Normal 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.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program could help students prepare for service in healthcare and higher education settings. The online program is designed for nursing leaders. With flexible study and personal support, we have helped nurses pursue advanced nursing degrees, graduating DNP students since 2014. The program has four different specializations:
This is a post-licensure 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 DNP is designed to help students build the foundation of insights and practical skills necessary 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.
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 .
Curriculum
Many courses in the DNP program require the completion of Practice Experience (PE) hours. These hours are activities replacing traditional schoolwork that students complete during their courses.
Learn more about practice experience hours.
You may review the specialty-specific curricula by clicking on the webpage below:
