Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice

In addition to University Requirements:

• At least 66 units of graduate nursing courses
• At least 5 units of scholarly inquiry

Additional Admission Requirements

• Individual program admission requirements over and above admission to NAU are required.

• The NAU graduate online application is required for all programs. Admission to many graduate programs is on a competitive basis, and programs may have higher standards than those established by the Graduate College.
  
  Admission requirements include the following:

  • Transcripts.
  • Undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution with a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale ("A" = 4.0), or the equivalent.

  
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  International applicants have additional admission requirements. Please see the International Graduate Admissions Policy.

• • Master’s degree in nursing from a nationally accredited nursing program or equivalent if program is outside the U.S.
  • Official letter from the degree issuing institution with the total number of completed clinical hours (admitted students only)
  • Current national certification as a Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Midwife, Nurse Anesthetist or Clinical Nurse Specialist.  Note: Arizona Advanced Practice Registered Nurses License obtained prior to July 1, 2004 are exempt from certification requirement
  • Current Arizona Registered Nurse License and Arizona Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Certificate (APRN) in good standing

• • 3.0 GPA in all nursing coursework.
  • Current RN license in good standing to practice as a registered nurse in Arizona or eligibility to obtain an Arizona license, or meet the Arizona Board of Nursing regulations regarding multistate licensure.

• • Three letters of recommendation

• • Prerequisites (completed prior to enrolling in the program)

• • • Completed courses in the following areas: 1) Graduate Advanced Pathophysiology with a grade of B, P, or better; 2) Graduate Advanced Pharmacology with a grade of B, P, or better; 3) Graduate Advanced Physical assessment from a college or university with a grade of B, P, or better; 4) Graduate Descriptive and Inferential Statistics course from a college or university with a grade of B P, or better. Another option is graduate statistics completed before enrollment in NUR 677

Doctoral Requirements

• Take the following 71 units with a minimum GPA of 3.0:
  
  Graduate nursing courses (66 units)

  • NUR 510, NUR 520, NUR 530, NUR 540, NUR 560, NUR 650, NUR 660, NUR 661, NUR 662, NUR 663, NUR 664, NUR 665, NUR 675, NUR 677, NUR 678, NUR 700, NUR 701, NUR 702, NUR 703, NUR 705, NUR 707 (66 units)
  Scholarly inquiry (5 units)
  • NUR 704, NUR 706 (5 units)

• Please Note:
  • This degree is a clinical doctorate with emphasis on expert clinical practice. One thousand hours (1,000) of clinical practice with a minimum of 240 hours completed at NAU is required. The summative outcome is a scholarly project that demonstrates the integration and translation of research evidence to enhance clinical practice, which includes an oral defense.

• Be aware that some courses may have prerequisites that you must also successfully complete. For prerequisite information, click on the course or see your advisor.

• PROGRAM FEE INFORMATION

• Program fees are established by the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR). A program fee of $40 per credit hour has been approved for this program.