NURSING 401Scientific Underpinnings for Doctor of Nursing Practice
Nursing · 3 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Development of critical thinking skills of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student in evaluating the state of nursing knowledge and nursing science, and its impact on advanced nursing practice at the doctoral level. Introduction and exploration of the role of the DNP within the broader health-care environment and the relationship to advanced practice nursing roles. Discussion of theories and conceptual frameworks forming the foundations of knowledge and clinical scholarship in doctoral nursing practice. Study incorporates theoretical concepts and strategies that integrate practice inquiry across various roles of the advanced practice nurse. Emphasis on professional writing competencies related to the DNP practice scholarship.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: doctoral standing.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
NURSING 401
- NURSING 404Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
- NURSING 470ADNP Scholarly Project Course I: Project Conceptualization and Planninganother path to it
- NURSING 406Clinical Prevention and Population Health
- NURSING 470ADNP Scholarly Project Course I: Project Conceptualization and Planning
- NURSING 470BDNP Scholarly Project Course II: Project Proposal
- NURSING 470CDNP Scholarly Project Course III: Project Implementation
- NURSING 470DDNP Scholarly Project Course IV: Project Evaluation
- NURSING 496Education Strategies and Evaluation in DNP Practice
7 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 14 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.