Online Post Masters to DNP Program

The Post Master’s DNP prepares students to meet the objectives of The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice. The Online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Post Master’s is for individuals who hold a Master’s degree in nursing and are certified as NPs, CNSs, CRNAs, or CNMs or hold a Master’s degree in nursing or a health related field for nurse administrators.

The UMass Chan Medical School is the commonwealth’s first and only public academic health sciences center, home to the T.H. Chan School of Medicine, the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing and the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. The Graduate Entry Pathway is designed as an alternate pathway into the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program for applicants who have bachelor’s degree in a field other than nursing, who are not registered nurses, and who seek a doctoral degree in nursing, to become a Nurse Practitioner in a leadership role.

The purpose of the Post Master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at UMass Chan is to prepare nurse practitioner and nurse administrators graduates for advanced nursing practice leadership roles. 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 advanced nursing practice leadership roles in hospitals and community-based settings, health care organizations, and schools of nursing as clinical faculty.

Points of Distinction

• Only publicly funded nursing school in the commonwealth with a sole focus on graduate education.
• Part of a top-rated Medical School that includes interprofessional and state of the art education.
• Online courses with three interactive onsite Saturday meetings during each semester.
• Small student to faculty ratio
• Excellent time to graduation record.

Who is a Candidate?

• Certified Nurse Practitioner
• Certified Nurse Anesthetist
• Certified Nurse Midwife
• Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Nurse Administrator