Program Coursework

Post Masters in Nursing Pathway

Admission Pre-requisite: SRM 602 (Statistical Methods I) or equivalent

DNP Courses:

• Professional Practice and Healthcare Finance Seminar (3 credit hrs)  Comprehensive economic investigation of health planning, organization, personnel, payment systems and care cost effectiveness in health care delivery systems.
• Epidemiology in Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credit hrs)  Principles of epidemiology and understanding of biostatistics will be applied to population management of disease and intervention strategies.
• Advanced Nursing Theory (3 credit hrs) The focus of this course is nursing knowledge development and the underpinnings of nursing science, practice, and education.
• Information Technology in Health Care (3 credit hrs) Emphasizes the use and application of computerized systems to clinical decision strategies for advanced practice nurses in quality management areas and the associated social, ethical, and legal issues.
• Concepts in Advanced Evidence-Based Practice (3 credit hrs)  Emphasis is on the systematic evaluation and use of current best evidence to make decisions about clinical practice and health care systems.
• Population Centered Health Care (3 credit hrs)  Examines perspectives of population based health care across the life span from a community and global perspective.  Analyze healthcare delivery systems for population education, prevention and risk management.
• Applied Nursing Genomics (3 credit hrs)  A genomics focus on concepts of prevention, screening, diagnostics, prognostics, selection of treatment, and monitoring of treatment effectiveness for individuals and aggregates within cultural and ethical care contexts.
• Advance Nursing Leadership in Health Care (3 credit hrs)  Analyzes the structure and organization of health care delivery systems including population-based, acute and ambulatory health care.  The roles of the DNP in organizational and systems policy are addressed.
• DNP Practicum (3-7 credit hrs)  Practicum in hospital, community, and primary care settings focusing on clinical prevention and population based health care.
• DNP Capstone Project (6 credit hrs)  Capstone project reflecting knowledge and synthesis of evidence based practice in advanced nursing health care.

Total credit hours: 33