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Core Practice Competency Courses: 32 SH |
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| NUSC 525 |
Intermediate Statistics |
3 |
| NUSC 526 |
Nursing Inquiry I |
2 |
| NUSC 527 |
Nursing Inquiry II |
2 |
| NUSC 528 |
Health, Environment and Systems |
2 |
| NUSC 529 |
Issues of Advanced Practice in Nursing |
1 |
| EPID 400 or EPID 403 |
Principles of Epidemiology or Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods |
3 |
| BHIS 510 |
Health Care Information Systems I |
4 |
| NUSC 503 |
Evidenced-based Practice |
3 |
| NUSC 507 |
Promoting Health: Translating Science to Practice |
3 |
| NUSC 509 |
Advanced Leadership Concepts |
3 |
| NUAS 502 |
Strategic Planning and Outcomes Evaluation for Clinical Programs |
3 |
| NUAS 517 |
Financial Resource Management for Nursing Decision Makers |
3 |
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Specialty-specific and Role Competency Courses: 38-48 SH |
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Direct Care Roles: Nurse Practitioner (acute care, adult, geriatric, advanced nurse palliative care, pediatric, women's health, family, mental health, occupational health, school health); Nurse Midwife; Clinical Nurse Specialist (acute care, geriatric, advanced practiced palliative care, pediatric, perinatal, mental health). Sysems-Focused or Blended Roles: Advanced Community Health Nurse Specialist; Occupational Health Nurse Specialist; School Health Nurse Specialist; Administrative Nursing/Health Informatics Specialist |
38-48 |
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DNP Synthesis Project and DNP Residency: 20 SH |
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| NUSC 572 |
Synthesis Project Development |
4 |
| NUSC 574 |
Synthesis Project Implementation |
4 |
| NUSC 576 |
Synthesis Project Evaluation and Dissemination |
4 |
| NUSC 582 NUSC 586 |
DNP Residency I: Direct Care Role or DNP Residency II: System-Focused Role |
4 |
| NUSC 583 NUSC 587 |
DNP Residency II: Direct Care Role or DNP Residency II: System-Focused Role |
4 |
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Total DNP Degree: 90-100 SH |
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Core Practice Competency Courses: 25 SH |
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| EPID 400 or EPID 403 |
Principles of Epidemiology or Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods |
3 |
| BHIS 510 |
Health care Information Systems I |
4 |
| NUSC 503 |
Evidenced-based Practice |
3 |
| NUSC 507 |
Promoting Health: Translating Science to Practice |
3 |
| NUSC 509 |
Advanced Leadership Concepts |
3 |
| NUAS 502 |
Strategic Planning and Outcomes Evaluation for Clinical Programs |
3 |
| NUAS 517 |
Financial Resource Management for Nursing Decision Makers |
3 |
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Graduate level electives to support Direct Care of System-focus practice: |
3 |
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DNP Synthesis Project and DNP Residency: 20 SH |
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| NUSC 572 |
Synthesis Project Development |
4 |
| NUSC 574 |
Synthesis Project Implementation |
4 |
| NUSC 576 |
Synthesis Project Evaluation and Dissemination |
4 |
| NUSC 582 NUSC 586 |
DNP Residency I: Direct Care Role or DNP Residency II: System-Focused Role |
4 |
| NUSC 583 NUSC 587 |
DNP Residency II: Direct Care Role or DNP Residency II: System-Focused Role |
4 |
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Credit for previous master's degree (up to 45 SH) TOTAL: 45 SH |
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TOTAL DNP Degree: 90 SH |
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EPID 400
Principles of Epidemiology |
Introduction to descriptive and analytic epidemiology, determinants of health and disease in populations and application of the epidemiologic method to disease control; includes use of basic epidemiologic software |
EPID 403
Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods |
Introduction to descriptive and analytic epidemiology, and determinants of health and disease in populations. Measures of occurrence, association and statistical testing will be addressed along with study designs, bias, and confounding. |
BHIS 510
Health Care Information Systems I |
Examination through case studies, discussion, and problem-based learning of current information technologies and systems currently in place and on the horizon, in health care organizations and in health science libraries. |
NUSC 503
Evidence-Based Practice |
Application of evidence-based practice to healthcare delivery system and clinical issues. Emphasizes integration of retrieved evidence with client preferences to design and evaluate best practices. |
NUSC 507
Promoting Health: Translating Science to Health Practice |
This course examines theories and models of health promotion, disease prevention, and teaching/learning for their application to direct care and systems-focused nursing practice. Integration of these theories with evidence-based practice at all levels (individual, family, systems and populations) is stressed. Material will include application of the theories and models to the academic and clinical practice settings. |
NUSC 509
Advanced Nursing Leadership Concepts |
Students synthesize theoretical leadership concepts with personal and professional values in relation to advanced nursing practice. Emphasis is on working with multiple disciplines and leading multiple constituencies. Issues of power, creativity, innovation, ethics, communication, negotiation, conflict management, and resource use are addressed. |
NUAS 502
Strategic Planning and Outcomes Evaluation for Clinical Programs |
Analysis of trends and issues affecting health care systems are reviewed in the context of planning appropriate strategies for the development and growth of clinical programs and services. This includes designing specific program strategies, identifying methods to assure their implementation, and evaluation of outcomes. |
NUAS 517
Financial Resource Management for Nursing Decision Makers |
This course will provide the clinical decision maker state of the art tools to plan, implement, and evaluate the financial viability of health care programs and initiatives. |
NUSC 572
Synthesis Project Development |
Students design a doctoral nursing practice project related to an aggregate of individuals/selected population of interest |
NUSC 574
Synthesis Project Implementation |
Students implement a doctoral nursing practice project related to an aggregate of individuals/selected population of interest. |
NUSC 576
Synthesis Project Evaluation and Dissemination |
Students analyze and disseminate findings from the doctoral nursing practice project. |
NUSC 582
DNP Residency I: Direct Care Role |
Individualized residency experience that will expand clinical expertise and specialized knowledge in the selected direct care advanced nursing practice specialty role. |
NUSC 583
DNP Residency II: Direct Care Role |
Individualized residency experience that will facilitate development of systems-level clinical expertise in the selected direct care advanced nursing practice specialty role. |
NUSC 586
DNP Residency I: Systems-Focused Role |
Individualized residency experience that will expand expertise and specialized knowledge in the selected systems-focused advanced nursing practice specialty role. |
NUSC 587
DNP Residency II: Systems-Focused Role |
Individualized residency experience that will expand development of systems-level expertise in the selected systems-focused advanced nursing practice specialty role. |