Program Overview

Program Requirements

The requirements for the D.N.P. degree include successful completion of the courses listed in the curriculum templates below. The progression to graduation is contingent upon satisfactory completion of all courses, practica, a D.N.P. project, and a public presentation to the YSN community. Students must maintain a High Pass average to qualify for the final year.

HealthCare Leadership, Systems, and Policy D.N.P. Program

Plan of Study

Year One

• Fall Term:
  • NURS 9570: Evidence for the Doctor of Nursing Practice
  • NURS 9630: Moving Health Care Forward: Innovation and Implementation
• Spring Term:
  • NURS 9670: Quality and Safety in Health Care Organizations
  • NURS 9890: D.N.P. Project: Part 1
• Summer Term:
  • NURS 9690: Uses of Data in Decision-Making
  • NURS 9850: Achieving Population Health Equity

Year Two

• Fall Term:
  • NURS 9810: Organizational/Systems Leadership Development
  • NURS 9820: Organizational/Systems Leadership Development Practicum
  • NURS 9900: D.N.P. Project: Part 2
• Spring Term:
  • NURS 9710: Health Care Policy, Politics, and Process
  • NURS 9770: The Business of Health Care

Year Three

• Fall Term:
  • NURS 9980: Leadership Immersion Practicum
  • NURS 9990: D.N.P. Project: Evidence-Based Practice Change
• Spring Term:
  • NURS 9981: Leadership Immersion Practicum
  • NURS 9991: D.N.P. Project: Evidence-Based Practice Change

Clinical D.N.P. Program

Plan of Study

Year One

• Fall Term:
  • NURS 9570: Evidence for the Doctor of Nursing Practice
  • NURS 9600: Clinical Inquiry Seminar I
  • NURS 9630: Moving Health Care Forward: Innovation and Implementation
• Spring Term:
  • NURS 9601: Clinical Inquiry Seminar I
  • NURS 9670: Quality and Safety in Health Care Organizations
  • NURS 9890: D.N.P. Project: Part 1
• Summer Term:
  • NURS 9690: Uses of Data in Decision-Making
  • NURS 9850: Achieving Population Health Equity

Year Two

• Fall Term:
  • NURS 9610: Clinical Inquiry Seminar II
  • NURS 9650: Clinical Leadership and Finance
  • NURS 9900: D.N.P. Project: Part 2
• Spring Term:
  • NURS 9515: Clinical D.N.P. Practicum I
  • NURS 9710: Health Care Policy, Politics, and Process

Year Three

• Fall Term:
  • NURS 9525: Clinical D.N.P. Practicum II
• Spring Term:
  • NURS 9535: Clinical D.N.P. Practicum III
  • NURS 9620: Clinical Inquiry Seminar III