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Week 3: Discussion; The DNP-Prepared nurse's role

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Week 3: Discussion

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The DNP-Prepared nurse's role

The role of a nurse with a practice doctorate is multifaceted and significantly different from that of a nurse with a research doctorate. As a DNP-prepared nurse, you may serve as a clinical nurse educator, a policy and legislation advocate, an organization leader, or an advanced practice nurse responsible for tracking, installing, and monitoring initiatives aimed at improving nursing and healthcare delivery.

Which role(s) are you most excited about? What do you hope to accomplish as a DNP-prepared nurse? Regardless of what the future holds for you, your Walden DNP program will help you develop the knowledge and skills necessary to enact these roles.

Resources

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To prepare:

  • Review this Week’s Learning Resources, paying special attention to the degree requirements for completing the Walden DNP and AACN’s The Essentials.
  • Reflect on your personal motivations and goals in pursuing the DNP degree.
  • Consider the expectations and role of a nurse with a practice doctorate and how they may differ from that of a nurse with a research doctorate.
  • Reflect on any previous experiences you have had in addressing a gap in practice or a practice change within an organization.
  • Consider what it means, as a DNP-prepared nurse, to address an organization’s quality improvement needs by attending to a gap in practice or implementing a practice change.

By Day 3 of Week 3

Post the following:

  • A brief explanation of your personal motivations and goals in pursuing the DNP degree.
  • A description of the expectations and role of a nurse with a practice doctorate and how they may differ from those of a nurse with a research doctorate.
  • A description of how, as a DNP-prepared nurse, you hope to address an organization’s quality improvement needs by attending to a gap in practice or implementing a practice change. Include any previous experiences you have had in addressing a gap in practice or a practice change within an organization.

Note: Your posts should be a substantial (500 words minimum), supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA Style. Personal anecdotes are acceptable as part of a meaningful post but cannot stand alone as the entire post.

Read a selection of your colleagues' posts.

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues' postings. Begin by clicking on the Reply button to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click on Post Reply, you cannot delete or edit your own posts and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on Post Reply!

By Day 6 of Week 3

Respond to at least two of your colleagues, on different days, by offering one of the following:

  • An additional expectation or role of a DNP-prepared nurse that they did not mention
  • An additional difference between the expectations and role of a practice nurse and a research nurse that they did not mention

Note: Your responses to colleagues should be substantial (250 words minimum), supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA Style. Personal anecdotes are acceptable as part of a meaningful response but cannot stand alone as a response. Your responses should enrich the initial post by supporting and/or adding a fresh viewpoint and be constructive, enhancing the learning experience for all students.

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained because of your colleagues’ comments.

Learning Resources

Required Readings