Touro University DNP

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Hi all,

I am interested in speaking with anyone who completed their DNP program. I live in NJ and I completed my MSN at WGU in November 2017. My end goal is to be a nursing instructor.

1. Is it affordable?

2. Is their faculty support for a Capstone project?

3. I am currently a school nurse and I have some great ideas for Capstone Projects but if I need to complete research in my current position it would be difficult. Thanks!!!!!

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

OP: I am a graduate of this program (and WGU!) but you need 15 posts to use the PM feature here at AllNurses. Once you get there I'm happy to share my experience with you.

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Specializes in Gerontology, Education.

I'm in the program now, and will complete by 6/22/18 (if all goes well). It is leadership focused and I'm pretty sure you can't focus on education. I am currently a nursing instructor so most of my discussion topics and assignments focused on the clinical rotations I do with my students. Likewise my DNP project. I found it do-able with my instructor position because my hours were school hours (no double shifts or weekends). Lots of work, of course, but my DNP project was in a LTC facility so I could go there after work and compile hours around the clock. I started in July 2017 and will finish in June 2018, so you can see the appeal of this intense program. The hardest part was finding a DNP to be my project mentor in Connecticut. There are not a lot in LTC. But Touro had some suggestions if I needed them.

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Specializes in Flight Nursing/Critical Care/Education.

Hello! Like meanmaryjean, I am also a WGU/Touro alumni! I graduated July 2017 and at that point it was a Leadership track and you were not allowed to do anything related to Education. My Capstone project was completed in a Trauma/SICU setting and examined the role of the nurse as a leader at the bedside and required a lot of research and statistics. It was not an easy program with many assignments due weekly but I survived and am still somewhat sane! Please let me know if you have any further questions, have a great day!

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I am also in the same situation. I graduated with MSN in education from WGU in 2015, and now looking for a DNP program. I would like the DNP program to be in education, but I would also prefer a program less than 2 years. The DNP would not change my position, as I already work as a Nursing instructor full time, but I would like to be able to pursue online teaching in the future.... I found WGU to be challenging but doable, as I was able to finish in 15 months!

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Recently when researching this program, I could not find any national accreditation information for the DNP program.....any information about that?

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Specializes in Gerontology, Education.
On 7/3/2018 at 1:29 PM, JMK_MSN,RN said:

Recently when researching this program, I could not find any national accreditation information for the DNP program.....any information about that?

Accredited by CCNE

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For those who have graduated, what is acceptable for clinical hours?

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