Doctor of Nursing Practice A Vision of What Could Be'

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Doctor of Nursing PracticeA Vision of What Could
Be.

• Tukea L. Talbert, RN, DNP

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Educational Preparation

• ADN (1985) KY Wesleyan College
• BSN (1990) UK College of Nursing
• MSN (1994) UK College of Nursing
• DNP (2005) UK College of Nursing

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Professional Background

• Orthopedic/Trauma staff RN
• Patient Care Manager (1991)
• General Medical Surgical
• Developed managed trauma step-down(93)
• Developed managed geriatric (94)
• BMT/Hematology Onc unit (97 to present)

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Professional Aspirations

• To serve in leadership/executive level at a major
  healthcare organization
• To impact change that results in sustained
  quality improvement w/ pt.care/outcomes
• To influence pt outcomes by ensuring best
  practices based on evidence
• To make a difference in healthcare by leading
  effectively through others

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Educational Objectives(Why DNP?)

• Desired to enhance leadership repertoire
• To develop administrative skill sets (financial
  management/dev. of healthcare programs)
• To better understand integrate clinical
  expertise administrative skills to impact pt
  outcomes

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DNPIntegration of Practice Leadership

• Research utilization vs Research Production
• Focuses on leadership development through theory,
  theory application, diverse experiences
  (clinical mentors)
• Focuses on the reality of implementing research
  in the clinical settingnot just conducting

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Why DNP?

• Visionary program that prepares nurse leaders to
  be effective in todays dynamic chaotic
  healthcare milieu
• Jobes Steinbinder (1996)
• The new executive leadership roles require
  astute financial skills as well as expert
  executive administrative skills

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Benefits of DNP Education

• New connection between ordinary events
• Continually critically analyzing and
  questioning the efficiency of the status quo
• Constantly asking, What if?

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Benefits of DNP Education

• Well rounded approach to education
• Biostatistics, epidemiology, research critiques,
  literature review, strength of evidence
• Identification of vulnerable populations
  specific needs of population
• Formative summative evaluation of programs
• Cognates with other colleges in the University

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Benefits of DNP Education

• Leadership development through theory,
  mentorship, clinical residency
• Clinical residency/mentor experiences
• (Dartmouth Hitchcock Med. Center MD Anderson)
• Karlene Kerfoot (1998)
• Management can be taughtleadership must be
  experienced to be learned

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Benefits of DNP Education

• Political insight to healthcare healthcare
  policy development
• Leadership philosophy
• Maintained passion for pts/pt care frontline
  care providers

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Closing Remarks

• A leader must work through others to accomplish
  the work, but the leader is only as good as the
  people who are providing the care.
• (Karleen Kerfoot, 2001)