DNP Essentials

Essential
I. Scientific Underpinnings for
Practice

II. Organizational and Systems

Leadership for Quality
Improvement and Systems
Thinking

Evidence
Completion of the following
course:
o Nursing 6600:
Theoretical foundations
for nursing practice
o Nursing 7720:
Professional issues of
the DNP
Completion of the following
course:

Comments
Case Studies
Papers
Concept Analysis: Successful Aging
Is the DNP the Future of Healthcare?
Projects
Group Theory Presentation: Patricia
Benner
Case Studies
Papers

III. Clinical Scholarship and

Analytical Methods for
Evidence-Based Practice

Completion of the following

course:

IV. Information
Systems/Technology and
Patient Care Technology for the
Improvement and
Transformation of Healthcare

Completion of the following

course:
o Nursing 7725:
Information technology
in health care

V. Health Care Policy for

Advocacy in Health Care

Completion of the following

course:

Projects
Case Studies
Papers
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Case Studies
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HRSA Toolkit: Telehealth
Implementation
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E-Portfolio
Asthma App Brochure
Case Studies
Papers

VI. Interprofessional
Collaboration for Improving
Patient and Population Health
Outcomes

Completion of the following

course:
o Nursing 7720:
Professional issues of
the DNP

VII. Clinical Prevention and

Population Health for Improving
the Nations Health

Completion of the following

course:
o Nursing 6612: Health
care of rural
communities
Completion of the following
course:
o Nursing 5350: Advanced
pathophysiology

VIII. Advanced Nursing Practice

Projects
Case Studies
Presentations
Attended the 2014 ISU Thomas Geriatric
Symposium: Theme The Cutting Edge:
Interprofessional Practice in Geriatrics
earning 5 CEUs
Papers
Projects
Case Studies
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Dementia Power Point Presentation