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An Enhanced Actualized DNP Model to Improve DNP Project Placements, Rigor, and Completion
Marie E VanderKooi1, Dianne M Conrad, Sandra L Spoelstra
1About the Authors The authors are faculty at the Grand Valley State University Kirkhof College of Nursing, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Marie E. VanderKooi, DNP, RN, is an assistant professor. Dianne M. Conrad, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, FNAP, is an associate professor. Sandra L. Spoelstra, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN, is an associate dean for research and scholarship. This grant was funded by the Grand Valley State University Pew Center for Faculty Teaching and Learning; A Teaching Innovation Grant entitled NUR 792/793 Scholarly Inquiry in Nursing Practice: Testing a Faculty Advisor PhD-DNP Team for a Cohort of Students Scholarly Project (April 2017 to March 2018). The authors thank Dr. Jennifer Kaiser for her guidance in facilitating the practice-academic partnership at the site and all of the site mentors and other staff who guided students. For more information, contact Dr. VanderKooi at vandema1@gvsu.edu.
Abstract:
Doctor of nursing practice (DNP) projects are summative evaluations of enactment of the DNP Essentials. However, information about structure, process, and outcomes of DNP projects is scarce. Guided by an enhanced actualized DNP model, this study tested the effect of a PhD-DNP-site mentor model to guide DNP projects. Time-to-complete assignments, defense, and graduation improved; high satisfaction for students, mentors, and faculty were found; and a strengthened academic-practice partnership occurred, leading to additional student placements. Broader testing of the enhanced model in various size and types of academic-practice settings is needed prior to use.
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