Advanced Practice Community Health Systems Nursing (APCHSN)

The DNP in Advanced Practice Community Health Systems Nursing (APCHSN) prepares you for advanced community/public health practice roles such as Policy Analyst, Program Analyst, and Nurse Executive. With the many changes in the health care system and the increasingly central role of nurse leaders, many of our graduates will create their own roles in the future.

Our DNP curriculum is organized around the principle that population health can be improved by working with communities and policy makers, and improving systems to promote community health. The curriculum focuses on collaboration, leadership, prevention science, and multicultural community-based participatory approaches.

A minimum of 99 quarter credits is required for post-baccalaureate DNP study in APCHSN. The coursework is designed to fulfill the overall DNP curriculum requirements. It prepares graduates in the Public Health Competencies (Council of Linkages) and the DNP Essentials (American Academy of Colleges of Nursing).

Part-time study and partial distance learning options are available. Courses earned at the University of Washington or another university or college may be waived on a case-by-case basis.

• Practice Characteristics/Certifications
• Curriculum Overview/Clinical-Narrative
• Department of Psychosocial and Community Health

Specialty Info Contact

June Strickland, PhD
Dept. of Psychosocial and Community Health
Phone: 206-685-0854
E-mail: jstrickl at u dot washington dot edu