Loretta Heuer, professor of nursing, and Dean Gross, assistant professor of nursing, received a three-year Health Resources and Human Services Administration Advanced Education Grant Award in the amount $938,122.

The purpose of the NDSU Department of Nursing post-master’s program to Doctor of Nursing Practice Family Nurse Practice is to prepare doctor of nursing practice family nurse practitioners to provide health care services for underserved and/or rural populations. In collaboration with NDSU Distance and Continuing Education, this distance post-master’s program will enable master’s prepared registered nurses to pursue a doctor of nursing practice with eligibility to write for family nurse practitioner certification. This proposed program builds upon an existing bachelor of science in nursing – doctor of nursing program at NDSU.