Degree Program: Nursing Practice, DNP - Purdue University Northwest

2017-2018 Academic Catalog

Apr 01, 2025

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program prepares nurses to lead transformative change in healthcare. Graduates acquire scientific, organizational, leadership and economic knowledge that allows them to plan, manage and deliver cost-effective, evidence based care.

We offer the DNP degree in collaboration with two other campuses in the Purdue University system: West Lafayette and Fort Wayne. Each campus in the collaborative DNP program has a specific area of concentration. The DNP concentration offered at Purdue University Northwest is Translation Science.

Preparation in the science of translation will enable DNP program graduates to become experts in searching for, appraising, synthesizing, transferring, and applying evidence. Graduates will also become experts in evaluating the impact of evidence on outcomes.

Admission Requirements

Graduation from an accredited program with a master’s degree in nursing.

Grades in all previous Master’s coursework of “B” or better.*

Current U.S. RN (registered nurse) license in the state in which practice will occur.

Evidence of successful completion of an introductory statistics course within the last 5 years.*

Personal interview (will be scheduled following submission of application and all related documents).

*Note: Applicants not meeting this criterion may be considered for conditional admission status.

Special Graduation Requirements

Final graduation grade point average of a “B” or better on the approved Plan of Study. Minimum grade of “B” in all core and specialty required nursing courses.

Required Courses

Advanced Practice Nursing/MS Core Courses

Note: The following courses may be waived if student has successfully completed a comparable graduate course prior to application to this program from an institution that has been accredited by CCNE or ACEN.

DNP Leadership Courses

NUR 52500 - Informatics In Nursing *
NUR 63200 - Health Policy Local to Global
or
NUR 65600 - Healthcare Organization, Policy and Economics *
NUR 62500 - History, Ethics, and Innovations in Healthcare Delivery Systems
NUR 67800 - Healthcare Economics and Finance

Note

* If course taken as part of MS degree, will be replaced by elective

DNP Evidence Based Practice Courses

NUR 59900 - Special Topics/Independent Study In Nursing
NUR 62400 - Evidence Based Practice
NUR 62600 - Applied Biostatistics for Outcome Evaluation
NUR 64200 - Systems Approaches in Healthcare Engineering
NUR 67300 - Health Policy Residency

DNP Cognate/Inquiry Courses

NUR 67600 - Knowledge Translation For Transforming Healthcare
NUR 59900 - DNP Cognate Residency 1
NUR 59900 - Clinical Independent study
(Up to 5 credits may be required if MS program contained fewer than 500 practicum hours)
NUR 68700 - DNP Practice Inquiry I
NUR 68900 - DNP Practice Inquiry II

Total 38 Credits Required

The DNP program is a 38 credit hours post-Master’s degree. Additional hours may be required depending on the master’s degree curriculum.