Highlights
- •Despite challenges, many benefits of disseminating DNP scholarly work exist.
- •Benefits are enhancing scholarship and sharing knowledge to improve health care.
- •Challenges are scholarly writing skills and projects lacking innovative/rigor.
- •Dissemination requires faculty engagement and writing/statistical resources.
- •Health care systems and policy are informed by scholarly work dissemination.
ABSTRACT
Background
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs require a project to improve outcomes in
a health care setting. However, dissemination methods vary.
Purpose
This evaluation examined benefits and challenges associated with submitting project
manuscripts to a peer-reviewed health care journal in a DNP program with this requirement.
Methods
Benefits and challenges were assessed with surveys completed by 85 DNP program alumni
and 28 DNP mentors and by interviewing 5 faculty who teach in the DNP program and
5 editors of nursing journals.
Findings
Benefits of completing a manuscript included sharing knowledge to improve health care
outcomes and enhancing nursing scholarship. Among alumni, 81% reported manuscript
development was beneficial and 69% published their work. Most students, most faculty,
and all editors endorsed the requirement with alternatives for projects lacking rigor
or innovation. Challenges included need for faculty involvement and editorial/statistical
resources.
Discussion
Despite challenges, there are benefits of publishing rigorous and innovative DNP work.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 14, 2022
Accepted:
July 24,
2022
Received in revised form:
July 1,
2022
Received:
April 10,
2022
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