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Doctor of Nursing Practice - Admissions

 

Applications are available beginning July 1 of the academic year prior to admission.
The deadline for completion of applications for fall admission is May 1.

Admissions Requirements

1. Individuals seeking admission to the doctoral program must meet the following requirements:

Download the Application Checklist for Graduate Programsa. Completed application reviewed by GAPC

b. A graduate GPA of 3.2 if a master’s degree has been earned.

c. Completion of an acceptable score on the Graduate Record Exam(GRE) within the last five years

d. Hold a BSN degree and a master’s degree in nursing or related field

e. Evidence of an unrestricted/unencumbered nursing license as a registered nurse in the United States or one of its territories and eligible for licensure in the state of Mississippi

f. One year of professional nursing experience preferred but not required.

  1. Completion of at least one research course and one statistics course at the undergraduate or graduate level.

g.   Informal personal statement submitted with application addressing the following:

  1. Why you’re seeking admission to the DNP program?
  2. What practice inquiry project do you plan to pursue in the program?
  3. Which faculty member(s) do wish to provide you with mentorship in the DNP program?
  4. What are your goals in the program?
  5. What are your long-range career goals?
  6. Address your qualifications and readiness for the program.
  7. Why are you seeking admission to the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing program and why do you think this program is best suited to your career goals?

h. Letters of reference from three (3) individuals.  Letters of reference must be sent directly to the Registrar’s office.  Letters of reference should address:

  1. the applicant’s potential to develop, implement and evaluate a program project.
  2. the leadership potential of the applicant at a regional, state, or national level;
  3. the ability of the applicant to communicate in a scholarly manner, both orally and in writing;
  4. the ability of the applicant to be self-directed in learning; and
  5. the length and type of the relationship with the applicant.
i. Curriculum vitae or professional resume. 


2. For International Applicants:

a. Completion of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for
    graduates of foreign schools whose academic language is not English. 
    The minimum TOEFL is 550.

b. Other documents required by the School of Graduate Studies, Local,
    State, and Federal authorities.

3.  Admission time
DNP students are admitted one time during the Academic Year (Fall semester).  The application deadline for Fall admission is May 1.  If the application deadline is on a weekend  then the application deadline is on the first business day of the month.

 

4. Background check
All candidates are subject to a background check as mandated by the State of Mississippi and will be fingerprinted upon admission to the program.

 

5. Applicant’s responsibility
It is the applicant’s responsibility to be sure that all of the required
materials, information, and interviews have been received or completed
by the application deadlines to be considered for admission.

 

6.  Computer literacy requirement

Fluent use of computers is expected to successfully complete the program. Applicants should be familiar with the use of basic computing including but not limited to the internet, search engines, browsers, instructional computer systems (Blackboard or Web CT), and publicly available research databases (PubMed, CINAHL, Psych, etc.)