BSN to Doctor of Nursing Practice – Family Nurse Practitioner

Yes! Ohio State offers an online, top-ranked BSN to DNP program with six advanced practice specialty areas, allowing you to customize your educational experience to align with your passions and clinical aspirations.

Yes, earning your DNP is a key step toward advanced leadership and expertise in evidence-based practice. Click here to learn more.

If you have a BSN and are ready to pursue your DNP, you can choose from six online specialty tracks at Ohio State, specializing in FNP, Neonatal NP, Nurse Anesthesia, Pediatric Acute Care NP, Adult-Gerontology NP, or Psychiatric Mental Health NP. If you have your MSN, Ohio State offers two Post-Master’s DNP pathways – one focused on clinical expertise and the other on executive leadership.

An online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) prepares nurses for advanced leadership roles in clinical practice, administration, education, and healthcare policy. Click here to learn more.

Applicants must have a completed Bachelor of Science in Nursing or a Master of Science in Nursing. Nursing degrees must be from an institution with a nursing education program accredited through the CCNE, ACEN, or CNEA. If you are currently working toward earning your degree, you must receive the required nursing degree by August 1 prior to beginning enrollment in this online BSN to DNP program.

You must have an active, unencumbered license as a registered nurse in the state where you practice.

GPAs are reviewed by Ohio State’s Graduate and Professional Admissions Office. Applicants whose GPAs fall below 3.0 may still apply and be considered for admission.

Applicants must complete a college-level statistics prerequisite course prior to the posted application deadline, with a grade of B- or higher. The course must have been completed within five years of the application deadline. Credit by examination (such as AP test scores) is not accepted towards the prerequisite requirement. The prereq course should include a review of basic statistical concepts, univariate statistical analysis, bivariate statistical analysis and commonly used statistical tests.

For prerequisite coursework taken at another institution, please visit the Transferology website to see if the courses that you have taken or plan to take at another institution qualify. If you are unable to find results through these tools, then an evaluation of the courses will need to be done by the Office of Graduate & Professional Admissions.

The following Ohio State courses fulfill the prerequisite requirement:

• STATISTICS 2450 Introduction to Statistical Analysis
• PSYCH 2220 Data Analysis in Psychology
• PSYCH 3321 Quantitative and Statistical Methods
• PUBHIBO 6210 Applied Biostatistics I
• STATISTICS 1350 Elementary Statistics
• STATISTICS 1450 Introduction to the Practice of Statistics

To apply, applicants must reside in an authorized state. Please scroll to the State Authorization section of this page for more details.

You can complete an application online for the next available Autumn cohort at The Ohio State University Graduate and Professional Admissions office’s website. A $60 fee is required at the time of submission of the application.

Applicants must submit official transcripts from all colleges and universities you have previously attended at either the undergraduate or graduate level. This includes transcripts for any post-secondary courses taken during high school or coursework that appears as transfer credit on another transcript. Transcripts from The Ohio State University do not need to be submitted. Transcripts should be submitted directly by the sending institution by mail or electronic transfer to be considered official. Please request your transcripts be sent early so they arrive before the deadline. Transcripts can be sent to gpadocs@osu.edu or the following address:

The Ohio State University
Graduate Admissions Office
P.O. Box 182004
Columbus, OH 43218-2004

Unofficial transcripts: Applicants may upload a copy of an official transcript at the time of application through the Admissions Uploader. Documents submitted in this manner are considered unofficial but will suffice for the application. Web-based documents, online grade reports, and related materials are not acceptable. If an applicant is admitted, they will be required to supply official transcripts.

For more details regarding these methods of submitting transcripts, please visit The Ohio State University Graduate and Professional Admissions office’s website.

Additional materials needed to apply include the following. You may submit the first two documents at the time of application or after by way of the Admissions Uploader. The recorded online video and letters of recommendation must be submitted by the application deadline.

• Three letters of recommendation
• Current resume or CV
• Purpose and goals statement
• Recorded online video interview

Details regarding what English Proficiency tests are acceptable, the scores required, and how to submit scores may be found on The Ohio State University Graduate and Professional Admissions office’s website.

If you are currently or have been previously enrolled in a degree-granting graduate program at The Ohio State University for any length of time, you would be considered a Graduate Intra-University Transfer Student. Be sure to choose the appropriate application for “current or former” Ohio State students after following the Apply link found here. In addition to that online application, you must complete a Supplemental Application. This separate application must be submitted to the College of Nursing directly at CON-gradrecords@osu.edu.

Focus on primary healthcare of individuals and families across the lifespan. Emphasis on interprofessional partnerships, community engagement, and diverse family needs by developmental stage: reproductive, childrearing, aging, caregiving.

Analysis of theories and research regarding alterations of health states across the life span with an emphasis on pathophysiological processes.

Examination of leadership styles to develop and maximize the DNP leader’s role and interprofessional collaboration among diverse teams to positively impact health outcomes. Focus on theories and principles of communication, leadership, interprofessional collaboration, change management, role development and systems thinking.

Critical analysis of population-based factors that impact population and personal health care including how structural racism and the social determinants of health contribute to health disparities and how health behavior theories, framework, and evidence-based strategies lead to improvements to community health outcomes.