DNP Issues: Education, Tenure, Practice, Credentialing, Titling & Conducting Research
Course Objectives:
1.) Analyze the history of nursing education with emphasis on the development of the doctor of nursing practice.
2.) Critique the roles of advanced practice nurses in current healthcare systems.
3.) Examine strategies for initiating and implementing an interprofessional team to improve patient and population healthcare outcomes.
4.) Evaluate collaborative efforts of an interprofessional team. Introduction:
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree was created in 2004, and because of the newness of the degree, some confusion and disagreement exists as to the roles DNP prepared nurses fulfill. There is also a lack of understanding about the impact they can make in patient and population health, clinical outcomes, and the healthcare system. This week Dreher and Smith-Glasgow (2017) discuss the role strains/stress DNP prepared nurses are feeling in their current practice. Some DNP prepared nurses express being frustrated and concerned about how some work environments do not accept the DNP prepared nurse in advance role settings as being different from the Master of Nursing (MSN) prepared nurse (Dreher & Smith-Glasgow, 2017).

Case Assignment: DNP Issues

Case Assignment: DNP Issues
As DNP students, you may need to educate other healthcare providers/systems on the roles DNP prepared nurses play, and the purpose of practice projects, to find mentors and earn buy in for evidence-based projects, particularly because DNP projects are not primary research projects. Moving forward there will be a great need for reflection, which can enhance practice, as reflection identifies experiences, skills, and knowledge in practice. Reflection expands existing knowledge, which may also lead to conceptual changes that narrow the theory-practice gap, by identifying what was learned by practice experiences, and figuring out what learned information can be applied in future practice. As time moves forward, DNP prepared nurses will trail blaze a defined path that significantly contributes to nursing practice, research, and education.
Reference
Dreher, H. M. & Smith-Glasgow, M. E. (2017). DNP role development for doctoral advanced nursing practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Discuss DNP SALARY from reviewing at least 2 current journal articles on a DNP issue topic. After reading and additional student initiated readings, the student will formulate a coherent and concise reply to their assigned DNP SALARY.
** Need to respond to the con perspective from the pro DNP perspective.
Assignment Criteria:
1. The scholarly paper should be in narrative format, 3 to 4 pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages.
2. Include an introductory paragraph, purpose statement, and a conclusion.
3. Include level 1 and 2 headings to organize the paper.
4. Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use we or I), and in a scholarly manner. To clarify: I, we, you, me, our may not be used. In addition, describing yourself as the researcher or the author should not be used.
5. Include a minimum of 5 professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal references to support the paper (review in Ulrich Periodical Directory) that are less than five years old.
6. APA format is required (attention to spelling/grammar, a title page, a reference page, and in-text citations).

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

 

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.