Practicum Traching

Practicum Tracking Hours

Course of Action
DNP Program

Dr. Dionne

Dr. Perez

Dr. Gonzalez

Dr. Vega Crespo

Dr. Henry Fernandez

 AACN DNP Essentials
Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice
Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement
Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based
Practice
Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology
Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the
Improvement and Transformation of Health Care
Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population
Health Outcomes
Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving
Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

AONL Nurse Executive Role-Specific

Competencies
Communication
Knowledge of Healthcare
Leadership
Professionalism
Business Skills
 AACN DNP Essentials
Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice
 Appraise literature for inclusion
 Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project
 Construct/Refine literature search Construct/Refine PICO question
 Make presentation pertaining to PICO question
 Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)
 Synthesize literature (review)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

 Attend quality improvement meeting
 Budget development or review
 Conduct assessment of practice setting
 Develop a business plan
 Develop a SWOT analysis
 Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project
 Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization
 Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project
 Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project
 Identify stakeholders
 Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention
 Meet with stakeholders
 Present at quality meeting
Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based
Practice
 Attend grant training/workshop
 Attend meetings pertinent to the project
 Complete core measure training
 Conduct evaluation of DNP project evaluation
 Construct IRB proposal
 Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email
 Create presentation safety/quality
 Design a mobile application for health care
 Design web-accessible training material
  Develop DNP project proposal
 Develop professional portfolio
 Develop tools for sustainability (e.g., toolkits, PowerPoint, audit tools, etc.)
 Disseminate DNP project findings internally or externally
 Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material
 Evaluate a health care mobile application
 Implement DNP project
 Manuscript preparation
 Participate as a member in IRB Committee
 Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate in data analysis
 Participate in data collection
 Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s)
 Prepare final DNP project paper and/or manuscript
 Prepare grant proposal or participate in related activities
 Serve as abstract reviewer
 Serve as consultant for collaborative research
 Serve as proposal reviewer
 Submit and/or revise IRB proposal
Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology
 Analyze health journal proposal
 Analyze health policy proposal
 Construct health policy proposal
 Design a mobile application for healthcare
 Design web-accessible training material
 Evaluate a healthcare mobile application
 Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material
 Meet with elected official for review of health policy
 Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator
 Participate in Health Information Technology as team member
 Participate on committee at a local level
 Participate on committee at institutional level
 Participate on committee at international level
 Participate on committee at national level
 Participate on committee at state level
  Perform data extraction activities from large data sets
 Provide testimony for health policy
Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for
the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care
 Analyze health policy proposal
 Construct health policy proposal
 Meet with elected official for review of health policy
 Participate on committee at a local level
 Participate on committee at institutional level
 Participate on committee at international level
 Participate on committee at national level
 Participate on committee at state level
 Provide testimony for health policy
Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and
Population Health Outcomes
 Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email
 Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email
 Create a committee for safety/quality
 Participate in an interpersonal team in consultant role
 Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role
 Participate in an interpersonal team in member role
Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving
 Analyze epidemiologic data
 Collect epidemiologic data
 Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations
 Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention
Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
 Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting
 Clinical practice
 Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice
 Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers
 Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities

COURSES (DNP Program)

 DNP 1010 Pre-immersion Seminars

DNP 7000: Evolution of Nursing Practice Application & of Theory in Nursing Practice

DNP 7100: Evaluation of Evidence for Practice

DNP7200: Statistics for the Health and Biological Sciences

DNP7300: Translation Science

DNP 7500: Organizational and management Theory

DNP 7510: Leader Development

DNP 7520: Creating and Resolving Conflict in the Healthcare Settings

DNP7600: Population-Based Health and Health Care Health Disparities

DNP 7800: Health Care Management, Economics, Financing, and Ethics

DNP 7900: Global Health

DNP 8000: Health System Development and Leadership Practice Immersion Experience

DNP8100: Structure and Process in Health Care Organizations and Health Care Policy

DNP 8300: Technology in Health Care

DNP 8420: Decision Making, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking

DNP 7700: DNP Project I (Thesis Proposal)

DNP8200 Professional Practice Developments Experience Practice Immersion (IRB)

DNP8440 Practicum in Health Care Administration (Implementation)

DNP 8500 – DNP Project II (Oral defense + Portfolio)

The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice

& AONL Nurse Executive Role-Specific Competencies
- Effective Communication and Relationship Building

Related DNP Essential

Essential VI. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes

 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Make oral presentations to diverse audiences on: Nursing
Health care topics
Organizational issues
Produce written materials for diverse audiences on: Nursing
Health care topics
Organizational issues
Facilitate group discussions
Demonstrate skill in interpersonal communication

 RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
Build collaborative relationships
Exhibit effective conflict resolution skills
Create a trusting environment by: Following through on
promises
and concerns
Establishing mechanisms to follow-up on commitments
Balancing the concerns of individuals with organizational goals and
objectives
Engaging staff and others in decision-making
Communicating in a way as to maintain credibility and relationships

 INFLUENCING BEHAVIORS
Assert views in non-threatening, non-judgmental ways
Create a shared vision
Facilitate consensus building
Inspire desired behaviors and manage undesired behaviors
Achieve outcomes through engagement of stakeholders
Promote decisions that are patient-centered
Apply situational leadership skills

 DIVERSITY
Establish an environment that values diversity (e.g. age, gender, race,
religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture)
Establish cultural competency in the workforce
Incorporate cultural beliefs into care delivery
Provide an environment conducive to opinion sharing,
exploration of
 ideas and achievement of outcomes

 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Represent the organization to non-health care constituents within the
community
Serve as a resource to community and business leaders
regarding
nursing and health care
Represent the community perspective in the decision-making
process
within the organization/system
Represent nursing to the media
Serve on community-based boards, advisory groups, and task
forces

 MEDICAL/STAFF RELATIONSHIPS
Build credibility with physicians as a champion for patient care, quality
and the professional practice of nursing
Confront and address inappropriate or disruptive behavior
towards
patients and staff
Represent nursing at medical executive committee and other
department/medical staff committees
Collaborate with medical staff leaders and other disciplines in
determining needed patient care service lines
Collaborate with physicians and other disciplines to develop patient care
protocols, policies and procedures
Collaborate to determine patient care equipment and facility needs
Use medical staff mechanisms to address physician clinical performance
issues
Address and model appropriate conflict resolution
Create opportunities for physicians and nurses to engage in professional
dialogue

 ACADEMIC RELATIONSHIPS
Determine current and future supply and demand for nurses to meet
the care delivery needs
Identify educational needs of existing and potential nursing staff
Collaborate with nursing programs to provide required resources
Collaborate with nursing programs in evaluating quality of graduating
clinicians and develop mechanisms to enhance this quality
Serve on academic advisory councils
Collaborate in nursing research and translate evidence into practice
 Collaborate to investigate care delivery models across the continuum
Create academic partnerships to ensure a qualified workforce for the
future

- Knowledge of the Healthcare Environment

Related DNP Essentials
Essential I. Scientific Underpinnings for Practice
Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking
Essential III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
V. Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care
Essential VI. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
Essential VII. Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving the Nation’s Health
Essential VIII. Advanced Nursing Practice

 CLINICAL PRACTICE KNOWLEDGE

Demonstrate knowledge of current nursing practice and the roles and
functions of patient care team members
Communicate patient care standards as established by accreditation,
regulatory and quality agencies
Ensure compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act, State Board of
Nursing regulations, state and federal regulatory agency standards,
federal labor standards and policies of the organization
Adhere to professional association standards of nursing practice
Ensure that written organizational clinical policies and procedures are
reviewed and updated in accordance with evidence-based practice
Integrate bioethical and legal dimensions into clinical and management
decision-making
Ensure protection of human subject rights and safety in clinical research

 DELIVERY MODELS / WORK DESIGN

Demonstrate current knowledge of patient care delivery systems across
the continuum
Describe various delivery systems and age-appropriate patient care
models and the advantages/disadvantages of each
Assess the effectiveness of delivery models
Develop new delivery models
Participate in the design of facilities

 HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS AND POLICY

Understand regulation and payment issues that affect an organization’s
finances
Describe individual organization’s payer mix, CMI and benchmark
database
 Align care delivery models and staff
performance with key safety and economic
drivers (e.g., value-based purchasing,
bundled payment)
Take action when opportunities exist to
adjust operations to respond effectively
to environmental changes in economic
elements
Use knowledge of federal and state laws
and regulations that affect the provision of
patient care (e.g., tort reform, malpractice/
negligence, reimbursement)
Participate in legislative process on health
care issues through such mechanisms as
membership in professional organization
and personal contact with officials
Educate patient care team members on the
legislative process, the regulatory process
and methods for influencing both
Interpret impact of legislation at the state
and federal level on nursing and health care
organizations
 GOVERNANCE
Use knowledge of the role of the governing
body of the organization in the following
areas:
Fiduciary responsibilities
Credentialing
Performance management
Represent patient care issues to the
governing body
Participate in strategic planning and quality
initiatives with the governing body
Interact with and educate the organization’s
board members regarding health care and
the value of nursing care
Represent nursing at the organization’s
board meetings
Represent other disciplines at the
organization’s board meetings

 EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE/OUTCOME MEASUREMENT AND

RESEARCH
Use data and other sources of evidence to inform decision making
Use evidence for establishment of standards, practices and patient care
models in the organization
 Design feedback mechanisms by which to adapt practice based upon
outcomes from current processes
Design and interpret outcome measures
Disseminate research findings to patient care team members
Allocate nursing resources based on measurement of patient
acuity/care needed
Monitor and address nurse sensitive outcomes and satisfaction
indicators

 PATIENT SAFETY
Support the development of an organization-wide patient safety
program
Use knowledge of patient safety science (e.g., human factors, complex
adaptive systems, LEAN and Six Sigma)
Monitor clinical activities to identify both expected and unexpected
risks
Support a Just Culture (non-punitive) reporting environment, supporting
a reward system for identifying unsafe practices
Support safety surveys, responding and acting on safety
recommendations
Lead/facilitate performance improvement teams to improve
systems/processes that enhance patient safety

 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT/METRICS
Articulate the organization’s performance improvement program and
goals
Use evidence-based metrics to align patient outcomes with the
organization’s goals and objectives
Apply high reliability concepts for the organization
Establish quality metrics by Identifying the problem/process
Measuring success at improving specific areas of patient care
Analyzing the root causes or variation from quality standards
Improving the process with the evidence
Controlling solutions and sustaining success

 RISK MANAGEMENT
Identify areas of risk/liability
Facilitate staff education on risk management and compliance issues
Develop systems that result in prompt reporting of potential liability by
staff at all levels
Identify early warning predictability indications for errors
Correct areas of potential liability
Ensure compliance by staff with all required standards
- Leadership

Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking
Essential V. Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care
Essential VIII. Advanced Nursing Practice

 FOUNDATIONAL THINKING SKILLS

Address ideas, beliefs or viewpoints that should be given
serious consideration
Recognize one’s own method of decision making and the
role of beliefs, values and inferences
Apply critical analysis to organizational issues after a
review of the evidence
Maintain curiosity and an eagerness to explore new
knowledge and ideas
Promote nursing leadership as both a science and an art
Demonstrate reflective practice and an understanding
that all leadership begins from within
Provide visionary thinking on issues that impact the
health care organization

 B. PERSONAL JOURNEY DISCIPLINES

Learn from setbacks and failures as well as successes

 C. SYSTEMS THINKING
Use knowledge of classic and contemporary systems
thinking in problem solving and decision making
Provide visionary thinking on issues that impact the
healthcare organization
Recognize the contribution of mental models on behavior
Promote systems thinking as an expectation of leaders
and staff
Consider the impact of nursing decisions on the
healthcare organization as a whole
Use resources from other paradigms

 SUCCESSION PLANNING
Develop a leadership succession plan
Promote nursing leadership as a desirable specialty
Mentor current and future nurse leaders
Establish mechanisms that provide for early identification
and mentoring of staff with leadership potential
 Develop a workforce analysis plan and implement
strategies to ensure an adequate and qualified workforce

 E. CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Adapt leadership style to situation needs
Use change theory to implement change
Serve as a change leader

- Professionalism

Essential I. Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking
Essential III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
Essential IV. Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the Improvement and
Essential Transformation of Health Care
V. Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care
Essential VI. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
Essential VII. Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving the Nation’s Health
Essential VIII. Advanced Nursing Practice

 PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

Hold self and others accountable for mutual professional
expectations and outcomes
Contribute to the advancement of the profession
Participate in and contribute to professional organizations
Demonstrate and promote leader and staff participation in
professional organizations
Promote leader and staff participation in lifelong learning
and educational achievement
Achieve and maintain professional certification for self
Promote professional certification for staff
Role model standards of professional practice (clinical,
educational and leadership) for colleagues and
constituents

 B. CAREER PLANNING
Coach others in developing their own career plans
Seek input and mentorship from others in career planning
and development
Develop a personal and professional career plan and
measure progress
Solicit feedback about personal strengths and weaknesses
Act on feedback about personal strengths and
weaknesses
  ETHICS
Uphold ethical principles and corporate
compliance standards
Hold self and staff accountable to comply
with ethical standards of
practice
Discuss, resolve and learn from ethical dilemmas

 ADVOCACY
Promote clinical perspective in organizational decisions
Involve nurses and other staff in decisions that
affect their practice
Represent the perspective of patients and
families
Advocate for optimal health care in the
community

- Business Skills

Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking
Essential IV. Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the Improvement and
Essential Transformation of Health Care

 Financial Management
Develop and manage an annual operating budget and long-term capital expenditure
plan
Use business models for health care organizations and apply fundamental concepts of
economics
Interpret financial statements
Manage financial resources
Ensure the use of accurate charging mechanisms
Educate patient care team members on financial implications of patient care decisions
Participate in the negotiation and monitoring of contract

 Human Resource Management

Ensure development of educational programs to foster workforce competencies and
development goals
Participate in workforce planning and employment decisions
Use corrective discipline to mitigate workplace behavior problems
Evaluate the results of employee satisfaction/quality of work environment surveys
Support reward and recognition programs to enhance performance
Formulate programs to enhance work-life balance
 Interpret and ensure compliance with legal and regulatory guidelines
Provide education regarding components of collective bargaining
Promote healthful work environments
Address sexual harassment, workplace
Implement ergonomically sound work environments to prevent worker injury and
fatigue
Develop and implement emergency preparedness plans
Analyze market data in relation to supply and demand
Contribute to the development of compensation programs
Develop and evaluate recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies
Develop and implement an outcome-based performance management program
Develop and implement programs to re-educate the workforce for new roles

 Strategic Management
Create the operational objectives, goals and specific strategies required to achieve the
strategic outcome
Conduct SWOT and Gap analyses
Defend the business case for nursing
Utilize the balanced scorecard analysis to manage change
Evaluate achievement of operational objectives and goals
Identify marketing opportunities
Develop marketing strategies in collaboration with marketing experts
Promote the image of nursing and the organization through effective media relations

 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

Use technology to support improvement of clinical and financial performance
Collaborate to prioritize for the establishment of information technology resources
Participate in evaluation of enabling technology in practice settings
Use data management systems for decision making
Identify technological trends, issues and new developments as they apply to patientcare
Demonstrate skills in assessing data integrity and quality
Provide leadership for the adoption and implementation of information systems

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients

and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.
 Clinical Hours Course of Action
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program requires achievement of a total of 1,000 clinical
hours. The clinical hours symbolize a clinical immersion that happen in the planning,
implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of the Academic Practice Project. Clinical hours
may be logged for activities that occur in relation of the followingDNP program's courses.

 Activities for which clinical hours may be accrued include the following:

DNP 1010: Pre-immersion Seminars--No hours Assigned

Mandatory:

IT Orientation (Certificate)
Library Orientation (Certificate)
DNP mentor Orientation (Certificate)
Brief Orientation of “my evaluation" software for clinical logs

DNP 7000: Evolution of Nursing Practice Application & of Theory in Nursing

Practice _40__ Hours Maximum (5hrs a week) Dr. Perez
(DNP Essential to applyI, II, III, VI, VIII)

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project (2-3 hours: Present

certificate)

-Synthesize literature (review) (2-3 hours)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours: Overview of most frequent clinical issues)

-Identify stakeholders (1-2 hours: at selected clinical site; DNP project)

-Meet with stakeholders (1 hour; at selected clinical site; DNP project)

 -Present at quality meeting (1-2 hours: present a certificate)

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

-Attend grant training/workshop (At your work or another clinical setting; 1-2 hours: present
a certificate)

-Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email(1hour)

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material (1-2 hours: "my evaluation"

software)

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email (1-3 hours: Face to face
conference with mentor on campus; training with my evaluation software on how to match
activities with the DNP essentials); (1hour: Consult with mentor to guide me about literature
review);(1hour: Consult with mentor for evaluation of my literature review findings)

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role (2-3 hours: Interprofessional

collaboration on campus meeting with all students from different cohorts to exchange DNP
project ideas, clinical issues, suggestions, etc.)

Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

-Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice (1-2 hours: meeting regarding nursing
practice, get overview about topics for DNP project, ideas, most frequent clinical problems)

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

DNP 7100: Evaluation of Evidence for Practice _40__ Hours Maximum (5 hrs a
week) Dr. Gonzalez

(DNP Essential to applyI, II, III, IV, VI, VIII)

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Appraise literature for inclusion (1-4 Hours)

- Construct/Refine PICOT question (1-2 Hours)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours at work: present certificate)

-Conduct assessment of practice setting (1-2hours)

-Identify stakeholders (1 hour)

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

-Attend grant training/workshop (2hours: Attending workshops relating with quality

improvement; present certificate)

-Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email (1hours: present ideas about your
DNP project and analytical methods to apply)

Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

JUST apply to Katia; DNP student-Participate on committee at national level (1-16 hours,
provide testimony with date, folio, etc.)

JUST apply to Katia; DNP student-Participate on committee at state level (1-16 hours,
provide testimony with date, folio, etc.)

JUST apply to Katia; DNP student-Provide testimony for health policy (4 hours)

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email (1-2 hours: Interview with
the expert in DNP+ week 3 assignment)

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email (1-2 hours: Discuss with
mentor possible DNP project topics and the findings through the interview with the expert in
DNP+ week 3 assignment); (1hour: meeting with mentor to discuss the PICOT question,
including the selection of the adequate tool to be used)

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role (2-3 hours: Interprofessional

collaboration on campus meeting with all students from different cohorts to exchange DNP
project ideas, clinical issues, suggestions, etc.)

Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

--Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting (1-2 hours)

 --Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice (1-2hour: consult with expert in
nursing to receive help on how focus on DNP project, topic selection, sharing experiences,
etc.)

-Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers

-Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse
leader. Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her
skills and knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system
required your cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my
knowledge and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting
functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population
and how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the
Pandemic Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and
other administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice
area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.
-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated
by Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid
19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff
concerning patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many
strategies that can help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve

patients and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their
cell phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the
organization through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out
what their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different
roles and functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and
organization outcomes.

DNP7200: Statistics for the Health and Biological Sciences _40_ Hours
Maximum (5 hrs a week) Dr. Perez

(DNP Essential to applyI, III, VI)

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Appraise literature for inclusion (1-3 hours) Before week 3 assignment

 -Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project (1-3 hours: Present
certificate) Before week 3 assignment

-Construct/Refine literature search (1-2 hours: Refine literature search for annotated
Bibliography) Before week 3 assignment

- Construct/Refine PICOT question (1-2 hours: Refine PICOT question) Before week 3
assignment

-Synthesize literature (review) (1-2 hours) Before week 3 assignment

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

-Attend grant training/workshop (2hours: Attending workshops relating with quality

improvement; present certificate)

-Participate in data analysis (1 hour: Evaluate data analysis assessing your population) Before
week 6 assignment

-Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s) (1 hour: Data analysis assessing
your population) Before week 6 assignment

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email (1-2 hours: Statistic; CDC or
Dept Florida Health Department member to assess population and need Improving Health
Outcomes); (1hour: Meeting with stakeholders) Before week 6 assignment

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email (1-2 hours)

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role (1-3 hours: Campus day; Discuss the
DNP project topics, experiences, etc. with classmates for feedback)

Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

-Analyze epidemiologic data (1 hour: Analysis of the epidemiologic data) Before week 6
assignment

-Collect epidemiologic data (1 hour: Collect of the epidemiologic data) Before week 6
assignment

-Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations (1-2 hours)

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.
Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients

and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.

DNP7300: Translation Science _40__ Hours Maximum (5 hrs a week) Dr. Perez
(DNP Essential to apply I, II, VI, VII)

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Appraise literature for inclusion (1-2 hours) Preferred during week 5

-Construct/Refine literature search (1-2hours: Refine search) Preferred during week 4

- Construct/Refine PICOT question (1-2hours: Refine PICOT) Preferred during week 4

-Synthesize literature (review) (1-3 hours) Preferred during week 4

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours at work/another health organization: present
certificate)

-Conduct assessment of practice setting (1-3 hours) Preferred during week 3

-Meet with stakeholders (1hour)

-Present at quality meeting (1-2 hours at work/another health organization: present

certificate)

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes
 -Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email (1 hour, asking questions);

(1hour: Meeting with mentor to present your findings) Preferred during week 4. Also, can be
added in week 5 too.

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role (2-3 hours: Interprofessional

collaboration on campus meeting with all students from different cohorts to exchange DNP
project ideas, clinical issues, suggestions, etc.)

Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

-Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations (1-2 hours) Preferred
during week 5

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.
--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients

and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.

DNP 7500: Organizational and management Theory_40__ Hours Maximum (5 hrs

a week) Dr. Dionne

(DNP Essential to apply I, II, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII)

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project (2-3 hours: Present

certificate)
-Construct/Refine literature search (1-2 hours: Refine literature search-based project quality
change) Preferred during week 3

- Construct/Refine PICOT question (1hour: Refine PICOT)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours, present certificate)

-Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project (1-2 hours) Preferred during week 3

-Meet with stakeholders (1hour)

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

-Create presentation safety/quality (1-2 hours)

Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

-Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours: HIPA
conference)

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email (1hour) Preferred during

week 6

-Create a committee for safety/quality (1-2 hours) Preferred during week 6

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role (1-2 hours: Meeting at work or another
health setting) Preferred during week 3

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role (2-3 hours: Interprofessional

collaboration on campus meeting with all students from different cohorts to exchange DNP
project ideas, clinical issues, suggestions, etc.)

Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

-Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations (1-2 hours) Preferred
during week 3

-Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention (1-2 hours)

Preferred during week 3

Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

 --Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting

-Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice (1-2 hours) Preferred during week 3,
Also can be added 1hour on week 6 based on ethical issues

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.
-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients

and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.

DNP 7510: Leader Development _40__ Hours Maximum (5 hrs a week)

(DNP Essential to apply I, II, III, VI, VIII) Dr. Gonzalez/Dr. Dionne

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Appraise literature for inclusion (1-3 hours: Analysis of literature) Preferred during week 3

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours, present certificate) Preferred during week 3

-Conduct assessment of practice setting (1-2 hours: Leadership different levels) Preferred
during week 3

-Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization (1-2 hours: Leadership different levels)
Preferred during week 3
-Identify stakeholders (1-2 hours: How to speak, relationship, etc. at different levels)
Preferred during week 3

-Meet with stakeholders (1-2 hours: How to speak, relationship, etc. at different levels)
Preferred during week 3

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

-Attend meetings pertinent to the project (1-2Hours) Preferred during week 3; (1 hour:
meeting with mentor to validate info after statistician meeting; Preferred during week 3)

-Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email (1hour: data

assessment/evaluation base on case study week 6 assignment)

-Disseminate DNP project findings internally or externally (1-3 hours: Practicing with the
mentor on how to disseminate DNP project findings based on case study) Preferred during
week 6

- Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena (1-2Hours) Preferred

during week 3

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email (1-3Hours: Expert from
clinical area about clinical issues, affected population, experience in how to implement a new
change, probable barriers to find, Dayto Day operation) Preferred during week 3

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email (1-2 hours: Discuss any
finding after meeting with expert, week 3). Also, (1hour: meeting with mentor validating info
after statistic or another expert meeting; week 6)

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role (2-3 hours: Interprofessional

collaboration on campus meeting with all students from different cohortsto exchange DNP
project ideas, clinical issues, suggestions, etc.)

Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

--Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting (1-2 hours: Assess your DNP
project population in the practice setting; possible resistance to the change) Preferred during
week 3

-Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice (1-2 hours: Requesting strategies to get
staff or your population involve in the setting change) Preferred during week 3
Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were
useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.
-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients

and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.

DNP 7520: Creating and Resolving Conflict in the Healthcare Settings_40___

Hours Maximum (5 hrs a week) Dr. Gonzalez
(DNP Essential to apply I, II, VI, VIII)

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project (1-2 hours: Present

certificate)

-Construct/Refine literature search (1-2 hours)

- Construct/Refine PICOT question (1-2 hours)

-Synthesize literature (review) (1-2 hours: Addressing complex health care issues)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours, present certificate)

-Identify stakeholders (1hour)

 -Meet with stakeholders (1hour)

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

-Create presentation safety/quality (1-2 hours)

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email (1-2 hours)

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email (1-2 hours)

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role (2-3 hours: Interprofessional

collaboration on campus meeting with all students from different cohorts to exchange DNP
project ideas, clinical issues, suggestions, etc.)

Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

-Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations (1-2 hours)

Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

--Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting (1-2 hours)

-Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice (1-2 hours)

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients

and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.
DNP7600: Population-Based Health and Health Care Health Disparities
_40__ Hours Maximum (5 hrs a week) Dr. Coke
(DNP Essential to apply I, II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII)

Essential I: Integrate Scientific Underpinnings into Practice

-Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project (2-3 hours: Present

certificate)

-Construct/Refine literature search (1-2 hours: Refine literature search-based project quality
change)

- Construct/Refine PICOT question (1hour: Refine PICOT) if apply

-Appraise literature for inclusion (Integrate nursing science using knowledge from ethics,
biophysical, psychosocial, analytic, and organizational for the highest level of nursing
practice)

-Construct/Refine literature search

Essential II-Develop Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

and Systems Thinking

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours, present certificate)

-Identify stakeholders (1hour)

-Meet with stakeholders (1hour)

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours)

-Budget development or review (1 hour)

-Conduct assessment of practice setting (1 hour)

-Develop a business plan (1 hour)

-Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization (1 hour)

-Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project (1 hour)

-Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project (1 hour)

-Present at quality meeting (1-2 hours)

Essential III: Apply Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based
Practice

-Attend meetings pertinent to the project (1-2Hours); (1 hour: meeting with mentor to
validate info after statistician meeting)

-Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email (1hour)

- Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena (1-2Hours)

-Develop tools for sustainability (e.g., toolkits, PowerPoint, audit tools, etc.) (Demonstrates
leadership and collaboratively appraise existing literature to design and implement processes
to improve healthcare quality, provide safe and cost-effective care. (1-2 hours)

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena (1 hour)

- Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena (1 hour)

- Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena (1 hour)

Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the

Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

-Analyze health policy proposal (1 hour)

-Construct health policy proposal (1 hour)

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy (1 hour)

-Participate on committee at a local level (1 hour)

- Participate on committee at institutional level (1 hour)

- Participate on committee at international level (1 hour)

- Participate on committee at national level (1 hour)

- Participate on committee at state level (1 hour)

-Provide testimony for health policy (1 hour)

Essential VI: Employ Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and

Population Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email (1-3Hours: Expert from
clinical area about clinical issues, affected population, experience in how to implement a new
change, probable barriers to find, Day to Day operation)
 - Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email (1-2 hours: Discuss any
finding after meeting with expert). Also, (1hour: meeting with mentor validating info after
statistic or another expert meeting)

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role (2-3 hours: Interprofessional

collaboration on campus meeting with all students from different cohorts to exchange DNP
project ideas, clinical issues, suggestions, etc.)

-Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role (Utilize communication and collaboration

to lead the interdisciplinary team to improve patient and population health outcomes)

Essential VII: Synthesize Clinical Prevention and Population Health concepts for
Improving the Nation’s Health

-Promotes population health to the effective use of epidemiological, bio statistical and other
appropriate data to improve health. (1-2 hours)

-Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention (1 hour)

Essential VIII: Demonstrate advanced levels of clinical judgment, systems thinking, and
accountability in designing, delivering, and evaluating evidence-based care to improve
patient outcomes

-Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers (Prepares for advance practice nursing
for distinct roles with leadership, expertise, knowledge, and implementation in area of
specialization while participating in culturally and sensitive practice and community service.)

-Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities (1-2 Hours)

--Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting (1-2 hours)

-Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice (1-2 hours)

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.
 1. Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period
You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients

and organization outcomes
-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.

DNP 7800: Health Care Management, Economics, Financing, and Ethics

__40____ Hours Maximum (5 hrs a week) Dr. Dionne
(DNP Essential to apply I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII)

Essential I: Integrate Scientific Underpinnings into Practice

-Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project (2-3 hours: Present

certificate)

-Construct/Refine literature search (1-2 hours: Refine literature search-based project quality
change) Preferred during week 3

- Construct/Refine PICOT question (1hour: Refine PICOT)

-Appraise literature for inclusion (1-2 hours)

-Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print) (1-3 hours)

-Synthesize literature (review) (1-2 hours)

Essential II: Develop Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement
and Systems Thinking

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours, present certificate

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours, present certificate) Preferred during week 3

-Conduct assessment of practice setting (1-2 hours: Leadership different levels)

-Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization (1-2 hours: Leadership different levels) P

-Identify stakeholders (1-2 hours: How to speak, relationship, etc. at different levels)
-Meet with stakeholders (1-2 hours: How to speak, relationship, etc. at different levels)

-Budget development or review (1 hour)

-Conduct assessment of practice setting (1 hour)

-Develop a business plan (1-2 hours)

-Develop a SWOT analysis (1-3 hours)

-Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project (1-3 hours)

-Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization (1-3hours)

-Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project (1-2 hours)

-Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project (1-2 hours)

-Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention (1-3 hours)

-Present at quality meeting (1-3 hours)

Essential III: Apply Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based
Practice

-Attend meetings pertinent to the project (1-2Hours) (1 hour: meeting with mentor to validate
info after statistician meeting)

-Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email (1hour)

-Disseminate DNP project findings internally or externally (1-3 hours: Practicing with the
mentor on how to disseminate DNP project findings based on case study)

- Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena (1-2Hours)

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

- Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

- Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

-Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s) (1-2 hours)

-Work on/ Prepare final DNP project paper and/or manuscript (1-2 hours)

Essential IV: Use Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for
the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care
-Analyze health journal proposal (1-2 hours)

-Analyze health policy proposal (1-2 hours)

-Construct health policy proposal (1-2 hours)

-Design a mobile application for healthcare (1-2 hours)

-Design web-accessible training material (1-2 hours)

-Evaluate a healthcare mobile application (1-2 hours)

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material (1-2 hours)

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy (1-2 hours)

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

-Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

-Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

-Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator (1-2 hours)

-Participate in Health Information Technology as team member (1-2 hours)

-Participate on committee at a local level (1-2 hours)

-Participate on committee at institutional level (1-2 hours)

-Participate on committee at international level (1-2 hours)

-Participate on committee at national level (1-2 hours)

-Participate on committee at state level (1-2 hours)

-Perform data extraction activities from large data sets (1-2 hours)

-Provide testimony for health policy (1-2 hours)

Essential V: Influence Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care

-Participate on committee at a local level (1-2 hours)

- Participate on committee at institutional level (1-2 hours)

- Participate on committee at international level (1-2 hours)

 - Participate on committee at state level (1-2 hours)

Essential VI: Employ Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and

Population Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email (1-3Hours: Expert from
clinical area about clinical issues, affected population, experience in how to implement a new
change, probable barriers to find, Day to Day operation)

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email (1-2 hours: Discuss any
finding after meeting with expert). Also, (1hour: meeting with mentor validating info after
statistic or another expert meeting)

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role (2-3 hours: Interprofessional

collaboration on campus meeting with all students from different cohorts to exchange DNP
project ideas, clinical issues, suggestions, etc.)

-Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role (Utilize communication and collaboration

to lead the interdisciplinary team to improve patient and population health outcomes)

Essential VII: Synthesize Clinical Prevention and Population Health concepts for
Improving the Nation’s Health

-Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations (1-2 hours)

-Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention (1-3 hours)

-Promotes population health to the effective use of epidemiological, bio statistical and other
appropriate data to improve health. (1-3 hours)

Essential VIII: Demonstrate advanced levels of clinical judgment, systems thinking, and
accountability in designing, delivering, and evaluating evidence-based care to improve
patient outcome

--Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting (1-2 hours)

-Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice (1-2 hours)

-Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities (1-3 hours)

-Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers (1-3 hours)

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients
and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.

DNP 7900: Global Health __40____ Hours Maximum (5 hrs a week) Dr.
Dionne
Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)

-Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project (2-3 hours: Present

certificate)

-Construct/Refine literature search (1-2 hours: Refine literature search-based project quality
change)

- Construct/Refine PICOT question (1hour: Refine PICOT) if apply

-Appraise literature for inclusion (Integrate nursing science using knowledge from ethics,
biophysical, psychosocial, analytic, and organizational for the highest level of nursing
practice)

-Construct/Refine literature search

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours, present certificate

-Attend quality improvement meeting (1-2 hours, present certificate) Preferred during week 3

-Conduct assessment of practice setting (1-2 hours)

-Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization (1-2 hours: Leadership different levels) P

-Identify stakeholders (1-2 hours: How to speak, relationship, etc. at different levels)

-Meet with stakeholders (1-2 hours: How to speak, relationship, etc. at different levels)

-Budget development or review (1 hour)

-Conduct assessment of practice setting (1 hour)

-Develop a business plan (1-2 hours)

-Develop a SWOT analysis (1-3 hours)

-Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project (1-3 hours)

-Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization (1-3hours)

-Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project (1-2 hours)

-Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project (1-2 hours)

-Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention (1-3 hours)

-Present at quality meeting (1-3 hours)

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

-Create presentation safety/quality

-Develop tools for sustainability (e.g., toolkits, PowerPoint, audit tools, etc.) 1-2 hours

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material 1-2 hours

-Attend meetings pertinent to the project (1-2Hours) (1 hour: meeting with mentor to validate
info after statistician meeting)

-Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email (1hour)

-Disseminate DNP project findings internally or externally (1-3 hours: Practicing with the
mentor on how to disseminate DNP project findings based on case study)

- Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena (1-2Hours)

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

- Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

- Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

-Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s) (1-2 hours)

Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy (1-2 hours)

-Analyze health journal proposal (1-2 hours)

-Analyze health policy proposal (1-2 hours)

-Construct health policy proposal (1-2 hours)

-Design a mobile application for healthcare (1-2 hours)

-Design web-accessible training material (1-2 hours)

-Evaluate a healthcare mobile application (1-2 hours)

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material (1-2 hours)

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy (1-2 hours)

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

-Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

-Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena (1-2 hours)

-Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator (1-2 hours)

-Participate in Health Information Technology as team member (1-2 hours)

-Participate on committee at a local level (1-2 hours)

-Participate on committee at institutional level (1-2 hours)

-Participate on committee at international level (1-2 hours)

-Participate on committee at national level (1-2 hours)

-Participate on committee at state level (1-2 hours)

-Perform data extraction activities from large data sets (1-2 hours)

-Provide testimony for health policy (1-2 hours)

 Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the
Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

-Analyze health policy proposal (1-2 hours)

-Construct health policy proposal (1-2 hours)

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy (1-2 hours)

-Participate on committee at a local level (1-2 hours)

- Participate on committee at institutional level (1-2 hours)

- Participate on committee at international level (1-2 hours)

- Participate on committee at state level (1-2 hours)

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email (1-3Hours: Expert from
clinical area about clinical issues, affected population, experience in how to implement a new
change, probable barriers to find, Day to Day operation)

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email (1-2 hours: Discuss any
finding after meeting with expert). Also, (1hour: meeting with mentor validating info after
statistic or another expert meeting)

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role (2-3 hours: Interprofessional

collaboration on campus meeting with all students from different cohorts to exchange DNP
project ideas, clinical issues, suggestions, etc.)

-Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role (2-3 hours Utilize communication and
collaboration to lead the interdisciplinary team to improve patient and population health
outcomes)

Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

-Analyze epidemiologic data (1-2 hours)

-Collect epidemiologic data (1-2 hours)

-Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations (1-2 hours)

-Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention (1-3 hours)

 -Promotes population health to the effective use of epidemiological, bio statistical and other
appropriate data to improve health. (1-3 hours)

Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

-Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers (Prepares for advance practice nursing
for distinct roles with leadership, expertise, knowledge, and implementation in area of
specialization while participating in culturally and sensitive practice and community service.)

-Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities (1-2 Hours)

--Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting (1-2 hours)

-Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice (1-2 hours)

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.
--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients

and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.

DNP 8000: Health System Development and Leadership Practice

Immersion Experience---40__+ 60 hrs shadowing + COVID related
Leadership Immersion Shadowing Experience

From week # 5, 6, 7, 8 the student will shadow a leader and decision-

maker in a clinical setting of the student’s choice for up to 15 hours
a week. It could be the student’s workplace. The purpose of this
shading experience is to provide an in-depth mentorship and
opportunities for meaningful engagement within practice
environment as it pertains to leadership.

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Appraise literature for inclusion

-Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project

-Construct/Refine literature search

- Construct/Refine PICO question

-Make presentation pertaining to PICOT question

-Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)

-Synthesize literature (review)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

-Attend quality improvement meeting

-Budget development or review

-Conduct assessment of practice setting

-Develop a business plan

-Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project

-Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization

-Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project

-Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project

-Identify stakeholders

-Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention

-Meet with stakeholders

-Present at quality meeting

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

-Attend grant training/workshop

-Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email

-Create presentation safety/quality

-Design a mobile application for health care

-Design web-accessible training material

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

-Evaluate a health care mobile application

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

- Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

- Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

-Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s)

Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

-Design a mobile application for healthcare

-Design web-accessible training material

-Evaluate a healthcare mobile application

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator

-Participate in Health Information Technology as team member

-Participate on committee at a local level

-Participate on committee at institutional level

-Participate on committee at international level

-Participate on committee at national level

-Participate on committee at state level

-Perform data extraction activities from large data sets

-Provide testimony for health policy

Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the

Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy

-Participate on committee at a local level

- Participate on committee at institutional level

- Participate on committee at international level

- Participate on committee at national level

- Participate on committee at state level

-Provide testimony for health policy

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email

-Create a committee for safety/quality

-Participate in an interpersonal team in consultant role

-Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role

Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

-Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations

-Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention

Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

--Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting

 -Clinical practice

-Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice

-Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers

-Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.
-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients

and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.

DNP8100: Structure and Process in Health Care Organizations and

Health Care Policy 40__+ 60 hrs shadowing + COVID related
Leadership Immersion Shadowing Experience

From week # 5, 6, 7, 8 the student will shadow a leader and decision-

maker in a clinical setting of the student’s choice for up to 15 hours
a week. It could be the student’s workplace. The purpose of this
shading experience is to provide an in-depth mentorship and
opportunities for meaningful engagement within practice
environment as it pertains to leadership.

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Appraise literature for inclusion

-Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project

-Construct/Refine literature search

- Construct/Refine PICO question

-Make presentation pertaining to PICOT question

-Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)

-Synthesize literature (review)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

-Attend quality improvement meeting

-Budget development or review

-Conduct assessment of practice setting

-Develop a business plan

-Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project

-Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization

-Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project

-Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project

-Identify stakeholders

-Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention

-Meet with stakeholders

-Present at quality meeting

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

-Attend grant training/workshop

-Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email

-Create presentation safety/quality

-Design a mobile application for health care

-Design web-accessible training material

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

-Evaluate a health care mobile application

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

- Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

- Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

-Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s)

Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

-Design a mobile application for healthcare

-Design web-accessible training material

-Evaluate a healthcare mobile application

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator

-Participate in Health Information Technology as team member

-Participate on committee at a local level

-Participate on committee at institutional level

-Participate on committee at international level

-Participate on committee at national level

-Participate on committee at state level

-Perform data extraction activities from large data sets

-Provide testimony for health policy

Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the
Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy

-Participate on committee at a local level

- Participate on committee at institutional level

- Participate on committee at international level

- Participate on committee at national level

- Participate on committee at state level

-Provide testimony for health policy

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email

-Create a committee for safety/quality

-Participate in an interpersonal team in consultant role

-Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role

Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

-Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations

-Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention

Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

--Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting

-Clinical practice

-Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice

-Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers

 -Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.
-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients

and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.

DNP 8300: Technology in Health Care

40__+ 60 hrs shadowing + COVID related

Leadership Immersion Shadowing Experience

From week # 5, 6, 7, 8 the student will shadow a leader and decision-

maker in a clinical setting of the student’s choice for up to 15 hours
a week. It could be the student’s workplace. The purpose of this
shading experience is to provide an in-depth mentorship and
opportunities for meaningful engagement within practice
environment as it pertains to leadership.

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Appraise literature for inclusion

-Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project

-Construct/Refine literature search

- Construct/Refine PICO question

-Make presentation pertaining to PICOT question

-Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)

-Synthesize literature (review)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

-Attend quality improvement meeting

-Budget development or review

-Conduct assessment of practice setting

-Develop a business plan

-Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project

-Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization

-Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project

-Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project

-Identify stakeholders

-Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention

-Meet with stakeholders

-Present at quality meeting

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

-Attend grant training/workshop

-Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email

-Create presentation safety/quality

-Design a mobile application for health care

-Design web-accessible training material

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

-Evaluate a health care mobile application

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

- Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

- Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

-Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s)

Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

-Design a mobile application for healthcare

-Design web-accessible training material

-Evaluate a healthcare mobile application

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator

-Participate in Health Information Technology as team member

-Participate on committee at a local level

-Participate on committee at institutional level

-Participate on committee at international level

-Participate on committee at national level

-Participate on committee at state level

-Perform data extraction activities from large data sets

-Provide testimony for health policy

Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the

Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy

-Participate on committee at a local level

 - Participate on committee at institutional level

- Participate on committee at international level

- Participate on committee at national level

- Participate on committee at state level

-Provide testimony for health policy

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email

-Create a committee for safety/quality

-Participate in an interpersonal team in consultant role

-Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role

Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

-Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations

-Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention

Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

--Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting

-Clinical practice

-Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice

-Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers

-Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients
and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.

- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders

encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.

DNP 8420: Decision Making, Problem Solving, and Critical

Thinking
40__+ 60 hrs shadowing + COVID related

Leadership Immersion Shadowing Experience

From week # 5, 6, 7, 8 the student will shadow a leader and decision-

maker in a clinical setting of the student’s choice for up to 15 hours
a week. It could be the student’s workplace. The purpose of this
shading experience is to provide an in-depth mentorship and
opportunities for meaningful engagement within practice
environment as it pertains to leadership.

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

-Appraise literature for inclusion

-Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project

-Construct/Refine literature search

- Construct/Refine PICOT question

-Make presentation pertaining to PICOT question

-Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)

-Synthesize literature (review)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

-Attend quality improvement meeting

-Budget development or review

-Conduct assessment of practice setting

-Develop a business plan

-Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project

-Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization

-Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project

-Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project

-Identify stakeholders

-Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention

-Meet with stakeholders

-Present at quality meeting

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

-Attend grant training/workshop

-Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email

-Create presentation safety/quality

-Design a mobile application for health care

-Design web-accessible training material

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

-Evaluate a health care mobile application

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

- Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

- Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

-Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s)

Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

-Design a mobile application for healthcare

-Design web-accessible training material

-Evaluate a healthcare mobile application

-Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy

-Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

-Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator

-Participate in Health Information Technology as team member

-Participate on committee at a local level

-Participate on committee at institutional level

-Participate on committee at international level

-Participate on committee at national level

-Participate on committee at state level

-Perform data extraction activities from large data sets

-Provide testimony for health policy

Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the

Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

-Meet with elected official for review of health policy

-Participate on committee at a local level

- Participate on committee at institutional level

- Participate on committee at international level

- Participate on committee at national level

 - Participate on committee at state level

-Provide testimony for health policy

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

-Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email

-Create a committee for safety/quality

-Participate in an interpersonal team in consultant role

-Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role

-Participate in an interpersonal team in member role

Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

-Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations

-Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention

Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

--Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting

-Clinical practice

-Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice

-Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers

-Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

Just apply during the COVID-19 Emergency period

You can add clinical hours up to 15 hours a week on last week on March and April/2020.
Those hours should be supported by activities related to COVID-19 shadowing a nurse leader.
Remember, this is an excellent opportunity for DNP students to explore his/her skills and
knowledge as a leader working in difficult situations where the health system required your
cooperation.

DNP Essential II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

Activity: Meet with Stakeholders

---I spent ---- hours in a meeting with the clinical center stakeholders increasing my knowledge
and understanding of other roles and functions to guarantee a perfect setting functioning during
the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

-- I spent ---hours shadowing a leader. Being on the frontline assessing high-risk population and
how my knowledge as DNP student can be implemented to reduce the effect of the Pandemic
Covid 19 in our patients, I was working with the clinical medical director and other
administrative personal.

-- I spent --- hours sharing my clinical expertise with co-workers from another practice area.

--I spent --- hours reviewing and considering my shadowing performance throughout a
conference with my co-workers, which allows me the opportunity to recognize my role as a
leader.

-- I spent--- in meeting with the administration team to determine the obstacles generated by
Covid 19 pandemic, achieving the essential procedures to reduce the consequences in the
organization.

-- I spent ---- leading a team on the frontline working with patients in the Pandemic Covid 19.

-- I spent ---hours meeting the stakeholders to prepare strategies to evade errors on the
effectiveness of the available sources.

-- I spent --- hour in Skype conference with the executives and the rest of the staff concerning
patient care and the need to continue taking care of them, I provided many strategies that can
help.

Example of more activities:

--Using technology to enhance communication between healthcare providers to improve patients

and organization outcomes

-Help to generate policies that concentrate on staff use of the accepted application on their cell
phones for enhancing patient care and outcomes protecting patients' rights.
- Cooperating to advance the communication across departments, providers, stakeholders
encouraging continuous improvement.

- Developing strategies to facilitate the breaking down of internal barriers across the organization
through the COVID-19 infection.

- Shadowing leaders activities to provide other staff members the opportunity to find out what
their roles involve and develop a more profound understanding of other different roles and
functions within the clinical center that guarantee better patients and organization outcomes.

DNP8200 Professional Practice Developments Experience Practice

Immersion (IRB)

During this course, the student dedicates many hours to the IRB, preparing
the PICOT question format, Site application format, contacting stakeholders
to guarantee their authorization and participation in the DNP project
implementation process, etc. Remember all those activities and apply them
to the correct DNP essential. The activities identified in yellow color are the
most complete related to this course.

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

- Appraise literature for inclusion

- Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project
- Construct/Refine literature search Construct/Refine PICOT question
- Make presentation pertaining to PICOT question
- Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)
- Synthesize literature (review)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

- Attend quality improvement meeting

- Budget development or review
- Conduct assessment of practice setting
- Develop a business plan
- Develop a SWOT analysis
- Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project
- Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization
- Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project
- Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project
- Identify stakeholders
- Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention
- Meet with stakeholders
- Present at quality meeting

Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

- Attend grant training/workshop

- Attend meetings pertinent to the project
- Complete core measure training
- Conduct evaluation of DNP project evaluation
- Construct IRB proposal
- Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email
- Create presentation safety/quality
- Design a mobile application for health care
- Design web-accessible training material
- Develop DNP project proposal
- Develop professional portfolio
- Develop tools for sustainability (e.g., toolkits, PowerPoint, audit tools, etc.)
- Disseminate DNP project findings internally or externally
- Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material
- Evaluate a health care mobile application
- Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s)
- Prepare grant proposal or participate in related activities
- Submit and/or revise IRB proposal

Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

- Design a mobile application for healthcare

- Design web-accessible training material
- Evaluate a healthcare mobile application
- Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material
- Meet with elected official for review of health policy
- Perform data extraction activities from large data sets
- Provide testimony for health policy

Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the

Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

- Analyze health policy proposal

- Construct health policy proposal
- Meet with elected official for review of health policy
- Participate on committee at a local level

Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population

Health Outcomes

- Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email

- Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email
- Create a committee for safety/quality
- Participate in an interpersonal team in consultant role
- Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role
- Participate in an interpersonal team in member role

Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

- Analyze epidemiologic data

- Collect epidemiologic data
- Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations
- Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention interventio

Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

- Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting

- Clinical practice
- Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

DNP8440 Practicum in Health Care Administration

(Implementation)

Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

 Appraise literature for inclusion
 Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project
 Construct/Refine literature search Construct/Refine PICOT question
 Make presentation pertaining to PICOT question
 Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)
 Synthesize literature (review)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

  Attend quality improvement meeting
 Budget development or review
 Conduct assessment of practice setting
 Develop a business plan
 Develop a SWOT analysis
 Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project
 Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization
 Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project
 Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project
 Identify stakeholders
 Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention
 Meet with stakeholders
 Present at quality meeting
Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based
Practice
 Attend grant training/workshop
 Attend meetings pertinent to the project
 Complete core measure training
 Conduct evaluation of DNP project evaluation
 Construct IRB proposal
 Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email
 Create presentation safety/quality
 Design a mobile application for health care
 Design web-accessible training material
 Develop DNP project proposal
 Develop professional portfolio
 Develop tools for sustainability (e.g., toolkits, PowerPoint, audit tools, etc.)
 Disseminate DNP project findings internally or externally
 Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material
 Evaluate a health care mobile application
 Implement DNP project
 Manuscript preparation
 Participate as a member in IRB Committee
 Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate in data analysis
 Participate in data collection
 Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s)
 Prepare final DNP project paper and/or manuscript
  Prepare grant proposal or participate in related activities
 Serve as abstract reviewer
 Serve as consultant for collaborative research
 Serve as proposal reviewer
 Submit and/or revise IRB proposal
Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology
 Analyze health journal proposal
 Analyze health policy proposal
 Construct health policy proposal
 Design a mobile application for healthcare
 Design web-accessible training material
 Evaluate a healthcare mobile application
 Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material
 Meet with elected official for review of health policy
 Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator
 Participate in Health Information Technology as team member
 Participate on committee at a local level
 Participate on committee at institutional level
 Participate on committee at international level
 Participate on committee at national level
 Participate on committee at state level
 Perform data extraction activities from large data sets
 Provide testimony for health policy
Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for
the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care
 Analyze health policy proposal
 Construct health policy proposal
 Meet with elected official for review of health policy
 Participate on committee at a local level
 Participate on committee at institutional level
 Participate on committee at international level
 Participate on committee at national level
 Participate on committee at state level
 Provide testimony for health policy
Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and
Population Health Outcomes
 Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email
  Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email
 Create a committee for safety/quality
 Participate in an interpersonal team in consultant role
 Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role
 Participate in an interpersonal team in member role
Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving
 Analyze epidemiologic data
 Collect epidemiologic data
 Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations
 Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention
Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
 Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting
 Clinical practice
 Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice
 Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers
 Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.

DNP 8500 – DNP Project II (Oral defense +

Portfolio)
Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice
 Appraise literature for inclusion
 Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project
 Construct/Refine literature search Construct/Refine PICO question
 Make presentation pertaining to PICO question
 Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)
 Synthesize literature (review)

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

 Attend quality improvement meeting
 Budget development or review
 Conduct assessment of practice setting
 Develop a business plan
 Develop a SWOT analysis
 Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project
  Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization
 Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project
 Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project
 Identify stakeholders
 Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention
 Meet with stakeholders
 Present at quality meeting
Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based
Practice
 Attend grant training/workshop
 Attend meetings pertinent to the project
 Complete core measure training
 Conduct evaluation of DNP project evaluation
 Construct IRB proposal
 Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email
 Create presentation safety/quality
 Design a mobile application for health care
 Design web-accessible training material
 Develop DNP project proposal
 Develop professional portfolio
 Develop tools for sustainability (e.g., toolkits, PowerPoint, audit tools, etc.)
 Disseminate DNP project findings internally or externally
 Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material
 Evaluate a health care mobile application
 Implement DNP project
 Manuscript preparation
 Participate as a member in IRB Committee
 Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate in data analysis
 Participate in data collection
 Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s)
 Prepare final DNP project paper and/or manuscript
 Prepare grant proposal or participate in related activities
 Serve as abstract reviewer
 Serve as consultant for collaborative research
 Serve as proposal reviewer
 Submit and/or revise IRB proposal
Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology
  Analyze health journal proposal
 Analyze health policy proposal
 Construct health policy proposal
 Design a mobile application for healthcare
 Design web-accessible training material
 Evaluate a healthcare mobile application
 Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material
 Meet with elected official for review of health policy
 Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena
 Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator
 Participate in Health Information Technology as team member
 Participate on committee at a local level
 Participate on committee at institutional level
 Participate on committee at international level
 Participate on committee at national level
 Participate on committee at state level
 Perform data extraction activities from large data sets
 Provide testimony for health policy
Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for
the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care
 Analyze health policy proposal
 Construct health policy proposal
 Meet with elected official for review of health policy
 Participate on committee at a local level
 Participate on committee at institutional level
 Participate on committee at international level
 Participate on committee at national level
 Participate on committee at state level
 Provide testimony for health policy
Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and
Population Health Outcomes
 Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email
 Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email
 Create a committee for safety/quality
 Participate in an interpersonal team in consultant role
 Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role
 Participate in an interpersonal team in member role
Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving
  Analyze epidemiologic data
 Collect epidemiologic data
 Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations
 Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention
Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
 Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting
 Clinical practice
 Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice
 Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers
 Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities

Include in the description (note) which Role-Specific Professional Competencies was/were

useful for identifying the areas where you grow as a leader thought your clinical activities. It is
an excellent representation of the connection of DNP Essentials and the DNP Role-Specific
Professional Competencies obtained through our program as a DNP program requirement. See
sample at the beginning of the document.