Academic Program Proposal

Date Proposal Activated	Institution and Proposal	Degree Awarded	Academic Program Name	Objection Deadline
	University of Maryland, Baltimore Proposal	Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) to include an Area of Concentration (AoC)	Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist	11/1/2025
Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Program Description
A DNP graduate: <br> <br>1. Applies scientific knowledge from nursing and other disciplines in ethical, legal, and competent professional advanced nursing practice. <br> <br>2. Practices intentional humanizing person-centered nursing care, with advanced expertise, compassion and respect for diversity and determinants unique to individual, families, and communities. <br> <br>3. Engages locally and globally in practice partnership and advocacy to promote equitable health care and to prevent/manage illness in diverse populations. <br> <br>4. Synthesizes, translates, and disseminates evidence to inform healthcare decision-making and improve processes to impact healthcare outcomes. <br> <br>5. Executes effective communication and collaborative leadership to optimize healthcare delivery and outcomes and advance policy in a resource-efficient and innovative manner. <br> <br>6. Securely utilizes data, information, patient-care technology, and information systems to support, measure, communicate, and improve health care practices. <br> <br>7. Exemplifies a personal, professional, and leadership identity, predicated on nursing’s standards of advanced practice, with a commitment to well-being of self, the nursing profession, society, and the human condition.