2024-2025 Catalog 
    
    Dec 11, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

Public Health, MPH/ Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (BSN), DNP


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The Master of Public Health in Community and Public Health Practice (MPH-CPHP)/Doctor of Nursing Practice-Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (DNP- PMHNP), otherwise referred to as the MPH-DNP(PMHNP) dual degree program, prepares advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who are also prepared as population health leaders. The MPH/DNP-PMHNP Dual Degree builds upon the MPH-Community and Public Health Practice (CPHP) concentration core curriculum focused on community-engaged population health and social justice. Students in this program integrate the MPH core coursework with DNP core coursework into a curriculum that provides exposure to a wide variety of interprofessional experts in population health. Students complete an MPH-CPHP capstone project that provides the foundation for the DNP culminating project. Students graduate as psychiatric mental health clinician scholars prepared for a wide variety of career opportunities.

Program Learning Outcomes


Upon completion of the DNP program the graduate will be able to:

  • Combine knowledge in nursing, ethics, and the medical sciences to develop and evaluate practices and models of patient care delivery
  • Develop and evaluate effective strategies for managing ethical dilemmas present across the health care, technology, and research fields
  • Use analytic methods to design, implement, and evaluate best-practice models for patient care and care delivery
  • Effectively develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based approaches to advance the field and systems of health care delivery
  • Demonstrate leadership in the development and implementation of institutional, local, state, federal, and international health policy
  • Advocate for social justice, equity, and ethical policies in health care
  • Advance the effective use of health care information systems to ensure high-quality outcomes
  • Effectively lead quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
  • Effectively communicate and collaborate with health care teams in developing and implementing organizational and practice models, health policy, and standards of care
  • Analyze and synthesize various data related to patient health information
  • Conduct a comprehensive assessment of health in complex situations, incorporating diverse approaches to design, implement, and evaluate interventions
  • Analyze the relationship among practical, organizational, population, fiscal, and policy issues to educate individuals and colleagues effectively
  • Develop relationships and partnerships with patients and other professionals to facilitate optimal patient care outcomes
  • Advance the mission and core values of the University of San Francisco

Please see the Public Health, MPH  and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (MSN), DNP .

Major Requirements (97 units)


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