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Hector Quintanilla, Interim Dean

K. Helena Bussell, Interim Associate Dean

Denise De La Rosa, Interim Director of Graduate Programs in Nursing Practice

Faculty

Cheryl Adair, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Connie Barker, PhD, APRN, FNP-C

Kelly Crawford, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Denise De La Rosa, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, Director

Lisa Taylor, PhD, RN, CNS, FNP-BC

Graduate Faculty in Nursing Practice

The graduate faculty in the nursing practice programs hold terminal degrees in their fields. Advanced practice nursing faculty members hold specialty-area board certification. Experts from other disciplines also hold the terminal degree for the discipline. Clinical practicum faculty are approved for advanced practice by the appropriate agency and are board-certified as Family Nurse Practitioners or related specialty. Faculty may be master’s prepared if serving as an adjunct faculty member. Board- certified Advanced Practice Nurses on faculty must actively engage in the clinical practice of their specialty to maintain board certification. This assures that current practice knowledge and skills are incorporated into didactic and clinical practicum courses. Graduate faculty members are appointed by the Provost upon the recommendation of the Dean of the School of Health Professions according to the policies established in the Faculty Handbook.

Mission

The mission of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program - Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) focus (DNP-FNP program) is to develop Family Nurse Practitioners who provide holistic, relationship-centered care to individuals, families, and groups/populations. Graduates are prepared to bring integrative approaches to practice as expert clinicians, effective nurse coaches, transformational leaders, and life-long scholars. Graduates are eligible to take the certification examinations for Family Nurse Practitioner and nurse coaching.

The BSN to DNP - FNP Focus and the DNP programs build upon the expected knowledge, skills, and attitudes for baccalaureate prepared registered nurses as described by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). The programs prepare graduates for practice at the highest levels of nursing practice. Graduates are prepared to:

1. integrate multiple sources of knowledge, including knowledge from the nursing sciences and grounded in nursing theory, to develop and evaluate nursing practice;
2. develop, implement, and evaluate health care delivery models to ensure safety and accountability and promote improved outcomes;
3. evaluate and utilize research and best evidence to improve client well-being;
4. implement technology and information systems to provide care and promote well-being of patients and clients;
5. design, influence, implement, and advocate for health care policy that improves health outcomes;
6. utilize transformational leadership and interprofessional collaborative skills to improve patient and population health outcomes;
7. synthesize concepts of clinical prevention for promoting health and reducing risk and illness;
8. assess, manage, and evaluate patients, families and groups/populations using integrative approaches at the highest independent level of clinical nursing practice; and,
9. engage in self-development (self-reflection, self-assessment, self-care) to promote improved outcomes for self and others.

Important Links for Graduate Programs in Nursing Practice

• Program Format and Requirements  
• Admission/Readmission to the Graduate Programs in Nursing Practice  
• Academic Policies for Graduate Programs in Nursing Practice  
• DNP Project  
• Non-Degree Seeking Students (D.N.P. & F.N.P.)  
• Graduation Requirements for the Graduate Programs in Nursing Practice   

Programs

• Doctor of Nursing Practice, D.N.P.
• Doctor of Nursing Practice, Family Nurse Practitioner Focus, D.N.P. - F.N.P. Post-Baccalaureate
• Family Nurse Practitioner Focus, M.S.N. - F.N.P.

• Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate

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