DNP Education, Practice, and Policy : Redesigning Advanced Practice Roles for the 21st Century

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!

This is an excellent book for both students and current DNPs. The primary areas it addresses--leadership, healthcare policy, and information technology---are essential for the advanced practice nurse to function as a change agent in today's healthcare environment. The book challenges DNPs to engage in clinical practice to the full scope of their capabilities."--Score: 100, 5 Stars. Doody's Medical Reviews

This is the only professional issues-oriented Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) text to fully integrate all eight American Association of Colleges of Nursing DNP competencies into one volume. It defines practice scholarship for the DNP role and facilitates the sound development of key leadership skills that enable DNP graduates to effectively influence politics and health care policy in order to improve patient and population health care outcomes.

The text focuses on the educational requirements of DNPs engaged in the arenas of leadership, health care policy, and information technology. It covers the growth and development of the DNP role, particularly in the context of contemporary health care challenges. With a focus on the Capstone Project, the text addresses the relationship of the DNP role to ongoing scholarship. It covers three important essentials of the DNP curriculumóevidence-based practice, health information technology, and outcomes measurementóand how they can be used to transform health care in the 21st century. The text's challenging and thought-provoking content is of particular value not only to students, but also to professors who will welcome the clarity it offers to the highly complex DNP curriculum.

• Simplifies the highly complex DNP curriculum and integrates DNP core competencies throughout
• Demonstrates the application of core competencies to practice and aggregate care
• Provides a well-organized supplement to all courses across the DNP curriculum
• Uses exemplars of students and practicing DNPs to illustrate effective implementation
• Offers concrete guidance for achieving a thorough understanding of how DNP graduates utilize core competencies

Stephanie W. Ahmed, DNP, FNP-BC, DPNAP, is the executive director for Clinical Effectiveness at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Linda C. Andrist, PhD, RN, WHNP, is a professor emerita at the MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, Boston.

Sheila M. Davis, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN, is the chief of clinical operations and chief nursing officer at Partners In Health, an international nongovernmental organization working in 10 countries providing comprehensive healthcare and services for the poor globally.

Valerie J. Fuller, PhD, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP is an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner who works in the Department of Surgery at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME. She is the Region 1 Director to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Board Chair and APRN member of the Maine State Board of Nursing, and Past President of the Maine Nurse Practitioner Association. She is actively involved in APRN education, practice, and policy issues at local, state and national levels. Her clinical and research interests include vascular surgery, wound care, and delirium.