BSN-DNP 4 & 5-yr plans of study

University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

 

MS/MA – DNP 3 & 4-yr Plan of Study

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MS/MA – DNP 3 & 4-yr Plan of Study 

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A DNP-HSA student

 

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Plans of Study

Fall I (9 Semester Hours)

  • Quality and Safety (3 S.H.)
  • Evaluating Evidence for Practice (3 S.H.)
  • Advanced Practice Role I: Introduction (IPE included) (3 S.H.)

Spring I (9 Semester Hours)

  • Clinical Data Management and Evaluation (3 S.H.)
  • Advanced Leadership and Management (3 S.H.)
  • Interprofessional Skills and Team Based Healthcare II* (0 S.H.)
  • Financial Management (3 S.H.)

Summer I (3 Semester Hours)

  • Health Policy, Law, and Advocacy (3 S.H.)

Fall II (11 Semester Hours)

  • Elective (3 S.H.)
  • Applied Epidemiology (3 S.H.)
  • Marketing and Communication for Health Care Leaders (3 S.H.)
  • Interprofessional Skills and Team Based Healthcare III* (0 S.H.)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project I (2 S.H., 148 Hours Practice Experience)

Spring II (5 Semester Hours)

  • Practicum in Executive Leadership and Management (4 S.H., 270 Hours Practice Experience)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project II (1 S.H., 74 Hours Practice Experience)

Fall III (4 Semester Hours)

  • Population Health for Advanced Practice (3 S.H.)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project III (1 S.H., 74 Hours Practice Experience)

Spring III (4 Semester Hours)

  • Advanced Practice Role II: Integration (3 S.H.)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project IV (1 S.H., 74 Hours Practice Experience)

Total Program Hours: 45 S.H., 640 Hours Practice Experience

*no tuition/fees or registration required (accepting the course invite when sent is all that is required). However, there will be an approx. 8 hour per semester time commitment for this course.

Fall I (12 Semester Hours)

  • Leadership and Management Essentials (3 S.H.)
  • Healthcare Infrastructure and Informatics (3 S.H.)
  • Population Health for Advanced Practice (3 S.H.)
  • Advanced Practice Role I: Introduction (IPE included) (3 S.H.)

Spring I (12 Semester Hours)

  • Evaluating Evidence for Practice (3 S.H.)
  • Health Systems, Finance, and Economics (3 S.H.)
  • Quality and Safety (3 S.H.)
  • Social Determinants of Health and Health Systems Inequities (3 S.H.)

Fall II (13 Semester Hours)

  • Clinical Data Management and Evaluation (3 S.H.)
  • Executive Management in the Organization (4 S.H., 90 Hours Practice Experience)
  • Applied Epidemiology (3 S.H.)
  • Interprofessional Skills and Team Based Healthcare II* (0 S.H.)
  • Seminar on Healthy Work Environments (3 S.H.)

Spring II (8 Semester Hours)

  • Advanced Leadership and Management (4 S.H., 90 Hours Practice Experience)
  • Interprofessional Skills and Team Based Healthcare III* (0 S.H.)
  • Financial Management (4 S.H., 90 Hours Practice Experience)

Summer II (3 Semester Hours)

  • Health Policy, Law, and Advocacy (3 S.H.)

Fall III (9 Semester Hours)

  • Role Development: Education in Practice (3 S.H.)
  • Seminar on Innovations (4 S.H., 45 Hours Practice Experience)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project I (2 S.H., 148 Hours Practice Experience)

Spring III (5 Semester Hours)

  • Practicum in Executive Leadership and Management (4 S.H., 315 Hours Practice Experience)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project II (1 S.H., 74 Hours Practice Experience)

Fall IV (7 Semester Hours)

  • Elective (3 S.H.)
  • Marketing and Communication for Health Care Leaders (3 S.H.)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project III (1 S.H., 74 Hours Practice Experience)

Spring IV (4 Semester Hours)

  • Advanced Practice Role II: Integration (3 S.H.)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project IV (1 S.H., 74 Hours Practice Experience)

Total Program Hours: 73 S.H., 1000 Hours Practice Experience

*no tuition/fees or registration required (accepting the course invite when sent is all that is required). However, there will be an approx. 8 hour per semester time commitment for this course.

Fall I (6 Semester Hours)

  • Leadership and Management Essentials (3 S.H.)
  • Advanced Practice Role I: Introduction (IPE I included) (3 S.H.)

Spring I (10 Semester Hours)

  • Quality and Safety (3 S.H.)
  • Evaluating Evidence for Practice (3 S.H.)
  • Interprofessional Skills and Team Based Healthcare II* (0 S.H.)
  • Advanced Leadership and Management (4 S.H., 90 Hours Practice Experience)

Summer I (3 Semester Hours)

  • Health Policy, Law, and Advocacy (3 S.H.)

Fall II (10 Semester Hours)

  • Population Health for Advanced Practice (3 S.H.)
  • Healthcare Infrastructure and Informatics (3 S.H.)
  • Interprofessional Skills and Team Based Healthcare III* (0 S.H.)
  • Executive Management in the Organization (4 S.H., 90 Hours Practice Experience)

Spring II (7 Semester Hours)

  • Health Systems, Finance, and Economics (3 S.H.)
  • Financial Management (4 S.H., 90 Hours Practice Experience)

Fall III (12 Semester Hours)

  • Role Development: Education in Practice (3 S.H.)
  • Seminar on Healthy Work Environments (3 S.H.)
  • Applied Epidemiology (3 S.H.)
  • Clinical Data Management and Evaluation (3 S.H.)

Spring III (6 Semester Hours)

  • Elective (3 S.H.)
  • Social Determinants of Health and Health Systems Inequities (3 S.H.)

Fall IV (6 Semester Hours)

  • Seminar on Innovations (4 S.H., 45 Hours Practice Experience)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project I (2 S.H., 148 Hours Practice Experience)

Spring IV (5 Semester Hours)

  • Practicum in Executive Leadership and Management (4 S.H., 315 Hours Practice Experience)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project II (1 S.H., 74 Hours Practice Experience)

Fall V (4 Semester Hours)

  • Marketing and Communication for Health Care Leaders (3 S.H.)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project III (1 S.H., 74 Hours Practice Experience)

Spring V (4 Semester Hours)

  • Advanced Practice Role II: Integration (3 S.H.)
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Project IV (1 S.H., 74 Hours Practice Experience)

Total Program Hours: 73 S.H., 1000 Hours Practice Experience

*no tuition/fees or registration required (accepting the course invite when sent is all that is required). However, there will be an approx. 8 hour per semester time commitment for this course.