The Bay Path University Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is a 70-credit online non-residency program that will support the development of advanced nursing practitioners in family medicine. Applicants to this program will be nurses who wish to obtain the skills to be advanced nurse practitioners with a specialization in family practice.

In this role, nurses incorporate evidence-based practices into the preparation of the next generation of nurses, establish plans of care for specialized groups of patients, promote health and wellness at a community level, and develop a clinically and culturally competent workforce. Through the clinical capstone course, students will partner with mentors and focus on the responsibilities of the family nurse practitioner’s effect on the health care delivery system.

Program Requirements

The Doctor of Nursing Practice program requires the completion of 70 credits to meet degree requirements.

Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program are expected to be able to:

• Integrate science-based theories and concepts into advanced nursing practice across diverse patient care settings;
• Develop and evaluate systems-based strategies for improvement in practice, including risk assessment and cost-effective quality care delivery approaches to meet current and future needs of patient populations;
• Design, implement, and evaluate evidence-based quality improvement methods to promote safe, ethical, equitable patient care;
• Analyze information systems and technology to improve and transform patient care and healthcare systems;
• Critically analyze and influence healthcare policy that addresses issues of financing, resource management, and equity in care access and delivery;
• Promote transformation of health care through scholarship, intra and inter-professional collaboration, policy development and technology utilization for improving patient and population outcomes;
• Design and implement clinical prevention and population health activities to address health promotion and disease prevention in the care of individuals, aggregates, or populations; and
• Demonstrate advanced abilities in analytical clinical judgment, systems thinking, accountability, and collaborative partnerships to facilitate optimal patient outcomes.