DNP

  • Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program

    Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program

    Advance your career with Vanderbilt’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Designed for experienced nurses, this primarily online program includes week-long intensives and evidence-based mentorship. Choose from advanced clinical, systems practice, or executive leadership tracks and complete a scholarly project. Balancing coursework with your career is manageable with our flexible, innovative curriculum. BSN to DNP programs are also available. Read More

    May. 29, 2024

  • Terri Allision in bright blue jacket smiling, framed by gold and black with VUSN logo and the word faculty

    Allison honored with student-voted Dean Colleen Conway-Welch Award

    Fall Start A new class of DNP students starts each fall. Primarily Online Complete most coursework online, asynchronously. Relocation is not required. Week-long Intensives On-campus, week-long intensives each semester. Evidence-based Mentorship Actively practicing faculty who will mentor you in evidence-based knowledge. Practice in Your Context Tailored practice applications can be… Read More

    Jan. 24, 2024

  • TIGER: Translation and Integration of Genomics is Essential to Doctoral Nursing

    Genomics course for doctoral nursing faculty seeks participants

    Fall Start A new class of DNP students starts each fall. Primarily Online Complete most coursework online, asynchronously. Relocation is not required. Week-long Intensives On-campus, week-long intensives each semester. Evidence-based Mentorship Actively practicing faculty who will mentor you in evidence-based knowledge. Practice in Your Context Tailored practice applications can be… Read More

    Jun. 6, 2023

  • A School of Nursing classroom photographed from the back of the classroom. Students fill seats. In the foreground, a student has his or her laptop open to the Vanderbilt website.

    MSN program rises to No. 6 in "U.S. News & World Report" Best Graduate Nursing Rankings

    Fall Start A new class of DNP students starts each fall. Primarily Online Complete most coursework online, asynchronously. Relocation is not required. Week-long Intensives On-campus, week-long intensives each semester. Evidence-based Mentorship Actively practicing faculty who will mentor you in evidence-based knowledge. Practice in Your Context Tailored practice applications can be… Read More

    Apr. 25, 2023

  • A School of Nursing classroom photographed from the back of the classroom. Students fill seats. In the foreground, a student has his or her laptop open to the Vanderbilt website.

    MSN program rises to No. 6 in “U.S. News & World Report” Best Graduate Nursing Rankings

    Fall Start A new class of DNP students starts each fall. Primarily Online Complete most coursework online, asynchronously. Relocation is not required. Week-long Intensives On-campus, week-long intensives each semester. Evidence-based Mentorship Actively practicing faculty who will mentor you in evidence-based knowledge. Practice in Your Context Tailored practice applications can be… Read More

    Apr. 25, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    School of Nursing excels in "U.S. News & World Report" 2023 rankings

    Fall Start A new class of DNP students starts each fall. Primarily Online Complete most coursework online, asynchronously. Relocation is not required. Week-long Intensives On-campus, week-long intensives each semester. Evidence-based Mentorship Actively practicing faculty who will mentor you in evidence-based knowledge. Practice in Your Context Tailored practice applications can be… Read More

    Mar. 29, 2022

  • DNP Special Issue with a photo of a Black female nurse practitioner wearing a white coat and a stethoscope

    The DNP Executive Leadership Career Path

    Terri Allision, assistant dean for academics, DNP program, was interviewed recently by writer Michelle Wojciechowski for "The DNP Executive Leadership Career Path: Is it Right for You?" The Minority Nurse article appeared in their special DNP issue earlier this month. Read More

    Mar. 20, 2022

  • Dina Velocci Alumna

    VUSN DNP Alumna, Dina Velocci, Begins Term as President of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

    Fall Start A new class of DNP students starts each fall. Primarily Online Complete most coursework online, asynchronously. Relocation is not required. Week-long Intensives On-campus, week-long intensives each semester. Evidence-based Mentorship Actively practicing faculty who will mentor you in evidence-based knowledge. Practice in Your Context Tailored practice applications can be… Read More

    Aug. 25, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    School of Nursing among nation’s best in 2022 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings

    Fall Start A new class of DNP students starts each fall. Primarily Online Complete most coursework online, asynchronously. Relocation is not required. Week-long Intensives On-campus, week-long intensives each semester. Evidence-based Mentorship Actively practicing faculty who will mentor you in evidence-based knowledge. Practice in Your Context Tailored practice applications can be… Read More

    Mar. 30, 2021

  • DNP students sit in a classroom listening to visiting professor Tonda Hughes

    VUSN receives $1.35 million NFLP grant to educate future faculty

    Fall Start A new class of DNP students starts each fall. Primarily Online Complete most coursework online, asynchronously. Relocation is not required. Week-long Intensives On-campus, week-long intensives each semester. Evidence-based Mentorship Actively practicing faculty who will mentor you in evidence-based knowledge. Practice in Your Context Tailored practice applications can be… Read More

    Nov. 1, 2020