The Doctor of Nursing Practice: A Guidebook for Role Development and Professional Issues

The Doctor of Nursing Practice: A Guidebook for Role Development and Professional Issues
ISBN-10
1449657907
ISBN-13
9781449657901
Series
The Doctor of Nursing Practice
Category
Medical
Pages
330
Language
English
Published
2010-10-22
Publisher
Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Author
Lisa Astalos Chism

Description

The Doctor of Nursing Practice provides information regarding the DNP degree and related role and professional topics. This unique reference includes chapters on the discussion of the evolution of doctoral education in nursing and the development of the DNP, rationale for the development of the DNP degree including relevant discussion of the American Association of Colleges of Nurse’s (AACN) Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Practice Nursing, the AACN’s Position Paper on the DNP, and the Institute of Medicine’s Report calling for higher education among health care professionals. This book also discusses the various roles of the DNP prepared advanced practice nurse including researcher, health policy advocate and nurse leader.

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