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TO PREPARE:
Review The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice (AACN, 2006) in this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the competencies presented.
Review Walden University’s mission, vision, and university outcomes.
Reflect on your professional and academic goals. Consider how Walden’s mission and vision as well as the AACN’s perspective may fit with your goals. How might you incorporate a commitment to social change into your academic and professional plans?
How might your academic and professional goals align with addressing the social determinants of health?
THE ASSIGNMENT: (2–3 PAGES)
Explain how your academic and professional goals align with Walden’s vision, mission, social change message, social determinants of health, and university outcomes as well as the AACN DNP Essentials. Be specific.
Explain how you plan to incorporate social change throughout your program of study and in professional practice. Be sure to include how social change may contribute to your practicum/field experience and your role in professional practice.
Reminder: The College of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements (available at https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-20293632Links to an external site.). All papers submitted must use this formatting.
Required Readings
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (n.d.). Fact sheetsLinks to an external site.. https://www.aacnnursing.org/news-data/fact-sheets
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2015). The Doctor of Nursing Practice: Current issues and clarifying recommendationsLinks to an external site.. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/News/White-Papers/DNP-Implementation-TF-Report-8-15.pdf
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practiceLinks to an external site.. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Publications/DNPEssentials.pdf
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Social determinants of health: Know what affects healthLinks to an external site.. https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/index.htm
Read, C. Y., Pino Betancourt, D. M., & Morrison, C. (2016). Social change: A framework for inclusive leadership: Development in nursing educationLinks to an external site.. Journal of Nursing Education, 55(3), 164–167. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20160216-08
Walden University. (2022). Social determinants of health: Understanding vision health equityLinks to an external site.. https://www.waldenu.edu/online-masters-programs/master-of-science-in-nursing/resource/social-determinants-of-health-understanding-vision-health-equity
Walden University. (n.d.). Walden catalogLinks to an external site.. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/catalog/home
Review the “Introduction” to the Walden Catalog, noting in particular the “Vision, Mission, and Goals” section of the Walden University Catalog.