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.
(39-51 credits)
Complete the following:
| BUSA 570 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| HLTH 506 | Bioethics | 3 |
| HLTH 620 | Collaboration in Inter-professional Teams | 3 |
| HLTH 631 | Health Policy and Legal Aspects of Healthcare | 3 |
| HLTH 640 | Economics of Healthcare | 3 |
| LEAD 505 | Strategic Thinking, Planning and Organizational Change | 3 |
| NURS 510 | Advanced Writing for Healthcare Professions | 2 |
| NURS 621 | Principles of Population Health | 3 |
| NURS 623 | Translating Evidence into Practice | 3 |
| NURS 632 | DNP Project Proposal | 3 |
| NURS 633 | DNP Project Readiness | 1 |
| NURS 715 | Clinical Residency | 0.5-5 credits |
| NURS 731 | DNP Project Implementation | 3 |
| NURS 732 | DNP Project Analysis and Evaluation | 3 |
| NURS 740 | Managing Healthcare Quality and Safety | 3 |
Note: The number of credit hours in variable credit courses will be adjusted to ensure students meet program hour requirements of 1000.