The College of Graduate Nursing defines the DNP Practice Dissertation as an individual project that demonstrates 1) a synthesis of the student's work, 2) mastery of the DNP Essentials (AACN, 2006), 3) scholarship, and 4) evolving expertise in the care of vulnerable populations.

The DNP Practice Dissertation may take a number of forms including practice or clinical research/data collection, community capacity development, a feasibility study; program evaluation, a quality improvement project, a change project, a leadership project, or an evaluation of a new practice model; a consulting project; a clinical or practice-based manuscript submitted for peer-reviewed publication; a meta-analysis, meta-synthesis, comprehensive case study, or other systematic review; or a research utilization project, among other forms.

DNP Practice Dissertation Projects

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2010

2012

 Gou-Ling Susie C. Chen, DNP, MN, MA, RN

Health Services Utilization Among Elderly Chinese Immigrants In Los Angeles County

Geraldine C. Fike, DNP, MSN, RN, CCRN

Comparing Telephone Versus Mail Dissemination of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers And System Survey (HCAHPS) Among Patients With Low Literacy

Nicolann Lynn Hedgpeth, DNP, RN, NP, AOCN

Systematic Review of Psychosocial Interventions For Anxiety In Adult Cancer Patients

Debra Wallace, DNP, RN, FNP, BC

Clinical Inquiry: Exploring the Feasibility of a New Graduate Transition-To-Practice Residency That Supports The Nurse Practitioner In A Large HMO Setting

Doctoral Program Affiliate Professors

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Joan I. Cohen, RN, PhD, BC-CS

Western University of Health Sciences

jcohen@westernu.edu

Cynthia B. Hughes, EdD

California State University, Los Angeles

Chughes2@calstatela.edu

Carol A. Shea, PhD, RN, FAAN

California State University, Dominguez Hills

cshea@csudh.edu

Gayle T. Washington, DNS, RN

California State University, Los Angeles

gwashin@exchange.calstatela.edu

 For more information about the College of Graduate Nursing's DNP Practice Dissertation Project or about the opportunity to become a doctoral program affiliate professor at CGN, please contact Dr. Jan Boller, DNP Program Director, at jboller@westernu.edu.  If you would like more information about our DNP program, please visit the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program web page.