Doctor of Nursing Practice – Family Nurse Practitioner
- Fall November 15
- Spokane: Yes
- Tri-Cities: Yes
- Vancouver: Yes
- 550 TOEFL minimum score
- 80 TOEFLI minimum score
- 7 IELTS minimum score
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:
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Student Learning Outcomes:
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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:
Brown, Fionnuala
Burduli, Ekaterina
Chacon, Christina
DePriest, Dawn
Eddy, Linda Lee, Ph.D.
Eti, Deborah
Fincham, Sarah J, D.N.P.
Research Interests
HPV Vaccine education and uptake
Immunization education
DNP student education
DNP project development
Communicable disease
Patient-provider communication-exploring what is most effective
Contraceptive Management
The role and contributions of the nurse practitioner in health care
Adolescent health
STD prevention and treatment
Public health
Fritz, Shelly, Ph.D.
Geil, Shelly
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.
Hamel, Angela
Hoeksel, Renee Celeste, Ph.D.
Kaplan, Louise, Ph.D.
Research Interests
ARNP prescribing of controlled substances
APRN workforce
ARNP reimbursement
DNP program evaluation
Landscape assessment of readiness for implementation of the family nurse practitioner role in Swaziland
Medical marijuana
Klein, Tracy Ann, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Interface between public policy and prescribing patterns as they relate to practitioner, patient, and institutional factors”
Mason, Anne Michele, D.N.P.
Nguyen-Truong, Connie, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Cervical cancer screening health disparity
Oneal, Gail Ann, Ph.D.
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.
Research Interests
Environmental health promotion, socio-cultural aspects of environmental health, environmental justice, social determinants of health
Purath, Janet, Ph.D.
Richards, Claire
Sarkinen, Bonnie
Shishani, Kawkab, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Tobacco Treatment Specialist
Smart, Denise, D.P.H.
Research Interests
Work place safety, military health, women’s health and health and safety for disaster response workers.
Stover, Pamela, DNP
Research Interests
Geriatric mental health; vulnerable populations and mental health; therapeutic communication; dementia care; integrated mental health care
VanSon, Catherine, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Gerontology, managing chronic conditions, qualitative methods, late-in-life migration, health literacy, gero-education
Wilson, Marian L, Ph.D.
Research Interests
Pain, self-management programs to assist patients with persistent (chronic) pain, mood disorders, opioid dependency/misuse, addiction.