Program Student Learning Outcomes
The Advanced Public Health Nursing DNP program prepares graduates to be highly developed clinicians and leaders.
You are prepared to practice in a variety of complex clinical, organizational and educational systems with diverse populations.
Our program gives you the tools to affect changes in health care outcomes through evidence-based decision-making and system redesign.
Graduates meet the following outcomes:
- Integrate science-based theories and data-based concepts to develop, critically appraise and implement practice approaches that improve health care and health care systems
- Apply organizational theories and systems thinking to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness and safety outcomes of practice decisions and initiatives
- Apply effective strategies for managing the ethical dilemmas inherent in patient care, the health care organization and research
- Apply knowledge of informatics to monitor and improve outcomes, programs and systems of care
- Provide leadership in influencing policies on the financing, regulation and delivery of health care
- Lead interprofessional teams to improve patient and population health outcomes
- Function independently in an advanced nursing role to improve health outcomes in a specialty area of practice
Graduates Meet the Following Standards
Students entering the program with a bachelor’s degree need to complete a minimum of 62 term hours.
Students who have a master’s degree require a minimum of 47 term hours.
All students must complete the degree requirements within five years.
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Graduate nursing core
- NSG - 522 Applied Epidemiology Biostats Nursing (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 523 Research for Evidence-Based Practice (Credits: 3)
Subtotal: 6
DNP core
- NSG - 600 Leadership in Evolving Health Care Environments (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 602 Health Care Economics, Policy, Finance (Credits: 3)
Subtotal: 6
Population/role cognates
- NSG - 536 Principles of Case Management for Advanced Nursing Practice (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 565 Advanced Nursing Roles in Public Health Systems (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 566 Population Assessment and Health Promotion Frameworks (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 567 Population Intervention Planning, Implementation & Evaluation (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 568 Environmental Health (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 611 Financial & Business Concepts (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 612 Applied Organizational Analysis and the Management of Human Resources (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 613 Data and Decision Making for Strategic Outcomes Management (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 614 The Leader and Policy, Politics, Power and Ethics (Credits: 3)
- Cognates credit hours: 9*
* The following courses are approved to satisfy the cognates credit hours requirement:
- HSM - 688 Topics in Health Systems Management
- NSG - 534 Major Psychopathological Disorders
- NSG - 572 Quality and Safety for the Aging Adult
- NSG - 578 Interprofessional Cultural Competency Via Community-Based Service
- NSG - 675 Literature Synthesis Approach
- NSG - 679 Evidence-Based Teaching in Health Professions
All other courses, within or outside Rush University, must be approved to ensure they satisfy requirements. Written approval from the assistant dean of specialty education is required.
Subtotal: 36
DNP practica and project
- NSG - 605 DNP Project (Credits: 2)
- Clock hours: 168
- NSG - 606 DNP Specialty Practicum (Credits: 1-12)
- Credit hours: 9, clock hours: 756
- NSG - 607 DNP Immersion Residency (Credits: 1-14)
- Credit hours: 3, clock hours: 252
Subtotal: 14
Total: 62
Upon review of an individual’s academic portfolio, additional courses or clinical hours may be required.
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DNP core
- NSG - 600 Leadership in Evolving Health Care Environments (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 602 Health Care Economics, Policy and Finance (Credits: 3)
Subtotal: 6
Population/role cognates
- NSG - 536 Principles of Case Management for Advanced Nursing Practice (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 565 Advanced Nursing Roles in Public Health Systems (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 566 Population Assessment and Health Promotion Frameworks (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 567 Population Intervention Planning, Implementation and Evaluation (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 568 Environmental Health (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 611 Financial and Business Concepts (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 612 Applied Organizational Analysis and the Management of Human Resources (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 613 Data and Decision Making for Strategic Outcomes Management (Credits: 3)
- NSG - 614 The Leader and Policy, Politics, Power and Ethics (Credits: 3)
Subtotal: 27
DNP practica and project
- NSG - 605 DNP Project (Credits: 2)
- Clock hours: 168
- NSG - 606 DNP Specialty Practicum (Credits: 1-12)
- Credit hours: 9, Clock hours: 756
- NSG - 607 DNP/Specialty Immersion Residency (Credits: 1-14)
- Credit hours: 3, Clock hours: 252
Subtotal: 14
Total: 47
Upon review of an individual’s academic portfolio, additional courses or clinical hours may be required.
The equivalent of Biostatistics/Epidemiology must be completed prior to admission or added to the plan of study.
View the current course catalog
Refer to the course catalog for our most up-to-date curriculum information.