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Doctor of Nursing Practice

Doctor of Nursing Practice

The Doctor of Nursing Practice Program (DNP) prepares graduates for the specialty areas of executive leadership, nurse anesthesia, and nurse practitioner. The DNP Program provides the student with the opportunity to strengthen one's clinical skills by gaining intensive experiences in one's specialty area of practice, enhance the understanding of the theoretical underpinnings that supports one's specialty area of practice, and broaden one's perspective of healthcare systems and delivery models from a Christian worldview. READ MORE

The DNP Program is designed as a full-time post-master's program that begins the fall of each year. Students are expected to be on campus for four 1-week sessions per year with an ongoing intensive online educational process through the use of Blackboard. The clinical fellowships are expected to be completed in the area in which you live with clinical agency support from the institution in completing your DNP Project. Additional information may be obtained at http://www.uu.edu/programs/nursing/about/faq.htm#dnp.

Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

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Within two weeks of the deadly earthquake in Haiti, two teams of Union University nursing students and faculty went to work helping victims. They served in a makeshift hospital at Fond Parisien, Haiti, and a few miles to the east at a similar facility just across the border in Jimani, Dominican Repu... - (READ MORE)

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  • 1050 Union University Drive
  • Jackson, TN 38305
  • Director: Dr. Tim Smith
  • Contact: Edie Whitman
  • E-mail: ewhitman@uu.edu
  • Phone: 731-661-5538