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May 05, 2024
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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]
Nursing Practice, DNP
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College of Nursing > Nursing Practice, DNP
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program is a part-time, post master’s program designed for working nurses utilizing a hybrid (partially face-to-face and online) delivery method. Students may choose between two options:
- PM Family Nurse Practitioner-DNP, or
- PM Administration-DNP.
The PM FNP-DNP track and the PM Administration-DNP track will be delivered predominantly in an online format with face-to-face experiences, especially in clinical settings.
Degree Objectives
The objectives of the proposed PM DNP program would build upon the objectives of the MSN FNP and MSN Administration tracks including preparing the DNP graduate to:
- Perform at the highest level of advanced nursing practice providing expanded health care access to individuals, families, populations and communities.
- Incorporate leadership and interprofessional collaboration skills to deliver safe, effective, comprehensive, cost-effective care.
- Develop, implement and evaluate innovative programs in the areas of patient care, population health, leadership, education and policy.
- Enhance nursing education in nursing programs through evidence-based knowledge, research, ethical standards, technology and clinical judgment to advance quality of care and health outcomes.
- Guide change in health care policies and systems.
- Demonstrate achievement of DNP nationally recognized essentials and competencies.
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Admission Requirements
The University of Houston general admission requirements for Master’s or Doctorate graduate programs require applicants to take the appropriate standardized test e.g. GRE, GMAT, LSAT, have an earned baccalaureate and/or master’s degree, and demonstrate English proficiency if not a graduate of an English-speaking institution. Other admission requirements are program specific. Applicants to the part-time UH DNP program will be reviewed holistically on an ndividual basis. Criteria have been established by the faculty against which each applicant is evaluated for admission.
- Earned baccalaureate degree in nursing from a nationally accredited program.
- Earned master’s degree in an advanced nursing specialty from a nationally accredited nursing program.
- Evidence of current, unencumbered, valid licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Texas.
- Certificate as an advanced practice nurse (if applicable).
- Certified, or eligible for certification, in American Organization of Nurse
- Executives (AONE), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Nurse
- Executive (NE-BC), or ANCC Nurse Executive, Advanced (NEA-BC) (if applicable).
- Minimum of one year’s experience as a nurse practitioner, or one year’s experience in a healthcare leadership position.
- Grade point average of 3.0 or above on a 4.0-point scale in upper division nursing and/or graduate courses.
- Completed GRE or MAT within the last 5 years.
- Written statement of area of practice interest, career goals, areas of research interest, and reasons for pursuing doctoral study (500-word limit).
- Resume or CV.
- Two satisfactory letters of recommendation from both university faculty with a doctoral degree and employers.
- Scheduled interview with DNP faculty if invited.
- Satisfactory completion and review of security screening prior to enrollment.
- All clinical readiness requirements including immunization requirements met prior to enrollment as outline in the student policies.
*Select criteria will be waived for graduates of the UH/UHV MSN FNP and MSN Administration programs who earned a GPA of 3.3 or above.
Degree Requirements
Credit hours required for this degree: 37.0
The degree requirements of the DNP program include 37 credit hours and 585+ clock hours of clinical practicum based on the clinical clock hours completed in the previous MSN program. The total number of required clinical hours for completion of a DNP is 1000 hours. The proposal includes the incorporation of interdisciplinary coursework with the other health related disciplines at UH. Successful applicants will be admitted in the fall following the spring graduation from the MSN FNP program with a projected start date of August 2021.
Required Courses
- NURS 8215 - Advanced Leadership and Management Seminar Credit Hours: 2.0 AND
- NURS 8316 - Advanced Leadership Practicum Credit Hours: 3.0
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- NURS 8225 - Complex Health Deviations Seminar Credit Hours: 2.0 AND
- NURS 8326 - Complex Health Deviations Practicum Credit Hours: 3.0
- NURS 8205 - Interdisciplinary Care Seminar Credit Hours: 2.0
- NURS 8306 - Interdisciplinary Focus Clinical Credit Hours: 3.0
- NURS 8356 - Scholarly Project Development/Implementation Credit Hours: 3.0 - 5.0
- NURS 8209 - DNP Seminar II Credit Hours: 2.0
- NURS 8357 - Scholarly Project Dissemination Credit Hours: 3.0
- NURS 8304 - Systems Management Vulnerable Populations Credit Hours: 3.0
- NURS 8303 - Complex Systems and Leadership Credit Hours: 3.0
Candidacy/Dissertation
A DNP scholarly project is required rather than a dissertation. The DNP project will include learning acquisition from both coursework and clinical application. The faculty serving as the DNP scholarly project team will review and evaluate the student’s project. The DNP scholarly project team will consist of doctoral prepared faculty engaged in practice relevant to the student’s chosen DNP project topic. Successful completion of the DNP scholarly project culminates in a final manuscript, oral presentation and poster presentation.
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