· 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 asand 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.
· American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2020). https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/News/Factsheets/DNP-Factsheet.pdf
· American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2015). The Doctor of Nursing Practice: Current issues and clarifying recommendations. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/News/White-Papers/
· American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Publications/
· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/index.htm
· Read, C. Y., Pino Betancourt, D. M., & Morrison, C. (2016). Journal of Nursing Education, 55(3), 164–167. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20160216-08
· Walden University. (2022). 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.). 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.
