Are you ready to take your career to a nursing leadership level? Pursue your Doctor of Nursing Practice online at Indiana Wesleyan University. Featuring a nursing specialty in systems leadership, our online DNP program explores what it takes to transform and improve healthcare through system-wide changes. These are the insights, skills, and credentials you need to pursue active leadership roles in hospitals, non-profits, and a wide range of healthcare organizations.
Why Pursue My DNP Degree Online at IWU?
From evidence-based practice curriculum to offering DNP degrees online, the IWU School of Integrated Health, Division of Nursing has been at the forefront of healthcare education for more than 40 years. Today, we are proud to offer a faculty of industry experts, a faith perspective for hope and healing, and the support you need to pursue better outcomes for your career and your patients. Our Christian faculty teach from the same biblical worldview valued on our campus, so that students can implement these principles in a fulfilling career. Additionally, we’ll lock in your tuition rates at the start so you can accurately forecast the cost of your program.
What Will I Learn in a Systems Leadership DNP Program?
Our online DNP program offers a seamless blend of theoretical knowledge and clinical application. It is designed to help you take a scholarly approach to nursing practice issues, promote better health through a broad system perspective, continuously evaluate healthcare outcomes, and transform leading research into practical career skills. You will also cover how to coach and educate others in the art and science of nursing, manage care for different people groups, and implement effective health policies throughout your organization.
What Makes IWU Different?
IWU has provided on-campus education for more than 100 years.
Faith-integrated curriculum and a commitment to changing the world.
Center for Student Success for counseling, tutoring, and more!
31 Credit Hours
$1010/ Credit Hour
Financial aid is available in the form of grants, loans, scholarships, veterans’ benefits, and employer reimbursement.
Coursework for your advanced nursing program covers how to:
The number of applicants admitted to the DNP program will be limited. Meeting the minimum admission criteria does not ensure that an applicant will be admitted to the program.
*Note: When deemed necessary by a IWU faculty or staff member, applicants may be asked to provide a letter(s) of professional reference. If requested by an IWU faculty or staff member, references should be from faculty members, professional colleagues, work supervisors, or a pastor.
The DNP is a blend of onsite residencies and interactive online workshops. Students are required to fully attend all onsite residencies and substantively engage in all interactive online discussions, tests, quizzes, and prescribed learning activities satisfactorily.
Onsite residencies are held on the Marion, Indiana campus three (3) separate times throughout the program. Full attendance for each residency is required. Residency dates are determined based on number of students enrolled. Residency dates are posted in advance and will not exceed four days. Transportation to and from campus, lodging and meals are at the student’s expense.
Excessive absences will result in a failing grade.
A minimum of 1000 graduate level practicum hours are required to be eligible for graduation. A maximum of 500 practicum hours may be transferred from a master's level clinical experience.
Students demonstrate the ability to evaluate and apply current practice approaches in a Professional Project that addresses quality improvement within nursing. In addition, the Professional Project must contribute to the science of nursing practice.
Indiana Wesleyan University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), www.hlcommission.org, 312-263-0456. Other accreditations and associations of Indiana Wesleyan University are available at www.indwes.edu/about/iwu-profile/accreditation.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Indiana Wesleyan University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, (https://www.ccneaccreditation.org). IWU is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). The School of Nursing is also a member of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, www.nonpf.org.