Georgia Regents University College of Nursing was the first in the state to offer the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program. This innovative degree option educates advanced nurse clinicians for expert practice in leadership and clinical roles.

This doctoral-level education provides nurses the clinical and management expertise to improve health care outcomes, making them expert collaborators in solving health care problems in systems. 

• The DNP program integrates didactic and clinical instruction reinforced by clinical and lab experiences.

• The DNP core courses provide the foundation of health care policy, evidence-based practice, leadership and systems management that prepares the advanced practice nurse to deliver optimal care in the ever-changing health care environment.

• Students complete more than 1000 hours of clinical and simulated experiences which emphasize essential competencies to address the health care needs of patients and their families.
  

• Study is rounded out by a practice-improvement project that integrates DNP Essentials in a practice setting.

• HRSA Loan Repayment Nursing Scholarship
• Georgia Nurses Association
• Sigma Theta Tau
• Nursing Scholarships
• Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses
• National Association of Hispanic Nurses
• American Association of Critical Care Nurses*
• National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition
• American Nurses Association
• American College of Nurse Practitioners Conference

Fall 2014 Application Coming Soon
*Applications received after the
program deadline will be considered
on a space-available basis.

DNP Program Director

Patricia Bowman, DNP, RN

DNP Program Co-Director

Karen Sturgill, MPA

Program Manager

706.721.3676

Email: DNP@gru.edu

The College of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice Program is accredited by the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

For additional definitions and information about the DNP, see the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) website or the
DNP Essentials document.