Total Hours Required for Degree: 54
**This program is effective beginning Fall 2021.**
The Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, DNP program accepts new students only in the fall semester and is a hybrid program with 50-99% of coursework offered online.
Please review the Admission to the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program section on the Department of Graduate Nursing page for admission requirements.
To earn the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, the student must complete all degree requirements including:
- A miminum of 20 hours of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing competencies;
- A minimum of 34 hours of Doctor of Nursing Practice essentials;
- Completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice clinical project; and
- Maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 at all times.
