In October 2004, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing approved the proposal recommending that a practice-focused doctorate, the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), be established to prepare graduates for advanced nursing practice. The AACN also recommended the DNP as the ideal preparation and credentialing for clinical teaching. In May 2005, the UVA SON faculty voted to approve moving forward with a plan to develop a DNP degree at UVA and Dean Jeanette Lancaster charged a DNP Implementation Task Group with developing a proposal for the new degree program. In April 2006, the faculty submitted the DNP program proposal to the UVA Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee. The DNP program was approved by the UVA Board of Visitors on June 9, 2006, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in January 2007. The first cohort of students enrolled in the program in fall 2007.
March 30, 2005
ECBCNHI, UVA SON Curriculum Doctoral Program, Box 3
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