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Why earn a DNP? As the national healthcare system is focused on patient-centered care and improved outcomes, there is a strong demand for nursing leadership prepared to be catalysts for change and decision makers.

The emphasis of the program is interprofessional collaboration, leadership and critical evaluation of outcomes, systems improvement, and policy advocacy to effectively manage change and employ strategies for advancing programs of care and clinical practice in complex, healthcare care settings.

Program outcomes starting program entry year 2025:
Upon completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program, students will:

1. Knowledge for Nursing Practice: Lead innovative nursing practice by integrating knowledge and theory from nursing and other diverse interdisciplinary perspectives.
2. Person-centered Care: Design, deliver, and evaluate evidence-based, holistic, compassionate, and inclusive healthcare that promotes self-management within patients' developmental and contextual needs.
3. Population Health: Advance the health and well-being of populations by improving systems of care, collaborating with stakeholders, and advocating for policy that promotes social justice and health equity.
4. Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline: Lead in the synthesis, and application of best evidence into nursing practice to improve health and transform healthcare.
5. Quality and Safety: Implement the principles of knowledge translation, evidence-based practice, and quality management to improve systems of care yielding synchronization between best practices, client and clinician safety, and better client outcomes.
6. Interprofessional Partnerships: Collaborate with interprofessional healthcare teams and stakeholders to provide patient-centered care, strengthen the healthcare experience, and improve outcomes.
7. Systems-Based Practice: Optimize system effectiveness through application of innovation and evidence-based practice for safe, equitable, and cost-effective quality care.
8. Informatics and Healthcare Technologies: Optimize the selection, implementation, use, and evaluation of information and communication technologies to enable safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered care across all system levels.
9. Professionalism: Cultivate a strong professional identity that embodies the core values of the nursing profession, including integrity, accountability, equity, inclusion, and ethical practice.
10. Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development: Exemplify personal resilience, well-being, and professional maturity, while exhibiting leadership capabilities that promote the advancement of the nursing profession and the greater social good.

Be part of the new era in nursing with a Doctorate in Nursing Practice.