Graduate Program Director (Dr Stager), Nursing, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island; Department Chair of Advanced Professional Nursing Practice & Leadership (Dr Mitchell), College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia; CEO (Dr Bigley), National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, Washington, District of Columbia; Dean and Professor (Dr Kelly-Weeder), The George Washington University School of Nursing, Washington, District of Columbia; and Assistant Professor (Dr Fogg), University of Illinois at Chicago.
Nurse Educ. 2024;49(1):8-12. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001506. Epub 2023 Oct 18.
Advanced practice nursing education is evolving to the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) DNP Essentials required 1000 hours of direct patient care, whereas the Report of the National Task Force on Quality Nurse Practitioner Education (NTF) Criteria for Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Programs required 500 direct patient care hours. Indirect hours were unclear and undefined. The AACN Essentials changed the 1000-hour requirement to 500 practice hours, and the NTF increased the direct patient care hours to 750.
The study sought to describe the distribution of direct and indirect hours that the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties member schools offer in their seamless postbaccalaureate-to-DNP nurse practitioner (NP) program.
A quantitative survey was distributed to schools of nursing.
Eighty-six surveys represented 86 distinct schools and 112 NP programs. Supervised direct patient care hours were an average of 791.31 hours. Indirect hours averaged 170.08 hours. The DNP project hours served as an indirect hour activity.
Many schools have more than 750 direct hours adhering to the 2022 NTF Standards. The indirect hour allocation varies and weighs heavily on the DNP project.
高级实践护理教育正在向护理实践博士(DNP)学位发展。美国护理学院协会(AACN)的 DNP 要点要求 1000 小时的直接患者护理,而国家护士执业者教育质量工作组(NTF)的《护士执业者项目评估标准》要求 500 小时的直接患者护理。间接时间不明确且未定义。AACN 要点将 1000 小时的要求改为 500 小时的实践时间,NTF 将直接患者护理时间增加到 750 小时。
本研究旨在描述全国护士执业者教师协会成员学校在其无缝的本科后至 DNP 护士执业者(NP)项目中提供的直接和间接时间的分布情况。
向护理学校分发了一份定量调查。
86 份调查代表了 86 所不同的学校和 112 个 NP 项目。监督下的直接患者护理时间平均为 791.31 小时。间接时间平均为 170.08 小时。DNP 项目时间充当间接时间活动。
许多学校的直接时间超过 750 小时,符合 2022 年 NTF 标准。间接时间分配差异很大,并且主要依赖于 DNP 项目。