Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

DNP Student End of Program Learning Outcomes (EPLOs):

1. Apply advanced clinical expertise and knowledge to identify systems and organizational issues and opportunities to improve healthcare outcomes for diverse populations. Domains 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice, and 7: Systems-Based Practice (AACN Essentials, 2021)
2. Develop quality and safety initiatives through coordination of resources and interprofessional collaboration in complex care environments based on synthesis, translation and utilization of evidence from a variety of disciplines to transform healthcare. Domains 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice, 4: Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline, 5: Quality and Safety, and 6: Interprofessional Partnerships (AACN Essentials, 2021)
3. Model professional nursing behaviors to establish an identity that encompasses accountability and respect through ethical and compassionate person-centered care delivery, cultural humility, reflection, and lifelong learning. Domains 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice, 2: Person-Centered Care, 9: Professionalism, and 10: Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development (AACN Essentials, 2021)
4. Function as influential policy advocates and change agents by critically analyzing population health data, engaging in stakeholder dialogue, and contributing to policy formulation or application. Domains 3: Population Health, and 5: Quality and Safety (AACN Essentials, 2021)
5. Translate evidence-based interventions into innovative practice models, utilizing quality improvement methodologies and health informatics to address complex challenges to decrease health disparities, enhance population and community health, and support the sustainability of healthcare systems. Domains 5: Quality and Safety, 7: Systems-Based Practice, and 8: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies (AACN Essentials, 2021)

MCPHS accepts nursing students into its programs from the following states:

Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia

Admission into a nursing program is dependent on program availability in the state where the student is physically located at the time of matriculation. If a student moves to a different state after matriculation, continuation within the program will depend on the availability of the program within the new state where the student is physically present. It is the student's responsibility to notify the University of a change in physical presence. Program availability is subject to change.

Download the Doctor of Nursing Practice Handbook [PDF].