DNP Essential III focuses on the ability of the DNP prepared nurse to make successful organization-wide changes and be able to communicate with government officials for national healthcare initiatives. This assignment aligns with Essential III because it has the DNP student investigate agencies that could help fund further scopes of their DNP project in addition to identifying potential ethical dilemmas which may arise with the project.

Part I:

What are some potential funding agencies/sources that could fund a further scope of your project?

Best Chance Network funds eligible clinics for participation in cervical and breast cancer screening in the state of SC. This program frequently looks for innovative ways to increase participation in this program. NIH, CDC, and DHHS may also be sources that could fund a further scope of my project due to overall cost savings for early detection of cervical and breast cancer in addition to improved patient outcomes.

Part II:

What are potential ethical issues you will have to consider for your project?

When looking at cervical and breast cancer screening for patients it was hard for me to determine ethical issues that may arise, as the benefits of such programs are so great. I did, however, find an outdated article stating that patients may endure psychological harm from screening programs (Snadden, 1992). Snadden argues that patients experience anxiety surrounding the procedure and the results or potential results. This article suggests that screening is accomplished through practitioner coercion therefore patient autonomy is taken away (Snadden, 1992). I do not totally agree with this article. I do feel that patients may feel anxiety and possibly even “pressure” to have testing done when discussed with providers. Is this temporary feeling of anxiety necessarily negative enough to forgo testing? I do not feel it is. As providers, our job is to educate patients on appropriate age and sex related screenings.

References

Snadden, D. (1992). Ethical Dilemmas of Cervical Cancer Screening. Canadian Family Physician.