ACADEMICS - Program Overview
Part-time students are expected to complete the program in 3 years.
Completion of the program on a part-time basis requires between 9.5 & 10.5 course credits:
- 3.5 didactic course credits in advanced transcultural nursing
- 1 elective course credit
- A doctoral seminar each term until completion (2.25 course credits)
- A total of 1,000 practicum hours, 600 of which may be earned and transferred to Augsburg from a previous master's program in nursing
Graduates of Augsburg's DNP Program will be prepared to:
- Lead change within and across organizations and health systems
- Improve health care services to eliminate health inequities
- Advance evidence-based practice and initiate practice-based care models
- Influence health policy and advocate for underserved populations
- Weave networks of understanding and collaboration across disciplines and cultures
- Impact population and community health outcomes among those most marginalized by oppressive societal structures
- Advance primary prevention within communities
- Create innovative educational approaches for diverse populations
- Utilize a holistic perspective to enhance human betterment and health locally and globally.
Graduates will be eligible to sit for advanced certification exams in Advanced Transcultural Nursing, administered through the Transcultural Nursing Certification Commission (TCNCC), and Advanced Practice Holistic Nursing Certification through the American Holistic Nurses Certification Corporation (AHNCC).
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), One Dupont Circle , NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 887-6791. Officially recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a National Accreditation Agency, the CCNE is an autonomous accrediting body that ensures the quality and integrity of baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs throughout the country.
