Your ambitious nature causes you to continually elevate your goals. Despite having already earned your master’s degree and established an advanced nursing career, you still feel a sense of urgency to learn more. Now you can gain even more satisfaction, momentum, confidence, and experience through Maryville University’s two online DNP programs:
For advanced practice nurses who have completed their MSN and wish to lead at the highest level. A DNP degree can help you learn some of the skills you’ll need to pursue a wide range of advanced healthcare positions, including specialized advanced nursing careers, administrative leadership positions, policy roles, and academic positions. All of these roles offer the opportunity to improve patients’ lives and make healthcare better, whether by leading other nurses, educating future nurses, or influencing health policy.
For nurses who have completed their MSN and wish to become an NP, while also working through their terminal Doctor of Nursing Practice programs. The DNP-NP creates a pathway to earn your DNP while also earning the academic degree needed to take the respective NP credentialing examinations to earn your NP certification. There is an option to choose from five specialty areas: AGACNP, AGPCNP, FNP, PNP, and PMHNP.
100% online with no campus visits required
No GMAT or GRE required for admission
Earn your DNP in as few as 20 months or your DNP-NP in as few as 36 months
Complete clinicals locally in your preferred setting
No waiting list once you’re accepted
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) conducted a two-year study titled “The Future of Nursing.” Results indicate an opportunity — and a responsibility — for nurses to take greater ownership of the healthcare field, with a recommendation to double the number of doctoral-prepared nurses by 2020.
There are many other factors propelling the advancement of the nursing profession. Here are a few of the demands driving opportunity and prompting a higher level of preparation among nurse leaders:
There are as many reasons to complete an online Doctor of Nursing Practice program as there are opportunities waiting for you after graduation. When you earn your DNP, you learn to impact patient care from a higher level. As the baby boomer wave of experienced healthcare professionals prepares for retirement, new vacancies in high-level positions are emerging across the nation. The future of our healthcare system hangs in the balance — and we believe it can only be as strong as its leadership. That’s why now is the time to earn your DNP and lead the way.
Dr. Elizabeth Buck, Assistant Dean for Nursing, discusses the difference between a DNP and a Ph.D. Dr. Buck further explains the Maryville DNP program, including the esteemed curriculum, the scholarly project, and expected outcomes for DNP graduates.
Tiffany N., graduate, Doctor of Nursing Practice
“The way that the curriculum is set up at Maryville, each semester built upon the previous one, so we’re learning as we go. It’s not an overwhelming process. A lot of times, that’s much like our careers are in the healthcare field. We all have something new to learn, every single day.”
We’re a private, four-year institution ranked as one of America’s Best Colleges by both U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. When you choose us, you receive a highly flexible and highly regarded education with the added convenience of our 100% online learning platform. Here are a few more reasons why we offer you the best path:
Reach the pinnacle of your career — and enjoy the view. Your career requires you to make decisions every day that impact lives. When you decide to pursue your online DNP or DNP-NP with Maryville, it impacts the entire healthcare system.
The role of a DNP gives you the chance to:
Where do DNPs work?
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The Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Maryville University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791.
As you push toward the highest echelon of your nursing career, you’ll need an education that prepares you for the challenges you’ll face and the opportunities you’ll find. That’s what we designed our online Doctor of Nursing Practice curriculum to do. Maryville University offers you the chance to pursue your online DNP degree on its own, or to earn it with a nurse practitioner concentration.
Our online DNP program is designed for nurses who already have their MSN and want to lead at the highest levels of the profession, and it can be completed in as few as 20 months. Our online DNP-NP program can be completed in as few as 36 months, depending on the concentration you select.
You have the option of starting either program in the spring, summer, or fall. All of your courses can be completed 100% online. You can learn more at our curriculum page.
Advanced leadership for an advancing field.
When you earn your online DNP at Maryville, you enter a program that is focused on leadership across the nursing field. We hope to equip you with the skills and knowledge to grow and achieve your goals in nursing. You’ll have the opportunity to explore the field in detail with advanced courses in subjects like epidemiology, statistics, research, ethics, and systems leadership.
Online DNP-NP option.
If you want to become an NP, you can develop those skills while you earn your DNP online with just 17 additional credit hours. You’ll have the opportunity to build your general nursing skill set with courses like Professional Role Development, and you’ll build your NP competencies through advanced courses in pathophysiology, health assessment, and pharmacotherapeutics.
