Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Curriculum

Program Student Learning Outcomes

The Family Nursing Practice DNP program prepares you to be a highly developed clinician and leader in advanced nursing practice or systems of care.

You will be 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, appraise and implement practice approaches that improve healthcare and healthcare 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 healthcare 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 healthcare
  • 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

The DNP degree requires a minimum of 62 term hours of post-baccalaureate or 30 term hours of post-master’s study.

All students must complete the degree requirements within five years.

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