Program Length: 2 years 4 months
This program is offered online.
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The DNP, Professional Leadership Specialization is targeted toward nurses who are looking for education in a variety of courses that will allow them to take managerial or entrepreneurial roles in healthcare systems or smaller clinical settings. The program allows nurses to take courses that fit their career goals (instead of a pre-determined path which many DNP programs require). The Doctor of Nursing Practice, Professional Leadership Specialization curriculum prepares master's-educated nurses for leadership roles in the healthcare system. The program develops five key competencies: leadership, business intelligence, finance, health policy, and health services research. Students examine legislative policy issues and economics, build critical thinking skills, and develop into more marketable leaders.
Learn more about the DNP Program on the general Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) page
The DNP degree program with specializations is a post-licensure nursing program. This means that students must already be licensed as an RN and hold a BSN degree and a master's degree to be accepted for admission and must maintain an active and unencumbered RN license throughout their enrollment in the program. Some states may offer nursing licensure and certification opportunities beyond the RN, and individuals obtaining such licensures or certifications may be able to secure employment in a position other than RN. Our DNP degree program is not designed to enable graduates to obtain any such licensure or certification in any state, or to secure any form of employment that might require such licensure or certification. Students should check with the applicable licensing authority in the state in which they expect to work in order to ensure that our accreditation and curriculum meet the state's eligibility requirements for the specific licensure or certification sought and that successful completion of our DNP degree program will further their career interests.
Visit our State Authorization and Licensure page for more information.
Graduates of the DNP, Professional Leadership Specialization program will be able to:
- Appraise the needs of complex organizations as they go through strategic decision-making and change implementation.
- Critique roles of leaders and collaborators in planning, providing, and evaluating healthcare.
- Generate strategic plans for organizational change by utilizing theoretical knowledge, meaningful, data and evidence- based practice to while being culturally and ethnically sensitive
- Utilize evidence-based data and analytic methods to develop, implement and evaluate best practices to advance healthcare
- Engage in complex, evidence-based advanced nursing practice and evaluate innovative approaches to care delivery for individuals, communities, and populations.
- Work within interdisciplinary teams to effectively, promote health, enhance patient outcomes, and improve healthcare delivery systems
DNP Project
The program requires a scholarly evidence-based quality project. The subject area is determined by the student in consultation with the DNP Project committee chair/mentor and must meet the academic standards of the College. All research is subject to the review and supervision of the American Sentinel College of Nursing & Health Sciences Institutional Review Board.
Learn more about the DNP Project on the additional nursing requirements page.
Curriculum
DNP students take one course at a time unless authorized by the Dean of the program.
