CLASS NAME: PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS OF ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE
LESSON: Education for Advanced Practice
ASSIGNMENT 1.1: Thoughts on your DNP Degree
Lesson Introduction
This lesson, we will review the education involved with advanced practice and the impact on quality of patient care. You will read selected content from your textbook and complete an assignment.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
• Describe the advanced practice nursing role on quality of care
Before attempting to complete your learning activities for this week, review the following learning materials:
Learning Materials
Read the following in your Advanced Practice Nursing: Essentials for Role Development textbook:
• Chapter 4, “Educational Preparation of Advanced Practice Nurses: Looking to the Future” (pp. 44–55)
This chapter provides context for this week’s topic.
Reference for required text book
Joel, L. A. (2022). Advanced practice nursing: Essentials for role development 5th ed.) Philadelphia: F.A. Davis
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ASSIGNMENT:
Assignment Guidelines
Discuss your thoughts on the DNP degree and include one nursing journal to support your stance:
• In what manner do you feel the DNP degree is necessary? Are there multiple justifications? Detail why these justifications themselves matter and how they affect your perspective on the value of the DNP degree.
• Is this a degree that you plan to complete? Why do you plan to complete the degree and what do you plan to do with it once you have the degree in hand?
• Based on your observations, what are your thoughts on the length of the DNP programs? Do you feel that they are appropriate based on the time it will take to complete the degree?
RUBRIC
Criteria Expectations
Content Follows directions, answers all questions thoroughly and appropriately; provides examples from personal experience where appropriate/ applicable.
Grasp of significance Projects knowledge and understanding of the significance of the assignment to professional development as an APN.
Evidence and documentation Provides thorough explanation of rationales and skillfully selects resources to substantiate conclusions.
Terminology Uses appropriate terminology correctly throughout.
Structure and mechanics Contains no spelling or grammatical errors No APA errors.
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