  {"id":30842,"date":"2026-08-03T22:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T22:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/?page_id=30842"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:10:30","slug":"bsn-dnp-tcn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/pathway-options\/bsn-dnp-tcn\/","title":{"rendered":"BSN to DNP\/TCN"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Doctor of Nursing Practice \u2013 Transcultural Nursing (TCN) Leadership Track<\/h2>\n<p>The Transcultural Nursing Leadership track is now open to US students who have completed their BSN.\u00a0 The program has an emphasis on transcultural nursing leadership.\u00a0 The courses prepare nurses for advanced leadership and practice roles in transcultural nursing.<\/p>\n<h3>Program Structure<\/h3>\n<p><b>Bachelor&#8217;s in Nursing Entry: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Application into the program may begin with a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing or while in the master\u2019s in nursing program at Augsburg or the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Augsburg.\u00a0 This pathway completes all master\u2019s required courses (See MAN degree listing) except NUR523 (3 credits), NUR523P (2 credits), NUR525 (3 credits), and NUR525P (1 credit).\u00a0 Students do not earn a master\u2019s degree but instead continue directly into the DNP-TCN program.\u00a0 Six credits of electives are earned from transferred FNP credits, or from the MBA Courses MBA 550\/MBA 583\/MBA 595\/MBA 596 or by taking any Master of Arts in Leadership course (except ML585, ML598, or ML599). The program is structured in a cohort model with students choosing to take full or part-time study once taking DNP courses. Completion time depends upon the level of entry.\u00a0 Students will complete 18 didactic and 6 practicum credits from the master\u2019s curriculum, six elective credits and 20 didactic, 4 seminar credits and 17 experiential practicum credits with a DNP project completing the degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a practice doctorate, the emphasis is on building leadership and practice skills in knowledge application among diverse population groups. The goal is to improve health and decrease health inequities that lead to unnecessary morbidity and mortality in communities. Students graduating from the DNP-TCN track are eligible to apply to the Transcultural Nursing Certification Commission (TCNCC) for advanced certification in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transcultural Nursing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Inquiry PROCESs<\/h2>\n<p>Students may speak with the BSN Academic Advisor about the RN\u2013MSN pathway to determine their eligibility once they have been admitted. To move forward, students must meet the eligibility requirements outlined above. Registration can only be completed using the Registration Form on the Augsburg Registrar\u2019s Forms page (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/registrar\/forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/registrar\/forms\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1786129416274000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3_uykouhcz-nseu8HquMT-\">https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/<wbr \/>registrar\/forms\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctor of Nursing Practice \u2013 Transcultural Nursing (TCN) Leadership Track The Transcultural Nursing Leadership track is now open to US &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":514,"featured_media":0,"parent":30512,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30842","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/514"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30842"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30852,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30842\/revisions\/30852"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/bsn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}