Doctor of Nursing Practice, D.N.P. (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Concentration)

University of North Carolina - Wilmington

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is a practice-focused terminal degree earned by specialists in advanced practice nursing. The DNP prepares advanced practice nurses (APNs) to analyze systems of care and provide transformational leadership that influences and impacts patient safety and quality of culturally competent care in southeastern, North Carolina. The Psych Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Concentration is designed to produce a professional with advance practice nursing skills to provide mental health care to patients throughout the lifespan. This concentration prepares the graduate for advanced practice provider roles in health care service settings. The DNP program consists of 73 credit hours of coursework including 6 hours concentrated on a DNP project. Each candidate’s program of study will be designed to meet student outcomes for advanced practice as a DNP.

College of Health and Human Services