To prepare:
- Review this Week’s Learning Resources, paying special attention to the degree requirements for completing the Walden DNP and AACN’s The Essentials.
- Reflect on your personal motivations and goals in pursuing the DNP degree.
- Consider the expectations and role of a nurse with a practice doctorate and how they may differ from that of a nurse with a research doctorate.
- Reflect on any previous experiences you have had in addressing a gap in practice or a practice change within an organization.
- Consider what it means, as a DNP-prepared nurse, to address an organization’s quality improvement needs by attending to a gap in practice or implementing a practice change.
By Day 3 of Week 4
Post the following:
- A brief explanation of your personal motivations and goals in pursuing the DNP degree.
- A description of the expectations and role of a nurse with a practice doctorate and how they may differ from those of a nurse with a research doctorate.
- A description of how, as a DNP-prepared nurse, you hope to address an organization’s quality improvement needs by attending to a gap in practice or implementing a practice change. Include any previous experiences you have had in addressing a gap in practice or a practice change within an organization.
Note: Your posts should be a substantial (500 words minimum), supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA Style. Personal anecdotes are acceptable as part of a meaningful post but cannot stand alone as the entire post.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ posts.
Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the Reply button to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click on Post Reply, you cannot delete or edit your own posts and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on Post Reply!
By Day 6 of Week 4
Respond to at least two of your colleagues, on different days, by offering one of the following:
- An additional expectation or role of a DNP-prepared nurse that they did not mention
- An additional difference between the expectations and role of a practice nurse and a research nurse that they did not mention
Note: Your responses to colleagues should be substantial (250 words minimum), supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA Style. Personal anecdotes are acceptable as part of a meaningful response but cannot stand alone as a response. Your responses should enrich the initial post by supporting and/or adding a fresh viewpoint and be constructive, enhancing the learning experience for all students.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained because of your colleagues’ comments.
The initial DQ is 2 Pages, 4 articles & Book
Responses 2- Each should be at least 250 words and 3 articles.
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