Doctor of Nursing Practice - Post MSN

• Completed master's degree in nursing from a nationally-accredited nursing program and a regionally-accredited college or university.
• Earned graduate program GPA of 3.0 based on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent.
• Satisfactorily completed a course in graduate research (grade of B or better).
• Complete application file.
• Non-native speakers of English must meet English proficiency requirements as established by the USI Center for International Programs.
• Faculty may request an interview with an applicant.

The graduate nursing online programs are limited to working with certain states in the U.S. only. Moving into a state not recognized by the graduate nursing program will lead to inability to continue in graduate nursing coursework.  The exception to this is active military status. Click here to see your availability.

1. Submit an online application, a $40 application fee, and three references with contact information.
2. Upload the following to your application account:
   • A current professional resume or curriculum vitae.
   • Your DNP Project Form. 
3. Submit official transcripts to Graduate Studies.
   • Official electronic transcripts are preferred and can be emailed from the previous institution to Graduate.Studies@usi.edu
   • Mailed transcripts can be sent to this address:
     Graduate Studies
     University of Southern Indiana
     8600 University Blvd.
     Evansville, IN 47712
4. International applicants may be required to submit additional information.

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Upon completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program, you will be able to:

• Integrate nursing science with knowledge from ethics and the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, educational, and organizational sciences as the basis for the highest level of nursing practice.
• Develop and evaluate care delivery approaches that meet current and future needs of patient populations based upon scientific findings in nursing science, clinical sciences, and organizational, political, and economic sciences.
• Use analytic methods to appraise existing literature and other evidence to determine and implement the best evidence for practice.
• Serve as a leader in the development and implementation of institutional, local, state, federal, and international health policy.
• Advocate for the patients and the nursing profession within government, business, education, and healthcare communities.
• Collaborate with interprofessional teams to analyze complex practice and organizational issues in leading change to improve patient, population, and system health outcomes.
• Analyze epidemiological, bio-statistical, environmental, and other scientific data related to individual, aggregate, and population health.
• Integrate advanced level of judgment, systems thinking, and accountability in designing, teaching, delivering, and evaluating evidence-based care to improve patient and healthcare outcomes.

• NURS 721 - Systems Leadership and Interprofessional Collaboration (5 credit hours)
• NURS 724 - Healthcare Policy and Strategic Planning (3 credit hours)
• NURS 725 - Resource Utilization in Healthcare (4 credit hours)
• NURS 727 - Healthcare Technology and Informatics (3 credit hours)

• NURS 713 - Theory and Practice (3 credit hours)
• NURS 715 - Analytical Methods for Population-Based Care (4 credit hours)
• NURS 717 - Cultural Diversity (2 credit hours)
• NURS 854 - Critical Appraisal of Practice (3 credit hours)
• NURS 855 - Synthesis of Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)

• NURS 866 - DNP Proposal 1 (1 credit hours)
• NURS 874 - DNP Project 1 (3 credit hours)
• NURS 875 - DNP Project 2 (2 credit hours)