Kuzma Elizabeth K, Kusunoki Yasamin, Auger Madison, Brookins Audrey, Garbus Alexandrea, Gates Claudia, Gultekin Laura, McLean LaShawnda, Nelson Kathryn N, Torchia Kameron, Duffy Elizabeth A
Department of Health Behavior and Clinical Sciences, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Department of Systems Population and Leadership, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
J Adv Nurs. 2025 Jun 26. doi: 10.1111/jan.70025.
To present the process of establishing a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) policy analysis project option at one nursing school, offering examples of diverse student and graduate analyses to guide other institutions.
Nurses are skilled patient advocates, and their advocacy forms a crucial foundation for influencing health policy. This, in turn, enhances population health and addresses health disparities, particularly for vulnerable groups. DNP students are educated to use innovative methods to integrate current evidence to inform practice and policy, yet some nursing schools lack resources to support comprehensive DNP policy analysis projects.
The article presents a case example of how one institution developed a pathway and instructional support to formally offer DNP students the option to perform a DNP policy analysis project.
Essential elements to support students' successful completion of a DNP policy analysis project include adequate faculty expertise in health policy and a structured institutional framework. Residency activities must deepen a student's understanding and knowledge about policy and the health problem trying to be solved with policy. Clear documentation of these unique residency activities is crucial. There is a strong emphasis on the need for clear communication and guidance between programme faculty, programme mentors and students. DNP policy analysis projects enrich students' knowledge, skills and networks, fostering future policy leaders and facilitating collaboration with clinical experts across diverse research fields.
Nurturing DNP students completing policy analysis projects is vital for translating evidence into practice, developing future nurse policy leaders and ensuring health equity and access to quality healthcare.
DNP policy projects can positively influence nursing practice and policy. Expanding upon previous DNP students' policy analysis projects also provides a unique opportunity to build and broaden nursing's impact on policy development.
介绍一所护理学院设立护理学实践博士（DNP）政策分析项目选项的过程，并提供不同学生和毕业生分析的示例，以指导其他机构。
护士是熟练的患者权益倡导者，他们的倡导为影响卫生政策奠定了关键基础。这反过来又能改善人群健康状况并解决健康差距问题，尤其是针对弱势群体。DNP学生接受教育，学会运用创新方法整合现有证据，为实践和政策提供信息，但一些护理学院缺乏资源来支持全面的DNP政策分析项目。
本文介绍了一个案例，讲述一所机构如何开发一条途径并提供教学支持，以便正式为DNP学生提供进行DNP政策分析项目的选项。
支持学生成功完成DNP政策分析项目的关键要素包括教师在卫生政策方面具备足够的专业知识以及一个结构化的机构框架。实习活动必须加深学生对政策以及试图通过政策解决的健康问题的理解和认识。清晰记录这些独特的实习活动至关重要。强调项目教师、项目导师和学生之间需要进行清晰的沟通和指导。DNP政策分析项目丰富了学生的知识、技能和人脉，培养未来的政策领导者，并促进与不同研究领域临床专家的合作。
培养完成政策分析项目的DNP学生对于将证据转化为实践、培养未来的护士政策领导者以及确保健康公平和获得优质医疗保健至关重要。
DNP政策项目可以对护理实践和政策产生积极影响。扩展先前DNP学生的政策分析项目也为增强和拓宽护理对政策制定的影响提供了独特机会。
