PMID- 21596354
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110922
LR  - 20110520
IS  - 1532-8481 (Electronic)
IS  - 8755-7223 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 3
DP  - 2011 May-Jun
TI  - Clinical experiences for doctor of nursing practice students-a survey of 
      postmaster's programs.
PG  - 145-52
LID - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.02.005 [doi]
AB  - The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has recommended that doctor of 
      nursing practice (DNP) graduates complete 1,000 hours of practice at the 
      postbaccalaureate level during a supervised academic program. Information is 
      lacking about specific DNP program clinical requirements in existing postmaster's 
      programs. The purpose of this research study was to investigate the number of 
      clinical hours required in postmaster's programs and the types of clinical 
      experiences provided. Forty-three DNP program directors completed an electronic 
      survey in a prospective, descriptive cross-sectional study. Results indicated 
      that the majority of schools (68%) required the same number of clinical hours 
      regardless of specialty or previous hours. Respondents described a range of 
      clinical experiences that integrated DNP competencies. Programs differed in their 
      clinical hour requirements, ranging from 0 to 1,000. In comparison with schools 
      with only DNP programs, those that had both DNP and PhD programs were more likely 
      to require additional clinical hours if applicants had less than 1,000 hours 
      previous to admission.
CI  - 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Wolf, Andrea
AU  - Wolf A
AD  - Adult Nurse Practitioner Program, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA, USA. 
      awolf3@ycp.edu
FAU - Budd, Geraldine
AU  - Budd G
FAU - Bhattacharya, Anand
AU  - Bhattacharya A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Prof Nurs
JT  - Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of 
      Colleges of Nursing
JID - 8511298
SB  - IM
MH  - Accreditation/organization & administration/standards/*statistics & numerical 
      data
MH  - Clinical Competence/standards/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Curriculum/standards/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Education, Nursing, Graduate/organization & administration/standards/*statistics 
      & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Internet
MH  - Internship, Nonmedical/organization & administration/standards/*statistics & 
      numerical data
MH  - Nursing Education Research
MH  - Prospective Studies
EDAT- 2011/05/21 06:00
MHDA- 2011/09/23 06:00
CRDT- 2011/05/21 06:00
PHST- 2009/09/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/05/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/05/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/09/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - S8755-7223(11)00011-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.02.005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Prof Nurs. 2011 May-Jun;27(3):145-52. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2011.02.005.