Doctorate in Nursing Practice, D.N.P.

 

Debra Servello

Interim Dean, School of Nursing

 

Lynn Blanchette

Associate Dean, School of Nursing

Interim Graduate Department Chair: Joanne Costello

D.N.P. Program Director: Justin Dilibero

D.N.P. Program Faculty: Professor Costello; Associate Professors Misto, Mock, Servello; Assistant Professors Dame, Dilibero, Hodne, Ross, Wilks

Admission Requirements for All D.N.P. Students

 

A completed application accompanied by a fifty-dollar nonrefundable application fee.

1. Registered Nurse with a bachelor’s or Master’s in Nursing.
2. Masters in Nursing or Master’s in Science in a related field required from a nationally accredited program with a minimum of G.P.A. of 3.0.
3. Applicants should summarize clinical/practicum experiences post-Master’s in letter of intent. Applicants may be asked to participate in an interview prior to admission. Recommended Master’s minimum clinical/practicum of 300 hours. 
4. Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of intended practice.
5. Letter of intent to include experience and statement of intended are of study for DNP Project.
6. Current CV.
7. Transcripts from all post-secondary study.
8. Three letters of recommendation.
9. Verification of number of supervised clinical/experience hours from prior master’s program.
10. Completion of graduate level inferential statistics course within the prior five years is required prior to matriculation.
11. Applicants with international degrees must have their transcripts evaluated for degree and grade equivalency to that of a regionally accredited institution in the United States.
12. An official report of scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) from international applicants who are from countries where English is not the first language.

Retention Requirements for All General Declared Nursing Majors

Students who earn less than a B in a required nursing course will be placed on probationary status and must earn a minimum grade of B in all required nursing courses over the next 9 credits.

Handbook

The School of Nursing Handbook for Graduate Students in Nursing provides detailed and essential information about the graduate nursing program. It is available online at www.ric.edu/nursing.

Course Requirements - Full-Time Students

First Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 701	Scientific Underpinnings for Clinical Scholarship	3	Fall.
NURS 702	Systems Leadership/Quality Improvement	3	Fall.
NURS 703	Advanced Epidemiology and Biostatistics	3	Fall.

Second Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 704	Clinical Research/Analytic Methods	3	Spring.
NURS 705/HCA 503	Health Care Policy and Advocacy	3	Fall, Spring.
NURS 706	Economics, Finance, Business Management	3	Spring.
NURS 720	D.N.P. Project Planning Seminar	1	Spring.
NURS 791	Directed Readings I	1	Spring.

Third Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 730	D.N.P. Proposal Development	3	Summer.

Fourth Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 707	Information Technology/Decision Support	3	Fall.
NURS 709	Population Health	3	Fall.
NURS 740	D.N.P. Project Implementation	2	Fall.
NURS 792	Directed Readings II	1	Fall.

Fifth Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 708	Interprofessional Collaborative Practice	3	Spring.
NURS 750	D.N.P. Project Evaluation and Dissemination	1	Spring.
	Total Credit Hours:	36

Course Requirements - Part-Time Students

First Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 701	Scientific Underpinnings for Clinical Scholarship	3	Fall.
NURS 703	Advanced Epidemiology and Biostatistics	3	Fall.

Second Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 704	Clinical Research/Analytic Methods	3	Spring.
NURS 705/HCA 503	Health Care Policy and Advocacy	3	Fall, Spring.
NURS 791	Directed Readings I	1	Spring.

Third Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 702	Systems Leadership/Quality Improvement	3	Fall.
NURS 709	Population Health	3	Fall.
NURS 792	Directed Readings II	1	Fall.

Fourth Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 706	Economics, Finance, Business Management	3	Spring.
NURS 720	D.N.P. Project Planning Seminar	1	Spring.

Fifth Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 730	D.N.P. Proposal Development	3	Summer.

Sixth Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 707	Information Technology/Decision Support	3	Fall.
NURS 740	D.N.P. Project Implementation	2	Fall.

Seventh Semester

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
NURS 708	Interprofessional Collaborative Practice	3	Spring.
NURS 750	D.N.P. Project Evaluation and Dissemination	1	Spring.
	Total Credit Hours:	36