Description
This course serves as the clinical practice component of the DNP program and focuses on the direct care of patients within a population of interest. The course provides the student with a clinical specialty immersion experience necessary to plan and design the Practice Inquiry Project. The student is expected to utilize advanced levels of clinical judgement, systems thinking, and accountability in designing, delivering, and evaluating evidence-based care to improve patient outcomes. Students use conceptual and analytical skills in evaluating the links among practice, organizational, population, fiscal and policy issues in the health care arena.