Nurse leaders are positioned to play a pivotal role in creating opportunities for
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) projects. A formal process was established at one
university school of nursing to match more than 50 DNP students with projects identified
by several organizational nurse leaders. The initiative has benefited organizations
through the improvement of expanded or extended practice improvement projects and
DNP students who have the opportunity to collaborate with leadership and interprofessional
teams. This article highlights key strategies for nurse leaders to identify DNP project
opportunities to advance clinical practice improvement and leadership initiatives.
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Biography
Ty Williams, DNP, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CNE, is Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee. Karen Hande, PhD(c), DNP, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP, ANEF is Assistant Director DNP Program and Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee. Ruth Kleinpell, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP, is Associate Dean for Clinical Scholarship at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee. She can be reached at [email protected]
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Published online: May 12, 2022
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Declarations of Interest: None.
Note: The project described was supported by the National Center for Research Resources, Grant UL1 RR024975-01, and is now at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Grant 2 UL1 TR000445-06. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The authors also acknowledge the assistance of Susie Leming Lee, DNP, MSN, RN, CPHQ, for figure creation.
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