DNP Project Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

1. Integrate nursing science with knowledge from ethics, the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, and organizational sciences as the basis for the highest level of nursing practice.

2. Use science-based theories and concepts to:

• determine the nature and significance of health and health care delivery phenomena;

• describe the actions and advanced strategies to enhance, alleviate, and ameliorate health and health care delivery phenomena as appropriate; and

• evaluate outcomes.

3. Develop and evaluate new practice approaches based on nursing theories and theories from other disciplines.

(AACN, 2006)

Photo: Vaccine outreach in rural communities of Southeast Alaska

Exemplar 1: Utilizing Health Information Technology to Amplify Public Health Initiatives

This paper explores areas of research that combine the use of Health Information Technology (HIT) with features that relate to public health, and how the use of HIT advances the quality and care for patient and populations correspondingly.

Exemplar 2: Personal Leadership Philosophy

This paper describes how internal and external factors correspond with the virtues of my personal leadership philosophy, and a personal concept map connected through bidirectional arrows that underscore shared connections, commitment to learning, and reflective practices.

Exemplar 3: Program Logic Model for Cordova School Based Health Center

This logic model draws on evidence-based research, and systemic reviews to create a pathway of inputs, outputs, activities, outcomes, and impact for a school-based teen health model in Cordova, Alaska.

References

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (AACN). (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice [PDF]. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Publications/DNPEssentials.pdf

Leclerc, L., Kennedy, K., Campis, S., Human-centered leadership in health care: A contemporary nursing leadership theory generated via constructivist grounded theory. J Nurs Manag. 2021;29:294–306.