Development of the curriculum is structured by four broad areas of knowledge described in the AACN’s Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Practice Nursing (2006). Acquisition of knowledge within the areas of Scientific/Physiologic Foundation for Advanced Evidence Based Practice; Leadership/Information Management; Practice Inquiry; and Advanced Specialty Practice, will be demonstrated by the student’s development of essential competencies.
Graduates of the program will:
Use appropriate theories and concepts to identify health-related phenomena of interest
Design and deliver interventions that can withstand scientific analysis
Evaluate healthcare delivery and nursing practices using sound evaluation principles
Use evaluation and other methods to account for quality of care and patient safety for focus populations
Critically appraise and/or use sources informing best evidence (i.e. epidemiology, statistics, health data, and/or methodologies)
Deliver and evaluate care processes and outcomes based on best evidence
Analyze and define critical choices among healthcare technologies and information systems toward the betterment of care processes and outcomes
Understand the dynamics of healthcare policy and financing at the organizational and national levels
Provide or assist in the leadership of collaborative, inter-professional teams in healthcare delivery
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January 2025
College of Health and Human Sciences
209 Carroll Street,
Akron,
Ohio,
44325, United States
Current licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)
An undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (post-BSN applicants)
Post-master's applicants must have an earned master's degree from an accredited institution with a cumulative graduate grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
Applicants holding a degree from outside the United States and with an academic standing of first or high second class, satisfactory evidence of competence in English (i.e., TOEFL score of 79 or above or IELTS score of 6.5 or above) is required.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
Students at UA will gain an excellent quality of education thanks to a passionate faculty, contemporary facilities and a blend of learning styles.
