Prepared Nurse and Their Communities of practice
- The need for vaccine and immunization clinics for school age children with a school district,
- The need for nutritional assistance programs pre-K students in a state-funded early childhood education program,
- The need for diabetes education for elderly outpatients in a community health clinic,
- The need to reduce the number of re-admits of patients who have had outpatient procedures in freestanding outpatient clinics,
- The need to reduce the number of post-operative patient falls on an acute care in-patient hospital unit,
These are just a few examples of the needs, challenges, and issues that may exist within a community of practice, and that merit the attention and require the knowledge, experience, and advocacy of a DNP-prepared nurse.
As a DNP-prepared nurse, you will likely belong to multiple communities of practice related to the various contexts and populations with which you are involved. Within each, you may work in a variety of ways to improve health outcomes and catalyze positive social change—at the individual patient level, as well as on increasingly larger scales within your organization, and potentially even at the national or global level.
Resources
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- Document: Nursing Communities of Practice Template Download Nursing Communities of Practice Template(PDF)
- Africa, L., Frantz, J. M., & Mlenzana, N. B. (2023). Activities to promote interprofessional practice at primary healthcare level: A systematic reviewLinks to an external site.. Social and Health Sciences, Article 12130. https://doi.org/10.25159/2957-3645/12130
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2021). The essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing educationLinks to an external site.. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/0/PDFs/Publications/Essentials-2021.pdf
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (n.d.). The essentials: Domain 6: Interprofessional partnershipsLinks to an external site.. https://www.aacnnursing.org/essentials/tool-kit/domains-concepts/interprofessional-partnerships
- Bradley, C., & Bleich, M. (2024). The DNP graduate and the potential to advance nursing: An interview with thought leader Michael Bleich, PhD, RN, FAAN, by Carol Bradley, MSN, RN, FAONLLinks to an external site.. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 48(1), 80–82. https://doi.org/10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000621
- Interprofessional Education Collaborative. (2023, November 20). IPEC core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice: Version 3Links to an external site.. https://ipec.memberclicks.net/assets/core-competencies/IPEC_Core_Competencies_Version_3_2023.pdf
- Healthy People 2030. (n.d.). Healthy people in actionLinks to an external site.. https://health.gov/healthypeople/tools-action/healthy-people-in-action
Ho, J. T., See, M. T. A., Tan, A. J. Q., Levett-Jones, T., Lau, T. C., Zhou, W., & Liaw, S. Y. (2023). Healthcare professionals’ experiences of interprofessional collaboration in patient education: A systematic reviewLinks to an external site.. Patient Education and Counseling, 113, Article 107965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107965