DNP - Nursing Practice
This DNP is designed for advanced practice nurses and nurse administrators who want to move into leadership positions. Learn more.
Reasons to consider a DNP:
- A DNP is the preferred credential for advanced practice nurses.
- A DNP focuses on practical contributions to the nursing field, which allows it to be completed in less time than a research-focused PhD.
Capella's DNP emphasizes administrative, organizational, and systems leadership competencies, unlike many DNPs that are more clinically-focused. Topics covered include:
- Leadership and ethics in health care.
- Health care management.
- Policy and advocacy.
- Health care information systems.
- Health promotion and disease prevention for global populations.
Capella's DNP also features:
- A curriculum that incorporates The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice established by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
- Field experiences that allow you to apply what you are learning and focus on your areas of interest. (Minimum of 1,000 field experience hours.)
- A final project that produces a practice- and evidence-based solution to a problem you encountered in the field.
- Convenient electronic textbooks for most courses, which lowers costs and provides immediate access to course materials.
- A five-day residential colloquium to work on your final project and participate in face-to-face collaborative experiences with peers and faculty.
The DNP degree program is not a clinical degree program and is not designed to prepare advanced practice registered nurses for roles as nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, or certified nurse anesthetists.
Educational Level:
Doctorate
Language:
English
