Program Length: 28 months*
*The DNP program can be completed in 28 months with no break, but the average completion time is 36 months.
This program is offered online:
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The online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) with an Executive Leadership Specialization at Post University covers five key competencies useful to today's healthcare and nursing leaders: leadership, business intelligence, finance, health policy, and health services research. This DNP program is designed to help students build and polish critical thinking, business, and management skills to help them prepare to pursue leadership roles and opportunities in healthcare and nursing.
Learn more about the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program on the general Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) page.
This is a post-licensure nursing program. 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. This program is not designed to fulfill the educational requirements for any licensure or certification. Post University does not speak on behalf of any licensing board or body but does assist students in understanding licensure requirements.
Visit our State Authorization and Licensure Page for more information.
Coursework in the online Doctor of Nursing Practice - Executive Leadership Specialization is designed to help students understand how to:
- Summarize meaningful data that informs leadership using information technology.
- Design health policy that considers environmental social justice, consumer, and other issues.
- Create new models to explain, predict and improve the performance of organizations.
- Explain the role of healthcare finance in the health of an organization.
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 Chair and Committee 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. A unique feature of the DNP Project is that it is completed alongside other courses while working with the assigned DNP Project Chair. This does not require additional courses or credits for the program.
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.
