Health Systems Executive Leadership BSN to DNP Concentration

The DNP curriculum is designed to accommodate students who have completed their BSN at an ACEN (NLN), ACICS, or CCNE accredited program in nursing. Course work can be completed on a full time or part time basis. Students entering with a BSN are required to take 83 credits to achieve the DNP. Students will complete courses that are currently required by the Clinical Nurse Leader Master’s Program prior to fully completing requirements for the DNP HSEL.

University of Pittsburgh students who matriculate into the DNP HSEL area of concentration following completion of the CNL degree receive 16 didactic credits for courses common to both programs as well as 420 post BSN clinical hours for completion of the CNL program requirements. To meet the DNP requirement of 1000 clinical hours post BSN, in addition to the 540 hours that are part of the DNP curriculum CNL graduates will need to complete 40 additional hours while enrolled in the DNP program. They will also need to take the remaining 25 DNP curriculum credits plus the elective and/or independent credits to meet the required 83 post BSN credits

*Courses numbered as “*” are delivered synchronously via distance technology. Such courses are open only to qualified on-site students as per Policy 438.