Area university launches first doctoral program

The University of Tampa becomes an option for nursing practice PhD candidates.

By Business Observer Staff
| 12:43 p.m. July 25, 2018
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The University of Tampa campus. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Dottie Riley.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

TAMPA — The upcoming fall 2019 semester will see the debut of the University of Tampa’s first PhD program. The university will begin enrolling graduate students who want to pursue a doctor of nursing practice degree.

According to a press release, the program will prepare DNP students to design, implement and evaluate evidence-based disease management care and to coordinate acute and chronic illness care for individuals and populations. It’s targeted at advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) living in Florida.