The Doctor of Nursing Practice Project: A Framework for Success

The Doctor of Nursing Practice Project: A Framework for Success, Third Edition provides the foundation for the scholarly process enabling DNP students to work through their project in a more effective, efficient manner. The Third Edition is intended for practical application and remains focused on the scholarly project. In addition, it specifically outlines how the project has been used to prepare clinical scholars for practice, a focus seen nationally.

A new chapter on health policy highlights the DNP core competencies that are used to advocate for healthcare policy change. This chapter covers how policy impacts practice, how the DNP nurse is the leader of the profession, their role as it relates to advocacy, the connection of the DNP project and health policy and concludes with an action plan. Coverage of the scholarly project tools and exemplars which highlight the variety of work by DNP nurses are also found throughout the text.

Key Features
Updated historical perspectives
Overview of project variability
Coverage of project sustainability and measures of impact
New chapter on health policy
Navigate Essentials Package which will feature digital versions of the project tools

Associate Professor, DNP Program Coordinator, McAuley School of Nursing; University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, Doctor of Nursing Practice Consultants, Detroit, Michigan

Associate Professor, Grand Valley State University Kirkhof College of Nursing, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Family Nurse Practitioner, Cadillac Family Physicians, PC, Cadillac, Michigan