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What can you do with a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree?
As a nursing professional, you’ve been changing lives one patient at a time. Now you’re ready to continue in your education and gain the credentials to become a transformational leader in your field. Maybe it’s through providing higher levels of advanced care to the patients you’re already treating. Or perhaps you aspire to transition to a new role, such as manager, instructor, or lobbyist.
Whatever your goal, earning an online Doctor of Nursing Practice from Bradley University can get you one step closer to achieving it. Our innovative program is designed for nurses like you who aspire to grow in their careers and make a greater impact in their communities. We can help prepare you to:
- Qualify for advanced roles as a leader in health care administration, education, or policy
- Serve as an advocate and mentor for other nurses
- Work as an educator to teach the nurses of tomorrow
- Fill a void in health care for doctorate-prepared nurse leaders to help advance nursing as a profession
Bradley’s DNP program offers three tracks — Leadership, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner — which means you can focus your studies in the area where you hope to make the biggest difference.
Continue reading to learn more about the industry outlook and some of the opportunities you can pursue when you earn your Bradley degree.
What's your growth potential?
One of the primary benefits of earning your online DNP is the diversity of career options you’ll be able to pursue. Professionals with this degree work in a wide range of environments, including health care organizations, academic entities, government agencies, and private corporations.
Regardless of what path you choose, holding the terminal degree in your field can qualify you for higher earning potential. According to PayScale, the average salary for people holding a DNP is $103,713, compared to an average salary of $95,922 for individuals with an MSN and $86,524 for those with a BSN.
And if you choose to focus on the managerial side of health care, you might also qualify for roles with a higher salary. The median pay for medical and health services managers is $104,280, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Let’s take an in-depth look at a few of your career options:
Family Nurse Practitioner (DNP-FNP) related careers
Where can you work?
- Primary care
- Private homes
- Community clinics
- Health departments
- Schools
- Hospitals
- Long-term and short-term-care facilities
- Urgent care facilities
- Hospitals and medical clinics
Leadership (DNP-Leadership) related careers
Where can you work?
- Acute care hospitals
- Long-term care facilities
- Home health care agencies
- Academic institutions
- Advocacy groups
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (DNP-PMHNP) related careers
Where can you work?
- Hospitals
- Private practice
- Psychiatric and behavioral treatment clinics
- Corporations
- Residential treatment facilities
- Public health agencies
- Correctional facilities