Doctor of Nursing Practice Plans of Study

The Graduate Education in Nursing (GEN) programs at Morehouse School of Medicine prepare advanced practice nurses and health system leaders committed to health justice, community engagement, and clinical excellence.

Our Doctor of Nursing Practice programs integrate:

  • Evidence-based clinical practice
  • Health equity and population health
  • Data analytics and health informatics
  • Leadership in complex health systems
  • Interprofessional collaboration

Students progress through a competency-based curriculum aligned with the AACN 2021 Essentials, combining advanced clinical preparation with doctoral-level systems leadership.

Programs and Course Requirements

  • DNP Core Curriculum (Post-Master’s DNP)

    Program Overview Table

    Format

    Length

    Credits

    Clinical Hours

    Full-time

    16 months

    40 credits

     1000

    DNP Core Courses: Community Engagement and Health Justice

    Course Number

    Course Title

    NURS 615

    Evidence-Based Practice and Principles of Translational Research

    MPH 524

    Fundamentals of Biostatistics

    MSHI

    Introduction to Health Informatics

    NURS 602

    Population Health: Community Epidemiology and Sustainable Strategic Engagement

    NURS 709

    Data Driven Health Policy and Advocacy

    NURS 703

    Impact Driven Quality and Process Engineering Strategy Design for Value-Based Primary Care

    MSHI 600 / MSHI 509

    Big Data Management and Analytics / Data Mining and Analytics

    NURS 711

    Doctoral Project I: Health Equity Inquiry and Community Engagement

    NURS 613

    Health Justice and Ethical Foundations

    NURS 604

    Genetics, Genomics and Health Promotion

    NURS 708

    Health Finance and Equitable Economic Leadership

    NURS 712

    Doctoral Project II: Translational Methods and Implementation

    NURS 713

    Scholarly Project Planning and Proposal

    NURS 714

    Doctoral Project Implementation

    NURS 701

    Interprofessional Learning: Social Determinants of Health

    NURS 715

    Doctoral Project Evaluation and Dissemination
  • Family Nurse Practitioner (DNP-FNP)

    Program Overview Table

    Format

    Credits

    Clinical Hours

    Full-time

    79 credits

    1,380 clinical hours

    FNP Clinical and Didactic Courses

    Course

    Title

    NUR 560

    Advanced Pathophysiology Across the Life Span

    NUR 561

    Advanced Health Assessment Across the Life Span

    NUR 562

    Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics Across the Life Span

    NUR 563

    Diagnostic Reasoning and Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Making

    NUR 610

    FNP I: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care – Didactic

    NUR 611

    FNP I: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care – Clinical

    NUR 620

    FNP II: Pediatric and Adolescent Primary Care – Didactic

    NUR 621

    FNP II: Pediatric and Adolescent Primary Care – Clinical

    NUR 630

    FNP III: Reproductive and Family Health – Didactic

    NUR 631

    FNP III: Reproductive and Family Health – Clinical

    NUR 640

    FNP IV: Advanced Acute and Chronic Care – Didactic

    NUR 641

    FNP IV: Advanced Acute and Chronic Care – Clinical

    Integrated DNP Community Engagement & Health Leadership Core Courses

    Course

    Title

    NUR 570

    Scientific Foundations and Inclusive Leadership

    NUR 602

    Population Health

    NUR 604

    Genetics and Genomics

    NUR 613

    Health Justice and Ethical Foundations

    NURS 615

    Evidence-Based Practice

    NURS 709

    Health Policy and Advocacy

    NURS 703

    Quality and Process Engineering

    NUR 708

    Health Finance and Systems Leadership

    NUR 701

    Interprofessional Social Determinants of Health

    NUR 711-715

    Doctoral Scholarly Project Series

Curriculum by Semester

  • DNP Core (Post-Master’s)

    Year 1 – Fall

    Course

    Evidence-Based Practice

    Biostatistics

    Health Informatics

    Population Health

    Year 1 – Spring

    Course

    Health Policy and Advocacy

    Quality Improvement

    Big Data Analytics

    Doctoral Project I

    Health Justice and Ethics

    Year 1 – Summer

    Course

    Genetics and Genomics

    Health Finance

    Doctoral Project II

    Project Proposal

    Year 2 – Fall

    Course

    Doctoral Project Implementation

    Interprofessional Learning

    Project Evaluation and Dissemination
  • DNP Family Nurse Practitioner

    Year 1 – Fall

    Course

    Advanced Pathophysiology

    Genetics and Genomics

    Biostatistics

    Health Justice and Ethics

    Year 1 – Spring

    Course

    Advanced Health Assessment

    Advanced Pharmacology

    Big Data and Informatics

    Year 1 – Summer

    Course

    Scientific Foundations and Leadership

    Population Health

    Diagnostic Reasoning

    Health Policy

     

    Year 2 – Fall

    Course

    FNP I Didactic

    FNP I Clinical

    Evidence-Based Practice

    Year 2 – Spring

    Course

    FNP II Didactic

    FNP II Clinical

    Doctoral Project I

    Year 2 – Summer

    Course

    Health Finance

    Quality Improvement

    Doctoral Project II

     

    Year 3 – Fall

    Course

    FNP III Didactic

    FNP III Clinical

    Interprofessional Learning

    Doctoral Project Proposal

    Year 3 – Spring

    Course

    FNP IV Didactic

    FNP IV Clinical

    Doctoral Project Implementation

    Project Evaluation

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