Program Details
Doctor of Nursing
Wisconsin School of Nursing Twelve
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) prepares experts in specialized nursing practice. Focus in on a population of your choice and develop the clinical expertise and leadership skills to expand your job prospects.
Through a combination of coursework, a scholarly project, and supervised clinical hours, you will not only become an expert clinician—you will gain advanced knowledge and skills in systems, leadership, program evaluation, informatics, and policy so you can evaluate, influence, and lead practice.
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A program that requires its students to demonstrate they have successfully acquired a set of skills or knowledge base prior to completing the program. Compare to a "time-based" training program that results in successful completion if the students participate in a certain number of instructional hours.
This program is offered
July 31, annually.
For more information about "career pathways" visit https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/career-pathways
This program is the capstone of a nursing career. Program graduates are qualified to be the head nurse of a hospital or to engage in nursing instruction.
This program partners with the UW-Health Hospital in Madison. Nursing students will practice nursing on patients and deal with real-world scenarios.
Wisconsin School of Nursing professors keep office hours and graduate students are available for tutoring sessions twenty-hours per week. Students are assigned a thesis mentor, who they work with for three years developing a research thesis.
Other fees include Wisconsin Department of Health Services licensed nursing exam.
If students disenroll from the program before classes start on September 1, a refund may be issued on all tuition paid.
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