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Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

Domains

Program Domains

  • Science Underpinnings for Practice -
    • Integrate nursing science with knowledge from ethics, the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, and organizational sciences as the basis for the highest level of nursing practice.
    • Apply science-based theories and concepts to determine the nature and significance of health and health care delivery phenomena.
    • Employ science-based theories and concepts to describe the actions and advanced strategies to enhance, alleviate, and ameliorate health and health care delivery phenomena as appropriate.
    • Develop and evaluate new practice approaches based on nursing theories and theories from other disciplines.
  • Leadership and Transformational Change -
    • Employ principles of business, finance, economics and health policy to develop and implement effective plans for practice-level and/or system-wide practice initiatives that will improve the quality of health care delivery.
    • Demonstrate leadership, influence, and advocacy in the development and implementation of institutional, local, state, federal, and/or international health policy.
    • Employ consultative and leadership skills to lead intraprofessional and interprofessional teams in the analysis and resolution of complex practice and organizational issues to create change in health care and complex healthcare delivery systems.
    • Provide leadership in the evaluation and resolution of policy, ethical, and legal issues within healthcare systems.
  • Systems Management -
    • Demonstrate the conceptual ability and technical skills to develop and execute an evaluation plan involving data extraction from practice information systems and databases.
    • Evaluate current consumer health information sources for accuracy, timeliness, and appropriateness.
    • Analyze and communicate critical elements necessary to the selection, use, and evaluation of health information systems and patient care technology.
    • Design, select, use, and evaluate programs that monitor outcomes of care, care systems, and quality improvement including consumer use of health care information systems.
  • Population Management -
    • Analyze epidemiological, biostatistical, environmental, and other appropriate scientific data related to individual, aggregate, and population health.
    • Synthesize concepts to develop, implement, and evaluate interventions to improve individual, aggregate, and population health management.
    • Cultivate a mindset that is sensitive to the cultural, legal, and ethical differences among stakeholders.
    • Advocate for social justice, equity, and ethical policies within all healthcare arenas.
    • Develop and evaluate care delivery models and/or strategies for improved individual, aggregate, and population health management.
  • Analytic Foundations for Practice -
    • Apply analytic methods to critically appraise existing literature and other evidence to identify and implement health care best practices.
    • Design and implement processes/strategies that evaluate outcomes of practice, practice patterns, and systems of care for individual, aggregate, and populations against national benchmarks.
    • Design, direct, and evaluate quality improvement methodologies to promote safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered care.
    • Disseminate and apply relevant findings from evidence-based practice and research to enhance practice guidelines and enrich practice leading to improved healthcare outcomes.
    • Employ information technology and research methods to appropriately manage data for the creation, evaluation, and application of evidence that leads to improved health care.
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