Fall
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NRPR 725 |
Theoretical Foundations of Healthcare |
3 |
| NRPR 728 |
Organizational and Systems Leadership |
3 |
| NRPR 739 |
Residency in Advanced Nursing Practice |
1 |
|
Total |
7 |
Spring
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NRPR 734 |
Healthcare Policy & Economics |
3 |
| NRPR 731 |
Quality and Outcome Improvements in Healthcare |
3 |
| NRPR 739 |
Residency in Advanced Nursing Practice |
1 |
|
Total |
7 |
Summer
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NRPR 733 |
Clinical Prevention & Population Outcome Improvement |
3 |
| NRPR 739 |
Residency in Advanced Nursing Practice |
1 |
|
Total |
4 |
Fall
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NRPR 729 |
Analytic Methods for Research and Evidence Based Practice |
3 |
| NRPR 726 |
Principles of Translational Science |
3 |
| NRPR 735 |
Scholarly Project Practicum I |
2 |
|
Total |
8 |
Spring
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NRPR 727 |
Application of Translational Science |
3 |
| NRPR 736 |
Scholarly Project Practicum II |
2 |
|
Total |
5 |
Summer
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NRPR 732 |
Transformational Leadership |
3 |
| NRPR 737 |
Scholarly Project Practicum III |
2 |
|
Total |
5 |
Fall
| Course Number |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| NRPR 730 |
Informatics |
3 |
| NRPR 738 |
Scholarly Project Practicum IV |
2 |
|
Total |
5 |
|
Program Total |
41* |
*38-credit-hour base degree program for APRN-certified with 500 documented practice hours; 39 to 41-credit-hour base for all other students
At the completion of the DNP-Leadership degree program, graduates will be prepared to:
- Apply implementation science as a framework to design, implement, and lead best practices at the highest level of advanced nursing practice.
- Act as a practice scholar to analyze, evaluate, and advance quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of patient care and systems of care.
- Design innovative, evidence-based advanced nursing approaches to reduce health disparities, promote health and high-quality outcomes for individuals, populations, and health systems.
- Engage with and lead high performing inter-professional teams to co-create solutions that promote health outcomes and health care delivery.
- Construct innovative solutions to complex health issues using information systems, data analysis, and technology.
- Lead development of nursing practice and health care policy based on principles of social justice, health equity, and cultural sensitivity.
