Main description:

The DNP Professional: Translating Value From Classroom to Practice is a collection of exemplars from DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice) -prepared experts across various advanced practice nursing roles and settings. The content illustrates the application of the DNP Essentials, quantifies successful DNP-prepared practitioner outcomes, and describes the overall impact of the nursing practice doctorate.

Each chapter is written by a different expert and focuses on how the DNP Essentials relate to that author's role, including business planning, evidence-driven decision making, data analytics, and interprofessional collaboration. These leaders demonstrate how to implement lessons learned in a DNP program and translate them into everyday practice, with plenty of pearls to pass along.

Editor Linda A. Benson has divided the book into sections based on roles and settings:

Nurse practitioner
Clinical nurse specialist
Certified registered nurse anesthetist
Nurse midwife
Nurse executive
Academia
Population health
Informatics
Legislative activity

When performing at their peak, DNPs can affect clinical, satisfaction, and cost outcomes, as well as provide preceptorship and mentoring. With exemplars from across the continuum of practice sites and roles, The DNP Professional: Translating Value From Classroom to Practice enables both students and DNP graduates to optimize the curricular Essentials in the practice setting.

Contents:

Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Editor
Contributing Authors
Preface
Introduction
Section I Nurse Practitioner Exemplars
Chapter 1 DNP Translated Practice Innovations for a Nurse Practitioner-Managed Free Clinic
Chapter 2 The DNP Essentials in Clinical Practice: A Pediatric Nurse Practitioner's Experience in Medical Genetics and Metabolism
Chapter 3 Utilizing the DNP Essentials to Deliver High-End Care in the Home
Section II Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist Collaboration Exemplar
Chapter 4 Acute Care DNPs: Improving Interprofessional Practice One Patient at a Time
Section III Clinical Nurse Specialist Exemplars
Chapter 5 The Nursing Clinical Quality Specialist: A Perfect Position to Capitalize on the DNP Essentials
Chapter 6 The Clinical Nurse Specialist as Chronic Disease Expert: The Synthesis of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Competencies and DNP Essentials
Chapter 7 Lead, Follow, or Get Out of Your Own Way: An Experienced Registered Nurse to DNP Journey
Section IV Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Exemplars
Chapter 8 Implementing the DNP Essentials as a Chief Nurse Anesthetist and President of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
Chapter 9 The DNP Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist: Practice and Advocacy
Chapter 10 The Role of the DNP in Reducing Health Disparities and Advocating From the Viewpoint of a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Section V Nurse-Midwife Exemplars
Chapter 11 A DNP-Prepared Midwife's Role in Creating a Combined Prenatal/Substance Use Treatment Program
Chapter 12 Establishing a Practice as a Novice DNP-Prepared Certified Nurse-Midwife
Chapter 13 From Mid-Level Midwifery to High-Level Husbandry: A Rural Certified Nurse-Midwife's Doctoral Journey
Section VI Nurse Executive Exemplars
Chapter 14 The DNP Degree: A Fundamental Requirement for the Chief Nursing Officer
Chapter 15 Leaders, Change Agents: The Unique Contributions of a DNP-Prepared Nurse Executive
Chapter 16 Aligning DNP Practice With the Mission and Strategic Priorities of the Organization
Section VII Academia Exemplars
Chapter 17 Cultural Competency Through a Study Abroad Experience for DNP Students and Its Impact on the DNP Essentials
Chapter 18 Transforming DNP Systems Leadership Education
Chapter 19 Integration of Telehealth Into DNP Curriculum and Clinical Practice
Section VIII Population Health Exemplars
Chapter 20 Building Bridges, Not Walls: Using the DNP Toolbox to Establish Medical Respite for the Homeless Population
Chapter 21 Strategies for Incorporating Population Health Into a DNP Project
Section IX Informatics Exemplars
Chapter 22 A DNP-Prepared Director of Nursing Informatics Transforms Sepsis Recognition and Improves Sepsis Outcomes
Chapter 23 Applying DNP Essentials Within the Field of Nursing Informatics to Impact Patient Care and Transform Health Care Provision
Section X Legislative Activity Exemplar
Chapter 24 Advocating for Policy Change Through DNP Leadership
Conclusion and Future Essentials
Financial Disclosures
Index