Doctor of Nursing Practice
The Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at N.C. A&T is a terminal practice degree to provide high-quality graduate education and training emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach to prepare nurses for advanced clinical practice and leadership.
The program aligns with the University’s mission to “prepare students to advance the human conditions” by graduating more nurse practitioners to enhance access to healthcare, and diversifying the healthcare workforce with more minority healthcare providers to alleviate health inequities.
Delivered in a hybrid format, our program is unique as it innovatively integrates emerging technology as well as health equity and social justice components in the DNP curriculum to ethically and innovatively address healthcare challenges, increase minority students' representation in advanced nursing practice and leadership, bridge workforce gaps in PMHNPs, and equip future nursing leaders with health equity and social justice knowledge or emerging healthcare technology skills (e.g. telehealth, artificial intelligence, sensors, and virtual reality).
Our DNP program has been approved by the UNC system and SACSCOC accreditation. We recognize the significance of your commitment to advancing your education and are eager to embark on this journey with you. Detailed information about the next steps, including enrollment procedures, orientation, and program-specific details are coming soon.
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The program will prepare students to:
- Gain knowledge and skills for the highest level of professional and advanced nursing practice.
- Establish the theoretical foundation for advanced nursing practice and prepare graduates for advanced nursing practice roles of specialization.
- Promote the concept of nursing as caring with cultural competence skills for equitable healthcare within multicultural communities.
- Evolve as technology-competent, responsible, and accountable nursing professionals.
- Translate research to evidence-based practice and establish foundations in new health technology that will improve and transform care of nursing practice.
- analyze health systems of care and provide transformational leadership that will improve patient safety, quality of care, and culturally competent care in practice.
- Demonstrate leadership skills and lifelong learning skills to serve the community as nursing experts in specialization, leaders and consultants in professional healthcare organizations, health promoters, and advocates of health technology, health equity and usage of health resources.
Faculty members are active in nursing research and professional organizations. Through guiding DNP Quality Improvement projects, faculty and students work together to translate nursing research and cutting-edge technology into advanced practice and healthcare system leadership. The professional nursing conferences that faculty and students make presentations will include:
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
- Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CAS)-American Academy of Nursing
- Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS)
- Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)
- Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society
In addition, faculty serve as editors, reviewers for various nursing/health science journals. Faculty are recognized nationally and internationally with publications as book, book chapters, and peer-reviewed papers.
- Union Square Campus (USC)
- Noble Hall Smart Hospital Lab
- Hines Hall Nursing Research and Simulation Lab
DNP graduates are in high demand in the labor market. Numerous job opportunities exist across various sectors of healthcare including clinical practice or leadership/administration positions at hospitals or clinics, nurse educator or clinical instructor positions at schools or universities, policy or advocacy positions at state or federal health agencies or healthcare organizations.
