Doctor of Nursing Practice - Post Master’s Program Degree Plan/Progress Record

Degree Requirements:

1. Official transcript(s)
2. Unconditional Admission
3. 35 Semester hours of credit minimum
4. Meet synthesis requirements
5. No more than 6 semester hours below “B”
6. Overall GPA of 3.0
7. Completion of research requirement with a “B” or better
8. All credit earned within 5 years of graduation
9. Successful completion of Competency Evaluations
10. Graduation Application filed
11. Completion of 1000 clinical hours at graduate level
12. Committee Approval of DNP Synthesis Project Proposal
13. Successful completion of e-Portfolio
14. Successful completion of DNP Synthesis Project

Advanced Nursing Core:

(15 Semester Hours)

• NSG 8801 - Healthcare Informatics and Data Management
• NSG 8804 - Policy and Politics in Healthcare
• NSG 8805 - Principles of Epidemiology
• NSG 8822 - Leadership in Organizations and Systems
• NSG 8826 - Health Disparities from a Systems Perspective

Scholarly Inquiry Methods for Evidence-Based Practice:

(9 Semester Hours)

• NSG 8802 - Applied Biostatistics
• NSG 8812 - Foundations of Evidence-based Practice
• NSG 8815 - Evaluation Methods for Improvement of Clinical Outcomes

Practice Synthesis:

(8-12 Semester Hours)

• NSG 8810 - Synthesis of Evidence Based Practice I: Project Identification
• NSG 8820 - Synthesis of Evidence Based Practice II: Project Development
• NSG 8830 - Synthesis of Evidence Based Practice III: Project Implementation
• NSG 8840 - Synthesis of Evidence Based Practice IV: Project Evaluation

Synthesis and Evaluation:

( 3 Semester Hours)

• NSG 8850 - Dissemination

Items to be Discussed:

1. Unconditional Admission
2. Availability of faculty for academic advising
3. Petition for transfer credit once unconditionally admitted
4. Class attendance
5. Drop and Withdrawal procedures; deadlines & consequences
6. Petition for Incomplete grade
7. Student participation in course and program evaluation
8. Other

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