DNP Essentials

These are the AACN DNP Essentials that must be met by my coursework and clinical work during the DNP program.

Each Essential links to an individual page with the associated AACN description. A list of my practicum activities related to each Essential is listed below the associated Essential.

I. Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

• My Essential I practicum activities

II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking

• My Essential II practicum activities

III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

• My Essential III practicum activities

IV. Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

• My Essential IV practicum activities

V. Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care

• My Essential V practicum activities

VI. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes

• My Essential VI practicum activities

VII. Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving the Nation’s Health

• My Essential VII practicum activities

VIII. Advanced Nursing Practice

• My Essential VIII practicum activities