15 Jan DNP Practicum Activities Guidelines
Domain 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice Integrate, translate, and apply nursing and interdisciplinary knowledge to the practice of professional nursing.
· Utilize evidence-based practice to translate evidence in improving practice change or processes.
· Lead activities with the project site related to the DNP Capstone Project (stakeholder analysis, organization readiness, SWOT analysis, meetings with project mentor and other organization stakeholders, presentations)
· Develop tools for organizational sustainability (toolkits, audit tools, checklists, web-based training etc.)
· Evaluate and synthesize literature for inclusion.
· Attend conference/workshop related to evidenced-based practice or project topic.
· Construct/refine PICOT question.
· Translate theories from nursing and other disciplines to practice setting.
· Demonstrate socially responsible leadership.
Domain 2: Person-Centered Care Demonstrate holistic care and consideration for diversity and social determinants of health from point of care to systems-level nursing leadership.
· Demonstrates leadership skills to promote intra-professional and inter-professional collaboration.
· Lead activities with the project site related to the DNP Capstone Project (stakeholder analysis, organization readiness, SWOT analysis, meetings with project mentor and other organization stakeholders, presentations)
· Participate in activities promoting social determinants of health.
· Contribute to the development of policies and processes that promote transparency and accountability.
· Prioritize risk mitigation strategies to prevent or reduce adverse outcomes.
· Apply current and emerging evidence to the development of care guidelines/tools.
· Analyze data to identify gaps and inequities in care and monitor trends in outcomes.
· Develop strategies to optimize care coordination and transitions of care.
· Participate in system-level change to improve care coordination across settings.
Domain 3: Population Health Engage in collaborative activities and develop interventions for the improvement of a population’s health status.
· Lead activities with the project site related to the DNP Capstone Project (stakeholder analysis, organization readiness, SWOT analysis, meetings with project mentor and other organization stakeholders, presentations)
· Engage in policy development at the organizational, local, state, national level.
· Assess the organizational capability to serve a target population’s healthcare needs.
· Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to address population healthcare needs, including evaluation methods.
· Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to implement or improve a sociocultural and linguistically responsive intervention plan for a target population.
· Participate in collaborative opportunities for organizations to improve population health.
· Assess preparation and readiness of partners to organize during natural and manmade disasters.
· Collaborate with partners to secure and leverage resources necessary for effective, sustainable interventions.
· Advocate for interventions that maximize cost-effective, accessible, and equitable resources for a target population.
· Lead change initiatives that include principles of social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
· Contribute to system-level planning, decision making, and evaluation for disasters and public health emergencies.
Domain 4: Scholarship for the Nursing Discipline Interpret, apply, and disseminate nursing scholarship to improve health and transform health care.
· Lead activities with the project site related to the DNP Capstone Project (stakeholder analysis, organization readiness, SWOT analysis, meetings with project mentor and other organization stakeholders, presentations)
· Serve as abstract or journal reviewer.
· Participate in grant writing or grant workshop.
· Disseminate DNP Project to diverse audiences using a variety of approaches or modalities.
· Collaborate in the development of new/revised policy or regulation as supported by new evidence.
· Identify and discuss opportunities for innovation and changes in practice.
· Apply IRB guidelines throughout the scholarship process.
· Review and incorporate appropriate applications of quality improvement and evaluation processes.
· Implement the translation of evidence into practice using the DNP project process.
Domain 5: Quality and Safety Employ principles of safety and enhance quality of nursing practice to minimize risk of harm through system effectiveness and individual performance.
· Lead activities with the project site related to the DNP Capstone Project (stakeholder analysis, organization readiness, SWOT analysis, meetings with project mentor and other organization stakeholders, presentations)
· Identify and integrate national safety resources to lead team-based change initiatives.
· Incorporate data driven benchmarks to assess, evaluate, and monitor the organization’s quality and safety performance.
· Collaborate in analyzing organizational process improvement initiatives.
· Lead the development of a business plan for quality improvement initiatives.
· Advance quality improvement practices through dissemination of DNP Project outcomes.
· Evaluate organizational data and patient safety benchmarks.
· Develop evidence-based interventions to mitigate risk.
· Evaluate emergency preparedness system-level plans to protect safety.
· Develop structures, policies, or processes that promote a culture of safety and prevent workplace risks and injury.
· Role model and lead well-being and resiliency for self and team initiatives.
Domain 6: Interprofessional Partnerships
Collaborate across professions and with other stakeholders to optimize care using a team-based approach.
· Lead activities with the project site related to the DNP Capstone Project (stakeholder analysis, organization readiness, SWOT analysis, meetings with project mentor and other organization stakeholders, presentations)
· Develop strategies to role model respect for diversity, equity, and inclusion in team-based communications.
· Provide nursing expertise for other members of the healthcare team, or organizational leadership.
· Demonstrate techniques to resolve interprofessional conflict.
· Participate in learning activities on conflict resolution; mitigating conscious and implicit biases; diversity, equity, and inclusion; team dynamics.
· Integrate evidence-based strategies and processes to improve team effectiveness and outcomes.
· Develop strategies to foster a culture of teamwork and respect in healthcare settings.
Domain 7: Systems-Based Practice
Engage in organizational processes, structure, finances, and regulations to provide safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations.
· Participate in organizational strategic planning.
· Participate in organizational initiatives that improve care delivery and/or outcomes.
· Lead activities with the project site related to the DNP Capstone Project (stakeholder analysis, organization readiness, SWOT analysis, meetings with project mentor and other organization stakeholders, presentations)
· Participate in policy development that impacts health equity within the organization, community, or target population.
· Analyze internal and external factors that drive healthcare costs and reimbursement.
· Develop practices that enhance organizational value, access, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
· Develop organizational strategies that improve cost-effectiveness considering structure, leadership, and workforce needs.
· Develop organizational improvement strategies based on performance metrics and data.
Domain 8: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies
Utilize technologies to manage and improve the delivery of healthcare services.
· Evaluate the organization’s information and communication technologies effectiveness on workflow processes, care management processes, healthcare outcomes, communications, and information flow across health care settings.
· Assess the fiscal impact of information and communication technologies on health care.
· Lead activities with the project site related to the DNP Capstone Project and information and communication technologies.
· Gather pertinent information from health information technology databases.
· Use data to evaluate decision-making and outcomes at an organizational level and within the framework of the DNP project focus.
· Evaluate the use of information and communication technology to address needs, gaps, and inefficiencies in care.
· Develop strategies to reduce inequities in digital access to data and information.
· Assess best practices for the use of technologies to support patient and team communications.
· Develop strategies to enhance quality, ethical, and efficient patient care using information and communication technology.
· Apply risk mitigation and security strategies to reduce misuse, and potential ethical and legal issues associated with information and communication technology.
Domain 9: Professionalism
Cultivate a professional nursing identity that aligns with characteristics and values of nursing practice.
· Develop strategies to enhance the organization’s nursing care to reflect nursing’s core values.
· Lead activities with the project site related to the DNP Capstone Project (stakeholder analysis, organization readiness, SWOT analysis, meetings with project mentor and other organization stakeholders, presentations)
· Identify innovative and evidence-based practices that promote person-centered care.
· Develop opportunities for professional and interprofessional activities within the organization.
· Evaluate the effect of legal and regulatory policies on the organization’s nursing practice and healthcare outcomes.
· Participate in the implementation of policies and regulations to improve the professional practice environment and healthcare outcomes of the organization.
· Structure the practice environment to facilitate care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate.
Domain 10: Personal, Professional, and Leadership Development
Participate in development activities to foster personal growth, expand professional expertise, and build leadership skills.
· Lead activities with the project site related to the DNP Capstone Project (stakeholder analysis, organization readiness, SWOT analysis, meetings with project mentor and other organization stakeholders, presentations)
· Evaluate the organization’s workplace environment to determine level of health and well-being.
· Mentor others in the development of their professional growth and accountability.
· Develop activities that support a culture of lifelong learning.
· Expand leadership skills through professional service.
· Evaluate the outcomes of intentional change.
· Evaluate strategies/methods for peer review.
