Doctor of Nursing Practice (MSN to DNP) Area of Focus: Transformative Leadership: Population Health

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This area of focus is on the development of population-based knowledge and skills to enhance clinical health outcomes for patient aggregates, communities, and populations. Students with a MSN in a primary care specialty as well as non-APRN MSNs will be considered for admission to the Transformative Leadership: Population Health option.

Terminal Objectives

The DNP degree is designed to prepare graduates to function as highly developed clinicians and leaders in advanced nursing practice or systems of care. Graduates are prepared to practice in a variety of complex clinical, organizational and educational systems with diverse populations, and are able to affect changes in health care outcomes through evidence-based decision-making and system redesign.

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

Curriculum

DNP Core

NSG - 600 Leadership in Evolving Healthcare Environments Credit(s): 3
NSG - 602 Healthcare Economics, Policy, Finance Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: 6

Population/Role Cognates

NSG - 565 Public Health Systems & the APHN Role Credit(s): 3
NSG - 566 Population Assessment & Health Promotion Frameworks Credit(s): 3
NSG - 567 Population Intervention Planning, Implementation & Evaluation Credit(s): 3
NSG - 536 Principles of Case Management Credit(s): 3 or
NSG - 568 Environmental Health Credit(s): 3
NSG - 611 Financial & Business Concepts Credit(s): 3
NSG - 614 The Leader and Policy, Politics, Power & Ethics Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: 18

DNP Practica and Project

NSG - 605 DNP Project Credit(s): 2 (168 Clock Hours)
NSG - 606 DNP Specialty Practicum Credit(s): 1-12
Credit Hours: (3) (252 Clock Hours)
NSG - 607 DNP Immersion Residency Credit(s): 1-15
Credit Hours: (2) (168 Clock Hours)

Subtotal: 7

Total: 31

Minimum credits required: Successful completion of the APHN MSN to DNP track requires a minimum of 31 term
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 1000 clock hours.

The equivalent of Biostatistics/Epidemiology must be completed prior to admission or added to the plan of study.