PMID- 32751019 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200805 IS - 2380-9426 (Electronic) IS - 2380-9418 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 1 DP - 2016 TI - Why Hire a Doctor of Nursing Practice-Prepared Nurse? The Value Added Impact of the Practice Doctorate. PG - 152-157 LID - 10.1891/2380-9418.9.1.152 [doi] AB - Nursing leaders are essential in promoting the doctor of nursing practice (DNP)-prepared nurse in various innovative roles (Nichols, O'Connor, & Dunn, 2014). However, according to the recently released RAND study, The DNP by 2015: A Study of the Institutional, Political, and Professional Issues That Facilitate or Impede Establishing a Post-Baccalaureate Doctor of Nursing Practice Program (Auerbach et al., 2014) employers and health care organizations need outreach and data to understand the added competencies and capabilities of DNP-educated nurses. Practicing DNPs are in an excellent position to demonstrate and educate our executive colleagues. The purpose of this article is (a) to foster nursing leadership's understanding of the uniquely prepared nursing practice doctorate, (b) to illustrate how the DNP-prepared nurse is being integrated/used to their potential within health care systems to maximize clinical and population health outcomes, and (c) to issue a call to action for nursing leadership to engage the DNP-prepared nurse to accomplish organizational goals. FAU - Burson, Rosanne AU - Burson R AD - University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan bursonrf@udmercy.edu. FAU - Moran, Katherine J AU - Moran KJ AD - University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan. FAU - Conrad, Dianne AU - Conrad D AD - Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Dr Nurs Pract JT - Journal of doctoral nursing practice JID - 101685366 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - advanced practice roles OT - doctor of nursing practice (DNP) OT - doctor of nursing practice model OT - practice doctorate EDAT- 2016/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 2016/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 2020/08/06 06:00 PHST- 2020/08/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/01/01 00:01 [medline] AID - 9/1/152 [pii] AID - 10.1891/2380-9418.9.1.152 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Dr Nurs Pract. 2016;9(1):152-157. doi: 10.1891/2380-9418.9.1.152.