Learning Outcomes
Purpose
The purpose of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program is to prepare graduates as expert clinicians for direct- or indirect-care roles in advanced practice and clinical leadership.
Program Outcomes
At the completion of the program, students will enact the following outcomes:
- Implement and evaluate clinical practice based on scientific knowledge
- Assume advanced-practice nursing roles as expert clinicians
- Demonstrate advanced leadership skills necessary to meet the challenges of increasingly complex healthcare organizations
- Demonstrate analytical methodologies for the evaluation of clinical practice and the application of scientific evidence to improve professional practice
- Apply clinical scholarship methodologies for organizational quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and health care outcomes
- Use advanced skills to design, develop, and implement the use of contemporary technological information systems
- Demonstrate expertise in the analysis, formulation, and implementation of healthcare policy.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams necessary to meet health care needs of individuals and populations
- Apply ethical theories, legal and practice standards, and advocacy to decision making in health care issues
- Apply population-based methodologies for health promotion and disease prevention in advanced practice
Goals
The goals of the program are to:
- Provide a high-quality educational program that prepares candidates for successful careers as clinical experts and leaders.
- Implement a program of study that promotes expert clinical practice, continuous practice improvement, effective leadership practices, and clinical scholarship.
- Participate in the evolution, development, and improvement of clinical practice for professional nursing.
- Create and implement a rigorous, clinically focused doctoral program that demonstrates the continuous improvement of clinical practice and scholarship.
- Impact and improve clinical practice, clinical outcomes, health policy, and care delivery methodologies.