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Doctor of Nursing Practice for Advanced Practice Nurses and Nurse Executives

Innovate, Improve and Transform. At the MGH Institute’s innovative Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program, you’ll join a cohort of current and aspiring nurse leaders preparing to shape the future of health care. Learn from faculty who are authorities in areas such as innovation, design and improvement science, leadership, population health, and informatics. And receive one-on-one mentoring throughout the program. 
 
During this intensive 34-credit program designed for advanced practice nurses -- including CRNAs, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Practitioners, and Nurse Midwives; as well as nurses engaged in advanced nursing practice in nurse executive roles, nursing leadership, policy, or informatics -- you will engage in one, fully integrated 9-credit course per semester, and complete a DNP project, developed throughout the program. You will also immerse yourself in an innovative, cohort-structured curriculum that includes:
 
Weekend intensives twice a semester on our Boston campus
10 live, online classes and seminars each semester
Flexible, independent online learning modules

 

Cynthia Holle, MGH Institute DNP graduate

 

"What I treasure most about the IHP's DNP program are the relationships I’ve developed within my cohort and learning alongside dedicated, experienced, innovative nurses from a wide range of practice settings.  While most of our engagement is online, we’ve come to know each other very well through discussions and team assignments."

Cynthia Holle, DNP '16, MBA, RN

 
4 Semesters 
Begin in September and earn your degree in 16 months
 
 
Online Courses + On-site Intensives
Complete coursework online; come to Boston twice a semester with your cohort
 

Experts in the Field

Will mentor and coach you throughout your course of study
 

The IHP Advantage: Doctor of Nursing Practice

Case Study Model

Learn through real life cases during site visits to world-class health care organizations.

Access to Expertise

Interact with world-renowned clinicians and nurse leaders at some of the nation’s leading hospitals and health centers, including Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, enhancing your leadership capacity.

Individual Mentoring
Receive one-on-one mentoring from a dedicated advisor helping you to develop and refine your concentration focus.
 

An Innovative, Integrated Curriculum

 In our innovative curriculum, you will immerse yourself in one comprehensive, integrated semester-long course each term. You'll collaborate and learn with a dynamic and engaging faculty team, all leaders and clinicians involved in their own scholarship. And, as you progress, each semester will build upon the previous one:

Semester 1

PREPARE

by discovering the theory and science of nursing and health care, targeting a specific area for your scholarly project. 

Semester 2

BUILD

the foundation you will need to assess practice environments, organizational behavior, and population health. 

Semester 3

APPLY

what you've learned to translate evidence into  practice and improve outcomes (clinical) or innovate and lead (executive).

Semester 4

SYNTHESIZE

and disseminate your DNP education into a scholarly project to improve processes, change policies, or redesign systems.

 

 

Learn more about our innovative and integrated DNP Nurse Executives curriculum here or the DNP Advanced Practice Nurses here. 

 

Doctor of Nursing Practice Curriculum image
 

DNP Project

Your education will culminate in a DNP Project that will enable you to design, implement, and evaluate an effective solution to a real-life, workplace challenge. Throughout your project, a faculty mentor and experts in the field will help you implement evidence-based practices that will ultimately bring about meaningful change. Past projects include:
 
Leadership Behaviors of Experienced Nurse Executives: Are They Authentic?
Interdisciplinary Collaboration Between Community Health Workers and the Primary Care Team
Assessment of a Professional Practice Environment at a Private Hospital in Shanghai, China
Moral Distress and Work Environments in Intensive Care Units
 
Read more about DNP Projects
 

Learn from Experts

Assistant Professor Alex Hoyt, RN, PhD

Health Care Economics, Policy, and Finance

Many of the students in Alex Hoyt’s Doctor of Nursing Practice class manage large health care systems, and the COVID-19 pandemic has been dominating their work. To help students get a handle on the scope of the pandemic, he developed a hands-on Excel tool allowing these nurse leaders and other health care administrators to model the spread of the virus and measure the impact of community mitigation efforts like school closures and social distancing.

Read the full story.

Meet more of our faculty

Alex Hoyt
Front entrance to Massachusetts General Hospital
 
 
 

More Information: Doctor of Nursing Practice

MGH Institute School of Nursing Student Handbook

The School of Nursing Student Handbook expands on policies in the IHP Catalog.

Download the 2-page QuickGuide to our DNP program

Please click here to download the DNP Program Quick Guide

Featured DNP Alumni

Three DNP grads are among the alumni profiled in the IHP's Forty for 40 section that celebrates our 40th anniversary.

Faculty Scholarship

View School of Nursing faculty scholarship.

Non-Discrimination Statement

MGH Institute of Health Professions is committed to ensuring a welcoming academic community for all. Our inclusive environment is enriched by our differences including age, color, disability, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, national and ethnic origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, status as a parent, socio-economic background, veteran or active military status.

The Institute prohibits discrimination in admissions, financial aid, employment and administration of its programs and activities.