Clear your path to advanced and executive roles in today’s evidence-based practice environment through a post-bachelor's or post-master’s DNP. program from one of the top nursing schools in America.
The Conway School of Nursing provides two pathways to the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree:
Post-Bachelor's DNP
For students who have previously earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.
Accelerate your career in the DNP Advanced Practice Program at the Conway School of Nursing. Our rigorous program prepares excellent clinicians who are equipped to lead change at the systems level. Learn more.
Post-Master's DNP
For students who have previously earned a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree.
- Length of Program: Course work - 24-months
The Post-MSN DNP Program prepares Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Nurse Leaders in Health Systems and Nurse Educators to lead change in complex healthcare environments. Learn more.
Nurse Practitioner Specializations Available
- Complete in as few as 36 months
- Graduates eligible to sit for certification board exams.
- 1050 to 1410 clinical hours depending on specialty selected.
- Program includes two week-long on-campus experiences for Adult-Gerontology Acute Care, Family, and Pediatric Primary Care and three week-long on-campus experiences for Dual Primary and Acute Pediatric Care
DNP Program Outcomes
Upon completion of the program, graduates will:
- Develop, lead, and disseminate transformational interventions demonstrating expert critical thinking and clinical reasoning, including knowledge from nursing, other disciplines, theology, philosophy, and the other liberal arts and natural and social sciences to make judgments and create innovations in advanced nursing practice/specialty level for the common good.
- Design, create, implement, and evaluate models of care that support holistic, individualized, just, compassionate, coordinated, evidence-based, developmentally appropriate, and inclusive care that is respectful of the dignity of the human person, promotes human flourishing, and is consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church.
- Develop evidence-based and collaborative strategies that promote health, prevent disease, and manage risks, considering social determinants of health, advocating for the improvement of equitable health outcomes, across the continuum of care and levels of prevention through both traditional and non-traditional partnerships from diverse communities, public health, industry, academia, healthcare, local government entities, and others.
- Generate, synthesize, translate, apply, and disseminate nursing knowledge to improve health and transform health care.
- Addresses clinical quality issues using innovation principles and processes, improvement science, and evidence to assure accountability for a culture of patient, provider, and work environment safety through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
- Leads, implements, and evaluates interprofessional teamwork and collaboration with colleagues, patients, families, and communities that value engagement with the city, nation, Church, and world through participatory decision-making related to healthcare needs to innovate, optimize, and improve health outcomes within advanced nursing specialty practice.
- Design and evaluate innovative strategies for coordinated cost-effective, proactive, and efficient care within complex healthcare systems based on Catholic values to provide safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations.
- Enhances and advances information and communication technologies and informatics processes to provide care respecting the dignity of the human person and to guide clinical decision making to improve outcomes in the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services that align with best practices and professional and regulatory requirements.
- Cultivate professional development in others grounded in Catholic social teaching, inclusive of honesty, integrity, accountability, a collaborative disposition, and ethical behavior reflective of the Catholic identity and nursing’s unique characteristics and values.
- Influence intentional change guided by leadership principles and theories, demonstrating a commitment to lifelong personal resilience and whole person well-being,intellectual curiosity, and professional growth and development.