This week is about topic selection and mining the literature. The resources provided in this week are meant to help guide you through the research development process. Choose from the following options for your discussion topic this week:   How would you go about describing what you are most interested in studying to someone outside…

Blog: Positive Social Change and the DNP-Prepared Nurse As a current and future advanced practice nurse, you are and will continue to serve as an agent of change in all you do. Think about the positive impacts you have on patient care, the organization and nursing practice in which you work, and the community in…

Discussion: Ethics and the DNP-Prepared Nurse You are likely already upholding ethics in nursing and healthcare delivery in your current nursing practice experience. As mentioned in the introduction for this week, a patient-focused approach that promotes the delivery of safe, quality, and cost-effective healthcare for promoting positive patient outcomes represents a fundamental alignment to ethical…

Assignment: Locating and Critically Analyzing Primary Research Articles   What steps do you take to locate primary and peer-reviewed research articles when performing a literature search? What resources are available to you to engage in a meaningful and successful literature search? As you have explored throughout this course, Walden University provides vast resources for student…

The DNP-Prepared Nurse and Their Community Vaccine and immunization legislation. Nutritional assistance programs for school youths. Diabetes education for elderly outpatients in a community health clinic. Reducing the number of re-admits of patients who have had outpatient procedures. Reducing the number of patient falls on a medical/surgical hospital floor. These represent a few community and…

Blog: How Do You Practice Intra- and Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Practice?   You are the DNP-prepared nurse responsible for overseeing a large intensive care unit (ICU). You have noticed that in the last 3 months, the number of nosocomial, or hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), has dramatically increased among patients who have undergone cardiovascular procedures. You would…

Discussion: The Doctoral Degree and Professional Nursing Practice A doctoral degree carries a certain set of expectations associated with the completion of advanced educational attainment. Earning a DNP degree is no exception. What are the expectations associated with a DNP-prepared nurse? How might these expectations differ among nursing staff without a DNP degree? The role…

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) set forth a set of standards, the DNP Essentials, that define the foundational competencies that should be acquired and focused throughout a DNP degree program’s curriculum. Additionally, the DNP Essentials represent those competencies and areas that will inform your areas of practice as a DNP-prepared nurse. Take…

Blog: Learning Online Have you ever read an online blog? If so, what was the aim of the blog? What did you like or did not like about the blog? In this course, you will engage in a series of Blog Assignments with your colleagues. Blogs help to facilitate a meaningful and somewhat informal classroom…

Order Instructions Week 5 A new type of third-party-reimbursement health care payment plan is emerging in the United States. Consumer Driven Health Plans strive to control costs and improve quality of care by requiring consumers to take control of their own health care decisions. Consumers decide how they want to spend their health care dollars,…