A&T WINS APPROVAL FOR DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE PROGRAM
Feb 29, 2024 15:31:21 GMT -5
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RALEIGH, N.C. (Feb. 29, 2024) – The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors gave unanimous approval today to a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
The new degree is the latest major milestone for the John R. and Kathy R. Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences, which is now North Carolina A&T’s largest college and growing rapidly.
The DNP profession is one of the fastest-growing health careers in the nation. Research cited in the proposal for the A&T program projects 50.7% growth within North Carolina for DNP graduates by 2031. DNP enrollment is surging nationwide as states and communities struggle to meet the demand for health care professionals.
The DNP is a terminal degree that prepares nurses for advanced clinical practice and leadership. At A&T, it will have two tracks: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) and Transformational Nursing Leadership (TNL). Coursework will be delivered in a hybrid mode to meet the needs of nursing students working full- or part-time.
The program is expected to begin accepting applications for admission to its first cohort in fall 2024.
The 36-credit hour, post-master’s DNP degree and the 70-credit BSN-DNP degree options are a cost-effective degree path with significant return on investment for both in-state and out-of-state students. More importantly, the 70-credit BSN-DNP option will enable students to move directly from the bachelor’s degree through to DNP graduation without a master’s degree.
Statewide, seven other UNC institutions have DNP programs, but only two offer the psychiatric/mental health track and both are on the eastern side of the state. Four programs offer nursing leadership, but only one (Winston-Salem State University) is on the western side of North Carolina. All the other programs serve about half the overall DNP enrollment demand. The Hairston College sees opportunity in the unmet demand and sparse program offerings in the Piedmont-Triad and western North Carolina more broadly.
Bureau of Labor statistics show that as of May 2022, the mean annual wage for nurse practitioners was $124,680, with those working in psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals and in home health care earning significantly higher.
www.ncat.edu/news/2024/02/uncbog-approves-dnp-program.php
The new degree is the latest major milestone for the John R. and Kathy R. Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences, which is now North Carolina A&T’s largest college and growing rapidly.
The DNP profession is one of the fastest-growing health careers in the nation. Research cited in the proposal for the A&T program projects 50.7% growth within North Carolina for DNP graduates by 2031. DNP enrollment is surging nationwide as states and communities struggle to meet the demand for health care professionals.
The DNP is a terminal degree that prepares nurses for advanced clinical practice and leadership. At A&T, it will have two tracks: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) and Transformational Nursing Leadership (TNL). Coursework will be delivered in a hybrid mode to meet the needs of nursing students working full- or part-time.
The program is expected to begin accepting applications for admission to its first cohort in fall 2024.
The 36-credit hour, post-master’s DNP degree and the 70-credit BSN-DNP degree options are a cost-effective degree path with significant return on investment for both in-state and out-of-state students. More importantly, the 70-credit BSN-DNP option will enable students to move directly from the bachelor’s degree through to DNP graduation without a master’s degree.
Statewide, seven other UNC institutions have DNP programs, but only two offer the psychiatric/mental health track and both are on the eastern side of the state. Four programs offer nursing leadership, but only one (Winston-Salem State University) is on the western side of North Carolina. All the other programs serve about half the overall DNP enrollment demand. The Hairston College sees opportunity in the unmet demand and sparse program offerings in the Piedmont-Triad and western North Carolina more broadly.
Bureau of Labor statistics show that as of May 2022, the mean annual wage for nurse practitioners was $124,680, with those working in psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals and in home health care earning significantly higher.
www.ncat.edu/news/2024/02/uncbog-approves-dnp-program.php
