The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on selected DNP essentials, leadership role-specific competencies, and CLSLO’s, acquired through the DNP7100 course.

Course Outcomes

• Identify practice problems at the microsystem, mesosystem and macrosystem levels of health care systems
• Understand nursing’s ways of knowing and the development of nursing science
• Analyze the implementation of selected theoretical perspectives into evidence-based practice
• Summarize scientific knowledge to determine the nature and significance of a clinical problem
• Conduct a literature review for determining applicable DNP project problems
• Analyze the differences and similarities of nursing theory and nursing research
• Critically distinguish between qualitative and quantitative research
• Explain the applicability of qualitative and quantitative research to the nursing research process
• Critically appraise between evidence-based practice and nursing research.

 

Due Date

Submit your completed assignment in Moodle by Saturday11:59 p.m. ET of Week 7 as directed.

Requirements

1. The Self-Assessment Assignment is worth 100 points. It will be graded on the quality of self-assessment, citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.
2. Create your essay using Microsoft Word (a part of Microsoft Office), the required format for DNP Nursing assignments unless specified otherwise. You can tell that the document is saved as an MS Word document because it will end in “.docx.”
3. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. You may post any questions about your essay under the Q&A Forum.
4. The reflection length should be no less than 300 words and no greater than 1000 words, excluding the title and reference pages.
5. APA format is required with both a title and reference page.
6. Self-Assessment Reflection
7. Conclusion: Based on your self-assessment, to what extent do you feel that you are prepared to meet the three relevant DNP competencies for this course?

 

Preparing Your Self-Assessment

The DNP Essentials (AACN, 2006) outline several scientific underpinnings for practice competencies. Reflect on the DNP7100 course readings, discussion threads, and assignments you have completed across this course and write a short essay regarding the extent to which you feel you are now prepared to:

1. Use science-based theories and concepts to:
   1. Determine the nature and significance of health and healthcare delivery phenomena.
   2. Identify a practice problem at the microsystem, mesosystem, and macrosystem.
   3. Describe the actions and advanced strategies to enhance, alleviate, and ameliorate health and healthcare delivery phenomena as appropriate; and
   4. Evaluate outcomes.

 

2. Use the nursing ways of knowing and analyze the implementation of a selected theoretical perspective into evidence-based practice.

 

3. Develop and evaluate new practice approaches based on nursing theories and theories from other disciplines.

 

Reference

 

American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]. (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for

advanced nursing practice. Washington, DC: Author.