Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP)
The UMKC School of Nursing is offering an on-line post-master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program for nationally certified advanced practice nurses. Students will take on-line courses and attend a four day Summer Institute in Kansas City each summer.
If you are interested in a clinical terminal degree this may be the program for you. If you want more specific information about the DNP, please visit the AACN’s web site and review The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/DNP.”
Mission of DNP Program
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program will prepare nurses with the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for fully accountable practice with patients across sites and over time.
Justification: With the increasing scope of clinical scholarship in nursing and the growth of scientific knowledge in the discipline, doctoral level education is necessary for independent practice. The curriculum includes content that will enable the graduate to conduct complex diagnostic and treatment modalities, impact the complex health care system, assume a leadership role, assess and apply scientific evidence to clinical practice and assimilate in-depth knowledge of biophysical, psychosocial, behavioral and clinical sciences.
Program Goals |
practice in the dynamic health care and legislative arenas.
2. Facilitate acquisition of skills necessary for the enactment of specific nursing roles.
3. Promote attainment of inquiry skills.
4. Build a solid foundation for continued professional growth.
Student Learning Outcomes |
1. Serve as leaders in nursing and health care
2. Demonstrate advanced knowledge, values, and skills in a selected area of nursing
3. Demonstrate advanced knowledge, values, and skills in a selected functional role
4. Synthesize theory, research knowledge and methods to create, implement, and evaluate
a. practice interventions,
b. health delivery systems,
c. clinical teaching.
DNP Essentials |
II. Organizational and Systems for Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking
III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytic Methods for Evidence-based Practice
IV. Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for Improvement and Transformation of Health Care
V. Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care
VI. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
VII. Clinical Prevention and Population Health
VIII. Advanced Nursing Practice
From: The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice 2006 available to download from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/DNP/index.htm.
Practice Doctorate NP Competencies |
1. Practices independently by assessing, diagnosing, treating, and managing undifferentiated patients
2. Assumes full accountability for actions as a licensed independent practitioner
II. Competency Area: Scientific Foundation
3. Critically analyzes data for practice by integrating knowledge from arts and sciences within the context of
nursing’s philosophical framework and scientific foundation
4. Translates research and data to anticipate, predict, and explain variations in practice
III. Competency Area: Leadership
5. Assumes increasingly complex leadership roles
6. Provides leadership to foster interprofessional collaboration
7. Demonstrates a leadership style that uses critical and reflective thinking
IV. Competency Area: Quality
8. Uses best available evidence to enhance quality in clinical practice
9. Evaluates how organizational, structural, financial, marketing, and policy decisions impact cost, quality,
and accessibility of health care
10. Demonstrates skills in peer review that promote a culture of excellence
V. Competency Area: Practice Inquiry
11. Applies clinical investigative skills for evaluation of health outcomes at the patient, family, population,
clinical unit, systems, and/or community levels
12. Provides leadership in the translation of new knowledge into practice
13. Disseminates evidence from inquiry to diverse audiences using multiple methods
VI. Competency Area: Technology & Information Literacy
14. Demonstrates information literacy in complex decision making
15. Translates technical and scientific health information appropriate for user need
16. Participates in the development of clinical information systems
VII. Competency Area: Policy
17. Analyzes ethical, legal, and social factors in policy development
18. Influences health policy
19. Evaluates the impact of globalization on health care policy development.
VIII. Competency Area: Health Delivery System
20. Applies knowledge of organizational behavior and systems.
21. Demonstrates skills in negotiating, consensus building, and partnering.
22. Manages risks to individuals, families, populations, and health care systems.
23. Facilitates development of culturally relevant health care systems.
IX. Competency Area: Ethics
24. Applies ethically sound solutions to complex issues
From: Practice Doctorate NP Competencies 2006
Developed by the National Panel convened by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) available to download from http://www.nonpf.org/NONPF2005/PracticeDoctorateResourceCenter/PDresource.htm.
Summer On-Site Campus Visit Dates |
New information available soon!
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If you are interested in applying, all application materials are due each year on December 1 for a Summer Semester start-up. Please read the following materials for more specific information.
DNP Post-Master’s Application Instructions and Check-Off GRE Help for local Kansas City Applicants
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