UC's Systems Leadership DNP online program prepares nurses to lead and transform practice using evidence and effective collaboration in a variety of roles across complex health care systems. The DNP elevates nurses to a similar education level as the peers with whom they work – physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists and others.
UC's Systems Leadership DNP online program equips nurses with the tools needed to strategically understand health care from different scopes and lenses, creating a broad knowledge base that propels growth within organizations. Our graduates are prepared to:
- Use analytical methods to critically appraise existing evidence to ensure the implementation and evaluation of evidence in practice and decision-making
- Design, implement and evaluate outcomes of practice, practice patterns and systems of care within a practice setting, health care organization, system or community
- Guide the development of a well-prepared clinical and leadership workforce
- Lead the development and implementation of institutional, local, state, federal and/or international health policy
- Utilize interprofessional collaboration to achieve organizational or system goals