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Flexibility, Convenience for Working APNs

UNC’s online Doctor of 护理 Practice (DNP) empowers you to affect the future of nursing 和 health care delivery. Available to practicing MSN / APNs, this 2+ years part-time, online DNP program prepares you to be a clinical expert with a focus on the critical thinking, leadership 和 political policy skills needed to advocate 和 create changes in healthcare practice at the individual, population 和 organizational systems levels. The DNP curricula provides content in evidence-based practice, quality improvement, 和 systems leadership, among other key areas. 

As the terminal degree in nursing practice, the DNP provides an alternative to research-focused doctoral programs 和 brings you to the highest levels of scientific mastery 和 critical 分析. Critical to the DNP degree is the development of the doctorally prepared clinical scholarly project.

细节程度

Credits Required:

44

Location/Delivery:

在线

Time to Completion:

2+ years (year-round, part-time)

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Doctor of 护理 Practice (Post-Master's)

The post-master’s online DNP program requires 44 credit hours, which includes required practicum scholarship hours 和 12 elective credits that can be chosen to better support your professional interests or to achieve a graduation certificate. 的实习 scholarship hours will combine with the clinical hours logged in your master’s program toward the 1,000-hour requirement for the DNP credential.

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Degree Requirements

在线项目

你的未来 in 护理 领导 

The aging of the U.S. population, combined with changes in the health care system, has resulted in a critical dem和 for leadership in the nursing profession. 当前的 health care trends have left nurses with more responsibility than ever. The post-master’s DNP degree empowers you to analyze the scientific, technological 和 policy factors that influence the profession. You’ll be equipped with high-level expertise to help you bring about positive change for colleagues, patients 和 the communities you serve.

Consider UNC’s DNP post-master's degree if you want to:

  • Exercise professional leadership
  • Raise st和ards of nursing practice 和 health care delivery
  • Improve communication within the discipline
  • Serve as a teacher 和 role model

你将学习:

  • Advanced scientific concepts
  • Advanced clinical practice
  • Translation of evidence 和 epidemiology
  • Policy formulation 和 分析

Sample courses:

  • Epidemiology in Advanced 护理 Practice
  • Population Centered Health Care
  • Advanced 护理 Theory
  • 领导 in Health Policy

Where can your degree take you?

护士包

Organizational leadership 

剪贴板

Health care policy

心在手中

Multidisciplinary care teams

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Translation of evidence to practice

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