Nursing Leadership (Post-Master's D.N.P.)
Messiah’s post-master’s DNP nursing leadership program is appropriate for nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, certified nurse midwives, clinical nurse specialists, as well as nurse educators, nurse administrators, clinical nurse leaders, and nurses working in other fields.
(34-39 credits)
Elective course:
| NURS 510 | Advanced Writing for Healthcare Professions | 2 |
Complete the following:
| LEAD 505 | Strategic Thinking, Planning and Organizational Change | 3 |
| HLTH 506 | Bioethics | 3 |
| NURS 510 | Advanced Writing for Healthcare Professions | 2 |
| HLTH 620 | Collaboration in Inter-professional Teams | 3 |
| NURS 621 | Principles of Population Health | 3 |
| NURS 623 | Theoretical Foundations, DNP Role Development, & Project Planning | 3 |
| HLTH 631 | Health Policy and Legal Aspects of Healthcare | 3 |
| NURS 632 | DNP Project Proposal | 3 |
| HLTH 640 | Economics of Healthcare | 3 |
| NURS 715 | Clinical Residency | 1-5 credits |
| NURS 731 | DNP Project Implementation | 3 |
| NURS 732 | DNP Project Analysis and Evaluation | 4 |
| NURS 740 | Managing Healthcare Quality and Safety | 3 |
Note: The number of variable credit courses and credit hours in variable credit courses will be adjusted to ensure students meet program hour requirements.