Practice and Quality Improvement Leaders Survey of Expectations of DNP Graduates' Quality Improvement Expertise

Nurse Educator

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2021, Pages 361-365

  Hammersla, Margaret ^a   Belcher, Anne ^b   Ruccio, Lucy Rose ^c   Martin, Jeff ^c   Bingham, Debra ^c  

^a Montana State University College of Nursing   (United States)

^b School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

DNP program; doctor of nursing practice; employer; health care organization; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYER; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; NURSE; SPECIALIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT;

EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NURSES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 85112052354     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001009     Document Type: Article

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