Academic Requirements
At the end of the DNP program:
The graduate will:
- Assume advanced practice nursing roles as an expert clinician
- Implement and evaluate clinical practice based on scientific knowledge
- Demonstrate advanced leadership skills necessary to meet the challenges of increasingly complex healthcare organizations
- Use advanced skills to design, develop, and implement the use of contemporary information systems
- Apply clinical scholarship methodologies for organizational quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and health care outcomes
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams necessary to meet healthcare needs of individuals and populations
- Demonstrate expertise in the analysis and formulation and implementation of health care policy at the local, regional, national, or international level
- Apply ethical theories, legal and practice standards, and advocacy to decision-making healthcare issues.
Length of Program
The program is designed to be completed in 2 years (6 trimesters). Courses are held on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Each student must complete 1,000 clinical hours (FNP and DNP combined) in accordance with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing DNP Roadmap Task force Report. Each student will undertake a clinical scholarship project reflecting a practice site or population of interest supported by scholarly evidence in order to provide students with an opportunity to implement emerging science and practice innovations to improve the health care system. Students will also complete a portfolio.
Leave of Absence
In the matter of request for Leave of Absence, students must complete a Leave of Absence form found in the DNP Handbook. Students will receive a response within four weeks of their request. Requests for Leave of Absence must be made at least one month prior to the beginning of the next semester for which the leave is sought, unless extenuating circumstances prevail.
Interruption of Course Work for One Year or More
A student who does not take a course in the DNP program for one year or more must reapply for admission to the college. Faculty reserve the right to require students to repeat previous coursework based on the length of time that has lapsed since their previous enrollment.
Grading
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GRADUATE GRADING SYSTEM |
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Grade |
Quality Points |
Numerical Scale |
Comments |
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A |
4.0 |
95-100 |
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A- |
3.7 |
90-94 |
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B+ |
3.3 |
87-89 |
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B |
3.0 |
83-86 |
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B- |
2.7 |
80-82 |
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C+ |
2.3 |
77-79 |
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C |
2.0 |
73-76 |
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F |
0.0 |
below 73 |
Failure |
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WU |
0.0 |
N/A |
Unofficial withdrawal |
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W |
– |
N/A |
Withdrawal without penalty |
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INC |
– |
N/A |
Incomplete |
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P |
– |
N/A |
Passing |
Health Requirements
All graduate students must show evidence of an annual physical with up-to-date immunizations and/or titers as required by regulatory agencies. In addition, all graduate students must hold Student Nurse Practitioner malpractice insurance coverage 1 million/6 million. Information concerning coverage is available in the Office of the Program Coordinator.