Paper details:
Instructions
Advanced practice nurses, prepared as leaders at the doctorate level, must impact healthcare systems for the
promotion of quality. As a visionary that embraces the skills for systems thinking, the DNP student will
identify an epidemiological problem, review the literature, critically appraise the evidence, and develop an
intervention that promotes health. This intervention should be innovative and NOT currently being used in
practice. Resources that should be utilized at a minimum include Introduction to Epidemiology (Merrill, 2013),
Healthy People 2020 website, and The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice. This
paper should not exceed 10 pages (excluding title and reference page).
CRITERIA
Introduction
Problem Identification with Literature Review
Identify the problem
Provide the Background to this problem-supported by literature review (no less than 5 current academic
references, excluding your text)
Significance -explain why this problem is important from an epidemiological perspective
Present an innovative intervention (one not currently used) that would be effective for prevention at the
primary, secondary OR tertiary level: Please note: only address one level of prevention.
Discuss in detail the implications/ contributions of this intervention towards health care policy
Explain the essential role of the DNP in this project (1 page).
Conclusion
Writing style according to APA 6th ed. required; a maximum of 10 pages (excluding title and reference page). A
minimum of 5 current academic references, excluding your text, is required.
Please Refer to the Grading Rubric for Graduate Writing Assignments
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for
advanced nursing practice. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/dnp/pdf/essentials.pdf
Healthy People 2020 (2010). Topics and objectives index-healthy people. Retrieved from
http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjective52020/
Merrill, RM. (2013). Principles of epidemiology workbook. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
