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The critical access to care you provide is saving lives Doctor of Nursing Practice: Trends in Enrollment and Graduation By Julie Baldyga, MS;AANP Research Manager & Chantel DePaepe, MPH;AANP Research Specialist Over the past few decades, health care has seen a paradigm shift in the U S prompting transformative changes within the nursing discipline To accommodate these changes and in response to the recommendation of the National Academy of Sciences to create a practice-oriented doctorate, the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) was developed 1 The DNP prepares nurses to become clinical experts and leaders in health care innovation by translating research into practice using quality improvement methodologies through the evaluation of provider practice and performance measures 2,3 DNP-prepared nurses are an important solution to filling the growing need for evidence-based practice experts to improve the quality of health care and patient outcomes Alternatively, RNs with a Master of Science in nursing can apply to MSN-to-DNP programs Methods Aggregate data from the AACN Enrollment & Graduations report were used to examine changes in NP focused DNP programs over the last five years, 2014-2015 thru 2018-2019
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