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This practice-focused doctoral program prepares nursing leaders for the highest level of clinical nursing practice. Throughout the program students develop the clinical, organizational, economic, and leadership skills to design and implement programs of care delivery which significantly impact health care outcomes and have the potential to transform health care. Graduates with this doctoral practice clinical degree will assume roles in direct care or indirect, systems-focused care. Advanced nursing practice in today’s healthcare environment requires complex clinical skills and sophisticated knowledge of the evidence-base for practice. DNP graduates will be able to affect the healthcare delivery system by evaluating and using evidence as a base for designing and improving practice, by becoming leaders in the clinical arenas, by establishing standards and policies, and by improving the efficiency and patient outcomes in today’s diverse healthcare systems. Our program is a recognized leader in DNP education. We offer study in several areas of concentration in both BSN to DNP curricula and post MSN to DNP curricula. The BSN to DNP option is available for 8 areas of concentration: CNS Adult-Gerontology, Nursing Administration, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Primary Care, Family (Individual Across the Lifespan), Neonatal, Psychiatric Mental Heath Nurse Practitioner and Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. The MSN to DNP is available for 10 concentration areas: CNS Adult-Gerontology, CNS Psychiatric Mental Health, Nursing Administration, Nurse Anesthesia, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Family (Individual Across the Lifespan) Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, and Psychiatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.