Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP

California State University - Fullerton

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is offered through the Southern California CSU DNP Consortium, which includes the CSU campuses of Fullerton and Los Angeles. The DNP is a professional practice degree designed to prepare nurses in advanced practice for complex practice and leadership roles in the clinical setting as well as teaching roles at California’s community colleges and at the California State University. Students admitted into the program will be able to draw on faculty expertise across three large institutions. Specialty areas include Anesthesia, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Management/Administration/Leadership, Midwifery, Nurse Practitioner and Community Health Nursing. The DNP program is an extremely demanding and rigorous academic experience designed to prepare nurses to assume the highest levels of nursing professional practice. In addition to developing advanced competencies in evidence-based practice, leadership, health policy and advocacy, graduates will develop in-depth skills in a focused area of nursing practice. Students will complete a total of 1,000 clinical hours in practicum experience.

College of Health and Human Development