Program:
Doctorate of Nursing Practice

School:
Georgia Southern University

Program Description:
Georgia Southern University offers theDoctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree as the University’s fifth doctoral degree program. The DNP program, offered online through the University’s School of Nursing, is one of only two such degree programs in Georgia.

The DNP will prepare graduates to provide the most advanced level of nursing care for individuals and communities, including direct care of individual patients, management of care for individuals and populations, administration of nursing systems, and the development and implementation of health policy. With additional coursework in education, the DNP will also prepare graduates to serve as nurse educators in schools of nursing. The DNP program builds on Georgia Southern’s outstanding record in graduate nursing education. The University’s graduate nursing programs have been ranked number 11 in the country by U.S. News and World Report for the past three years. The Family Nurse Practitioner program, which provides the foundation for the DNP, is recognized as a model graduate program by the National Organization for Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Today, graduate programs in the School of Nursing boast a sustained 100 percent pass rate on certification exams.