Dnp Education, Practice, and Policy: Redesigning Advanced Practice Roles for the 21st Century

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!"This is an excellent book for both students and current DNPs. The primary areas it addresses--leadership, healthcare policy, and information technology---are essential for the advanced practice nurse to function as a change agent in today's healthcare environment. The book challenges DNPs to engage in clinical practice to the full scope of their capabilities."--Score: 100, 5 Stars. Doody's Medical Reviews This is the only professional issues-oriented Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) text to fully integrate all eight American Association of Colleges of Nursing DNP competencies into one volume. It defines practice scholarship for the DNP role and facilitates the sound development of key leadership skills that enable DNP graduates to effectively influence politics and health care policy in order to improve patient and population health care outcomes. The text focuses on the educational requirements of DNPs engaged in the arenas of leadership, health care policy, and information technology. It covers the growth and development of the DNP role, particularly in the context of contemporary health care challenges. With a focus on the Capstone Project, the text addresses the relationship of the DNP role to ongoing scholarship. It covers three important essentials of the DNP curriculumoevidence-based practice, health information technology, and outcomes measurementoand how they can be used to transform health care in the 21st century. The textis challenging and thought-provoking content is of particular value not only to students, but also to professors who will welcome the clarity it offers to the highly complex DNP curriculum. Key Features: Simplifies the highly complex DNP curriculum and integrates DNP core competencies throughout Demonstrates the application of core competencies to practice and aggregate care Provides a well-organized supplement to all courses across the DNP curriculum Uses exemplars of students and practicing DNPs to illustrate effective implementation Offers concrete guidance for achieving a thorough understanding of how DNP graduates utilize core competencies

About the Author :
Ahmed, DNP, FNP-BC, DPNAP Presently, Dr. Ahmed holds a dual role as the Nursing Director at Brigham and Women's/Massachusetts General Hospital Health Care Center in Foxboro, MA, and an expanded role of Nursing Director across the ambulatory enterprise of Brigham & Women's Hospital, in Boston, MA. In this capacity, Stephanie has a key role as clinical leader of the discipline of nursing and is actively engaged in the organization's care redesign initiatives. She is a nurse practitioner, and coordinated the complex care of the nation's first partial face transplant patient at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Recognizing the value of the DNP to expand the leadership skills of the Advanced Practice Nurse, she completed a DNP in administration. She is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing, in Worcester, MA, where she has taught Trends in Nursing and further provided instruction and oversight for the DNP Residency program. She has served in both faculty and lecture roles in various Boston-based nursing programs including the MGH Institute of Health Professions where she taught Adult Primary Care Seminar and Professional Issues in Nursing, and also at Simmons College where she serves as faculty for Leadership and Management in the Clinical Setting. Dr. Ahmed has been intimately involved in leadership roles with several professional societies, including STTI (Chapter Secretary for the Upsilon Lambda Chapter), Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners (Legislative Committee Co-Chair) and the Institute for Nursing Health Care Leadership (Associate) representing the consortium of Harvard-affiliated Nursing Services. Acknowledged nationally for her work to advance nursing practice and a commitment to interdisciplinary team work, Dr. Ahmed is a fellow of the National Academies of Practice and holds the title of Distinguished Practitioner. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and has been invited speaker on the DNP topic at both the state and national levels, where she maintains an active presence.