Graduate as an advanced practice RN ready to provide skillful direct patient care

Are you ready to expand your clinical practice by diagnosing patients, creating treatment plans, and prescribing medications? Our DNP Nurse Practitioner graduates are healthcare leaders ready to provide direct patient care and work collaboratively with physicians and other healthcare providers.

The DNP Nurse Practitioner program is a hybrid program with four specialty tracks. Courses are taught by experienced, dedicated IU faculty at the top of their profession. Precepted clinical hours and hands-on lab experiences in the state-of-the art Fairbanks Simulation Center will prepare you to confidently and competently deliver care from day one as an advanced practice provider. 

Cohorts start one time per year, in the fall. The DNP degree can be completed in as few as three years and includes 66 credit hours and 1,005 clinical hours. With competitive tuition rates, outstanding faculty and facilities, and a reputation for leading nursing in the state of Indiana for over 100 years, an IU DNP degree will take you far.