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The Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) represents the highest level of preparation in nursing practice based on nursing science and prepares leaders for nursing practice. This program builds upon the base of a Master’s Degree in Nursing Preparation in Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Clinical Nurse Specialty (CNS) programs and excellence of practice based on validations by standard sets of competencies in national certification processes and specialty credentials. The Beth-El College at UCCS program is based upon the essential concepts of the DNP curriculum as approved by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in September 2005, and the accrediting body for DNP programs, the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The DNP program is initially offered as a post master’s degree option that builds upon and expands the competencies of the master’s prepared Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist providing an extended transition period during which nurses with master’s degree would be recognized to be fully credentialed for current advanced practice roles (start date May 2007). This transition period is necessary to ensure multiple entry points into practice-focused doctoral programs and allows advanced practice nurses (APNs) currently practicing as NPs or CNSs an opportunity to earn a practice doctorate. The program will also provide a post Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) entry point (projected start date Fall 2010).DNP Curriculum | Printable Course Descriptions |Admissions Requirements | DNP Application | Background Check Policy | FAQs | Contact Us
Printable DNP Curriculum & Specialty Course Descriptions
Prerequisites:
Doctor of Nursing Practice Advanced Level Courses |
| NURS 701 (3) Advanced Clinical & Holistic Care for Advanced Practice Nursing |
| NURS 703 (3) Advanced Heath Care Policy, Ethics and Law |
| NURS 707 (3) Population Based Health Care for Improving the Nation’s Health |
| NURS 708 (3) Clinical Nursing Scholarship for Evidenced- Based Practice |
| NURS 709 (3) Business, Finance and Entrepreneurship for Advanced Practice Nursing |
| NURS 710 (3) Organizational Systems Leadership and Quality Improvement |
| Clinical Elective Specialty Course (see list below) |
| Clinical Elective Specialty Course (see list below) |
| Clinical Elective Specialty Course (see list below) |
| NURS 800 (3) DNP Clinical Residency |
| NURS 801 (3) DNP Capstone Proposal |
| NURS 802 (3) DNP Capstone Project |
* Beth-El College of Nursing & Health Sciences offers NURS 711 Inferential Statistics for Health Care Professionals for students who need a graduate-level inferential statistics course to fulfill the pre/co-requisite. Clinical Specialty Courses (students must take a minimum of three from
one category)
Holistic Nursing Specialty |
Geriatric Nursing Specialty |
Self-Defined Specialty |
| NURS 648 Holistic Praxis: Therapies Energy Fields | NURS 622 Collaborative Health Mgt of Elderly | 3 courses that prepare the DNP student for a clinical specialty. Courses must be approved by the department and be transfer credits with a grade of "B" or better. |
| NURS 643 Psychophysiology of Holistic Health | NURS 623 Physiological Problems of Aging | |
| NURS 647 Holistic-Praxis: Therapies of Imagination | NURS 660 Palliative Care in APN |
DNP students wishing to teach in an academic setting also have the opportunity to enhance their teaching skills with an education certificate offered in addition to a clinical cognate.
Nursing Education Certificate |
| NURS 619 Educational Measurement and Evaluation |
| NURS 620 Curriculum Development in Nursing |
| NURS 621 Transformational Teaching Strategies |
| NURS 771 Clinical Practicum in Nursing Education Or NURS 772 Classroom Practicum in Nursing Education |
The DNP admissions standards differ from the UCCS Graduate School admissions in that NP/CNS National Certification and RN license are required as well. Prerequisite graduate courses in nursing theory, research and policy are indicated only if MSN programs were in deficit of this core courses.
For more information about this program, contact Bethany Miller, DNP Program Coordinator, at 719.255.4354, 800.990.8227 (x4354) or bmiller2@uccs.edu
For information on this program, contact Bethany Miller, DNP Program Coordinator Last updated: January 21, 2010 J L Crouch |