Building skills in organizational and systems changes: a DNP-FNP clinical curriculum

Nurse Pract. 2015 Apr 13;40(4):14-23. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000461948.38539.fc.

Abstract

DNP-prepared nurse practitioner leaders play a pivotal role in organizational change and quality improvement consistent with the IHI Triple Aim: improving quality of care, health of populations, and reducing cost. A DNP-FNP curriculum is described, designed to build students' leadership competencies for systems change in healthcare settings.

MeSH terms

  • Advanced Practice Nursing / education*
  • Curriculum
  • Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
  • Education, Nursing, Graduate*
  • Family Nurse Practitioners / education*
  • Health Care Reform
  • Humans
  • Leadership*
  • Nursing Education Research
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Quality Improvement / organization & administration*
  • Students, Nursing / psychology*
  • United States