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Development of a Rubric for Evaluation of the DNP Portfolio
Sheila Melander1, Debra Hampton, Melanie Hardin-Pierce
1About the Authors The authors are faculty at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, Kentucky. Sheila Melander, PhD, APRN, ACNP-BC, FAAN, FCCM, FAANP, is a professor and associate dean, MSN and DNP Faculty and Practice Affairs. Debra Hampton, PhD, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC, is an assistant professor and coordinator, Executive Nursing Leadership and Post-Masters to DNP Programs. Melanie Hardin-Pierce, DNP, RN, APRN, ACNP-BC, is an associate professor and coordinator, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner DNP Program. Julie Ossege, PhD, FNP-BC, FNAP, is an associate professor, Adult-Gerontology/Acute Care Nurse Practitioner DNP Program. For more information, contact Dr. Hampton at debra.hampton@uky.edu.
Abstract:
A doctor of nursing practice (DNP) portfolio rubric for faculty to use when evaluating student portfolios and for students to use to critique their work is described. No rubrics or tools were found in the literature that provided guidelines to evaluate the extent to which portfolio exemplars meet American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice. The rubric provides criteria to evaluate whether portfolio documents demonstrate achievement of the DNP Essentials at a "developing, proficient, or exceptional" level. It is valuable tool to illustrate how the competencies outlined in the essentials are met within a DNP program.
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