Research Completed at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing as a Requirement for the Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) Degree in Informatics (August 2013) Planners need to understand key policy and operational issues in higher education as well as complexities of the change process itself before ...
nursing informaticscompetenciesnursing educationThe addition of the DNP created challenges that resulted in a re-evaluation of the leveling of informatics competencies across the nursing curriculum. The knowledge and skills needed by informatics nurse specialists was differentiated from those needed by three...
Students typically spend their time on research and coursework in their area of specialty. Sometimes, a doctoral degree program can take more than four years to complete and involves completing and defending a dissertation. Also known as a thesis, a dissertation is a large research project that ...