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A respected leader in the health and healing professions, Ursuline College delivers a distinctive, personalized nursing doctorate program.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is an advanced-level, terminal degree for MSN graduates who wish to become influential in nursing practice, administration, and education. The program focuses on the development of nurse leaders who use evidence-based practice for optimizing health care delivery through effective systems transformation. As a graduate of the program, you’ll be prepared for roles in direct or indirect systems-focused care.
The goal of DNP practice, in addition to providing excellent care to patients, is to optimize health care delivery through effective systems transformation, or planned change. As DNP graduates plan and implement their practice with individuals and populations, they integrate the spiritual, biological, social, psychological and cultural factors that influence human responses to health and illness.
Listen to Associate Professor Mary Beth Zeni, RN, ScD, share her experiences as a nurse researcher and how research on upstream factors that contributed to adverse health outcomes influenced her nursing practice at regional perinatal centers in this Year of the Nurse video.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program is structured as an on-going, year-round program with courses offered during the fall, spring and summer semesters. Students progress at their own pace through the completion of course work and competency-based online learning modules. Each student designs an individualized curriculum plan with an academic advisor. Courses are offered online through an enhanced learning management platform with ready access to support. Direct faculty involvement is ongoing and accessible for each learning module. Students collaborate with faculty online, in person, or via conference calls to meet individual needs.
DNP graduates will be prepared as clincal and researcher leaders to:
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Ursuline College is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing. U.S. News & World Report ranks Ursuline's DNP program #4 in Ohio in its 2019 ranking of the nation's Best Nursing Schools.
Read more about the program in our DNP Post-Master's Handbook.
In response to the rising call for nurse leadership in healthcare systems, Ursuline College has announced a 30% reduction in tuition for its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and post-graduate certificate programs. Starting with the fall 2020 semester, tuition has been reduced from $1,214 to $849 per credit hour.
Students applying for admission must meet both the general requirements for admission to all graduate programs and the specific requirements of the particular program of study. For the DNP program, admission requirements are as follows:
Applicants to this nursing doctorate program are encouraged to initiate formal application within one month of the semester in which you plan to enroll. Graduate nursing courses begin in the fall and spring semesters. Applicants who delay must register for courses within two years of acceptance into the DNP program or the acceptance is voided.
Students wishing to transfer into the Doctor of Nursing Practice program must be in good academic standing at their current institutions. Acceptable transfer credits are determined by the College.
