Program Overview

The Doctor of Nursing Practice program focuses on practice leadership. The emphasis of the program is the delivery of advanced practice nursing (APN) to culturally diverse populations, especially the burgeoning group of persons over 65 years old. Graduate education in nursing occurs within the context of societal demands and needs as well as the inter-professional work environment. The Institute of Medicine (IOM, 2003) and the National Research Council of the National Academies (2005) have called for nursing education that prepares individuals for practice with interdisciplinary, information systems, quality improvement, and patient safety expertise.

The program is designed for nursing leaders to develop skills in shaping and evaluating practice models in their own practice settings.The program will accept a limited number of applicants. Meeting minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission. In order to meet the need of practicing professionals, the program is designed to be a part time program with classes offered weekends. All classes are Web-assisted.

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing recommends that students complete 1000 hours of clinical practicum hours. Clinical practice hours in the second year of study are designed to develop new practice skills and to test new models of care.

 

Contact for Information & Advising

• Joseph Lotito, Academic Advisor II: DNP Program track
  Email: lotitoj@health.fau.edu
  Phone: 561-297-1109
  Fax: 561-297-0088
  Office Hours: M-F / 8:30am - 5:00pm 
  Office is located in NU 116A

• Lynne Palma, DNP, FNP-BC, BC-ADM
  Director DNP Program Associate Professor 
  777 Glades Rd.
  Boca Raton, FL 33431
  Email: lpalma@health.fau.edu 
  Phone: 561-297-4958
  Fax: 561-297-0088