DNAP 705-785: DNAP Completion Courses

This course is the first of a four-part sequence that begins with the basics of review as to what constitutes evidence-based practice and the components for the translation of scholarly information into practice.  At the culmination of these four courses each student will have completed a doctoral scholarly project and created an ePortfolio for their work throughout the program.

In this beginning course, the DNAP Completion Students will encounter opportunities to explore the conceptual, theoretical, and empirical foundations of nursing knowledge. Specific emphasis is placed on the research process and methods of identifying, conceptualizing, designing, implementing, evaluating, and translating evidenced-based research into practice. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods are explored and analyzed. This course also provides an overview of statistical analysis methods most often reported in healthcare research literature. Tools used the evaluate the quality of research and literature will be reviewed and articles will be appraised for quality throughout the course.

Students will also select a concept of interest related to nurse anesthesia clinical practice, nurse anesthesia student education, or administration/management of nurse anesthesia practice. The learner will be introduced to PICOT statements and how the question of inquiry guides the search for literature on their project topic. Databases and strategies to gather evidence will be reviewed in this course.

In this course, the DNAP Completion Students will encounter opportunities to explore the conceptual, theoretical, and empirical foundations of nursing knowledge. This course begins with the basics of review as to what constitutes evidence-based practice, research and quality improvement are and the different models and steps involved in the processes. The levels and types of research and non research evidence are introduced. Specific emphasis is placed on the research process and methods of identifying, conceptualizing, designing, implementing, evaluating, and translating evidenced-based research into practice are examined.

Both quantitative and qualitative research methods are explored and analyzed. This course also provides an overview of statistical analysis methods most often reported in healthcare research literature. Tools used to evaluate the quality of research and literature will be introduced and articles will be appraised for quality throughout the course.

Students will also select a concept of interest related to nurse anesthesia clinical practice, nurse anesthesia student education, or administration/management of nurse anesthesia practice. The learner will be introduced to PICOT statements and how the question of inquiry guides the search for literature on their project topic. This course provides the foundational knowledge and skills to complete a literature review and literature synthesis for a scholarly project topic.

During this course final scholarly teams will be formed.  The learner will be re-introduced to PICOT statements and how the question of inquiry guides the search for academic and grey literature on their scholarly topic. Literature serch strategies will be further developed allowing students to select, analyze, and synthesize related theoretical and empirical knowledge related to their project topic research literature.  Students will write a review of the synthesized evidence and create a proposal for their scholarly project.

The students will create work plans with each student taking on a leadership role in the process. The proposal will include a plan for implementation, plan for evaluation and plan for dissemination of the project. Students will complete CITI training and be introduced to the ethical implications of research culminating in the completion of the Ethical Committee Review Committee forms and potential Institutional Review Board application.

In this course teams under guidance of their Project Team, the scholarly project is developed and implemented. The students will create a work plan and implement their projects based on the ECRC or IRB decision. Each student will take a leadership role in the process. Students will compare their findings to previous literature and submit the first draft of their project report, create recommendations for practice based on their findings thus far, as well as evaluate the project during this semester.  The culmination of this course will result in the creation of a professional poster of their scholarly project to present at a professional conference.

This final course is when students evaluate and disseminate their scholarly projects addressing an area of focus identified in practice within specific populations. Throughout theSDoctorate Program, students will have expanded their roles culminating in the Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Practice role focusing on advancing clinical practice, clinical education, health policy, or systems administration. Throughout the Scholarly Project courses, each course in the series has expanded the knowledge and practice expertise of the student, culminating in the completion of a final project report and publishable academic manuscript.

The focus of this course is on the continued evaluation and dissemination of the Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Scholarly Project through digital, written and spoken dissemination. The students will present their work to the academic community and choose an organization that would benefit from the information to present to.  Upon approval, the final scholarly project report, will be submitted to the faculty in addition to a formal presentation. Additional dissemination of outcome/findings include presentations at local, regional, or national nurse anesthesia conferences; and submission of a manuscript to an appropriate professional journal and other faculty agreed upon forums. Final documents will also be saved in a professional student Portfolio.