Doctor of Nursing Practice – Family Nurse Practitioner
- Fall December 1
- Spokane: Yes
- Tri-Cities: Yes
- Vancouver: Yes
Degree Description:
The Doctor of Nursing Practice Family Nurse Practitioner (DNP FNP) is a practice-focused degree that is designed to educate advanced practice nurses to provide direct care to individual patients; manage care for individuals, families, groups and populations; serve as administrators in health care organizations; engage as faculty in nursing programs; develop and implement health policy; and translate research into expert practice.
Admission Requirements:
Education: Post-Baccalaureate DNP applicants are required to have a bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited program; Post-Master’s DNP applicants are required to have a bachelor’s degree in nursing or another field and a master’s degree in nursing from a program accredited by either the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission OR a graduate nurse anesthesia degree from a program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists OR a graduate nurse-midwifery degree from a program accredited by the American College of Nurse Midwives Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher in bachelor’s, and if applicable, master’s program, written goal statement congruent with program’s philosophy and focus, official transcripts from all previous college work. Practice/Professional: One year of full-time nursing practice, curriculum vitae or resume, for U.S. Residents, current Washington State RN licensure. International students are eligible to apply if they are eligible to obtain a current Washington State Registered Nurse (RN) license, which must be obtained prior to enrollment in any clinical or practicum course. International applicants must meet general Graduate School international applicant requirements. References/Interviews: Three letters of reference, a telephone or in-person interview may be required.
Student Learning Outcome:
All graduates will be able to:
- Application of Science Learning.
- Critical Thinking.
- Independent Learning.
- Teamwork.
- Biosciences Design.
- Experimentation.
- Professional Ethics.
- Communication.
- Career Awareness.
Student Opportunities:
The DNP is offered through Washington State University. Presently in the DNP in nursing program, 15-20 teaching assistantships per semester are available. HRSA scholarships to qualified disadvantaged full-time students, HRSA Nurse Faculty Loan Funds and College of Nursing scholarships are available for application.
Career Opportunities:
The DNP-prepared Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) uses research evidence and clinical expertise to improve individual and community health outcomes. FNPs work collaboratively and independently to provide a patient-centered approach to individuals across the lifespan. They provide education about health promotion and disease prevention, diagnose acute and chronic health conditions, and prescribe medications and other treatments to improve health outcomes. DNP FNPs may serve as primary health care providers, and may manage their own practices.
Faculty Members:
Abshire, Demetrius A, Ph.D.
Bailey, Lori A, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Research Interests
Exploring the characteristics and socialization needed for nurses to be advocates beyond the bedside, including in health policy and in communities.
Barbosa-Leiker, Celestina, PhD
Research Interests
Examining psychosocial risk factors of heart disease, specifically the predictive ability of stress, depression, and anger on traditional heart disease risk factors such as hypertension, adiposity, and dyslipidemia.
Benavides-Vaello, Sandra, Ph.D.
Butterfield, Patricia, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Environmental health nursing, Household environmental risk reduction, Occupational and environmental health in rural settings, Conceptual approaches to public health nursing.
Caines, Karen, D.N.P.
Carollo, Sandy, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Effective communication with an emphasis on developing health literacy to impact disease prevention and intervention for optimal outcomes.
Davis, Andra, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Interprofessional education
Dekker, Lida Jean, Ed.D.
Research Interests
Exploring the meaning and practice of cultural safety in nursing practice and education.
Dermody, Dana, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Gerontology, gerontologic nursing, prevention of functional decline in older adults, evidence-based practice in the acute care setting; patient-centered care, care coordination and nursing care delivery, interdisciplinary team, complexity science and translational science. Issues with nurse-documentation in the electronic health record; microsystem and macrosystem factors that contribute to barriers to the integration of evidence-based nursing care delivery; Evidence-based–practice, nursing care delivery in the global context, and the development of partnerships with the international community.
Dewitt-Kamada, Julie A, D.N.P.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Dotson, Joann, Ph.D.
Doutrich, Dawn Liam, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Research Interests
international nurse educators: what the experts say, and creating a diverse nursing workforce through workforce partnerships.
Duvall, Darryl, D.N.P.
Eddy, Linda Lee, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Eide, Phyllis, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Rural health, global climate change, and public health
Fincham, Sarah J, D.N.P.
Fleming, Susan Elaine, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Research Interests
Susan Fleming earned her diploma of nursing at Los Angeles County School of Nursing, and her BSN from Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing. In 2005, she received her MN from University of Washington, Seattle where she earned two certificates: Nurse Educator Certificate and Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist Certificate. She is a graduate of the PhD program at Washington State University College of Nursing. She currently teaches N316 Foundations in Nursing and assists Dr. Billie Severtsen with N309 Ethics. She advocates for individuals with disabilities working in healthcare fields and newborns who are born with birth defects. Her clinical practice extends many years primarily working in hospital nursing with mothers and newborns. Her research interest lies in studying technology and the American birth experience. Her goal is to improve nursing practice and health outcomes of mothers and their off springs for generations to come.
Graves, Janessa, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Pediatric injury research, health services research, head injuries in children & adolescents, occupational injuries among working adolescents, impacts of work on young people, global health.
Haberman, Melvin R, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Hoeksel, Renee Celeste, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Holliday, Carrie, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Research Interests
Suicide, suicide prevention, suicide assessment and risk management, substance abuse, adolescent mental health, vulnerable populations
Klein, Tracy Ann, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Lohan, Janet, Ph.D.
Mason, Anne Michele, D.N.P.
McPherson, Sterling Marshall, PhD
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Research Interests
Director, Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, Associate Director, Providence Medical Research Center: 1) Development of evidence-based substance use disorder treatments, 2) Behavioral pharmacology, 3) Innovative analytical methods to answer novel research questions in psychopharmacology and substance abuse, 4) Kidney disease and acute kidney injury, mental illness and drug and alcohol use as risk factors.
Nguyen-Truong, Connie, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Cervical cancer screening health disparity
Nogueras, Debbie J, Ph.D.
Odom-Maryon, Tamara, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Application of statistical methods, with an emphasis on longitudinal data analysis techniques, to health data including studies focusing on nursing interventions, environmental health, and asthma.
Oneal, Gail Ann, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Research Interests
Health literacy, risk communication and health information use, risk messages, environmental and occupational health, population health, underserved and rural populations
Postma, Julie Marie, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Purath, Janet, Ph.D.
Richardson, Barbara, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Roll, John, PhD
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Research Interests
Human behavioral pharmacology, the development and refinement of behavioral interventions for addiction and other psychiatric disorders, as well as technology transfer issues.
Schiavenato, Martin, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Development of tools and methods to measure pain in vulnerable populations, especially newborn infants and pre-school children.
Severtsen, Billie M, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Research Interests
Ethical decision making in health care, life narratives of illness and quality of life, Heideggerian Hermaneutic Phenomenology, and health care policy
Shaw, Michele Rose, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Shishani, Kawkab, Ph.D.
Smart, Denise, D.P.H.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Research Interests
Work place safety, military health, women’s health and health and safety for disaster response workers.
Son, Catherine Van, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Gerontology, managing chronic conditions, qualitative methods, late-in-life migration, health literacy, gero-education
Vandermause, Roxanne, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Experiential aspects of women’s addiction as well as completed educational and community health demonstration and evaluation projects
Wilson, Marian L, Ph.D.
Serves as: chair on graduate committee
Research Interests
Pain, self-management programs to assist patients with persistent (chronic) pain, mood disorders, opioid dependency/misuse, addiction.