The DNP program is a FALL START ONLY.
All graduate nursing program course descriptions can be found in the Graduate Catalog.
The Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) with a specialization in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) is a post-baccalaureate nursing program that consists of 76 credits with 1040 clinical hours:
Graduate Core (9 credits)
NUR 500 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice (3cr)
NUR 503 Advanced Leadership and Health Policy (3cr)
NUR 585 Nursing Science: Research for Evidence Based Practice (3cr)
Practice Foundation (19 credits)
NUR 521 Diagnostic Testing for Nurse Practitioners (2cr)
NUR 531 Family Theory (2cr)
NUR 555 Advanced Clinical Pharmacology (3cr)
NUR 568 Advanced Health Assessment (4cr: 3cr didactic/1cr lab or 40 lab hrs.)
NUR 570 Advanced Pathophysiology (3cr)
NUR 572 Family Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Across the Lifespan (3cr)
NUR 595 Integrative Health (2cr)
PMH Specialty Courses (23 credits)
Clock to Credit Ratio:
Didactic 1:1; Clinical 80:1; Lab 40:1
NUR 502 Foundations in Psychiatric Mental Health Care (2cr)
NUR 590 Advanced Diagnostics for Psychiatric Mental Health (2cr)
NUR 600 Psychopharmacology (3cr)
NUR 516 Advanced Theory and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Clinical I (4cr: 2cr didactic / 2cr clinical
@ 160 cl hrs.)
NUR 517 Advanced Theory and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice Clinical II (4cr: 2cr didactic /2cr clinical @ 160 cl hrs.)
NUR 601 Advanced Theory and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice Clinical III (4cr: 2cr didactic /2cr clinical @ 160 cl hrs.)
NUR 602 Advanced Theory and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice Clinical IV (4cr: 2cr didactic /2cr clinical @ 160 cl hrs.)
All DNP Students – Common DNP Core (25 credits)
Clock to Credit Ratio: Didactic 1:1; Clinical 80:1; Lab 40:1
NUR 655 Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3cr)
NUR 700 DNP Residency I: EBP and Data Analysis (2cr: 1.5cr didactic /.5cr lab or 20 lab hrs.)
NUR 760 Translational Research (3cr)
NUR 780 Systems Leadership and Organizational Technologies (3cr: 1cr didactic / 2cr clinical or 160 cl hrs.)
NUR 800 DNP Residency II: Entrepreneurship in Nursing (2cr)
NUR 810 Health Policy (2cr)
NUR 820 Population Health (4cr: 1cr didactic/ 3cr clinical or 240 cl hrs.)
NUR 830 DNP Clinical Project: Proposal (2cr)
NUR 840 DNP Clinical Project: Implementation (2cr)
NUR 860 DNP Clinical Project: Evaluation (2cr)
