Kesten Karen S, Moran Katherine, Beebe Sarah L, Conrad Dianne, Burson Rosanne, Corrigan Catherine, Manderscheid Amy, Pohl Elizabeth
The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
KirKhof College of Nursing, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.
J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2021 Apr 7;34(1):70-78. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000593.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing introduced the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree in 2004. To date, few publications examine the competencies and impact of nurses with practice doctorates.
The purpose of this study was to examine reasons for seeking a DNP degree, assess knowledge and competencies acquired from DNP programs, and to inform stakeholders about the skills acquired by nurses with practice doctorates.
A cross-sectional design was used to administer a self-report survey to a convenience sample of DNP-prepared nurses in practice, recruited from a national membership organization. The electronic survey was designed using constructs developed from the literature, national organization position statements, and standards of doctoral nursing education.
A total of 306 participants responded to the survey, 270 were used after data review. The majority of respondents did not seek a DNP degree because it was required for a job, to gain additional supervised practice, or to receive additional training with a specialty population. The majority strongly agreed that they gained competency in translating and synthesizing research evidence into practice, designing and implementing quality improvement, and identifying, measuring, and evaluating outcomes.
Primary reasons for seeking a DNP degree were seeking knowledge, skills, competencies, confidence, and job opportunities.
Doctor of Nursing Practice-prepared nurses hold unique, advanced knowledge, competencies and skills to affect health care across multiple settings. Study results suggest that highly skilled DNP-prepared nurses are equipped to lead quality improvement, engage in practice scholarship, and improve clinical outcomes.
美国护理学院协会于2004年引入了护理实践博士（DNP）学位。迄今为止，很少有出版物探讨拥有实践博士学位的护士的能力和影响。
本研究的目的是探讨寻求DNP学位的原因，评估从DNP项目中获得的知识和能力，并向利益相关者介绍拥有实践博士学位的护士所获得的技能。
采用横断面设计，对从一个全国性会员组织招募的在职DNP护士便利样本进行自我报告调查。电子调查问卷是根据从文献、国家组织立场声明和博士护理教育标准中提炼出的结构设计的。
共有306名参与者回复了调查问卷，数据审核后使用了270份。大多数受访者寻求DNP学位并非因为工作要求、获得更多的监督实践或接受针对特定人群的额外培训。大多数人强烈同意他们在将研究证据转化和综合应用于实践、设计和实施质量改进以及识别、测量和评估结果方面获得了能力。
寻求DNP学位的主要原因是获取知识、技能、能力、信心和工作机会。
拥有护理实践博士学位的护士具备独特、先进的知识、能力和技能，能够在多种环境中影响医疗保健。研究结果表明，训练有素的DNP护士有能力引领质量改进、参与实践学术研究并改善临床结果。
