Presentation Type
Paper Presentation
Location
Montvale Event Center, Spokane, WA
Start Date
15-10-2018 3:45 PM
End Date
15-10-2018 4:45 PM
Description
The American Association of Colleges of Nurses’ essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice state that a doctoral nursing practice (DNP) program should prepare graduates to “disseminate findings from evidence-based practice and research to improve healthcare outcomes” (2006). Likewise, learning outcomes and course requirements for the DNP program at the University of San Francisco (USF) require students to submit a manuscript to a peer reviewed scholarly journal prior to starting their final project. Even with these clearly stated learning outcomes, the publication rate for DNP students’ at USF was, until now, unknown and untracked.
In collaboration with faculty in the School of Nursing and Health Professions, Gleeson Library staff and librarians analyzed the publication practices of all USF Doctor of Nursing Practice graduates since the inception of the USF DNP program in 2008. A search was performed in CINAHL and Scopus and results were analyzed to determine the following: the number of DNP graduates who have published; the average number of publications per DNP author; publication rates for the various DNP tracts (Family Nurse Practitioner, Executive Leader, Population Health, etc); the number and types of co-authors; the most frequently published in journals; and common subjects of DNP articles, as determined by CINAHL subject headings or author provided keywords. Examining this data will allow the library to improve and support DNP students’ publishing literacy, and allow DNP faculty to understand their students’ publishing outcomes and devise more effective support methods.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice. Retrieved from: http://www.aacnnursing.org/DNP/DNP-Essentials
Recommended Citation
Sharifi, Claire; Loomis, Jo; and Wells, Jenner, "Scholarly Publishing and Doctor of Nursing Practice Students: a Survey of Publishing Outcomes at the University of San Francisco" (2018). Pacific Northwest Chapter of MLA Annual Meeting. 24.
https://digitalcommons.providence.org/pncmla/2018/monday/24
Scholarly Publishing and Doctor of Nursing Practice Students: a Survey of Publishing Outcomes at the University of San Francisco
Montvale Event Center, Spokane, WA
The American Association of Colleges of Nurses’ essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice state that a doctoral nursing practice (DNP) program should prepare graduates to “disseminate findings from evidence-based practice and research to improve healthcare outcomes” (2006). Likewise, learning outcomes and course requirements for the DNP program at the University of San Francisco (USF) require students to submit a manuscript to a peer reviewed scholarly journal prior to starting their final project. Even with these clearly stated learning outcomes, the publication rate for DNP students’ at USF was, until now, unknown and untracked.
In collaboration with faculty in the School of Nursing and Health Professions, Gleeson Library staff and librarians analyzed the publication practices of all USF Doctor of Nursing Practice graduates since the inception of the USF DNP program in 2008. A search was performed in CINAHL and Scopus and results were analyzed to determine the following: the number of DNP graduates who have published; the average number of publications per DNP author; publication rates for the various DNP tracts (Family Nurse Practitioner, Executive Leader, Population Health, etc); the number and types of co-authors; the most frequently published in journals; and common subjects of DNP articles, as determined by CINAHL subject headings or author provided keywords. Examining this data will allow the library to improve and support DNP students’ publishing literacy, and allow DNP faculty to understand their students’ publishing outcomes and devise more effective support methods.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice. Retrieved from: http://www.aacnnursing.org/DNP/DNP-Essentials
