Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Post Master’s UMass On-LineDNP Degree program for APRNs

UMass Boston on Dorchester Bay

Preparing APRNs for roles Preparing APRNs for roles in:in:

• health systems leadership• developing health policy• improving health care quality• Increasing healthcare access to

communities and groups• applying theories and evidence-based

research in healthcare delivery• Engaging others in advancing the

implementation of health care policy

Who is Eligible?Who is Eligible? Master’s in Nursing prepared APRNs*: • Nationally Certified Nurse Practitioners

– Women‘s Health or Family Nurse– Adult, Gerontology, Pediatrics, Neonatal, Psych/Mental Health, or Acute

Care1 (Oncology and Dermatology NPs are eligible if they have a population focused NP preparation and certification)

• Certified Providers– Nurse Midwives– Nurse Anesthetists – Clinical Nurse Specialists

• State Licensed as RN and completed MS program with APRN preparation and now in leadership role

• *MSN, non-NPs or non-Cert., may apply to the 21 credit post master’s NP through UMass On-Line program in Family or Adult/Gerontology .

The UMassOnline NP program requires a minimum of 600 hours of clinical internship.

Contact about PostMaster’sNP Program Director: margaret.mcallister@umb.edu

Go to: http://ccde.umb.edu/certificates/nursepractitioner/1. APRN Consensus Work Group & NCSBN APRN Advisory Committee (2008)

Consensus Model for APRN Regulation. AACN-NCHE: Wash, DC accessed at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education/pdf/APRNReport.pdf

• 39 credits in a 3 year sequenced curriculum with options for summer courses

• Participate and Learn where you are on your schedule:– Online Coursework using Blackboard Vista ® Software – Meet regularly with faculty using online Wimba® software

a virtual classroom search literature with Healey eLibrary UMass Boston. Shared portfolios using Google Apps software

Clinical internships in your home state– a minimum of 400 hours approved by your DNP & Capstone advisor– all clinical agencies are in your home state– we will work with your agency on an agreement with UMass Boston

Earning Your DNPEarning Your DNP

Complete the Capstone Project• Advance through coursework and clinical successes• Define your conceptual area of interest & refine

your focus with your nationally and internationally recognized faculty advisor and team

• Convene your Doctoral Committee of experts• Propose a Capstone Project that will improve health

care quality– promote new policy & procedures for health care– increase effectiveness through consumer access or cost control

• Be ready to present and publish YOUR Doctoral Work!

Earning Your DNPEarning Your DNP

• Our faculty are distinguished teachers, researchers, clinicians, and administrators

• All faculty are engaged in research, teaching, & other scholarly work

• All PhD and DNP clinical faculty are dedicated to leading you towards professional growth

Learn with our Leaders in Learn with our Leaders in NursingNursing

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Earning Your Doctor of Nursing Practice

Design & Complete Your Capstone Project• Complete all required course work

• Define your project area & refine your focus • Propose a Capstone Project that will improve

health care quality for example:– promote new policy & procedures for health care– increase effectiveness through consumer access or cost control

• Select your doctoral committee of experts• The final product is a publishable quality written

article on your doctoral capstone

• Get YOUR UMB Graduate Admissions application at: http://www.umb.edu/admissions/graduate/apply/

index.html

• Applications must include sealed transcripts and sealed referencesMail your application in one envelope, to: Office of Graduate Admissions - Campus CenterUMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd.Boston Ma 02125

• Deadlines for Applications:Fall Semester: May 1st Spring Semester: November 1st

• Include application fee of $40.00.

Applications and Applications and MatriculationMatriculation

• BS / MS in nursing from an NLN or CCNE accredited program:– GPA of 3.0 or higher in the baccalaureate degree– A 3.2 GPA in master’s degree program of study – A science GPA of 3.0 in master or the baccalaureate program– official sealed transcripts from undergraduate and graduate

programs

• Three letters of recommendation from health professionals referencing your clinical expertise, scholarship, and leadership ability

• A scholarly abstract of prior work - no more than 300 words

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Portfolio Admission Portfolio Admission RequirementsRequirements

• 500 word professional goal statement with five career objectives

• professional resume

• registered nurse license: APRN license in your state

• TOEFL scores if needed (see UMB Graduate Admissions web for the requirements for non-USA undergraduate degree, non-native English speaking applicants: http://www.umb.edu/admissions/graduate/admission_requirements.html )

• undergraduate statistics course grade of B or better

• undergraduate health assessment course grade of B or better

*No GRES are required.

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Portfolio Admission Portfolio Admission RequirementsRequirements

Application Portfolio Review Application Portfolio Review • The Admissions Committee evaluates:

– the curriculum in your prior MS program of study – the grades you achieved– Evidence of your expertise as an advanced practice

nurse

• Applicants with voids in their program of study may need to take additional courses beyond the 39 credits to meet:– the DNP Essentials (AACN, 2006)* competencies– and UMass Boston DNP program objectives

*AACN (2006), Essentials of the Doctor of Nursing Practice accessed at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/DNP/pdf/Essentials.pdf)

Admission NotificationAdmission Notification

1. UMass Boston Graduate Admissions Office will notify you of the admission decision in writing

2. If recommended by our College, you will receive a letter of notifying you of the procedures for matriculation into the DNP Program

3. When you hear from the graduate admission office that you are accepted: • send in your deposit a.s.a.p, and • contact the Program Director: Susan Parker RN, MS, DNP,

GNP-BC• A program plan will be developed for you

Transferring Courses towards the Transferring Courses towards the DNP DNP

• Students may take two UMass Boston DNP courses (6 credits) prior to applying for admission (may request exception for UMB DNP program courses)

• Students may take two transferrable DNP program courses at another institution (max of 6 credits)– Approved course credits transfer if not applied to a

prior degree– To be transferred, you must achieve minimum 3.0 in

each course– Non-matriculated students may enroll in online

courses if space is available– Clinical internships are done in your home state:

You must work with your agency and our office to produce a signed working agreement with UMass Boston CNHS

Tuition & Fees Tuition & Fees

• Tuition for 3 credit course:– $463.33/cr x 3 = $1389.99 + $45 Registration

Fee – New Student Fee: $345.00 - in 2 parts:

$250.00 at time of acceptance applied to first terms 95.00 is billed with tuition billing

• Additional Fees– Application Fee: $ 40.00– A semester fee is also charged

Financial SupportFinancial Support• Check with your employer about reimbursement

benefit plan--full or partial are often available for work-related ed.

• Accepted students may be eligible for financial funding through one of the following mechanisms:– Graduate Assistantships, – CNHS Federal Traineeships, and – Financial Aid (loans, grants, and scholarships)– Scholarships: Foundations for Nursing(ANPF, NBNA, AAN/Hartford

Foundation, etc)

• To apply for financial aid, after admission, you must:– Fill out the FAFSA form at www.fafsa.ed.gov– Check your financial aid status using WISER, or– Contact Financial Aid Services 617.287.6300, or email

finaid@umb.edu

• For more information about the DNP program go to:http://qa.umassonline.net/degrees/Online-Post-Masters-

Doctor-of-Nursing.cfm

More Questions? -- contact us:• Dr. Susan Parker Susan.Parker@umb.edu• Dr. Margaret McAllister, DNP Past Director

(margaret.mcallister@umb.edu), or • To have additional information sent provide us with

your name and email address here: Jocelyn.burke@umb.edu program assistant.

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How often do I come to campus?

• Students are expected to attend the orientation to the program

The first weekend of the term in September • Students are also expected to attend the intensive

workshops held • For Spring term 1 and Spring terms 2 • And finally to defend your capstone project in Spring 3