Uthealth Houston的Cizik护理学院使学生能够拥有专注于护理科学硕士学位（MSN）学位，以完成获得护理医生（DNP）学位所需的其他课程。
如果您持有护士，临床护士专家或护士麻醉师的MSN和认证，您将完成获得DNP学位所需的核心课程。您将完成核心课程，以获得有关循证实践，转化科学，护理信息学等的深入了解。
此外，您还将编译包括所需组件的临床奖学金组合（CSP），该组件在高级实践的最高水平上证明了临床奖学金。CSP提供了DNP实践所有领域的能力的证据，包括主要的DNP项目，全面的案例研究以及与美国护理学院协会（AACN）中概述的能力有关的学术工作示例（AACN）要点。
认证
The baccalaureate degree in nursing, master’s degree in nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice, and post-graduate APRN certificate programs at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791. The baccalaureate program is approved by the Texas Board of Nursing.http://www.bon.state.tx.us/
