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Sample Full-time Curriculum D.N.P. Program
Also available as pdf file.
* STA 570 or comparable graduate-level course within the past five years is a prerequisite to the program or can be taken during the fall of the first year; statistics is a required course prerequisite for NUR 903 (Biostatistics).
Year 1
Fall Semester 		 Credit Hours
NUR 778 Proseminar in Contemporary Health and Nursing Policy Issues

3
NUR 902 Nursing Leadership in Healthcare Systems

3
NUR 915 Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice and Program Planning in Nursing

4
* Statistics course

3
Subtotal

10-13*

Spring Semester 
NUR 903 Applied Biostatistics for Outcomes Evaluation

4
NUR 904 Epidemiology Applied to the Design and Evaluation of Nursing and Health Services

3
NUR 916 Evaluation for Improvement of Clinical Practice and Outcomes

3
Subtotal

10

Summer

  

NUR 917 Technology for Transforming Nursing and Healthcare

 3

NUR 918 Protection of Human Subjects

 1
Subtotal

4

Year 2
Fall Semester 		 Credit Hours
NUR 914 Economic and Financial Aspects of Clinical and Population-Based Healthcare Systems

4
NUR 919 Strategic Analysis for Quality Improvement in Nursing and Healthcare

3
NUR 920 Advancing Nursing Practice in Dynamic Healthcare Systems

3
Subtotal

10

Spring Semester 
NUR 910 Residency

3
Subtotal

3

Summer

  

NUR 910 Residency

3
Subtotal

3
   

Total Credit Hours   40-43

 

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