Applications must be completed by the following deadlines in order to be reviewed for admission:
- Fall: June 1
- Spring: November 1
- Summer: N/A
Nursing: Health Data Science (D.N.P.)
Nursing: Health Data Science (D.N.P.)
Our online Post Baccalaureate Doctor of Nursing Practice (PB DNP) with a Health Data Science option (HDS) is designed for working nurses who bring their own knowledge, interests, expertise, experience, and insights to this innovative leadership specialty in the fast-growing field of informatics. Graduates will meet the qualifications for ANCC Informatics Nursing Certification.
Credit Hours: 69 | Program Length: 4 years | Tuition Cost
Why get a Post Baccalaureate Doctorate of Nursing Practice: Health Data Science?
Ever changing healthcare environments are supported by evidence and data. Advanced practice nurses are in key positions to analyze and manage data for health systems. Nurses with a post baccalaureate doctor of nursing practice (DNP)with a health data science option are key drivers of quality improvement opportunities and change management, and are positioned in leadership roles to assure safe, quality care while predicting healthcare system outcomes.
Why choose UNH's Doctor of Nursing Practice program?
This online post baccalaureate DNP is designed for nurses with a bachelor’s degree who wish to seek a terminal degree in nursing. UNH faculty are leaders in their field and committed to your success. A dedicated faculty advisor will help you balance the workload and manage your academic schedule. With small class sizes, our asynchronous program gives you the flexibility to complete coursework on your own schedule, a great option for working professionals. We offer several opportunities for on-campus visits during the program, including the doctoral symposium and graduation. Begin in January or August, and complete the coursework in 48 months.
Potential Careers
- Chief executive officer
- Chief Informatics Office
- Chief nursing officer
- Nurse informaticists
- Clinical nurse manager
- Director of nursing
- Director of Information systems
- Director of quality & safety
- Healthcare innovation officer
become a leader In your field
Experience excellence in nursing with New Hampshire's first DNP Program. Nurses with expanded expertise have the ability to shape care at many levels, from improving care for patients and families to reducing health disparities in their communities to leading positive, systems-level change in their organizations.
Curriculum & Requirements
The online Post Baccalaureate Doctor of Nursing Practice (PB DNP) program Health Data Science (HDS) option is focused on leadership and innovation. Graduates will meet the qualifications for ANCC Informatics Nursing Certification.
The PB DNP admits cohorts twice a year with start dates in January and August. Applicants will be scheduled for a virtual interview when their application is complete. Asynchronous courses are delivered 100% online in 8-week blocks so students may plan their own study times.
The PB DNP program has 14 foundation core courses. After completing the foundational core, students will enter the HDS option. The PB DNP program can be completed in 4.5 years or in 3.5 years with an accelerated plan of study.
Students will work with dedicated nursing faculty to design, implement and evaluate their capstone quality improvement project. Students will present their DNP project at our DNP Scholarly Symposium at the end of the program.
Post Baccalaureate Doctor of Nursing Practice Health data science Admission Requirements
- Registered Nurse licensure: An unencumbered registered nurse license in the United State
- Baccalaureate degree in nursing or another field
- Letters of recommendation: Three letters of reference pertaining to academic ability, professional competency, and personal character are required.
- Updated resume
- Professional statement: The professional statement must include a written essay responding to each of the following:
- Describe a clinical experience that demonstrates your critical thinking and readiness to enter doctoral study.
- Explain how you use a nursing theoretical/conceptual lens to improve care.
- Tell us about a U.S. policy or health issue you are passionate about and why.
- Interview: After initial review of the application, applicants may be contacted for an interview.
PB DNP: Health Data Science (HDS) program (69 credits; 1000 practicum hours)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NURS 900 | Foundations of Scholarly Writing & Professional Communication | 3 |
| NURS 910 | Genomics & Ethics | 3 |
| NURS 912 | Advanced Pharmacology & Therapeutics | 3 |
| NURS 913 | Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| NURS 914 | Advanced Health Assessment Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| NURS 915 | Leadership, Role & Collaboration | 3 |
| NURS 916 | Health Promotion Theory & Population Health | 3 |
| NURS 917 | Biostats and Epidemiology | 3 |
| NURS 918 | Foundations of Evidence Based Practice | 3 |
| NURS 933 | Applied Analytics for QI in Health Care | 3 |
| NURS 947 | DNP Systems Thinking Seminar I | 3 |
| NURS 948 | DNP Systems Thinking Seminar II | 3 |
| NURS 949 | DNP Systems Thinking Seminar III | 3 |
| NURS 964 | Information Systems and Technology Improvement | 3 |
| NURS 966 | Creative Leadership: Embracing Disruption and Innovation | 3 |
| NURS 967 | Evidence Based Practice Methods | 3 |
| NURS 969 | Health Systems Policy, Economics & Financial Planning | 3 |
| NURS 973 | Quality & Safety | 3 |
| HDS 800 | Mathematics and Statistics for Health Data Science | 3 |
| HDS 803 | Translation of Health Data | 3 |
| HDS 804 | Health Data Systems | 3 |
| HDS 806 | Outcomes Research | 3 |
| HDS 811 | Health Data Science Practice | 3 |
| Total Credits | 69 | |
- Employ strategic leadership skills to shape practice environments to produce positive, patient centered, healthcare outcomes at individual and system levels.
- Serve in a healthcare leadership and change agent role as part of a diverse, complex, and patient-centered health care system.
- Act as a practice scholar to design, direct and evaluate system changes to promote safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient-centered care.
- Use data analytic methods, information systems and technology to evaluate, integrate and apply knowledge that will improve programs of care, outcomes of care and care systems.
- Use translational science and analytic methods to develop, identify, implement, and evaluate best practices to improve health care and health care systems.
- Design and implement health promotion and clinical prevention strategies across the health/illness continuum to optimize health and disease management.
- Systematically use improvement methods to monitor and evaluate care processes and outcomes and applies data for continuous improvement and safety
- Advocate for social justice through policy, professional and political engagement.
- Applies leadership principles that support inter-professional practice.
- Facilitate interprofessional collaboration to implement practice models, peer review, practice guidelines, health policy, and standards of care.
Deadlines
Application fee: $65
Campus: Online
New England Regional: No
Accelerated Masters Eligible: No
New Hampshire Residents
Students claiming in-state residency must also submit a Proof of Residence Form. This form is not required to complete your application, but you will need to submit it after you are offered admission or you will not be able to register for classes.
Transcripts
If you attended UNH after September 1, 1991, and have indicated so on your online application, we will retrieve your transcript internally; this includes UNH-Durham, UNH-Manchester and UNH Non-Degree work.
If you did not attend UNH, or attended prior to September 1, 1991, then you must upload a copy (PDF) of your official transcript in the application form. International transcripts must be translated into English.
If admitted, you must then request an official transcript be sent directly to our office from the Registrar's Office of each college/university attended. We accept transcripts both electronically and in hard copy:
- Electronic Transcripts: Please have your institution send the transcript directly to grad.school@unh.edu. Please note that we can only accept copies sent directly from the institution.
- Paper Transcripts: Please send hard copies of transcripts to: UNH Graduate School, Thompson Hall- 105 Main Street, Durham, NH 03824. You may request transcripts be sent to us directly from the institution or you may send them yourself as long as they remain sealed in the original university envelope.
Transcripts from all previous post-secondary institutions must be submitted and applicants must disclose any previous academic or disciplinary sanctions that resulted in their temporary or permanent separation from a previous post-secondary institution. If it is found that previous academic or disciplinary separations were not disclosed, applicants may face denial and admitted students may face dismissal from their academic program.
Letters of recommendation: 3 required
Recommendation letters submitted by relatives or friends, as well as letters older than one year, will not be accepted.
Personal Statement/Essay Questions
The professional statement must include a written essay responding to each of the following.
- Describe a clinical experience that demonstrates your critical thinking and readiness to enter doctoral study.
- Explain how you use a nursing theoretical/conceptual lens to improve care.
- Tell us about a U.S. policy or health issue you are passionate about and why.
Resume
A current resume is required with your submitted application.
Important Notes
All applicants are encouraged to contact programs directly to discuss program-specific application questions.
International Applicants
Some academic departments recommend that international applicants, living outside of the United States, and planning on pursuing a research based degree, submit our extended inquiry form before submitting a full application. The extended inquiry form will be reviewed by the academic faculty and a department representative will reach out if your background and qualifications are a good fit for the program.
Prospective international students are required to submit TOEFL, IELTS, or equivalent examination scores. English Language Exams may be waived if English is your first language. If you wish to request a waiver, then please visit our Test Scores webpage for more information.
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Tuition & Fees:
Tuition for 2022-23 Academic Year*:
- $785 per credit for New Hampshire (NH) residents
- $865 per credit for non-NH residents
Program Total Number of Credits: 69
Technology Fee per Semester:
- 1-4 credits $27.00
- 5-8 credits $53.50
- 9-16 credits $107.00
ADDITIONAL TUITION & FEES INFORMATION
Financial Aid
Federal Unsubsidized Direct Loans is the form of federal financial aid available to Graduate Students. To apply, you must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The UNH priority deadline is March 1. This is the date by which the FAFSA must be received by the federal processor, however, if your application is received after March 1st you will still be considered for the Federal Direct Loan, which is not subject to the priority deadline.
The basic eligibility requirements to be considered for Financial Aid include:
- Attend classes at least half-time (5 or more credits per semester).
- Enrollment in a degree program.
- Documentation of United States citizenship or eligible non-citizen status.
- Must maintain satisfactory academic progress.
UNH Online PB DNP courses are taught by full-time faculty with excellent practical and pedagogical experience.
Our program has five 8-week e-terms per academic calendar year. Taking fewer courses per term will extend the completion timeframe.
The purpose of this handbook is to bring together important information and to tell you about other sources of information that are either essential or helpful. It is intended to complement, not replace, the rules and regulations as set forth in the University of New Hampshire Graduate Catalog.
Department of Nursing Mission and Vision
 
We educate leaders in nursing, engaging in reflective practice, to provide innovative and exemplary healthcare in partnership with individuals, families, groups, and communities. We transform the delivery of healthcare through the generation, dissemination, and application of evidence-based nursing knowledge.
We embrace a culture that embodies the University's and the College's vision, mission, and values of interdisciplinarity, scholarship, innovation, integrity, curiosity, openness, and sustainability.
UNH Department of Nursing is nationally accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
