Practice Doctorate Resource Center

Resources

  The materials identified below may be useful resources to NONPF members and
others interested in learning more about the practice doctorate in nursing.

DNP NP Curriculum Template Exemplars from NONPF
NONPF is pleased to provide the document "Sample Curriculum Templates for Practice Doctorate NP Education" as a resource to NP educators who are developing NP curricula for practice doctorate education.  The document included exemplars for post-BSN and post-master's models.   . 

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Practice Doctorate NP Curriculum Teleweb - October 31, 2007
NONPF is offering a Teleweb session entitled Doctoral Education for NPs: Sample Curriculum Templates on October 31, 1:00-2:30 PM Eastern. NONPF has developed exemplars of NP curriculum templates for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs to provide faculty with sample resources and to foster creative thinking in the curriculum transformation process for quality NP education. This session will present sample post-BSN and post-masters curriculum models and discuss strategies for curriculum development and integration of NP competencies. Registration is now available.

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NONPF Recommended Criteria for NP Scholarly Projects in Practice Doctorate Programs:

A subcommittee of the NONPF Practice Doctorate Task Force identified recommended criteria for scholarly projects conducted by NPs in practice doctorate programs.  This document also describes the scope of projects and provides specific examples of projects done in a variety of practice doctorate programs.

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NP Practice Doctorate Competencies:

The National Panel for NP Practice Doctorate Competencies completed its work of developing and validating competencies for the NP practice doctorate graduate.  The NP practice doctorate competencies build on the existing core competencies for all NPs.

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Recommendations for Faculty Qualifications, Faculty Development, and Student Admissions Criteria

A subcommittee of the NONPF Practice Doctorate Task Force has completed a statement of recommendations available here.

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Subcommittee Work:

The Practice Doctorate Task Force of NONPF agreed to post on this web site the charge to each of its three subcommittees: Student admissions, faculty qualifications and faculty development; Curriculum; and the Capstone/scholarly project.  The links below will provide each subcommittee membership list, the charge to the subcommittee, and the specific questions posed for consideration.  The NONPF PDTF hopes that posting this information now as the work is in progress will assist schools as they begin to discuss their ideas for the practice doctorate in nursing degree program. As these questions stimulate dialogue they can enrich all of our thinking and improve the future of nursing education. Comments can be directed to Katherine Crabtree, Chair of the Practice Doctorate Task Force at crabtree@ohsu.edu and nonpf@nonpf.org

See Student admissions, faculty qualifications and faculty development; Curriculum; and the Capstone/scholarly project.

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Additional Resources:

Bibliography Relative to the Practice Doctorate in Nursing (2005)

Prepared by the Medical College of Georgia, School of Nursing

Moving Forward Together: The Practice Doctorate in Nursing (September 2005)
This article appears in the current issues of Online Journal for Issues in Nursing, which also has several articles addressing the topic of "The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): Need for More Dialogue."

Medscape Article on Curriculum Models

Sample Curriculum Models for the Practice Doctorate in Nursing (2004)

AACN Position Statement on the Practice Doctorate in Nursing (2004)

The Practice Doctorate in Nursing: Future or Fringe? (2003)
Published in Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing eJournal Medscape Nurses

Executive Summary of the National Forum on the Practice Doctorate in Nursing (2003)

 Presentations relative to the practice doctorate (2002)

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