Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
The purpose of the Post Master’s Doctor in Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the University of Massachusetts Worcester is to prepare graduates for leadership roles as advanced practice nurses (APNs). The curriculum is designed to educate students to improve and transform health care through systems leadership, research translation, and advanced clinical knowledge. Graduates are prepared to assume APN leadership roles in hospitals and community-based settings, health care organizations, and schools or nursing as clinical faculty.
Doctor of Nursing Practice Application (PDF) Application Deadline May 1, 2009
Objectives of the DNP Program:
- Prepare graduates in advanced practice nursing specialties for careers in clinical practice with diverse populations, organizational and systems leadership in health care systems, and clinical nursing education in professional nursing programs;
- Produce advance practice nurses with the skills to apply principles of population health outcomes and evidence-based practice to clinical situations as interdisciplinary team members for improvement and transformation of patient care;
- Develop advanced practice nursing leaders with expert knowledge of complex health problems who will lead and improve nursing practice in Worcester, the Commonwealth, and beyond.
Course Sequence
Year I
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Fall Semester
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N 702
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Research and Theory for the DNP
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3 cr
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Pub Hlth 757
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Public Health Informatics
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3 cr
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Pub Hlth 630
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Principles of Epidemiology (UMA)
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3 cr
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Spring Semester
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N 808
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Doctoral Seminar in Critical Health Policy Issues
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3 cr
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N 705
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Trends Influencing the DNP
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3 cr
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N 815
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Statistical Analysis of Data
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3 cr
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Summer Session
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N 708
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Organizational Systems and Healthcare Financing
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4 cr
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Year II
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Fall Semester
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N 770
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DNP Residency I
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3 cr
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N 772
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DNP Capstone Project I
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3 cr
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Elective
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3 cr
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Spring Semester
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N 771
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DNP Residency II
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3 cr
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N 773
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DNP Capstone Project II
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Elective
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Total Academic Credits
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40 cr
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