BSN to DNP Three-Year Program

Clarke's DNP program is limited to 20 students per cohort. Students will have a one-on-one experience with Clarke University faculty and staff throughout their doctoral studies. Courses employ a hybrid delivery format providing students with the opportunity to engage with faculty as they blend face-to-face and convenient online instruction.

If you are a licensed, registered nurse from an accredited nursing program, Clarke's three-year BSN-DNP program will help you prepare for a career as a nurse practitioner.

Upon completion of the DNP program, you will have attained the knowledge, skills, values and confidence to pass boards and assume an active role serving in a variety of settings as a Doctor of Nursing Practice. Graduate DNP students are competent, compassionate care-givers who will:

  • Provide excellent patient care base on evidence-based practice
  • Collaborate with inter-professional teams
  • Apply ethical perspectives to decision-making
  • Advocate health care access for all
  • Manage the business of health care effectively
  • Inform practice with current research
  • Use technology to support practice
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the issues and trends related to health care and socio-economic policies
  • Founders' Society
  • Freshman and Transfer CORE Registration
  • Transfer and Adult Students