DNP Programs
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, ARContact Name: Leonie DeClerk, DNP, APRN, FNP, Director
The BSN-to-DNP program is designed to prepare nurses for advanced specialty practice in leadership nursing roles. The College of Nursing offers a nurse anesthesia specialty and six nurse practitioner specialties: adult-gerontology acute, adult-gerontology primary, family, pediatric acute, pediatric primary, and psych-mental health. The nurse anesthesia specialty is 95.5 credits, 36 months long, and requires full-time enrollment. Students in the nurse anesthesia specialty will take a mix of on-campus, hybrid, and online courses. The nurse practitioner specialty courses are offered in a hybrid format, with some courses offered totally online. Students may enroll in the three years, full-time plan of study or enroll in the extended, 4-year plan of study. All BSN-to-DNP students must have 2,000 hours of employment as a registered nurse prior to starting the advanced health assessment course. The post-masters DNP program with a leadership focus prepared individuals with graduate nursing degrees in nursing administration or APRNs for leadership roles. This program is offered online as either a part-time or full-time plan of study. The Nurse Anesthesia specialty in the DNP Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing is accredited through the fall of 2025 by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs The DNP program at UAMS was granted continuing accreditation through December 31, 2030, by CCNE.
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CAContact Name: KT Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL, CHSE, CENP, FAONL, FSSH, FAAN, DNP Program Director
Annette Carley, DNP, RN, NNP-BC, PPCNP-BC: Contact Person for DNP Program
PMSN-DNP
There are two pathways: 1) Master\'s prepared APRNs (NP, CNS, CRNA, CNM) and 2) Master\'s prepared RNs in non-APRN roles holding master\'s degrees such as MHA, MBA, MS in healthcare informatics, and others. This program is 7 continuous quarters in length with three in-person immersions at the beginning, middle, and end. Leadership track under development.
BSN-DNP
This program is in development.University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CAContact Name: Nancy Jo Bush, DNP, RN, MA, AOCN, FAAN, Director, DNP Program
We currently admit only APRNs in the following specialties:
Nurse Practitioner (family, adult geriatric, pediatric, and acute care)
Nurse Executives
Clinical Nurse SpecialistsUniversity of Central Arkansas
Conway, ARContact Name: Stacy Harris, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC
The UCA School of Nursing offers a 100% online post-MSN to DNP program that is not focused on a particular specialty. The School of Nursing also offers a post-BSN-DNP, Family Nurse Practitioner track that is mainly online with 2-3 visits per semester in clinical courses only
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FLContact Name: Melanie Keiffer, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, Director, Advanced Practice DNP Program (post-MSN clinical track)
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OHContact Name: Mandi Cafasso, DNP, APRN, CPNP, Assistant Professor, Director Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
We do also offer a BSN to DNP program tracks in Occupational Health Nursing and Public Health Nursing.
Please note that total credit hour requirements and curriculum delivery method varies by specialty. Please learn more about the DNP program at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing via the following link: https://nursing.uc.edu/academic-programs/dnp.htmlUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, COContact Name: Laura Rosenthal, DNP, ACNP, FAANP, Assistant Dean of DNP Programs
In addition to the tracks listed above: Veteran and Military Health Care Leadership track
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, COContact Name: Vicki Brownrigg, Ph.D, FNP, DNP Coordinator Nursing
The post-MSN DNP program is completely online.
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CTContact Name: Joy Elwell DNP, FNP-BC, APRN, CNE, FAAN, FAANP, DNP Program Director
100% online
Flexible program with latitude for individualized concentrations of study.
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