Your Path to Advanced Practice

Our purpose-built Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) program is designed to prepare you for advanced practice in acute care environments including inpatient, emergency and critical care units. With 90 hours of clinicals per quarter, in hands-on and realistic scenarios, you'll practice procedures and gain the confidence and critical muscle memory necessary to save lives. Two years of acute care experience is preferred but not required.

Our DNP degree in Family Nurse-Adult Gerontology Primary Care (FNAGPC) prepares you for certification as either an Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner or Family Nurse Practitioner. You’ll gain the skill set to bring comprehensive primary care for all ages and populations to a variety of environments. Our graduates have an overall board pass rate greater than 95 percent and capitalize on high employment rates due to demand across the Puget Sound region and the nation.

Be a champion for women’s health care with Seattle University’s Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) DNP program. As a WHNP, you’ll provide patient-centered primary and specialized care to women and patients of all gender identities, from puberty through the adult lifespan, including gynecological, prenatal and postnatal care, family planning, menopausal support and more. Our nationally ranked DNP will empower you to maximize your impact in the in-demand field of women’s health care.

Become a leader in midwifery with Seattle University's nationally ranked Certified Nurse-Midwifery (CNM) DNP. Our program incorporates trusted midwifery traditions and innovations in high-tech hospital settings, empowering you to provide critically needed health care to women and assist in bringing new and healthy lives to parents and families. Our compassionate faculty are committed to the humane education of midwives and the highest academic standards of evidence-based practice.

There's a critical need for compassionate mental health care leaders. Seattle University's Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) DNP focuses on the integration of mental health and addictions treatment in community, primary care, hospital and outpatient settings. Join us as we provide a scientific and compassionate framework for understanding and intervening in complex problems that affect populations disproportionately impacted by mental health and substance-related issues.

Seattle University’s Advanced Practice Nursing Immersion (APNI) program offers college graduates with a non-nursing degree the opportunity to enter our Doctor of Nursing Practice program. We welcome a diverse range of students who have decided to seek out nursing as their second career or degree. This direct-entry option provides an intense, practice-based curriculum to fully prepare you to offer care to individuals and families in a wide range of primary and acute care health settings.

Designed for nurses with a master's degree, our Health Systems Leader (HSL) DNP supports you in developing a sophisticated understanding of your practice and its larger context, preparing you for leadership roles in which you can effect change on a larger scale and improve efficiencies in complex health care systems and policies. Advance your understanding of research-based practice and learn to better apply your skills to larger, systematic problems. Full- and part-time enrollment options are available.