UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF NURSING  

APCHSN POST-BSN DNP CURRICULUM

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Please Note:

1. General examination and final examination, two university requirements of the doctoral education, are NOT included in the example. You should consult SON website and work with your supervisory committee to determine the timing of the examinations to avoid delay your progression.

2. The example only includes required course credits by our specialty. Consult your supervisory committee for additional electives that you may need in the summer and in Year 3 to meet AACN Essentials requirement (12 quarters or 36 months in length of full-time study).


Full-Time Curriculum Plan Example
Year One Autumn Cr. Winter Cr. Spring Cr. Summer Cr.

NURS 578 Social Justice and Determinants of Health

3

NURS 557 Health, Culture and Community

3

NURS 576 Assessment and Collaboration with Communities, Populations, and Systems

3

ELECTIVES
Sub-specialty requirement, Policy, Program D&E, Management/
Budget, or
Informatics [optional]

3

NCLIN 532 Community Internship

3

NCLIN 533 Community Internship

3

NCLIN 534 Community Internship

3

NMETH 520 [optional]

4

EPI 511 Introduction to Epidemiology

4

ELECTIVES
Sub-specialty requirement,
Policy, or Program D&E

3

ELECTIVES
Sub-specialty requirement,
Policy, or Program D&E

6

Social Justice Course chosen from the DNPCC approved menu [optional]

3

NSG 530 Professional Identity and Leadership Process in Nursing

3

NMETH 520 Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice

4

 

 

 

 

Total

13

Total

13

Total

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Two

Autumn

Cr.

Winter

Cr.

Spring

Cr.

Summer

Cr.

NURS 561 Comparative Nursing Care Systems

3

NMETH 533 Appraising Evidence for Clinical Practice

4

NMETH 534 Translate Evidence to Clinical Practice

4

Electives as Needed

 

NCLIN 535
Community Internship

4

NCLIN 536
Community Internship

4

NCLIN 798 Tripartite Immersion Practice

5

 

 

BIOST 511 Medical Biometry

4

ELECTIVES
Management/
Budget or Informatics

3

NSG 511 Prevention Issues in Community Health

3

 

 

HSERV 511 Introduction to Health Services

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

14

Total

11

Total

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Three

Autumn

Cr.

Winter

Cr.

Spring

Cr.

Summer

Cr.

NMETH 799 Capstone

4

NMETH 799 Capstone

4

NMETH 799 Capstone

4

Electives as Needed

 

ELECTIVES
Management/
Budget or Informatics

3

NSG 597 Synthesis

3

Electives as Needed

 

 

Social Justice Course chosen from the DNPCC approved menu

3

Electives as Needed

 

 

 

 

 

Total

10

Total

7+

Total

4+

Minimum Required Credits

96

ELECTIVES
Sub-Specialty: Healthy Aging, Rural Health, Cross-Cultural and Global Health (CCGH), Communities for Youth (3 credits, 6 credits for CCGH)
Program Development and Evaluation (Program D&E) (3 credits)
Health Policy (3 credits)
Management or Budget (3 credits)
Informatics (3 credits)