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BCU Offers First Doctorate Program in Western Iowa

Jun 17, 2013

Briar Cliff University adds a new dimension to addressing health care needs by offering the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program, recently approved by the Higher Learning Commission. The first doctoral program to be offered at Briar Cliff and in Western Iowa, Briar Cliff’s DNP will be available to students enrolling in classes for the fall 2013 semester.

The new doctorate for nurse practitioners at Briar Cliff will prepare advanced practice nurses as expert clinicians and leaders in clinical practice in either the family nurse practitioner or adult/gerontology nurse practitioner tracks. The new DNP program also is an innovative and comprehensive way to prepare nurses as policy advocates and educators in the twenty-first century.

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