Scholarly Problem Discovery and Foundations of Nursing Leadership in Healthcare

2.5 Credits.

This first project course introduces Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students to foundational competencies in scholarly inquiry, systems leadership, and clinically relevant problem discovery. Students engage with course faculty to identify, frame, and begin exploring a practice problem through a lens of health equity, policy, leadership, and social determinants of health (SDOH). Emphasis is placed on integrating leadership, and methods for evaluating complex practice gaps that impact patient and population outcomes, based on the best evidence. Students will engage in foundational assignments such as ethics compliance (CITI training), development of a problem, and purpose statement. (AACN Essentials/Domains: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10)