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The DNP program is a 30-34 credit post-master’s program for Advanced Practice Nurses and now available for Nurse Administrators. It can be completed in 5 semesters for students who elect a full-time progression plan, or 7 to 8 semesters for part-time students.
21st Century Education for the Highest Level of Advanced Nursing Practice
- Cutting edge web-based platforms offer simultaneous capture of real-time video and/or audio and multimedia presentations. Students are able to hear and see instructors, actively participate in class, developing cohort relationships via chat rooms, and engage in instructor-led discussions.
- Prepares advanced practice nurses who will practice at the highest level of professional nursing, and will advance the application of nursing knowledge for the purpose of improving health care for diverse populations.
- Students learn by engaging faculty, as well as from each other, epitomizing a hallmark of socialization in doctoral education.
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For more information about the DNP program please contact:
Stuart Wells
Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management
P.O. Box 9600
Morgantown, WV 26506-9630
Phone: (304) 293-1600
Fax: (304) 293-2784
(toll free) 1-866-WVUNURS |
Admission Requirements
The following criteria will be used in determining admission to the program:
- Masters or Doctoral degree in Nursing.
- Unencumbered licensure as a registered professional nurse (RN).
- National Certification as an Advanced Practice Nurse (applicants desiring preparation in leadership role are exempt from this requirement).
- Minimum GPA of 3.5 in prior program of study.
- Graduate level course in research and statistics within the last 5 years.
Each student will complete an interview and written exercise. This process will take approximately 4 hours and can be arranged onsite in Charleston, Morgantown or via teleconference. If an applicant plans to interview via teleconference, they must have available access to email and a computer for word processing during the four hour interview.
Course Content
Graduates will be able to practice at the highest level of professional practice to:
- Use science-based theories and concepts to:
- Determine the nature and significance of health and health care delivery phenomena,
- Describe actions and advance strategies to improve health care delivery, and
- Develop, deliver, and evaluate theory-based health care.
- Demonstrate organizational and systems leadership that emphasizes the primacy of clinical work, continually improving health outcomes, and ensuring patient safety.
- Use analytical methods and research to develop best practices and practice guidelines and to facilitate the evaluation of systems of care that will improve patient outcomes.
- Use information systems and technology-based resources that support clinical and administrative decision-making, care systems, nurse-sensitive outcomes, and quality improvement.
- Assume a leadership role in the development of health care policy.
- Establish, participate, and lead interprofessional teams.
- Utilize a strong conceptual foundation in clinical prevention and population health.
- Base practice on biophysical, psychosocial, sociopolitical, and cultural principles; economics; nursing science; and ethics.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate practice and care delivery models, which are politically and culturally appropriate.
For detailed program information, please visit the Doctor of Nursing Practice homepage. |
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