DNP Education, Practice, and Policy: Redesigning Advanced Practice Roles for the 21st Century

by Ahmed, Stephanie

• ISBN13: 9780826108159
• ISBN10: 0826108156
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-01
• Publisher: SPRINGER PUB CO INC

Summary

This is the only professional issues-oriented Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) text to fully integrate all eight American Association of Colleges of Nursing DNP competencies into one volume. It defines practice scholarship for the DNP role and facilitates and development of key leadership skills that enable DNP graduates to effectively influence politics and health care policy to improve patient and population health care outcomes.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Through the Looking Glass: The Growth and Development of Doctor of Nursing Practice Role
Evolution to Revolution: Positioning Advanced Practice to Influence Contemporary Health Care Arenas	p. 3
Could the DNP be the "Future" in the Future of Nursing (2011) Report?	p. 19
Scholarship and the DNP
The Formation of Clinical Scholars: The Generation of Nursing Knowledge from Practice	p. 35
Capstone Project: Development, Implementation, Evaluation, and Dissemination	p. 47
Nurse Executive and Administration Views of Capstone: System Change	p. 67
The Capstone Project: Students' Experiences	p. 87
Application of the Essentials to Aprn Role Development
A Degree is not a Role: DNP Education and Role Implementation	p. 99
Personal Perspectives on Role Integration	p. 111
Leadership Skill Set for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse	p. 125
Developing the Leadership Skill Set for the Executive Nurse Leader	p. 137
The Scholarship of Practice
Evidence-Based Practice: The Scholarship Behind the Practice	p. 149
The Scholarship Supporting Leadership, Organizations, and Systems as they Adopt Evidence-Based Practice	p. 165
Health Information Technology and the Transformation of Health Care in the 21st Century	p. 187
Outcomes Measurement	p. 203
Policy, Politics, and the DNP
Building the DNP Professional Nursing Community: Reflections and Expectations	p. 219
DNPs: Finding Our Voices and Defining Ourselves	p. 233
Health Care Economics and Policy: Obstacles and Opportunities for Advanced Practice	p. 245
The Critical Need for Global Nursing Leadership	p. 259
Index	p. 269
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