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Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing

Doctor of Nursing Practice in Healthcare Quality Using Education in Safety and Technology (H-QUEST) – Health Care Informatics

Advanced Practice Courses Semester Hours DNP 502: Population-focused Health 3 DNP 506: Epidemiological Principles of Health Care or CMAN 416 3

Leadership Courses DNP 501: Leadership 3 DNP 503: Health Care Policy 3 DNP 505: Finance 3

Inquiry Courses MPBH 404: Biostatistics for Health and Biological Science 3 DNP 504:Translational Research 3 DNP 510: Capstone Seminar Minimum 3 1 SH required each semester until the project has been completed

Clinical Practice Course DNP 511: DNP Practicum (variable credits) Minimum 7

Healthcare Informatics Additional Requirements CMAN 488: Systems Analysis and Design 3 CMAN 489: Knowledge Representation and Terminologies 3 CMAN 490: Clinical Decision Support Systems 3 Quinlan School of Business INFS 492: Database Systems 3 Approved informatics courses from any Loyola University Chicago school

TOTAL 40

Note: Loyola’s program requires at least 7 semester hours of practicum experiences, equivalent to at least 400 hours of DNP practice experiences, depending on the student’s background and career goals. Additional practicum hours may be required to meet the national accreditation requirement of a minimum of 1000 post-baccalaureate supervised clinical hours for the DNP degree.

Students admitted with a master’s degree in an area other than nursing will be evaluated on an individual basis. At a minimum, students will be required to take three courses (master’s core) to lay the foundation for DNP course work and to meet the Master’s Essentials on which the DNP curriculum is based. These courses are: GNUR 401-Nursing Concepts and Theories (3 SH), GNUR 402-Ethics for Health Professionals (2 SH), GNUR 450-Research for Health Professionals (3 SH).