Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership

[Kindhearted]

Hello all,

There is a new DNP program offered at Texas Tech University that concentrates on Executive Leadership. I viewed their website and it looks to me like the student would be required to be at the school 3 consecutive days each month. Two Questions: (1) Are there other programs out there like this one but offered online. (2) How popular do you think this program will be? The nursing profession is ever changing and improving (e.g. DNP programs) and I"m excited to be apart of the change. Let me know what you think?

[MICTOM]

Yes, at American Sentinel University!

[llg, PhD, RN]

I don't know anything about this specific program ... but I think there will be an increasing number of such programs as DNP programs mature. The DNP degree is being touted as the terminal degree for those who work in clinical practice settings as opposed to academia. While programs were originally developed with the advanced clinical practice roles in mind (NP, CRNA, CNS, & CNM), it is increasingly being recommended for nursing administrators and even for educators interested in clinical education rather than research.

Also, people in leadership roles (administrators, staff development specialists, etc.) in practice areas are being urged to get a doctorate and many want to be educated at the doctoral level. So, I think there will be plenty of students for DNP programs that are designed to meet their needs, too, and not just the NP, CNS, CRNA, CNM crowd. I have heard that a large percentage of the students in a DNP program in my area are either people in such leadership positions at local hospitals and/or clinical faculty in local schools of nursing.