Doctor of Nursing Practice – Family Nurse Practitioner Track

The School of Nursing will coordinate this with an external agency.

Full-time work is possible. The program is designed to accommodate students who are working; however, please keep in mind that the pace and intensity are demanding. As such, organization/time management will be important to your success.

No, you may complete your scholarly projects in your home state.

On-campus sessions vary per quarter. In addition, the Prologue, Intersession, and Epilogue courses are a 3-5 day on-campus intensive sessions.

Our Visitor Center webpage has information on local hotels, and many provide shuttle service to UCI. http://www.studentcenter.uci.edu/visitor-center/

No, it is not included. DNP students are not eligible to purchase a Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) through UC Irvine. Students typically utilize their own employer’s health plan, a partner’s health plan, or Covered California options while enrolled in the program.

Students may refer to the Covered California website for more information.

 The DNP program is a self-supporting graduate professional degree program; thus, certain fee waivers traditionally accepted by the University of California may not be accepted (for example, we do not accept CalVet waivers and the UC Employee discount).

One letter of recommendation is required from a doctorally prepared professor or healthcare professional (DNP, MD, DO, PhD) who can assess your readiness for doctoral studies. The letter should be written within the last 3 years and evaluate your professionalism, leadership, and scholarly activities. Letters from family members or friends are not accepted.

Students should seek out course options from an accredited community college or university. The course should contain descriptive and inferential statistics topics. Students may use https://assist.org/ to find acceptable courses at California Community Colleges by searching for the “Nursing Science, B.S.” major at UC Irvine.
Applicants may also review sample course descriptions at UC Irvine in the General Catalogue (http://catalogue.uci.edu/allcourses/stats/). Some acceptable courses at UC Irvine include STATS 7 or STATS 8.

Highlight any presentations, publications, leadership roles in organizations or committees, research experience, and/or advocacy activities in which you have participated. Include the name of the agency or group, dates and experience.

Examples include QI projects, community outreach programs, and professional organization roles, any research work, publications, peer and/or poster presentations, etc.

All graduate programs at the School of Nursing require professional transcript evaluations by an independent educational evaluating service from any member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. Students should upload a copy of evaluations and translations in their application.

Applicants should note that foreign transcript evaluation services may take several weeks to process and should plan accordingly. The report uploaded to the application must include a degree-equivalent evaluation and course-by-course equivalent evaluation for any prerequisites.

The School of Nursing and the University of California do not endorse or have a formal partnership with any specific transcript evaluation agencies. However, some applicants have used the following services:

World Education Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5087
Bowling Green Station
New York, NY 10274-5087
Phone: 212-966-6311
http://www.wes.org/

International Education Research Foundation
P.O. Box 3665
Culver City, CA 90231-3665
Phone: 310-258-9451
http://www.ierf.org/

Due to federal guidelines, the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program does not satisfy the requirements for F-1 or J-1 study, due to the fact that it is a hybrid program. However, if you are already in the U.S. on a non-education related visa (marriage and family, work, etc.), have permanent resident status, or have U.S. citizenship you should be eligible to enroll in our program, however we encourage you to check with our international center as well as an immigration attorney.

In addition to the above-mentioned items, international applicants must also submit TOEFL or IELTS scores.
For more helpful information on applying to UCI as an international student, see the UCI Graduate Division International Admissions page.

In addition to possessing a full RN license, we highly recommend you have current RN employment during the duration of your program as this will be beneficial during the completion of your scholarly project.

AACN requires a minimum of 1,000 post-Baccalaureate hours of mentored clinical and/or organizational leadership experience for the awarding of a DNP degree. You may provide documentation of 500 precepted hours from an MS in nursing degree program, a post-Master’s certification program, or national board certification in an APRN role and population foci. The remaining hours will be obtained from the required curriculum in the DNP Practicum course series.

An individualized plan for site and learner evaluation during these DNP Practicum experiences will be determined by the clinical mentor, in agreement with DNP Program faculty.

Our program does not ask for proof of vaccination prior to admission to the program. UC Irvine’s policy requires all UCI students, staff and faculty to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before physically accessing the university’s locations and programs. Current students may request an exemption, however there is no guarantee that an exemption will be granted. You can learn more about UC Irvine’s campus vaccination requirements and other COVID-19 related policies for students here: https://uci.edu/coronavirus/students/index.php

The other consideration when applying to nursing programs is the ability to complete clinical hours at hospitals and organizations. Students must complete all required clinical hours in order to successfully complete the DNP-PM degree requirements. Students completing clinical hours and working directly with patients must meet onboarding requirements set by our clinical partners. Applicants should keep in mind that even if a campus vaccination exemption is granted, there is no guarantee that our clinical partners will grant an exemption.

Applicants should also note that future boosters may also be required. Requirements for any and all immunizations are subject to change at any point throughout the program. Students will be expected to adhere to any University and/or clinical site requirements related to vaccinations, as they arise.

You may complete the clinical hours which are part of the scholarly project in your place of employment or other clinical agency suitable to your project. All clinical mentors and sites must be vetted by the UCI DNP program prior to the start of the DNP Practicum.