Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) California State University programs
leading to a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree shall be distinguished from a
University of California Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing program.
(b) California State University Doctor of
Nursing Practice degree programs shall conform to the following criteria:
(1) The clinical degree programs in advanced
nursing practice shall prepare graduates for leadership and clinical roles and
to engage in evidence-based inquiry; and programs may also prepare graduates to
serve as faculty in postsecondary nursing education programs.
(2) Programs shall be consistent with the
requirements of a professional nursing accrediting body and the regional
accrediting association.
(c) Each campus offering a program leading to
a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree shall establish requirements for admission
to the program. The requirements for admission shall include, at a minimum, the
requirements stated in Section
41021.
(d) Programs leading to the Doctor of Nursing
Practice degree shall conform to the following specifications:
(1) The curriculum may be organized as a
cohort-based program and shall include learning experiences that balance
research, theory, and practice. The core curriculum for each DNP program shall
provide professional preparation in advanced nursing practice, including but
not be limited to theory, application and evaluation of research findings,
curriculum development and evaluation, professional practice, management and
leadership, and essential curricular concepts for advanced nursing at the
doctoral level.
(2) The pattern of
study for the post-bachelor's degree in nursing to the Doctor of Nursing
Practice degree program shall include at least 27 semester units in courses
organized primarily for doctoral students, and the remaining units required for
the degree shall be in courses organized for specialty advanced nursing
coursework as identified by national nursing specialty certification agencies.
No more than 12 semester doctoral project units shall be allowed toward the
degree program requirements.
(3)
The pattern of study for the post-master's Doctor of Nursing Practice degree
program shall be composed of at least 36 semester units earned in graduate
standing. At least 27 semester units required for the degree shall be in
courses organized primarily for doctoral students, and the remaining units
required for the degree shall be in courses organized primarily for doctoral
students or courses organized primarily for master's and doctoral
students.
(4) At least 80 percent
of required Doctor of Nursing Practice semester units shall be completed in
residence at the campus awarding the degree or campuses jointly awarding the
degree. The appropriate campus authority may authorize the substitution of
credit earned by alternate means for part of this residence requirement. The
campus may establish a policy allowing the transfer of relevant coursework and
credits completed as a matriculated student in another graduate program, on the
condition that the other program is appropriately accredited.
(5) A doctoral qualifying examination or
assessment shall be required.
(6)
The pattern of study shall include completion of a doctoral project.
(A) The doctoral project shall be the written
product of a systematic, rigorous, evidence-based endeavor focused on a
significant nursing practice issue. The doctoral project is expected to
contribute to an improvement in professional practices, policy, or patient
outcomes. It shall evidence originality, critical and independent thinking,
appropriate form and organization, and adequate rationale.
(B) The doctoral project shall reflect a
command of the scholarly literature and shall demonstrate the student's mastery
of evidence-based practice at the doctoral level.
(C) The written component of the doctoral
project shall be organized in an appropriate form and shall identify the
problem statement and purpose, state the major theoretical perspectives,
explain the significance of the undertaking, relate it to the relevant
scholarly and professional literature, identify the methods of gathering and
analyzing the data, and offer a conclusion or recommendation.
(D) No more than 12 semester units shall be
allowed for the doctoral project.
(E) An oral presentation of the doctoral
project shall be required.
1. New
section filed 8-15-2011; operative 8-15-2011. Submitted to OAL for printing
only pursuant to Education Code section
89030.1
(Register 2011, No. 33).
2. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
7-23-2018; operative 7-23-2018 pursuant to Education Code section
89030.1.
Exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act and OAL review pursuant to
Education Code section
89030(b).
Submitted to OAL for courtesy filing and printing (Register 2018, No.
30).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
66600,
89030,
89035,
89280 and
89281,
Education Code. Reference: Sections
66600,
89280 and
89281,
Education Code.
