Opeoluwa Ajibike
Doctorate of Nursing Practice Contribution to Degree to Improving Nursing Practice
University of Miami
Nursing, as a crucial part of health care system, keeps evolving while dealing with an increasingly complex clinical situation that involves quality of patient care. Therefore, to successfully handle these scenarios, nursing needs to become more advance clinically (nursing skill) and academically (nursing education). Becoming an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with a DNP degree, is considered to have more impact in nursing than a Master’s or Bachelor degree because of their advanced clinical education. Therefore, this paper will discuss how a DNP degree will impact nursing practice in terms of improving clinical care, promoting leadership role and improving educational status. First, earning a DNP degree will have an impact in …show more content…
According to Dunbar- Jacob et al. (2013), “DNP graduates have an enhanced understanding of healthcare system, policy issues, finance, and professional leadership. Such knowledge will benefit health care systems and prepare clinical leaders for the evolving practice”. As health care becomes complex, nurses need to challenge themselves to improve their qualifications and at the same time improve the quality of care delivered to patients. To make this happen, a strong leadership role is required. An advance practice nurse leadership role may include motivating and inspiring other nurses to function at higher performance, and encouraging nurses to be more involved in the development and implementation of policies and procedures. In addition to making polices, an advanced care nurse may also be engaged in providing an updated clinical competence while keeping up with current evidence based practices. This ensures that there is always a continuous update of effective policies and procedures in
Doctorate of Nursing Practice Contribution to Degree to Improving Nursing Practice
University of Miami
Nursing, as a crucial part of health care system, keeps evolving while dealing with an increasingly complex clinical situation that involves quality of patient care. Therefore, to successfully handle these scenarios, nursing needs to become more advance clinically (nursing skill) and academically (nursing education). Becoming an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with a DNP degree, is considered to have more impact in nursing than a Master’s or Bachelor degree because of their advanced clinical education. Therefore, this paper will discuss how a DNP degree will impact nursing practice in terms of improving clinical care, promoting leadership role and improving educational status. First, earning a DNP degree will have an impact in …show more content…
According to Dunbar- Jacob et al. (2013), “DNP graduates have an enhanced understanding of healthcare system, policy issues, finance, and professional leadership. Such knowledge will benefit health care systems and prepare clinical leaders for the evolving practice”. As health care becomes complex, nurses need to challenge themselves to improve their qualifications and at the same time improve the quality of care delivered to patients. To make this happen, a strong leadership role is required. An advance practice nurse leadership role may include motivating and inspiring other nurses to function at higher performance, and encouraging nurses to be more involved in the development and implementation of policies and procedures. In addition to making polices, an advanced care nurse may also be engaged in providing an updated clinical competence while keeping up with current evidence based practices. This ensures that there is always a continuous update of effective policies and procedures in