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This advanced graduate preparation will support the UCSF School of Nursing to implement an innovative curriculum that includes leadership, health policy and health equity as key tenets of advanced clinical practice in varied health care environments. Students can select from multiple specialties leading to four roles: Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Midwife, Clinical Nurse Specialist or Specialist in Health Policy and Public Health.</p> <p>A core component of the degree program is the DNP Scholarly Project, in which students identify a health care practice issue and formulate a solution that improves clinical outcomes. In direct consultation with faculty mentors, students will conceive, evaluate and defend their scholarly work. They will also develop strategies to disseminate their scholarly work and to implement practices based on their conclusions.</p> <p>The UCSF School of Nursing takes pride in its graduate programs, which represent a century of pioneering leadership that has produced many top influencers in the field in the U.S. and abroad. Among schools of nursing nationwide, the UCSF School of Nursing is one of the top recipients of research funding from the National Institutes of Health.</p> <p>The UCSF School of Nursing has a dedicated faculty of more than 150 experts who share a passion for educating the next generation of health care leaders and leading innovative research that advances health equity for all. Faculty members at the school are distinguished leaders in their areas of expertise and have led – and continue to lead – innovations and policy improvements locally, nationally and around the globe.</p> <p>The Nursing DNP program is offered by the UCSF Graduate Division, administered by the UCSF School of Nursing, and delivered by faculty members in the UCSF School of Nursing.</p> <h2>Admission Requirements</h2> <p>The list below shows a high-level overview of the program's application requirements. For full admission requirements, please <a href="https://nursing.ucsf.edu/admissions-academics/doctoral-programs/bsn-entry-dnp-advanced-nursing-focus/bsn-entry-dnp" target="_blank">see the School of Nursing website</a>.</p> <ol> <li>Applicants are required to have graduated from an accredited college or university with a <strong>bachelor's degree in nursing</strong>, documented by an official transcript.</li> <li>Applicants are required to upload a <strong>transcript</strong> (unofficial or official) to the application portal for review purposes.</li> <li>All applicants are required to demonstrate a minimum <strong>GPA of 3.0</strong>.</li> <li><strong>Proficiency in English</strong> (both spoken<em> and</em> written) is mandatory for success in our programs.</li> <li>Applicants are required to complete and pass a <strong>statistics course</strong> within 5 years of the start of the program in June of your matriculating year. This must be a college-level course taken for credit at a regionally accredited institution. This can include online courses and/or courses from a community college or a regionally accredited institution.</li> <li>A <strong>résumé</strong> or curriculum vitae (CV) is required.</li> <li>Applicants must be licensed as a <strong>Registered Nurse (RN)</strong> in California.</li> <li><strong>Practice Requirements</strong> should be <a href="https://nursing.ucsf.edu/admissions-academics/doctoral-programs/bsn-entry-dnp-advanced-nursing-focus/bsn-entry-dnp#Practice-Requirements" target="_blank">reviewed on the School of Nursing website</a>.</li> <li><strong>Letters of Recommendation</strong></li> <li>A comprehensive well-written <strong>goal statement</strong> essay is an <em>essential </em>component of a successful DNP application.</li> <li>A well-written <strong>Personal Statement</strong></li> <li>Application <strong>Fee</strong> (subject to change)</li> </ol> <p>Please review <a href="https://nursing.ucsf.edu/bsn-entry-dnp-faqs" target="_blank">our FAQs</a> for more information and <a href="https://gradapp.ucsf.edu/register/apply" target="_blank">start your application</a>. If you have questions, please contact <a href="mailto:nursingadmissionssupport@ucsf.edu">nursingadmissionssupport@ucsf.edu</a> and a member of our Student Affairs team will respond to your inquiry</p> <h2>Learning Outcomes</h2> <p>Graduates will:</p> <ol> <li>Demonstrate the ability to enter advanced practice through evaluation of evidence based and theoretical knowledge to develop ethical and equitable approaches to care.</li> <li>Collaborate with patients and families, care team members, and healthcare delivery systems to provide holistic, individualized, respectful and empowering care guided by values and inclusive of family, community, culture, and choice.</li> <li>Advocate for health promotion and disease management by collaborating with governmental and non governmental entities, communities and health systems to optimize the biological, psychological, financial, social and structural determinants of population health.</li> <li>Advance the scholarship of nursing through implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence based and ethical innovations to improve and transform health care.</li> <li>Lead initiatives that minimize risk and facilitate optimal health outcomes by applying principles of safety and improvement science.</li> <li>Collaborate in interprofessional teams to improve professional practice and learning, with the goal of delivering high quality person centered and community level care.</li> <li>Develop and evaluate system wide innovations ensuring high quality, accessible, equitable, and cost effective care across diverse populations.</li> <li>Utilize relevant and adaptive technologies to optimize equitable person centered care that addresses practice gaps and health disparities.</li> <li>Cultivate a nursing identity that reflects professional nursing standards and values, including a commitment to self reflection, accountability, social justice, and ethical conduct.</li> <li>Identify and address gaps in professional knowledge through ongoing self reflection and self care behaviors to support lifelong learning, wellbeing, and professional service through leadership.</li> </ol> <h2>Additional Information</h2> <h3>Program Core Specialty</h3> <ul> <li><em>Find <a href="https://nursing.ucsf.edu/bsn-entry-dnp-advanced-nursing-focus" target="_blank">specialty information</a> on the program website.</em></li> </ul></div> <div id="requirementstextcontainer" class="page_content tab_content" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="requirementstexttab" aria-hidden="true"> <a name="requirementstext"></a><h2>Degree Requirements</h2> <p>Students must complete a minimum of 1,000 post-Baccalaureate practice hours for DNP degree conferral, based on accreditation requirements set by Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).</p> <p>Students develop a DNP Scholarly Project, representing a terminal synthesis of data related to an identified health care practice issue. The DNP Project is developed over multiple quarters, and systematically conceived, planned, implemented, evaluated, and formally presented in collaboration with a project team.</p> <h2>Foundational Courses (Year 1)</h2> <table pdfnorepeatheader="true" class="sc_plangrid"> <caption>Plan of Study Grid</caption><colgroup> <col pdfwidth="28" class="codecol"/> <col pdfwidth="57" class="titlecol"/> <col pdfwidth="15" class="hourscol"/> </colgroup> <tr class="plangridyear"><th id="pE214R_plangrid4_0" class="year" colspan="3">Year 1</th></tr> <tr class="plangridterm"><th id="pE214R_plangrid4_0_0" colspan="2">Summer</th><th id="pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" scope="col" class="hourscol">Units</th></tr> <tr class="even"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20200" title="NURSADVPR 200" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 200');">NURSADVPR 200</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0" class="titlecol">Concepts and Theory Application for Advanced Practice Nurses</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">3</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20202" title="NURSADVPR 202" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 202');">NURSADVPR 202</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0" class="titlecol">Essentials of Human Genomics for the Advanced Practice Nurse</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">1</td> </tr> <tr class="even"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20203" title="NURSADVPR 203" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 203');">NURSADVPR 203</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0" class="titlecol">Structural Racism, Healthcare and Social Justice</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">2</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20210A" title="NURSADVPR 210A" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 210A');">NURSADVPR 210A</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0" class="titlecol">Introduction to the PB-DNP Program: Prelude to DNP Success</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">2</td> </tr> <tr class="plangridsum even"><td> </td><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0" class="titlecol">Units</td><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_0 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">8</td></tr> <tr class="plangridterm"><th id="pE214R_plangrid4_0_1" colspan="3">Fall</th></tr> <tr class="odd"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20204" title="NURSADVPR 204" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 204');">NURSADVPR 204</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1" class="titlecol">Advanced Health Policy and Advocacy</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">3</td> </tr> <tr class="even"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20205" title="NURSADVPR 205" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 205');">NURSADVPR 205</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1" class="titlecol">Evidence Appraisal for the Nurse Leader</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">3</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20206" title="NURSADVPR 206" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 206');">NURSADVPR 206</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1" class="titlecol">Principles of Clinical Prevention and Population Health</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">3</td> </tr> <tr class="even"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20207A" title="NURSADVPR 207A" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 207A');">NURSADVPR 207A</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1" class="titlecol">Foundations of interprofessional practice for nurse leaders</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">1</td> </tr> <tr class="plangridsum odd"><td> </td><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1" class="titlecol">Units</td><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_1 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">10</td></tr> <tr class="plangridterm"><th id="pE214R_plangrid4_0_2" colspan="3">Winter</th></tr> <tr class="even"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20207A" title="NURSADVPR 207A" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 207A');">NURSADVPR 207A</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2" class="titlecol">Foundations of interprofessional practice for nurse leaders</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">1</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20208" title="NURSADVPR 208" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 208');">NURSADVPR 208</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2" class="titlecol">Health Assessment for Advanced Practice</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">2</td> </tr> <tr class="even"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20209" title="NURSADVPR 209" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 209');">NURSADVPR 209</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2" class="titlecol">Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Practice</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">3</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20211" title="NURSADVPR 211" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 211');">NURSADVPR 211</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2" class="titlecol">Physiology and Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">2</td> </tr> <tr class="even"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2" colspan="2" class="codecol"><div style="margin-left:20px;" class="blockindent"><span class="comment commentindent">Specialty courses begin this quarter.</span> <sup>*</sup></div></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol"> </td> </tr> <tr class="plangridsum odd"><td> </td><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2" class="titlecol">Units</td><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_2 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">8</td></tr> <tr class="plangridterm"><th id="pE214R_plangrid4_0_3" colspan="3">Spring</th></tr> <tr class="even"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_3" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20207A" title="NURSADVPR 207A" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 207A');">NURSADVPR 207A</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_3" class="titlecol">Foundations of interprofessional practice for nurse leaders</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_3 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">1</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"><td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_3" class="codecol"><a href="/search/?P=NURSADVPR%20212" title="NURSADVPR 212" class="bubblelink code" onclick="return showCourse(this, 'NURSADVPR 212');">NURSADVPR 212</a></td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_3" class="titlecol">Improving Health Outcomes by Advancing QI and Safety</td> <td headers=" pE214R_plangrid4_0_3 pE214R_plangrid4_hoursheader" class="hourscol">3</td> </tr> <tr 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