Hello, students; some of you need clarification on developing the clinical logs and selecting the activities. The clinical logs are the representation of the DNP Essentials through your actions. Each DNP Essential brings its activities, and you must choose any of those activities, no other ones. Following, you will see the eight DNP Essentials and their related activities.

· Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

· Appraise literature for inclusion

· Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project

· Construct/Refine literature search Construct/Refine PICO question

· Make presentation pertaining to PICOT question

· Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)

· Synthesize literature (review)

· Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

· Attend quality improvement meeting

· Budget development or review

· Conduct assessment of practice setting

· Develop a business plan

· Develop a SWOT analysis

· Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project

· Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization

· Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project

· Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project

· Identify stakeholders

· Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention

· Meet with stakeholders

· Present at quality meeting

· Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

· Attend grant training/workshop

· Attend meetings pertinent to the project

· Complete core measure training

· Conduct evaluation of DNP project evaluation

· Construct IRB proposal

· Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email

· Create presentation safety/quality

· Design a mobile application for health care

· Design web-accessible training material

· Develop DNP project proposal

· Develop professional portfolio

· Develop tools for sustainability (e.g., toolkits, PowerPoint, audit tools, etc.)

· Disseminate DNP project findings internally or externally

· Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

· Evaluate a health care mobile application

· Implement DNP project

· Manuscript preparation

· Participate as a member in IRB Committee

· Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate in data analysis

· Participate in data collection

· Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s)

· Prepare final DNP project paper and/or manuscript

· Prepare grant proposal or participate in related activities

· Serve as abstract reviewer

· Serve as consultant for collaborative research

· Serve as proposal reviewer

· Submit and/or revise IRB proposal

· Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

· Analyze health journal proposal

· Analyze health policy proposal

· Construct health policy proposal

· Design a mobile application for healthcare

· Design web-accessible training material

· Evaluate a healthcare mobile application

· Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

· Meet with elected official for review of health policy

· Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator

· Participate in Health Information Technology as team member

· Participate on committee at a local level

· Participate on committee at institutional level

· Participate on committee at international level

· Participate on committee at national level

· Participate on committee at state level

· Perform data extraction activities from large data sets

· Provide testimony for health policy

· Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

· Analyze health policy proposal

· Construct health policy proposal

· Meet with elected official for review of health policy

· Participate on committee at a local level

· Participate on committee at institutional level

· Participate on committee at international level

· Participate on committee at national level

· Participate on committee at state level

· Provide testimony for health policy

· Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes

· Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email

· Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email

· Create a committee for safety/quality

· Participate in an interpersonal team in consultant role

· Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role

· Participate in an interpersonal team in member role

· Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

· Analyze epidemiologic data

· Collect epidemiologic data

· Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations

· Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention

· Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

· Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting

· Clinical practice

· Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice

· Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers

· Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities

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AACN DNP Essentials

· Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

· Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

· Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

· Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

· Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

· Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes

· Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

· Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

AONL Nurse Executive Role-Specific Competencies

· Communication

· Knowledge of Healthcare

· Leadership

· Professionalism

· Business Skills

AACN DNP Essentials

· Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

· Appraise literature for inclusion

· Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project

· Construct/Refine literature search Construct/Refine PICO question

· Make presentation pertaining to PICO question

· Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)

· Synthesize literature (review)

· Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

· Attend quality improvement meeting

· Budget development or review

· Conduct assessment of practice setting

· Develop a business plan

· Develop a SWOT analysis

· Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project

· Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization

· Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project

· Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project

· Identify stakeholders

· Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention

· Meet with stakeholders

· Present at quality meeting

· Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

· Attend grant training/workshop

· Attend meetings pertinent to the project

· Complete core measure training

· Conduct evaluation of DNP project evaluation

· Construct IRB proposal

· Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email

· Create presentation safety/quality

· Design a mobile application for health care

· Design web-accessible training material

· Develop DNP project proposal

· Develop professional portfolio

· Develop tools for sustainability (e.g., toolkits, PowerPoint, audit tools, etc.)

· Disseminate DNP project findings internally or externally

· Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

· Evaluate a health care mobile application

· Implement DNP project

· Manuscript preparation

· Participate as a member in IRB Committee

· Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate in data analysis

· Participate in data collection

· Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s)

· Prepare final DNP project paper and/or manuscript

· Prepare grant proposal or participate in related activities

· Serve as abstract reviewer

· Serve as consultant for collaborative research

· Serve as proposal reviewer

· Submit and/or revise IRB proposal

· Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

· Analyze health journal proposal

· Analyze health policy proposal

· Construct health policy proposal

· Design a mobile application for healthcare

· Design web-accessible training material

· Evaluate a healthcare mobile application

· Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

· Meet with elected official for review of health policy

· Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator

· Participate in Health Information Technology as team member

· Participate on committee at a local level

· Participate on committee at institutional level

· Participate on committee at international level

· Participate on committee at national level

· Participate on committee at state level

· Perform data extraction activities from large data sets

· Provide testimony for health policy

· Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

· Analyze health policy proposal

· Construct health policy proposal

· Meet with elected official for review of health policy

· Participate on committee at a local level

· Participate on committee at institutional level

· Participate on committee at international level

· Participate on committee at national level

· Participate on committee at state level

· Provide testimony for health policy

· Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes

· Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email

· Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email

· Create a committee for safety/quality

· Participate in an interpersonal team in consultant role

· Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role

· Participate in an interpersonal team in member role

· Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

· Analyze epidemiologic data

· Collect epidemiologic data

· Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations

· Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention

· Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

· Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting

· Clinical practice

· Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice

· Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers

· Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities

COURSES (DNP Program)

· DNP 1010 Pre-immersion Seminars

· DNP 7000: Evolution of Nursing Practice Application & of Theory in Nursing Practice

· DNP 7100: Evaluation of Evidence for Practice

· DNP7200: Statistics for the Health and Biological Sciences

· DNP7300: Translation Science

· DNP 7500: Organizational and management Theory

· DNP 7510: Leader Development

· DNP 7520: Creating and Resolving Conflict in the Healthcare Settings

· DNP7600: Population-Based Health and Health Care Health Disparities

· DNP 7800: Health Care Management, Economics, Financing, and Ethics

· DNP 7900: Global Health

· DNP 8000: Health System Development and Leadership Practice Immersion Experience

· DNP8100: Structure and Process in Health Care Organizations and Health Care Policy

· DNP 8300: Technology in Health Care

· DNP 8420: Decision Making, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking

· DNP 7700: DNP Project I (Thesis Proposal)

· DNP8200 Professional Practice Developments Experience Practice Immersion (IRB)

· DNP8440 Practicum in Health Care Administration (Implementation)

· DNP 8500 – DNP Project II (Oral defense + Portfolio)

The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice & AONL Nurse Executive Role-Specific Competencies

– Effective Communication and Relationship Building

Related DNP Essential

Essential VI. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes

· EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

Make oral presentations to diverse audiences on: Nursing

Health care topics

Organizational issues

Produce written materials for diverse audiences on: Nursing

Health care topics

Organizational issues

Facilitate group discussions

Demonstrate skill in interpersonal communication

· RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Build collaborative relationships

Exhibit effective conflict resolution skills

Create a trusting environment by: Following through on promises

and concerns

Establishing mechanisms to follow-up on commitments

Balancing the concerns of individuals with organizational goals and

objectives

Engaging staff and others in decision-making

Communicating in a way as to maintain credibility and relationships

· INFLUENCING BEHAVIORS

Assert views in non-threatening, non-judgmental ways

Create a shared vision

Facilitate consensus building

Inspire desired behaviors and manage undesired behaviors

Achieve outcomes through engagement of stakeholders

Promote decisions that are patient-centered

Apply situational leadership skills

· DIVERSITY

Establish an environment that values diversity (e.g. age, gender, race,

religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture)

Establish cultural competency in the workforce

Incorporate cultural beliefs into care delivery

Provide an environment conducive to opinion sharing, exploration of

ideas and achievement of outcomes

· COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Represent the organization to non-health care constituents within the

community

Serve as a resource to community and business leaders regarding

nursing and health care

Represent the community perspective in the decision-making process

within the organization/system

Represent nursing to the media

Serve on community-based boards, advisory groups, and task forces

· MEDICAL/STAFF RELATIONSHIPS

Build credibility with physicians as a champion for patient care, quality

and the professional practice of nursing

Confront and address inappropriate or disruptive behavior towards

patients and staff

Represent nursing at medical executive committee and other

department/medical staff committees

Collaborate with medical staff leaders and other disciplines in

determining needed patient care service lines

Collaborate with physicians and other disciplines to develop patient care

protocols, policies and procedures

Collaborate to determine patient care equipment and facility needs

Use medical staff mechanisms to address physician clinical performance

issues

Address and model appropriate conflict resolution

Create opportunities for physicians and nurses to engage in professional

dialogue

· ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIPS

Determine current and future supply and demand for nurses to meet

the care delivery needs

Identify educational needs of existing and potential nursing staff

Collaborate with nursing programs to provide required resources

Collaborate with nursing programs in evaluating quality of graduating clinicians and develop mechanisms to enhance this quality

Serve on academic advisory councils

Collaborate in nursing research and translate evidence into practice

Collaborate to investigate care delivery models across the continuum

Create academic partnerships to ensure a qualified workforce for the

future

– Knowledge of the Healthcare Environment

Related DNP Essentials

Essential I. Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking

Essential III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

V. Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care

Essential VI. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes

Essential VII. Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving the Nation’s Health

Essential VIII. Advanced Nursing Practice

· CLINICAL PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE

Demonstrate knowledge of current nursing practice and the roles and functions of patient care team members

Communicate patient care standards as established by accreditation, regulatory and quality agencies

Ensure compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act, State Board of Nursing regulations, state and federal regulatory agency standards, federal labor standards and policies of the organization

Adhere to professional association standards of nursing practice

Ensure that written organizational clinical policies and procedures are reviewed and updated in accordance with evidence-based practice

Integrate bioethical and legal dimensions into clinical and management decision-making

Ensure protection of human subject rights and safety in clinical research

· DELIVERY MODELS / WORK DESIGN

Demonstrate current knowledge of patient care delivery systems across the continuum

Describe various delivery systems and age-appropriate patient care models and the advantages/disadvantages of each

Assess the effectiveness of delivery models

Develop new delivery models

Participate in the design of facilities

· HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS AND POLICY

Understand regulation and payment issues that affect an organization’s finances

Describe individual organization’s payer mix, CMI and benchmark database

Align care delivery models and staff

performance with key safety and economic

drivers (e.g., value-based purchasing,

bundled payment)

Take action when opportunities exist to

adjust operations to respond effectively

to environmental changes in economic

elements

Use knowledge of federal and state laws

and regulations that affect the provision of

patient care (e.g., tort reform, malpractice/

negligence, reimbursement)

Participate in legislative process on health

care issues through such mechanisms as

membership in professional organization

and personal contact with officials

Educate patient care team members on the

legislative process, the regulatory process

and methods for influencing both

Interpret impact of legislation at the state

and federal level on nursing and health care

organizations

· GOVERNANCE

Use knowledge of the role of the governing

body of the organization in the following

areas:

Fiduciary responsibilities

Credentialing

Performance management

Represent patient care issues to the

governing body

Participate in strategic planning and quality

initiatives with the governing body

Interact with and educate the organization’s

board members regarding health care and

the value of nursing care

Represent nursing at the organization’s

board meetings

Represent other disciplines at the

organization’s board meetings

· EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE/OUTCOME MEASUREMENT AND RESEARCH

Use data and other sources of evidence to inform decision making

Use evidence for establishment of standards, practices and patient care models in the organization

Design feedback mechanisms by which to adapt practice based upon outcomes from current processes

Design and interpret outcome measures

Disseminate research findings to patient care team members

Allocate nursing resources based on measurement of patient acuity/care needed

Monitor and address nurse sensitive outcomes and satisfaction indicators

· PATIENT SAFETY

Support the development of an organization-wide patient safety program

Use knowledge of patient safety science (e.g., human factors, complex adaptive systems, LEAN and Six Sigma)

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