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DNP Conference Highlights
October 15-16, 2009

As a nurse, you’ve gotten a taste of the limitless opportunities your profession can provide you, and you’ve already made an immeasurable impact on a number of lives. Now that you’ve accomplished so much, it’s time to move on to the culmination of your academic and professional career: attaining your doctorate in nursing practice.

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (FPB) has established a legacy of nursing education that is recognized around the world. FPB created the practice doctorate over 30 years ago to allow nurses to build upon their clinical expertise in an advanced practice specialty and expand their education in doctoral-level research and leadership.

Nurses with a DNP can move to the absolute pinnacle of their field; those with practice doctorates are the most highly educated and qualified practitioners in their profession. These advanced practice nurses apply their education and expertise in leadership roles on the front lines of nursing, in clinical practice, teaching and research, and in health policy design and development.

FPB offers three DNP entry options:

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For students who do not have an RN but have a baccalaureate degree in a non-nursing discipline; offers the Master of Nursing (MN, a generalist degree)
Graduate Entry

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For RNs who do not have a master's degree; allows students to complete some DNP courses concurrently with their MSN work
Post-Licensure Entry

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For MSN-prepared nurses who are ready to take their education and careers further by attaining the DNP
Post-Masters Entry
Some more highlights of the DNP program at FPB include:
  • As the innovator of the original doctorate in nursing practice, FPB is the foremost leader in DNP education
  • Our DNP program is flexible in meeting the needs of distance education students, with an innovative executive format and cohort program that has partnerships with several academic institutions and hospitals around the country
  • Intensive course format allows DNP students to work full-time
  • DNP students choose one of two elective sequences that guide the path of their education: practice leadership and educational leadership
  • Opportunity to engage in a supportive, innovative and diverse learning community and discuss varying viewpoints and experiences with others from around the world

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