You Decide Reflection of Health Policy The Chamberlain College of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) curriculum meets the American Association of Colleges of Nurses competency standards by focusing on transiting the nurse practitioner into the highest level of leadership in practice. At this level of practice, the advanced nurse practitioner will attain eight fundamental outcome competencies which are designed and articulated by The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing ...

For a community to improve its health, its members must often change aspects of the physical, social, organizational, and even political environments to eliminate or reduce factors that contribute to health problems or to introduce new elements that promote better health. What are the challenges of initiating and maintaining change in communities? There are many challenges of initiating and maintaining change in communities. Although many communities face some of the same challenges when implem...

I want to encourage you to think about any professional organizations that you belong to. Do they lobby for your best interests? What are the pros? What are the cons? What is the price of membership? Do you feel that the benefits are worth the cost? I belong to The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and The St. Louis Nurses in Advanced Practice (STLNAP). I started with the AANP nursing organization when I was in graduate school, but I did not take full advantage of my membersh...

NR 708 Week 7 Discussion 2: Improving Community Outcomes For a community to improve its health, its members must often change aspects of the physical, social, organizational, and even political environments to eliminate or reduce factors that contribute to health problems or to introduce new elements that promote better health. What are the challenges of initiating and maintaining change in communities?