Staff Education Project Executive Summary Checklist
The goal of an executive summary is to summarize your DNP project, highlighting key points. The executive summary should be no
more than ten pages, written in APA 7 format. For academic writing, be sure to include appropriate citations and references.
This is typically not part of an executive summary but should be included for purposes of this document. The following
checklist provides a tool to develop the DNP Project Executive Summary.
Instructions for students:
Use this checklist to guide your writing as you type into the appropriate DNP Executive Summary template. Be sure to include
all elements from the checklist in the paper.
When writing is completed, indicate on the checklist the page numbers from the actual document where appropriate content is
located.
Respond to any comments from the committee in the comment history box. Do not delete previous comments. Add your
responses in the appropriate space.
Instructions for the DNP project faculty advisor and second member.
Provide specific feedback in the comment history column. Do not delete previous comments – just add your responses and use some
means to clearly identify your remarks (e.g. colored, bolded, or italicized text).
If you made detailed comments on the draft using track changes and comments, you can make reference to such comments in
the draft rather than copy the text into the checklist comment history section.
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