Doctor of Nursing Practice (BSN-DNP) - Psychiatric Mental Health

California State University - Long Beach

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Degree program is a professional degree designed to prepare advanced practice nurses for complex practice, leadership roles in the clinical setting, and teaching roles at California’s community colleges and universities. The BSN-DNP program prepares graduates for evidence-based inquiry, leadership, health policy and advocacy, and development of high-level competencies and skills in the following six nurse practitioner clinical specialty areas: Adult Gerontology Primary Care, Adult Gerontology Acute Care, Family Practice, Pediatric Primary Care, and Psychiatric-Mental Health Across the Life Span. The program also prepares the students for national certification examination in specified clinical specialty. The BSN-to-DNP Program is a 72 semester-unit, three-year (full time) program. It consists of 39 units (54.67%) of core courses, 24 units (33.33%) of clinical specialty courses and 9 units (12.5%) of doctoral project. The students will complete 1,000 clinical hours in practicum experience.