Doctor of Nursing Practice Online
Earn Your DNP Online and Change the World of Healthcare
Broaden the possibilities for change with a post-master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice from Spalding University.
This practice-based, terminal degree, will advance your previously completed training as a master’s prepared nurse or advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and equip you to improve healthcare systems and health outcomes for individuals and populations. The skills you’ll cultivate in this program will allow you to translate, apply and evaluate new nursing science into your nursing administrative, academic, informatics or clinical practice. You’ll collaborate with other disciplines in the healthcare system to provide innovative, evidence-based interventions that can impact policy. It’s your time stand out as an influential leader in healthcare.
Features
Find success and fulfill a critical role in healthcare with Spalding’s DNP. With the support of our program, you’ll:
- Achieve advanced competencies within the profession of nursing and the broader scope of healthcare.
- Utilize nursing leadership knowledge to improve patient care outcomes.
- Impact healthcare policy.
- Engage in collaborative processes to initiate, integrate and evaluate evidence-based practices.
Program Details
Each course pairs online learning with precepted practice hours that can be completed in your home locale or locale of choice. Our DNP program offers:
- A convenient, user-friendly online format
- Courses taught by experienced faculty
- Eight-week sessions
- No additional fees
- 30 credit hours of core DNP coursework and 6 hours of specialty emphasis (see our course curriculum)
Career Options
As a graduate of Spalding’s DNP program, you are prepared for success in a variety of leadership roles and settings within a dynamic, complex, healthcare continuum.
The DNP is a degree which offers many career paths in today’s healthcare market including:
- Advanced nursing practice
- Executive and professional leadership
- Nursing education faculty
- Leadership roles in healthcare policy, quality and informatics
BSN-DNP Pathway
We are actively seeking grant opportunities to help you reach your goals! Explore this smooth transition from a BSN-prepared nurse to the DNP degree. With this pathway, you’ll be able to:
- Select an area of concentration
- Complete at least two required DNP courses at the MSN tuition rate
- Choose an optional stop-out after MSN completion
- Learned from high-quality, experienced faculty
Admissions
We offer rolling admissions. You can apply and enroll virtually anytime with classes starting every six to eight weeks. Learn more about our admission requirements.
A Mission-focused Approach to Learning
At Spalding, we are a diverse community of learners out to change the world. Our graduates serve at every organizational level. We have health and service professionals on the ground changing lives, business leaders transforming teams, and social movers and shakers affecting change. Through our university mission, we’ve made a commitment to fixing what is broken. On the highest level, we work to create solutions and ignite conversations focused on peace, justice and compassion. On a small scale, we put compassion into action through service to individuals and communities. As an online DNP student, we hope that you will join our movement to make a difference in the lives of others.
Program Accreditation
The baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees in nursing at Spalding University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.
See our professional licensure disclosure.