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Hello, students; some of you need clarification on developing the clinical logs and selecting the activities. The clinical logs are the representation of the DNP Essentials through your actions. Each DNP Essential brings its activities, and you must choose any of those activities, no other ones. Following, you will see the eight DNP Essentials and their related activities.

· Essential I: Scientific Underpinnings for Practice

· Appraise literature for inclusion

· Attend conference/workshop related to EBP or focus of project

· Construct/Refine literature search Construct/Refine PICO question

· Make presentation pertaining to PICOT question

· Review/Evaluate EBP material (e.g., web, print)

· Synthesize literature (review)

· Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement

· Attend quality improvement meeting

· Budget development or review

· Conduct assessment of practice setting

· Develop a business plan

· Develop a SWOT analysis

· Disseminate findings of rapid cycle improvement project

· Evaluate cultural diversity within an organization

· Evaluate rapid cycle improvement project

· Identify need for rapid cycle improvement project

· Identify stakeholders

· Implement or disseminate a cultural/diversity awareness intervention

· Meet with stakeholders

· Present at quality meeting

· Essential III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice

· Attend grant training/workshop

· Attend meetings pertinent to the project

· Complete core measure training

· Conduct evaluation of DNP project evaluation

· Construct IRB proposal

· Consult with statistician: in person, by phone, or by email

· Create presentation safety/quality

· Design a mobile application for health care

· Design web-accessible training material

· Develop DNP project proposal

· Develop professional portfolio

· Develop tools for sustainability (e.g., toolkits, PowerPoint, audit tools, etc.)

· Disseminate DNP project findings internally or externally

· Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

· Evaluate a health care mobile application

· Implement DNP project

· Manuscript preparation

· Participate as a member in IRB Committee

· Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate in data analysis

· Participate in data collection

· Perform data extraction activities from large data set (s)

· Prepare final DNP project paper and/or manuscript

· Prepare grant proposal or participate in related activities

· Serve as abstract reviewer

· Serve as consultant for collaborative research

· Serve as proposal reviewer

· Submit and/or revise IRB proposal

· Essential IV: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology

· Analyze health journal proposal

· Analyze health policy proposal

· Construct health policy proposal

· Design a mobile application for healthcare

· Design web-accessible training material

· Evaluate a healthcare mobile application

· Evaluate web-accessible training or educational material

· Meet with elected official for review of health policy

· Participate as evaluator in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team leader in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate as team member in Health Information Technology arena

· Participate in Health Information Technology as evaluator

· Participate in Health Information Technology as team member

· Participate on committee at a local level

· Participate on committee at institutional level

· Participate on committee at international level

· Participate on committee at national level

· Participate on committee at state level

· Perform data extraction activities from large data sets

· Provide testimony for health policy

· Essential V: Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care

· Analyze health policy proposal

· Construct health policy proposal

· Meet with elected official for review of health policy

· Participate on committee at a local level

· Participate on committee at institutional level

· Participate on committee at international level

· Participate on committee at national level

· Participate on committee at state level

· Provide testimony for health policy

· Essential VI: Inter-Professional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes

· Consult with content experts: in person, by phone, or by email

· Consult with mentor/preceptor: in person, by phone, or by email

· Create a committee for safety/quality

· Participate in an interpersonal team in consultant role

· Participate in an interpersonal team in leader role

· Participate in an interpersonal team in member role

· Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving

· Analyze epidemiologic data

· Collect epidemiologic data

· Identify gaps in care in individuals, communities, and populations

· Implement and evaluate health promotion/disease prevention intervention

· Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice

· Assess clients, populations or organizations in practice setting

· Clinical practice

· Consultation with experts regarding nursing practice

· Disseminate knowledge to other healthcare providers

· Disseminate knowledge to patients, families, and communities