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Doctor of Nursing Practice

Post Master's Advanced Practice Registered Nurse entry includes 37 didactic credit hours, 540 clinical hours and a capstone project. Students must have graduated from a CCNE or NLNAC accredited Advanced Practice M.S.N. program and must obtain a current Ohio R.N. license and current national APRN certification.

DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (37 credits)
Course Title Credits
EPI 52017 Fundamentals of Public Health Epidemiology
3
NURS 70600
Clinical Scholar I
3
  70602 Synthesis and Application of Evidence for Advanced Nursing Practice
3
  70610 Clinical Scholar II
4
  70640 Advanced Leadership in Healthcare
3
  70692 Clinical Scholar Practicum
3
  70727 Advanced Health Care Statistics I
3
  76199 Capstone Project I
3
  76299 Capstone Project II
3
Courses Taught at the University of Akron
  8200:700 Information Management in Healthcare
3
  8200:701 Advanced Seminar in Genomics and Health 3
  8200:848 Program Evaluations in Nursing 3
TOTAL 37