This DNP is designed for advanced practice nurses and nurse administrators who want to move into leadership positions. Learn more.
Reasons to consider a DNP:
A DNP is the preferred credential for advanced practice nurses.
A DNP focuses on practical contributions to the nursing field, which allows it to be completed in less time than a research-focused PhD.
Capella's DNP emphasizes administrative, organizational, and systems leadership competencies, unlike many DNPs that are more clinically-focused. Topics covered include:
Leadership and ethics in health care.
Health care management.
Policy and advocacy.
Health care information systems.
Health promotion and disease prevention for global populations.
Capella's DNP also features:
A curriculum that incorporates The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice established by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
Field experiences that allow you to apply what you are learning and focus on your areas of interest. (Minimum of 1,000 field experience hours.)
A final project that produces a practice- and evidence-based solution to a problem you encountered in the field.
Convenient electronic textbooks for most courses, which lowers costs and provides immediate access to course materials.
A five-day residential colloquium to work on your final project and participate in face-to-face collaborative experiences with peers and faculty.
The DNP degree program is not a clinical degree program and is not designed to prepare advanced practice registered nurses for roles as nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, or certified nurse anesthetists.
