Implementation | 3 |
| TBD Management & Analysis of Health Data | 3 | |
| NURS 7449B | Nurse Executive Immersion II | 2 |
| Elective if needed for Financial Aid | ||
| Semester 8 - Spring | ||
| NURS 7304 | Translational Science IV: Knowledge Translation | 4 |
| NURS 7539 | Advanced Seminar | 3 |
| NURS 7445B | DNP Immersion | 2 |
1,020 practice hours must be completed | ||
| Total Hours | 69 | |
Graduation Policy
To be eligible for graduation, a BSN-DNP student must:
- Complete the required credit hours as listed on the student’s degree plan.
- Earn a grade of “B” in all required courses.
- File an “Application for Degree” prior to the deadline established each term.
- Be enrolled during the term of graduation.
- Pay the required graduation fee.
- Clear through all designated services on the clearance form provided by Student Services.
- Complete the BSN-DNP NP curriculum within 5 years from admission or have been granted an extension.
- Documentation of a minimum of 1,020 supervised practice hours from the BSN-DNP program.
Time Limitations
Students are required to complete all the requirements for the BSN-DNP Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree within five (5) calendar years from the time of registration as a DNP student in The Cizik School of Nursing. If a student does not complete all requirements for graduation within the five (5) calendar year period, the student must petition the Graduate Council to request a one-time extension of up to one calendar year. The Graduate Council may grant the request if there have been extenuating circumstances preventing the student from completing the program. A student must also enroll in the semester in which the student completes the degree requirements.