Program Overview

Doctor of Nursing Practice: Post-Master's

Overview

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is a post-master's program designed for working nurses who wish to influence change in healthcare settings and improve patient outcomes. The program is offered online and can be completed in as little as 21 months.

Program Details

• Format: Online
• Start: Fall
• Time to completion: 21 months
• Credits required: 34
• Tuition per credit: $1,200 (rates)
• Total tuition: $43,200

Program Description

The post-master's DNP is a rigorous, relevant, and challenging online program based on a cohort learning model. The curriculum builds on your personal motivations and a tradition of 120+ years of clinical and educational excellence, leadership, and social justice. The program is designed to produce leaders in nursing who are prepared to improve health outcomes through evidence-based practice, quality improvement project leadership, application of healthcare economics and informatics, and facilitation of changes in health policy.

Career Outcomes

Graduates of the DNP program are prepared to take on leadership roles in healthcare settings and improve patient outcomes through evidence-based practice and quality improvement.

Plan of Study

Below is a sample plan of study. For course descriptions and other details, consult the program in the University catalog.

Year 1

• Fall
  • STAT 7000 Introduction to Biostatistics (3cr)
  • NURS 7140 Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice (3cr)
  • NURS 8506 Post Masters Practicum (0cr)
• Summer
  • NURS 8300 Advanced Outcomes Measurement and Evaluation (3cr)
  • NURS 8516 DNP Integration II (2cr)
• Spring
  • NURS 7080 Informatics for Advanced Nursing Practice (3cr)
  • NURS 8523 Advanced Evidence-based Practice (3cr)
  • NURS 8515 DNP Integration I (2cr)

Year 2

• Fall
  • NURS 8150 Leadership for Advanced Nursing Practice (3cr)
  • NURS 8536 Health Care Economics and Finance (3cr)
  • NURS 8517 DNP Integration III (2cr)
• Spring
  • NURS 8543 Health Care: Power, Policy and Politics (3cr)
  • NURS 8518 DNP Integration IV (2cr)
  • NURS 8507 Post Masters Practicum (2cr)

Important Notes

• Due to state-level regulations, we are unable to enroll students who will be residing in any of the following states while enrolled in this program: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Canada.
• For successful admission and continuance in St. Catherine University's nursing programs, a specific set of essential cognitive, sensory, communication, psychomotor, and behavioral/emotional health abilities are required to be performed with or without reasonable accommodations. Read the Full requirements.
• Exemptions to the University’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy may affect your ability to be placed at clinical and fieldwork sites and may result in inability to progress in your program. All health profession students with COVID-19 vaccine exemptions are required to sign the Healthcare Student COVID-19 Exemption Acknowledgement prior to applying to the programs. For more information, please contact or your program of study director.