EL-DNP program starts February 2011!

Looking to enhance your leadership skills without pausing your career? Want to learn alongside other nurse executives in a challenging and innovative environment? If this sounds like you, we invite you to apply to the inaugural cohort of the Executive Leadership Doctor of Nursing Practice (EL-DNP).

This dynamic six-semester doctoral program enhances the skill, knowledge, and performance of current healthcare systems leaders. The EL-DNP is an advanced-level practice degree that emphasizes application of research to clinical nursing practice at the highest administrative levels.

Our program provides hassle-free accommodations during teaching intensives. We know that our executive students lead very busy lives. So we’ve included a hotel guest room, most meals, books, and transportation from the hotel to the USF campus into the program cost. Be a part of a groundbreaking program, and apply today!

CCNE Accreditation of DNP program

We just received official word from CCNE that our DNP program received the
maximum 5 years accreditation allowed for a new program and that we had no
compliance concerns!

We are now able to boast that not only do we have the first DNP program in
California, but the first one accredited as well!  This is a wonderful reflection on the school, the faculty, staff and students, and on the university support that we receive for program development and pursuit of excellence.

Doctor of Nursing Practice Open House and Information Session!

Save the Date!

USF School of Nursing will host a Doctor of Nursing Practice Open House and Information Session on March 27, 2010. Please email Graduate Recruiter, Megan McDrew, for an invitation and to RSVP. Email: msmcdrew@usfca.edu.

The open house will be tentatively held in McLaren 251 from 11-2:00 pm. From 11-12 pm, interested students will have a chance to experience a DNP class taught by chair, Dr. Susan Prion. At 12pm, we will have a light lunch for all participants followed by a program information session.

We invite all RN's to attend this event if interested in pursuing a DNP. We are now enrolling for Fall 2010.

DNP Program Open House Tonight

The University of San Francisco School of Nursing invites you to attend a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) open house and mock class. The event begins at 4 pm with an introduction to the program followed by a buffet dinner and wine. From 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm, Dr. Susan Prion will teach a DNP level course titled, "Applied Data Analysis" for all guests. The class is meant to serve as a short example of a DNP class at USF and provide an arena for your questions and concerns regarding the program. The event will end at 7 pm for non-students while present students will have a break before continuing with class until 9:45 pm. The entire evening is free of charge and we invite you to bring friends or colleagues who are interested in Advanced Practice Roles at the doctoral level. Please RSVP to 415-422-2806.

This event is for DNP alumni, present students, prospective students, and any friends or associates who are interested in obtaining a DNP degree.

SON DNP Program Hosts Accreditation Visit

Last week our Doctor of Nursing Practice program, the first such program in California, hosted an accreditation visit from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

Faculty and staff came together to prepare a report and supporting documentation demonstrating the program's excellence in terms of four different standards of measure: Mission and Governance, Institutional Commitment and Resources, Curriculum and Teaching-Learning Practices, and Aggregate Student Performance and Faculty Outcomes.

Across these four standards, and their 25 sub-standards, the Commission's visitors found that we had complied in all areas! Kudos go to all who participated in this effort!