Barbara a Anderson

DNP Capstone Projects: Exemplars of Excellence in Practice Barbara a Anderson

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface .. Barbara Anderson, Joyce Knestrick, Rebeca Barosso Foreword . Bernardette Melnyk Unit I The DNP degree and Clinical Scholarship Ch 1 The emergence and impact of the DNP degree on clinical practice Bobbie Berkowitz Ch 2 The process of designing exemplary capstones Bernardette Melnyk, Lynn Gallagher Ford, Pamela Lusk Ch 3 Promoting capstone excellence in BSN-DNP programs- Judy Kauffman Unit II Exemplars: Excellence in Practice Ch 4 NEW Exemplar for DNP Essential #1 Scientific Underpinnings of Practice-The Prevalence and magnitude of burnout among nurse-midwives-Barroso Ch 5 Exemplar of DNP essential # 2 Systems Analysis- Title of chapter TBD Carol Patton Ch 6 Exemplar of DNP Essential #3 Evidence-based Practice-Promoting compassion fatigue resiliency among emergency department nurses - Kathleen Flarity DNP, PhD, CEN, CFRN, FAEN; Elizabeth Holcomb PhD, APRN, FNP-C; J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC, CAC Ch 7 DNP Exemplar of DNP Essential #4 Information Systems: A Data Collection Tool for Use in a Micro-costing Analysis of a Freestanding Birth Center- Linda Cole, L., Xu Xiao, Kathryn Ch 8 Exemplar of DNP Essential #4 Patient care technology Clinically-focused nursing education Tia Andrighetti and Joyce Knestrick Ch 9 Exemplar of DNP Essential # 5 Advocacy in health care Title TBD Gigi Whaley-Pryor DNP, FNP Ch 10 Exemplar of DNP Essential # 6 Population health outcomes -Enhanced wills in prevention of neonatal hypothermia in a conflict zone in Uganda -Elizabeth Whitworth Ch 11 Exemplar of DNP Essential #7 Clinical Prevention -Hypertension Group Healthcare Visits Heather Shlosser and Edie Devers Barbero Ch 12 Exemplar of DNP Essential #8 Advanced Practice Nursing The clinical case narrative -Jan Smolowitz and Judy Honig Unit III Integrating DNP Exemplars into the Learning Environment Ch 13 Integrating DNP capstone exemplars into transdisciplinary education Barbara Anderson, Joyce Knestrick, Rebeca Barroso Ch 14 Fostering capstone dissemination from academia to practice David O'DellPublisher Marketing: With a unique focus on exemplary, completed DNP capstone projects, this book delivers key information on designing, constructing, and completing a high quality capstone project. It demonstrates the impact that a well-conceived capstone project can have on facilitating change and addresses all program, administrative, policy, and clinical issues that DNP students may encounter during the capstone process. The book examines a variety of capstone projects from across the U. S.--quality improvement projects, strategic plans, advocacy, clinical case narratives, and other innovations--that demonstrate efficacy in clinical nursing practice outcomes and positive impact upon the health care environment. The book analyzes the components of these exemplary capstones to demonstrate how each has provided leadership for change in practice, promoted interdisciplinary collaboration, contributed to advocacy and policy change, and enhanced quality improvement in health care systems. Key Features: Focuses on a wide range of exemplary, completed DNP capstone projects Provides a roadmap for excellence in creating capstone projects Analyzes components of capstones that have effected positive change Includes strategies for implementing evidence-based practices for nurses and other health care providers Highlights DNP leadership and resulting positive changes in clinical practice Contributor Bio:  Anderson, Barbara A Barbara A. Anderson, DrPH, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, is Director of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing in Hyden, KY, where she is also full time faculty. A key area of interest has been Integrated Community Development of field courses in health/environment, public health interventions and primary health care in US, Africa, Asia, Central and Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Her research currently focuses on female genital cutting and the impact of the U. S. nursing workforce shortage on access to health care in developing nations. From 1987 to 2005, she actively worked in Maternal Child Health, the Peace Corps and the Department of Global Health at Loma Linda University School of Nursing (CA), supervising, teaching, and conducting field-based faculty training, in low-resource settings (Africa, India, SE Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean). Dr. Anderson serves as book/journal referee for Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, Journal of Biosocial Science, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, and Social Science and Medicine, among others. She has served as program Chair and Section Chair for the APHA section Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health. She has been inducted as Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the American College of Nurse Midwives, among other honors. Dr. Anderson has been the Principal Investigator on five funded research projects (March of dimes, USAID, PAHO), has published nearly 40 journal articles and authored or co-authored several books, including Reproductive health: Women and Men's Shared Responsibility (2005), Caring for the Vulnerable: Perspectives in Nursing Theory, Research, and Practice, 2e(2008), and Poisoned soil, deadly seed: How genocide strangles the roots of human potential (book in process). Contributor Bio:  Knestrick, Joyce M Joyce M. Knestrick, PhD, CRNP, FAANP, has been Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and DNP Faculty at Frontier Nursing University in Hyden, KY. She has been a Nurse Practitioner since 1986 and currently practices in acute and chronic care at The Primary Care Center of Mt. Morris, PA. Dr. Knestrick directed the NP program at Wheeling Jesuit University (WV) for ten years (1997- 2007) as a tenured faculty before joining the Frontier faculty. She has published and presented locally and nationally on a wide variety of topics related to primary health care and nursing education. Her publications includeGuidelines for Distance Education for NONPF in addition to 15 articles and several book chapters including a chapter on women's health issues in Evidence Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare 2e (2010). Dr. Knestrick has received multiple honors and awards, has served as a reviewer for a number of publishers including Prentice-Hall, and as a consultant on women's health for GlaxoSmithKline. She is Treasurer of NONPF, and serves as Chairman for the SIG distance education group of NONPF. Contributor Bio:  Barroso, Rebeca Rebeca Barroso, CNM, DNP is assistant professor at Frontier Nursing University in Hyden, KY. She won the 2011 W. Newton Award from the American College of Nurse-Midwives Foundation to support her replication study on nurse-midwifery burnout. She co-authored a chapter in Best practices in midwifery: Using the evidence to implement change and served as a copy writer for the book. She has mentored DNP students at the University of Minnesota and Frontier Nursing University. She is active in the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and the Minnesota Advanced Practice Nurses Coalition.