Transforming Health Care Through Meaningful Doctor of Nursing Practice Community Partnerships.
Journal
Nurse educator
ISSN: 1538-9855
Titre abrégé: Nurse Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7701902
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
pubmed:
22
7
2018
medline:
7
9
2019
entrez:
21
7
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A critical component of doctor of nursing practice (DNP) education is practice immersion. DNP programs require 1000 hours of clinical practice experience to obtain the DNP degree. Faculty struggle with providing meaningful clinical experiences congruent with the role of the DNP. This article describes a unique practice immersion course joining DNP students with community health care partners to provide meaningful experiences with the potential to transform health care. DNP students are assigned system-level projects designed to create organizational change. Over the course of 4 years, the practice immersion opportunities more than doubled from 30 to 66 live projects. Integrating collaborative practice immersion into the curriculum builds students' leadership skills and strengthens long-standing bonds among academia, practice, and the community. The creation of structured, meaningful collaborations between DNP students and community partners is an approach that has the potential to facilitate transformative, sustainable change in health care.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
A critical component of doctor of nursing practice (DNP) education is practice immersion. DNP programs require 1000 hours of clinical practice experience to obtain the DNP degree.
PROBLEM
OBJECTIVE
Faculty struggle with providing meaningful clinical experiences congruent with the role of the DNP.
APPROACH
METHODS
This article describes a unique practice immersion course joining DNP students with community health care partners to provide meaningful experiences with the potential to transform health care. DNP students are assigned system-level projects designed to create organizational change.
OUTCOMES
RESULTS
Over the course of 4 years, the practice immersion opportunities more than doubled from 30 to 66 live projects. Integrating collaborative practice immersion into the curriculum builds students' leadership skills and strengthens long-standing bonds among academia, practice, and the community.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The creation of structured, meaningful collaborations between DNP students and community partners is an approach that has the potential to facilitate transformative, sustainable change in health care.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30028765
doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000577
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng