Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Degree Online

This affordable, flexible and practical online Doctor of Nursing Practice – General from A-State empowers you to both strengthen your patient-centered nursing practice and positively impact healthcare policy when you gain access to leadership positions.
Master nuanced elements of nursing with a dynamic curriculum composed of foundation and concentration courses, demonstrative evidence-based projects, and hands-on internships. Supported by the same distinguished A-State faculty you would work with on-campus, you will examine contemporary topics including healthcare informatics, alternate population health, ethical healthcare and the rapidly evolving study of diseases. Then, practice applying these newly acquired competencies through clinical opportunities where you will work with experts in nursing and other relevant disciplines.
This ACEN-accredited Doctor of Nursing Practice – General program is built especially for working nurses. Choose to be a full-time or part-time student, complete the 100% online coursework on your schedule and personalize your doctorate to your professional goals when you select your areas of interest to study. Additionally, complete your clinical requirements—and correlating assignments—in the context of your workplace to ensure your degree is relevant to your professional goals.
In this online Doctor of Nursing Practice – General program, you will learn how to:
Implement and evaluate the impact of quality improvement projects in a healthcare organization
Learn to translate research findings into programs that improve patient and healthcare outcomes
Develop expertise in a specialty area that is of interest to you
Identify system or organizational gaps in patient care or organizational effectiveness and developimplement solutions to solve for those gaps

• Master of Nursing (MSN) from a CCNE, COA, ACEN or CNEA accredited program of nursing from a regionally accredited college or university that includes at least 40 faculty-supervised clinical hours
• Official letter from the institution that awarded the MSN degree verifying completion of 40 clinical practice hours (applies to non-Arkansas State MSN graduates
• Graduate cumulative grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale
• Official transcripts from the registrar of the colleges/ universities where the graduate degree (MSN) was earned and courses taken for transfer credit into the graduate program
• Current unencumbered RN license