The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at Touro University Nevada is designed to prepare professional nurses for the highest level of leadership in specialized nursing practice. This online program is for licensed registered nurses with a Master’s degree, and either the BS or Master’s must be in nursing. Students complete required core courses and a flexible practice component that tailors the program towards advanced nursing practice in the areas of administration, informatics, healthcare policy, clinical care or population-based specialties.

The program consists of a minimum of 39 semester credits of work, which can be completed in as little as six semesters of year round study taking a minimum of 6 units. The DNP provides a non-research intensive option for obtaining a terminal nursing degree. The DNP includes 1000 hours of advanced nursing practice post-baccalaureate degree which focuses on the aggregate/systems/ organizational level, Students may use 460 hours of advanced clinical practice from a MS in nursing program and an additional 540 practice hours will be included in the DNP. Part-time options are also available.

While the program is mostly online, it also includes onsite intensives where students come to campus to share the development and implementation of their practice-based culminating projects which demonstrate synthesis of academic work that is a tangible and deliverable project derived from an immersion in practice. New students may enroll in March, July or November.