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Nursing professionals with leadership experience can pursue this online DNP in Executive Leadership to strengthen their executive-level abilities in order to lead healthcare systems and bring about organizational change. Graduates will possess the knowledge and skills to revolutionize care delivery models to improve patient and organizational outcomes.

The interdisciplinary curriculum of this online nursing administration degree includes content from Wharton Executive Education and the Perelman School of Medicine. Students study subject areas including strategic planning, healthcare innovation, policy advocacy, and more. The program culminates with the creation of a systems-level, evidence-based project to be implemented within the student’s own organization. 

Graduates will be well suited for a variety of healthcare leadership roles, such as:

• Chief nursing officer
• Clinical director
• Healthcare consultant
• Project director
• Practice leader

The online Post-Master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program from Penn Nursing seeks to enable students to advance science, deliver solutions, and shape health policy and practice for a healthier future. This comprehensive degree program allows master’s-prepared nurses of all specialties to enhance their clinical abilities and gain leadership experience.

The online nurse practitioner degree also includes once-yearly intensives on campus, where students interact with faculty and participate in workshops on leadership, evidence-based practice, and scholarly writing. Students also have access to monthly webinars featuring faculty, alumni, and other leaders in healthcare innovation.

Nurses in this program can expect to develop skills in:

• Translating research into practice
• Evaluating evidence
• Applying research in decision making
• Implementing viable clinical innovations to improve care delivery

The Post-Graduate Certificate in Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner is a streamlined program for nurses with a degree in primary care who work with acutely ill patients and who wish to achieve acute care certification. The curriculum is made up of two theory courses on diagnosis and management of adult gerontology acute care patients and one clinical practicum course.

Students must ensure their clinical site will enter into an affiliation agreement with the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing before applying for the online adult nurse practitioner program. Clinical training hours must be completed outside of the student’s regular, compensated employment.

Add to your professional expertise with this fully online Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology from UPenn.  You’ll learn how to create effective tools and professional practices to positively impact the way people live and behave.  The knowledge you acquire can be used in numerous careers to support community, organizational or even personal well-being.  Courses in this program are primarily asynchronous, with one on-campus weekend residency requirement.  Classes likely include:

• Flourishing with Others: Building Thriving Relationships
• Positive Psychology at Work
• The Scientific Method in Positive Psychology

As the first program of its kind, UPenn's Doctorate in Clinical Social Work, was designed for working professionals to become distinguished leaders in the field.  Now, available fully-online, it enables practitioners from all over the world to benefit from a top-notched program without career disruption.  Over the first two years, you will move through the curriculum as a cohort, using distance education to bring you closer to your colleagues and professors.  The third year of this online DSW is used to prepare your published dissertation which will add to the body of social work knowledge.  Classes meet online, at regularly scheduled times and dates, to facilitate learning as a group and the exchange of ideas and knowledge.  Faculty comprises international social work experts, who develop cutting-edge courses, to give you the latest insight with regards to clinical practice, research and teaching.  There are two on-campus residency requirements within this program.  Samples of coursework include:

• Trauma-informed Supervision
• Substance Abuse Interventions
• Relational Theory & Social Work Practice