Request A DNP Project
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in advanced nursing practice prepares graduates to apply and integrate research into clinical practice using innovative approaches to improve healthcare outcomes of populations and individuals across multiple settings.
Students of the doctoral program are educated as leaders at the highest level of nursing practice to translate research into practice, lead interprofessional teams, and engage in healthcare policy and advocacy to improve patient outcomes. In addition to advanced nursing specialty-focused outcomes, the DNP students collaborate with a partner organization to address clinical problems in an evidence-based project.
If you already have an academic partnership with the Edson College at ASU or are an agency with a project need that our students could help you achieve, we ask you to submit your idea for a potential match.
Questions?
Email: RequestaDNPProject@asu.edu
FAQs
A project meets DNP program criteria if it has an element of practice change or generation of practice-based evidence for your agency.
Examples of possible DNP projects:
- Needs Assessment
- Program Planning or Evaluation
- Policy Development or Evaluation
- Process or Practice Environment Improvement
- Quality/Safety Initiative or Improvement
- Creation of a hand-off tool to improve post-op communication.
- A stand-alone intellectual exercise that does not involve any agency or community collaboration (e.g., comprehensive review of best practices on websites, stand‐alone review of the literature)
- Knowledge generation expected from a Ph.D. dissertation.
DNP projects take a little over one year to complete.
- First Semester (January-May): Students identify a site/stakeholder and a site champion at the agency where they will complete their project. If an agreement is reached and a statement of commitment is signed, they spend the rest of the semester building their proposal, including a detailed literature review. Typically, their proposal includes a problem statement, project purpose and objectives, focused appraisal of relevant evidence, deliverables, implementation plan/steps, timelines, and potential barriers and resources. Along with the site champion, the faculty for Edson College at ASU review and provide feedback on this proposal.
- Second semester (May-August): Students collaborate with your agency’s quality department, nursing governance, or internal review board (IRB) to receive approval to implement the proposed plan. The ASU IRB also reviews and approves the project.
- Third semester (August-December): Project implementation and data collection.
- Fourth semester (January-April): Data is evaluated, conclusions are made, and the work is disseminated. The student presents their project to their agency/stakeholder, creates a poster for display at the college, and gives an oral presentation to faculty and colleagues regarding their work.