Describe why you have pursued the DNP degree
- Describe why you have pursued the DNP degree and what changes in your professional stance will change as a result of obtaining the degree. (2 pages)
- Provide your professional and personal accounts of why you are pursuing the degree.
- Provide your insight as to whether you feel there will be a change in your professional stance as a result of your degree.
- How will you be addressed by physicians and non-physicians?
- Identify and describe your ideal position and how you plan to meet the healthcare challenges, as well as transform practice (refer to two areas most relevant to you)? (2 pages)
- How will your new role contribute to improving the healthcare system in terms of cost, quality, and access?
- How will your new role contribute to changing practice to the clinical realm through evidence-based practice?
- How will your new role contribute to addressing policy changes that impact the clinical realm?
- In your new role as a DNP-prepared nurse, describe what skills and knowledge will you bring forth in the healthcare or academic setting (answer to the area most relevant to you). (1 page)
- As a nurse leader, what new skills and knowledge will you bring forth compared to a nurse executive with his or her MSN or MBA?
- As a nurse faculty member, what new skills and knowledge will you bring forth compared to a tenured faculty member with their PhD?
- As a nurse politician, what new skills and knowledge will you bring forth compared to a nurse leader with his or her MSN or MPH?
- As a quality improvement specialist, what new skills and knowledge will you bring forth compared to a nurse quality consultant with his or her MSN or MPH?
- Review the Eight Recommendations for Transforming the Future (2011). Expand on two of the recommendations that resonate most with you and in alignment with your ideal position. (2 pages)
- How may you support the two recommendations from your new skills and knowledge as a DNP-prepared nurse?
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