Nursing, Advanced Practice Nursing Immersion, DNP

This program offers you a direct-entry Doctor of Nursing practice in only four years if you have already completed an unrelated baccalaureate degree. During the first five quarters of study you will focus primarily on pre-licensure coursework and preparation for the NCLEX-RN exam. Due to the intensity of the program, we don’t recommend that students work during the first five quarters of their degree.

APNI Pre-licensure Program of Study

5 Quarters - 600 Clinical Hours - 67 Credits

Summer Quarter - Foundational Courses for RN Practice (12 credits)

5024 Pathophysiology (5 credits)

5041 Foundational Concepts and Skills for Nursing Lab (4 credits)

5141 Foundational Concepts and Skills for Nursing Theory (3 credits)

Fall Quarter - Application of Nursing Process in Pediatric and Community Settings (17 credits)

5005 Pharmacology for Nursing Care (5 credits)

5008 Nursing Care of Children Clinical - 3 credits

5108 Nursing Care of Children Theory - 3 credits

5031 Promoting Population Health Clinical (3 credits)

5131 Promoting Population Health Theory (3 credits)

Winter Quarter - Leadership and Caring for Families (15 credits)

5012 Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family Clinical (3 credits)

5212 Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family Theory (3 credits)

5013 Leadership and Management (3 credits)

5021 Promoting Mental Health Clinical (3 credits)

5121 Promoting Mental Health Theory (3 credits)

Spring Quarter - Ethical and Evidenced Informed Care of Complex Patients (17 credits)

5025 Nursing Care, Acute and Chronic Altered Health Adults Theory (6 credits)

5027 Nursing Care, Acute and Chronic Altered Health Adults Clinical (4 credits)

6014 Theory Informed Critical Inquiry I (3 credits)

6110 Ethical Care for Social Justice (4 credits)

Summer Quarter - Population Based Health and Role Synthesis (6 credits)

5051 Population Health Role Synthesis Clinical (3 credits)

6120 Population-Based Health Care (3 credits)

The course sequence shown is based on 2023-2024 AY. Curriculum is subject to change. All courses begin with prefix NURS.

A minimum grade of “C” (2.0) is required in each prerequisite, except where noted otherwise. Each prerequisite course requires 3-5 credit hours.*

• Anatomy and Physiology I with lab (within 5 years; 2.7 GPA required)
• Anatomy and Physiology II with lab (within 5 years; 2.7 GPA required)
• Microbiology with lab (within 5 years)
• Chemistry, one-year high school or one quarter college (no time limit)
• Introduction to Psychology
• Psychology Growth and Development
• Algebra
• Statistics

All prerequisite courses must be taken at regionally accredited institutions. The College of Nursing will also accept online coursework taken through a regionally accredited institution. All prerequisites coursework should be completed within 10 years, except where noted otherwise. All prerequisites must be completed before classes begin.

*Note: The prerequisite courses listed above are typically offered for 3 credits and are acceptable, though some courses may be offered for up to 5 credits and are also acceptable.

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APNI/BSN Program Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the BSN degree, Seattle University nursing students will be able to:

1. Integrate knowledge from liberal arts, nursing science, and related disciplines to promote wellbeing through a generalist practice.
2. Provide patient-centered care by applying the nursing process to maximize the health of clients.
3. Demonstrate critical thinking attitudes, skills, and abilities in clinical decision making and evaluation of evidence-based nursing practice.
4. Integrate technology and information management with relationship-centered nursing care across the health continuum in a variety of health care settings.
5. Use interpersonal communication, collaboration, and organizational skills to work in partnerships with clients, families, communities, and the health care team to promote health.
6. Apply leadership principles and quality improvement techniques to influence health policy, regulations, and the provision of care to ensure quality and safety.
7. Demonstrate professional values through commitment to self-evaluation, lifelong learning, professionalism, service, respect for diversity, and social justice.

DNP graduates will: 

1. Synthesize knowledge from nursing and other disciplines in the provision of evidence-based advanced practice nursing care. 
2. Utilize information systems technology to improve healthcare access, quality, and outcomes. 
3. Demonstrate competence in an advanced nursing practice specialty. 
4. Exercise leadership through scholarship, advocacy, and community engagement to achieve just and equitable healthcare systems that improve health potential and reduce health disparities of vulnerable populations. 
5. Evaluate and influence healthcare systems and health policy at local, state, federal, and global levels. 
6. Demonstrate effective communication and interprofessional collaboration in the promotion of healthcare access, quality, and outcomes. 
7. Evaluate beliefs, values, and ways of knowing to foster lifelong personal and professional development. 
8. Apply ethical decision-making in complex clinical situations.