A Novel Approach to Fostering Academic-Practice Partnerships: The DNP Project Executive Summary.

Abstract

Practice partnerships are vital to academic nursing for opportunities for robust student clinical experiences. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholarly project provides benefits for both students and practice partners; however, traditional academic dissemination methods such as student posters and publications are not internal communication formats used by practice partners. An assignment was developed for DNP students to write an executive summary of the completed scholarly project for their practice-partner organization stakeholders. Students used business writing skills to develop a one-page document summarizing the implementation and results of their project for a document applicable to the business of health care. Incorporating an executive summary of the DNP scholarly project emphasizes the value of student-led initiatives to organizations and can strengthen academic-practice partnerships. This innovative approach to dissemination of outcomes delivers a practical business communications document that is valuable to practice mentors and organizational leaders. [J Nurs Educ. 2022;61(3):156-158.].