The Family Nurse Practitioner with Emergency Specialty track of the DNP program is designed to prepare graduates to work in emergent settings. Graduates are prepared to prioritize and triage patients, conduct advanced health assessments and health histories, diagnose and manage episodic illnesses, injuries, and acute exacerbation of chronic diseases in emergency settings, undertake emergency care procedures, and provide leadership in team partnerships to advanced emergency care, emergency preparedness, and response efforts.
Curriculum
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| GNUR 404 | Theories & Concepts for Advanced Clinical Practice | 3 |
| GNUR 405 | Introductory Statistics for Healthcare Professionals | 3 |
| GNUR 407 | Social Justice and Ethics in Health Care | 3 |
| GNUR 408 | Research for Advanced Clinical Practice | 3 |
| GNUR 420 | Leadership and Roles in Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| GNUR 521 | Population-Focused Health | 3 |
| GNUR 523 | Health Care Policy and Economics | 3 |
| GNUR 545 | Evidence Translation for Advanced Clinical Practice | 3 |
| GNUR 413 | Advanced Pharmacology | 3 |
| GNUR 425 | Advanced Health Assessment Across the LifeSpan | 4 |
| GNUR 442 | Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology | 3 |
| GNUR 476 | Basic Diagnostics for Advanced Practice | 2 |
| GNUR 526 | Management of Common Adult Health Problems | 4 |
| GNUR 528 | Management of Complex Adult Health Problems | 4 |
| MCN 401 | Child/Family Health | 3 |
| MCN 414 | Childbearing/Family | 3 |
| GNUR 570 | DNP Scholarly Project: Planning | 1 |
| GNUR 571 | DNP Scholarly Project: Proposal and Pre-Implementation | 2 |
| GNUR 572 | DNP Scholarly Project: Project Implementation | 2 |
| GNUR 573 | DNP Scholarly Project: Analysis and Dissemination | 1 |
| Adult Primary Care NP Practicum | |
| Emergency Health Care Advanced Practice Practicum | |
| Pediatric Primary Care NP Practicum | |
| GNUR 504 | Emergency and Acute Care Procedures for the NP | 3 |
| GNUR 522 | Emergency Health Care of Adults | 3 |
| GNUR 525 | Special Populations and Topics in Emergency Health Care | 3 |
| Total Hours | 79 |
Clinical Experiences
Faculty design and secure all clinical rotations for students. Loyola maintains academic-practice partnerships throughout the Chicago metropolitan area with a focus on serving communities with high needs. Clinical experiences will be completed in primary care and emergency department settings.
Graduate & Professional Standards and Regulations
Students in graduate and professional programs can find their Academic Policies in Graduate and Professional Academic Standards and Regulations under their school. Any additional University Policies supersede school policies.
Learning Outcomes
PROGRAM GOAL
The goal of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program is to prepare nurses to assume advanced roles in direct care and systems leadership domains at the highest level of nursing to improve health care outcomes through practice-based scholarship.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
At the completion of the DNP program, the graduate has the knowledge and skills to:
- Apply integrated scientific, knowledge and clinical judgements at the highest level of professional nursing practice.
- Evaluate health care delivery approaches and healthcare systems, with an emphasis on quality and safety.
- Apply best evidence in approaches to client and system-centered practices.
- Apply analytic approaches and information technology in the delivery and improvement of client-centered health care and health care systems.
- Employ ethics, leadership, and advocacy concepts to advance healthcare quality and equity for individuals, systems and populations.
- Implement intraprofessional and interprofessional leadership and collaboration competencies and methods, at the highest level of professional nursing practice in advancing health and health outcomes.
