ProgramCIP 51.3818

Nursing Practice

A practice-focused program that prepares registered nurses for increasingly complex evidence-based nursing practice, including translating research into practice, evaluating evidence, applying research in decision-making, and implementing viable clinical innovations to change practice. Includes instruction in healthcare delivery systems, health economics and finance, health policy, research methods, translating evidence into practice, concepts in population health, and nursing leadership.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Nursing Practice (DNP).