PMID- 37851338
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20231211
LR  - 20231211
IS  - 1538-9855 (Electronic)
IS  - 0363-3624 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 1
DP  - 2024 Jan-Feb 01
TI  - Exploring Clinical Practice Hours in Postbaccalaureate-to-Doctor of Nursing 
      Practice Nurse Practitioner Programs.
PG  - 8-12
LID - 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001506 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Advanced practice nursing education is evolving to the doctor of 
      nursing practice (DNP) degree. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing 
      (AACN) DNP Essentials required 1000 hours of direct patient care, whereas the 
      Report of the National Task Force on Quality Nurse Practitioner Education (NTF) 
      Criteria for Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Programs required 500 direct 
      patient care hours. Indirect hours were unclear and undefined. The AACN 
      Essentials changed the 1000-hour requirement to 500 practice hours, and the NTF 
      increased the direct patient care hours to 750. PURPOSE: The study sought to 
      describe the distribution of direct and indirect hours that the National 
      Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties member schools offer in their 
      seamless postbaccalaureate-to-DNP nurse practitioner (NP) program. METHOD: A 
      quantitative survey was distributed to schools of nursing. RESULTS: Eighty-six 
      surveys represented 86 distinct schools and 112 NP programs. Supervised direct 
      patient care hours were an average of 791.31 hours. Indirect hours averaged 
      170.08 hours. The DNP project hours served as an indirect hour activity. 
      CONCLUSION: Many schools have more than 750 direct hours adhering to the 2022 NTF 
      Standards. The indirect hour allocation varies and weighs heavily on the DNP 
      project.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Stager, Sharon L
AU  - Stager SL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3147-4159
AD  - Graduate Program Director (Dr Stager), Nursing, Salve Regina University, Newport, 
      Rhode Island; Department Chair of Advanced Professional Nursing Practice & 
      Leadership (Dr Mitchell), College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, 
      Columbia; CEO (Dr Bigley), National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, 
      Washington, District of Columbia; Dean and Professor (Dr Kelly-Weeder), The 
      George Washington University School of Nursing, Washington, District of Columbia; 
      and Assistant Professor (Dr Fogg), University of Illinois at Chicago.
FAU - Mitchell, Sheryl
AU  - Mitchell S
FAU - Bigley, Mary Beth
AU  - Bigley MB
FAU - Kelly-Weeder, Susan
AU  - Kelly-Weeder S
FAU - Fogg, Louis
AU  - Fogg L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231018
PL  - United States
TA  - Nurse Educ
JT  - Nurse educator
JID - 7701902
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Education, Nursing, Graduate
MH  - Nursing Education Research
MH  - *Nurse Practitioners/education
MH  - Curriculum
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2023/10/18 12:42
MHDA- 2023/12/11 12:43
CRDT- 2023/10/18 11:16
PHST- 2023/12/11 12:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/10/18 12:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/10/18 11:16 [entrez]
AID - 00006223-990000000-00344 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001506 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nurse Educ. 2024 Jan-Feb 01;49(1):8-12. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001506. Epub 
      2023 Oct 18.