Student-led Doctor of Nursing Practice projects in the clinical environment: Viewpoint from hospital-based nurse scientists and leaders.
Nurs Outlook
; 72(5): 102239, 2024 Jul 10.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Exponential increases in Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program enrollment have come with a rapid rise in the number of capstone projects conducted in clinical environments. However, misaligned priorities between students, faculty, and clinician leaders have created significant challenges.PURPOSE:
Identify opportunities to strengthen collaboration between academic and clinical stakeholders to better support DNP projects and education.METHODS:
Experienced hospital-based nurse leaders engaged in scholarly discourse supplemented by policy and research in DNP education.FINDINGS:
Facilitating a DNP project requires significant investment of time, resources, and funds from the healthcare institution. Discord has arisen due to unclear responsibilities or decision-making ability for clinical stakeholders, ethical dilemmas for students who are also employees of the clinical site, and mismatched priorities between clinical need and student/academic project desires. Clinical leaders have raised significant concerns about DNP project proposals that are research-focused, diverge from healthcare institution goals, and lack a sustainability plan.DISCUSSION:
Fortification of academic-practice partnerships and clarification of roles in the DNP student project are necessary to ensure that the project is of educational value to the student, a demonstration of learning for faculty, and of sustained clinical value to the healthcare system.
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Nurs Outlook
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2024
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