TY - JOUR
T1 - Academic-Practice Partnerships
T2 - Building a sustainable model for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) projects
AU - Hinch, Barbara K.
AU - Livesay, Sarah
AU - Stifter, Janet
AU - Brown, Frederick
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully thank all members of the DNP Project Oversight Committee for their commitment and continued support to ensure that DNP students are supported and make significant contributions to the medical center. We specifically want to thank MaryCarol Racelis, Lillian Hall, Susan Hossli, Molly Moran, David Steedly, Melissa Browning, Karen Mayer and Mary Heitschmidt for their dedicated time and thoughtful discussions that have impacted the success of the DNP Project Oversight Committee.
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PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Background: DNP programs should follow the Academic-Practice Partnership guiding principles developed by the AACN-AONE Task Force of Academic Practice Partnerships (2012) to support students educational and practice experiences. This paper outlines the collaboration between a college of nursing (CON) and academic medical center in establishing a formal process for identification and vetting of student DNP projects. Methods: A collaborative committee called DNP Project Oversight Committee (DNPPOC) was formed. DNPPOC members outlined a number of processes to facilitate DNP project review, key stakeholder input, and developed several tools to accomplish the committee's goals. A survey was sent to DNPPOC members to solicit their feedback on meeting the committees overall goals. Results: Medical center leadership reported improvements in the collection of key DNP project information and the distribution of DNP projects across facilitators and geographic locations. There was also report of perceived improvement in the overall quality of student learning opportunities, strategic direction of DNP projects, and alignment between CON and healthcare system goals. Conclusions: Processes developed by the DNPPOC have allowed the organization to handle the increase in DNP projects and maximize organizational resources. The DNPPOC structure has ensured high-quality DNP projects and that DNP students are prepared to be leaders in quality improvement.
AB - Background: DNP programs should follow the Academic-Practice Partnership guiding principles developed by the AACN-AONE Task Force of Academic Practice Partnerships (2012) to support students educational and practice experiences. This paper outlines the collaboration between a college of nursing (CON) and academic medical center in establishing a formal process for identification and vetting of student DNP projects. Methods: A collaborative committee called DNP Project Oversight Committee (DNPPOC) was formed. DNPPOC members outlined a number of processes to facilitate DNP project review, key stakeholder input, and developed several tools to accomplish the committee's goals. A survey was sent to DNPPOC members to solicit their feedback on meeting the committees overall goals. Results: Medical center leadership reported improvements in the collection of key DNP project information and the distribution of DNP projects across facilitators and geographic locations. There was also report of perceived improvement in the overall quality of student learning opportunities, strategic direction of DNP projects, and alignment between CON and healthcare system goals. Conclusions: Processes developed by the DNPPOC have allowed the organization to handle the increase in DNP projects and maximize organizational resources. The DNPPOC structure has ensured high-quality DNP projects and that DNP students are prepared to be leaders in quality improvement.
KW - Academic-Practice Partnership
KW - DNP project
KW - Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.08.008
DO - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.08.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 33308557
AN - SCOPUS:85089670505
VL - 36
SP - 569
EP - 578
JO - Journal of Professional Nursing
JF - Journal of Professional Nursing
SN - 8755-7223
IS - 6
ER -