Program of Study Doctor of Nursing Practice (MSN to DNP - APRN) Area of Focus: Leadership to Enhance Population Health Outcomes Credit DNP Core Hours NSG 600 Leadership in Evolving Healthcare Environments NSG 60 Healthcare Economics, Policy, and Finance Subtotal 6 Credit Population/Role Cognates Hours NSG 565 Advanced Nursing Roles in Public Health Systems NSG 566 Population Assessment and Health Promotion Frameworks NSG 567 Population Intervention Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation NSG NSG 56 or 568 Principles of Case Management for Advanced Nursing Practice or Environmental Health NSG 6 Understanding Financial and Business Concepts NSG 64 The Leader & Policy, Politics, Power, and Ethics Subtotal 8 Credit Hours DNP Practica and Capstone NSG 605 DNP Capstone (68 Clock Hours) NSG 606 DNP/Specialty Practicum (5 Clock Hours) NSG 607 DNP/Specialty Immersion Residency (68 Clock Hours) Subtotal 7 Program Total Minimum credits required: Successful completion of the APHN MSN to DNP track for APRNs requires a minimum of semester hours for graduation. Upon review of an individual s academic portfolio, additional courses or clinical hours may be required. It is expected that previous clinical hours plus DNP/Specialty Practicum and Immersion hours will be equal to or greater than 000 clock hours. The equivalent of Biostatistics/Epidemiology must be completed prior to admission or added to the plan of study. Revised: 0/5/6
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF NURSING 959 NE Pacific Street, Health Sciences Building Room T-0, Seattle, WA 9895 06.54.876 nursing.uw.edu Total credit hours: DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER TRACK -YEAR PROGRAM CURRICULUM Effective March 0, 04 YEAR AUTUMN WINTER SPRING Credits Credits Credits NSG 555: Perspectives on Implementing Research in Advanced Nursing Practice NMETH 55: Nursing Inquiry to Support Evidence-Based Practice 5 NMETH 5: Appraisal & Translation of Evidence for Practice 5 YEAR AUTUMN WINTER SPRING SUMMER Credits Credits Credits Credits NSG 557: Lifespan Physiology & Pathophysiology 4 PHARM 54: Advanced Pharmacology NCLIN 56: Clinical Practicum I 4 NCLIN 57: Clinical Practicum II 5 Total credit hours: 6 NSG 50: Leadership Communication & Professional Identity NURS 55: Wellness, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention NCLIN 500: Comprehensive Health Assessment NURS 549: Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment 4 NSG 55: Health Politics and Policy NSG 55: Social Determinants of Health & Health Equity NURS 546: Interpersonal Therapeutics Current Perspectives NURS 547: Neuroscience and Mental Health Epigenetic Perspective NURS 507: Older Adult Mental Health Assessment and Intervention NSG 55: Foundations of Health Systems and Health Economics NMETH 56: Methods of Program Evaluation & Quality Improvement NURS 564: Psychopharmacology and Biological Interventions NURS 554: Mental Health Management and Intervention 4 YEAR AUTUMN WINTER Credits NCLIN 58: Clinical 6 NCLIN 80: Practice Doctoral Practicum III Clinical Immersion Total credit hours: 4 NMETH 80: Practice Doctorate Project NURS 50: Infant & Child Mental Health Assessment and Intervention NMETH 80: Practice Doctorate Project/Capstone Credits 9 Doctor of Nursing Practice Core Course (all DNP students) Advanced Practice Nursing Core Course (all APN students) Track and Shared Track (students by track focus)
Post Master s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program of Study for Students Matriculating 06-07 Academic Year Year Summer 06 Fall 06 Winter 07 Spring 07 NURS 700: Concepts for Comprehensive Care in Advanced Practice Nursing NURS 70: Policy and Population Based Care NURS 7: Evaluating Evidence for Advanced Nursing Practice NURS 7: Health Systems, Organization, & Change NURS 76: DNP Integration Seminar NURS 74: Practice Evaluation NURS 76: DNP Integration Seminar NURS 75: Applied Health Care Economics & Finance NURS 76: DNP Integration Seminar /Cognate* 4 Total 6 7 6 5 Year Summer 07 Fall 07 Winter 08 Spring 08 NURS 70: Concepts for NURS 790: DNP Practicum NURS 790: DNP Practicum NURS 790: DNP Practicum Doctoral Nursing Practice NURS 75: Methods for NURS 70: DNP Project NURS 70: DNP Project NURS 70: DNP Project Clinical Inquiry /Cognate* Total 7 5 5 5 Total Credits: 46 DNP Awarded *4 of the 7 elective credits must be at the doctoral level. s may be taken any time during the final year of the program. Students should consult with advisor for appropriate elective courses. 08046
SAMPLE MATRICULATION PLAN FOR POST MASTER S STUDENTS (FALL TERM ENTRY) 5 credits Year Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits Summer Semester Credits N966 Quantitative Methods for Evaluating Health Care Practices N960 Evidence Based Practice I: Locating and Appraising **N970 Scholarly Writing N70 Applied Finance and Budget Planning N96 Evidence Based Practice II: Implementation and Evaluation *N975 DNP Scholarly Project N96 Data Driven Health Care Improvement N964 Effective Leadership N975 DNP Scholarly Project Semester Total 7 7 8 Year Fall Semester Credits Spring Semester Credits N96 Transforming the Nation s Health N965 Health Systems Transformation N975 DNP Scholarly Project N975 DNP Scholarly Project Semester Total 7 6 *Minimum of 5 capstone credit hours divided among 4 semesters depending on capstone project complexity for degree. **N970 Scholarly Writing must be taken along with N960. Please register for same course section number for both N960 and N970. Last updated July 06
Expand AllCollapse All Fall I ( credits, Semester ) o Foundations of Scholarship-Project Problem Identification () o Biostatistics for Evidence Based Practice () o Context of Healthcare for Advanced Nursing Practice () o Advanced Physiology () Spring I ( credits, Semester ) o Health Promotion () o Advanced Pathophysiology () o Pharmacology for Advanced Practice () o Advanced Health Assessment () o Health Supervision () Summer I (8 credits, Semester ) o Research Process and its Application to Evidence-based Practice () o Common Health Problems () o Clinical Reasoning I () o Human Development Across the Lifespan () Fall II ( credits, Semester 4) o Health Information Technology () o Nursing Inquiry () o Philosophical, Theoretical and Ethical Perspectives of Advanced Nursing Practice () o Clinical Practicum I (68 clinical hours) () o Clinical Reasoning II () Spring II ( credits, Semester 5) o DNP Project Development (practice hours) () o Translation () o Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care () o Clinical Practicum II (68 clinical hours) () o Clinical Reasoning III () Summer II (7 credits, Semester 6) o Analysis and Evaluation of Individuals and Populations () o Clinical Practicum III ( clinical hours) () o Clinical Reasoning IV () Fall III (9 credits, Semester 7) o DNP Project Implementation (practice hours) () o Econonics and Finance () o Clinical Practicum IV ( clinical hours) () o Clinical Reasoning V () Spring III ( credits, Semester 8) o DNP Project Evaluation (practice hours) () o Clinical Data Management () o Advanced Nursing Health Policy () o Clinical Practicum V (4 clinical hours) (4)
University of Maryland DNP Full-time students must take the core courses in the order listed in the chart below. NDNP 8, 8, 8, and the elective may be taken as listed below or in a different sequence as agreed upon by the advisor and the student. After NDNP 8 is completed, NDNP 8 and NDNP 8 must be taken consecutively, and successfully completed in the following semesters, or NDNP 86 DNP Project Advisement must be taken every semester until successfully completed. DNP Project advisement does not count toward elective credits. Doctor of Nursing Practice: Post-Master s Full-time (Two Year) Plan of Study Semester and Course Number/Title Fall Year NRSG 790: Methods for Research and Evidence-based Practice NRSG 795: Biostatistics for Evidence-based Practice NDNP 804: Theory for Evidence-based Practice NRSG 785: Professional Writing Spring Year NDNP 807: Information Systems and Technology Improvement/Transformation Health Care NDNP 808: Information Systems and Technology Improvement/Transformation Health Care Practicum NURS 84: Translating Evidence to Practice NDNP 890: Practicum NDNP 80: DNP Project Identification Summer Year NDNP 890: Additional Practicum as Needed to Meet,000-hour Requirement NDNP 8: DNP Project Development Credit/Clinical Hours Credits Credits Credits Credit Total: 0 Credits Credits Credit (45 Hours) Credits Credits (90 Hours) Credit Total: 9 Credits Variable Credit Credit Fall Year NDNP 8: DNP Project Implementation NDNP 84: Practice Leadership Within Complex Adaptive Health Care Systems NDNP 87: Practice Leadership Within Complex Adaptive Health Care Systems Clinical Practicum Credit (45 Hours) Credits Credits (90 Hours)
NDNP 890: Practicum Spring Year NDNP 8: DNP Project Evaluation/Dissemination NURS 80: Evidence-based Health Policy NDNP 890: Practicum ELECTIVE Summer Year NDNP 890: Additional Practicum as Needed to Meet,000-hour Requirement Credit (45 Hours) Total: 7 Credits Credit (45 Hours) Credits Credits (5 Hours) Credits Total: 0 Credts Variable Credit TOTAL 7 CREDITS (6 Didactic/ Clinical Credits [495 practicum hours])
Vanderbilt Full-Time Course of Study for Students Entering with MSN Degree FALL YEAR I 800 800 Evidence-Based Practice I: The Nature of Evidence Evidence-Based Practice I: The Nature of Evidence ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or 80 80 804 804 804 804 Informatics for Scholarly Practice Informatics for Scholarly Practice ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or Statistics in Health Sciences Statistics in Health Sciences ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or Epidemiology Epidemiology ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or SPRING YEAR I 805 805 Integrative Application of Evidence-Based Practice I Integrative Application of Evidence-Based Practice I ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or 80 80 804 804 Evidence-Based Practice II: Evaluating and Applying Evidence Evidence-Based Practice II: Evaluating and Applying Evidence ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Quality Improvement and Patient Safety ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or SUMMER YEAR I 805 805 Integrative Application of Evidence-Based Practice II Integrative Application of Evidence-Based Practice II ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or 80 80 Health Care Economics and Finance* OR Health Care Economics and Finance* OR ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or
804 804 8044 8044 8045 8045 Advanced Health Care Economics and Finance* Advanced Health Care Economics and Finance* ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or Management of Organizations and Systems** OR Management of Organizations and Systems** OR ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare Organizations and Systems** Evidence- Based Management in Healthcare Organizations and Systems** ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or FALL YEAR II 8095 8095 Integrative Application of Evidence-Based Practice III Integrative Application of Evidence-Based Practice III ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or 805 805 8054 8054 Health Policy Health Policy ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or Legal and Ethical Environment Legal and Ethical Environment ( required for Nurse Faculty Loan recipients ) or Students must complete 5 credits of coursework at Vanderbilt School of Nursing, including 500 hours of clinical integration, and a scholarly project.