2024-2025 Catalog

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2024-2025 Catalog

Nursing Practice, Executive Nursing Leadership, DNP (NURP-TL)

DNP: Doctor of Nursing Practice

Prerequisite Degree Requirements

Please see the DNP admission requirements on the School of Nursing page.

Major Requirements

Core Requirements

NURS 701 - DNP Role Credit Hours: 3
NURS 703 - Informatics to Improve Patient Care Credit Hours: 3
NURS 705 - Applied Statistics and Research in Nursing Credit Hours: 3
NURS 712 - Epidemiology and Population Health Credit Hours: 3
NURS 721 - Healthcare Policy and Clinical Practice Credit Hours: 3
NURS 731 - Organizational and System Leadership Credit Hours: 3
NURS 735 - Quality Improvement Credit Hours: 3

Total: 21 Credit Hours

Executive Nursing Leadership (TL)

NURS 716 - Healthcare Finance and Clinical Practice Credit Hours: 3
NURS 733 - Healthcare Reform: Current Issues Affecting Nursing Practice Credit Hours: 3
NURS 742 - Healthcare Leadership Strategies for Organizational Effectiveness Credit Hours: 3
NURS 746 - Finance and Human Resource Management for Optimal Quality Outcomes Credit Hours: 3

Total: 12 Credit Hours

Additional Major Requirements

Completion of all project readiness requirements.

Project

NURS 752 - Scholarly Project Proposal Credit Hours: 3
NURS 758 - Scholarly Project Implementation Credit Hours: 3

Total: 6 Credit Hours

Project Submission

Completed project must be submitted to the ACU Digital Commons.

Total Major Hours: 39