2nd Edition
by Stephanie Ahmed, Linda Andrist, Sheila Davis, Valerie Fuller
The second edition of this distinguished text—designed for use
across the entire DNP curriculum—defines practice scholarship for the
DNP-prepared professional nurse and promotes the development of key
leadership skills needed to effectively influence healthcare policy and
improve outcomes. Weaving the eight AACN DNP competencies throughout,
the second edition clarifies, updates, and demonstrates their
application. The text incorporates updates to the AACN’s 2015 position
statement, The DNP: Current Issues and Clarifying Recommendations, and
the Institute of Medicine’s The Future of Nursing report, and delivers new content from nationally recognized nurse leaders.
Focusing
heavily on improving aggregate care, strengthening leadership roles,
and influencing health policy, the second edition continues to address
APRN and nurse executive roles, health information technology, outcomes
measurement, and the relationship of the DNP graduate to ongoing
scholarship. The text’s challenging and thoughtprovoking content is of
particular value not only to students, but also to professors who will
welcome the clarity it offers to the highly complex DNP curriculum.
New to the Second Edition:
- Reflects
the most current thinking about the DNP degree and clarifies
recommendations from the AACN task force on implementing the DNP
curriculum
- Incorporates recommendations of the Institute of Medicine’s The Future of Nursing report
- Demonstrates the application of core competencies to practice and aggregate care
- Offers contemporary examples of DNP competencies and role integration
- Focuses primarily on developing key leadership skills for influencing healthcare policy and improving outcomes
- Delivers new content from nationally recognized nurse leaders
Key Features:
- Simplifies the highly complex DNP curriculum and integrates DNP core competencies
- Broadly defines practice scholarship for the DNP-prepared nurse and promotes development of key leadership skills
- Provides a versatile supplement to all courses across the DNP curriculum
- Prepares the DNP to analyze and influence health policy
- Incorporates policy statements from the ANA, AONE, NCSBN, AANP, AANA, and ACNM
- Demonstrates the integration of health policy with cross-sector collaboration to advance a “culture of health” agenda
