Recommendations From an Early Adopter of a Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

Abstract

Understanding these changes may help other schools of nursing as they begin DNP programs or transition from their MSN-to-DNP programs to BSN-to-DNP programs. [J Nurs Educ. 2016;55(10):563-567.].

Librarians collaborate successfully with nursing faculty and a writing centre to support nursing students doing professional doctorates

“…Students must be prepared to critically appraise literature to implement the best evidence for practice to improve health care outcomes (AACN, 2006). Organised methods for improving writing skills are needed because of variations in student writing abilities (Carter et al, 2016). A successful partnership among nursing faculty, librarians (Krishnamurthy & Wood, 2018), and the writing centre is central to supporting students as they develop strong informational literacy skills and confidence in scholarly writing.…”

Effects of a programme to advance scholarly writing

“…Effects of a programme to advance scholarly writing Annie Rohan 1 and Judith Fullerton 2 1 School of Nursing, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA 2 School of Medicine, University of California, California, San Diego, USA SUMMARY Background: Scholarly writing, although central to the completion of doctoral studies, is often not supported by systematic teaching/learning approaches that specifically help students to convey scholarship through writing. The purpose of this project was to promote writing as an essential component of scholarship, provide opportunities for students to develop a self-awareness of confidence in writing and challenges to writing, and to improve writing competence.…”

“…Students arrive in graduate education programmes with a wide range of writing competencies . These students may also be challenged by a gap in time from their last academic or scholarly writing experience.…”

“…This is particularly true for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students who will serve as clinical leaders and educators of the nursing workforce (Box 1) Students arrive in graduate education programmes with a wide range of writing competencies. 1 These students may also be challenged by a gap in time from their last academic or scholarly writing experience. Scholarly writing, although central to the completion of the DNP degree, is often not supported by systematic teaching or learning approaches that specifically help students to convey scholarship through writing.…”

Enhancing Post‐Baccalaureate Doctor of Nursing Practice students' analytic skills

“…In addition, BSN‐DNP students are often a decade younger and have less nursing and life experience compared to post‐master's DNP students. Thus, they may require different pedagogical approaches to learning . Carter et al found that the demands and rigors of the DNP project were more time‐consuming for BSN‐DNP students than anticipated, and clinical learning for their advanced practice role suffered.…”