The DNP Project Podcast

Why Get the DNP Project Workbook? Reading the Preface Together
Host(s): Dr. Molly Bradshaw & Dr. Tracy Vitale

Welcome to the DNP Project Podcast where we share tips, inspiration, and more!

Why get the DNP Project Workbook? Great question! It will make the work of your DNP Project more manageable by breaking it down into small, achievable steps. But, before you buy, listen to our story. Students, we’ve been where you are and we know how to guide and mentor you. Faculty, let us help make your workload more streamlined. In this session, I am going to read to you the Preface of The DNP Project Workbook: A Step By Step Process for Success. Being able to appreciate the context of this work is important to us. Think of this as a free audiobook supplement!

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To get your copy of The DNP Project Workbook, go to:
Springer: https://www.springerpub.com/the-dnp-project-workbook-9780826174321.html
*** Always follow the guidelines from YOUR DNP Program

Remind me why I’m doing this?
Host(s): Dr. Tracy Vitale

Welcome to the DNP Project Podcast where we share tips, inspiration, and more!
This is a quick inspirational tip for DNP Students. Do you ever feel down on yourself or question why you are working towards your DNP? Do you question your decision to return to school? We’ve been there. Such are the trials and tribulations of graduate school. Even as a faculty member I sometimes reflect on how I ended up where I am - not in a bad way, but more of needing a reminder of what my purpose is…

Let’s take a minute for some reflection and inspiration! 

As we talked about in one of our first podcasts, the DNP is a degree not a role. As AACN outlined in their 2006 white paper, the DNP degree helps prepare the nurse to engage in the highest levels of nursing practice. That being said, why is this so important? 

• Who’s making decisions for the way you practice - whether as a nurse, a leader, or an advanced practice nurse, or any of our other roles? Administrators, legislators, physicians? 
• Are decisions being made based on information we have to contribute to the topic?
• Do we have a seat at the table when decisions are being made? 
• Can we see the bigger picture?  Pat Polansky, who is the director of program development and implementation at the Center to Champion Nursing in America, an initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation once explained it this way… Get off your 2 north runway and into the air traffic control tower. While you’re worried about your plane taking off, it’s important to see the bigger picture and appreciate the challenges of all the other planes trying to land and take off and how to coordinate the efforts. 

You’re doing this so you can have a seat at the table. Not just any seat...but one which is grounded in evidence and expertise. 

You CAN do this! Keep up the good work! 

Dr. Tracy Vitale

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To get your copy of The DNP Project Workbook, go to:
Springer: https://www.springerpub.com/the-dnp-project-workbook-9780826174321.html
*** Always follow the guidelines from YOUR DNP Program

Getting out a writing rut
Host(s): Dr. Tracy Vitale

Welcome to the DNP Project Podcast where we share tips, inspiration, and more!

It’s time to get back to school. In this series our goal is to offer some quick tips for DNP Students. In another podcast, Dr. Bradshaw talked about creating outlines to help you work more efficiently and keep your writing organized. But what happens when you can’t seem to get out of your own way? I want to talk about some quick strategies you can use to keep your writing on task and keep to your timelines. 

Writing can cause mental and physical stress for a lot of us. I’m fairly confident that when most of us decided we wanted to be a nurse, none of us expected to be spending countless hours in front of a computer writing papers and worrying about APA format. We wanted to be nurses...hands on with our patients! Yet, here we are writing papers...whether as students working your DNP Project, or as faculty members trying to meet the scholarship expectations set forth by our school. Writing may not come naturally for everyone. For some, it’s hard work and takes a tremendous amount of effort. In order to make it easier and more manageable, I’d like to talk about some strategies to help be a more productive writer. When I was working to help students struggling to write, I found a book by Joseph Perazzo and Robert Topp titled, Pain Free Writing for Nurses - A Step-by Step Approach.” I quickly flipped through it to find a fast answer. I loved how their first chapter addressed how to move past some of the challenges we face as writers. That said, here are some of the pitfalls we run into and how to navigate through them.  We will be speaking more in depth about them in this episode!

1. Establish writing habits that work for you. 
2. Be prepared and know what you are getting into! 
3. Walk away! 
4. Find an accountability buddy. 
5. Having a bad attitude

To read more about how to improve your writing efforts, consider the following resources:

Springer Publishing:

• Perazzo, J. & Topp, R. (2020). Pain-free writing for nurses. A step-by-step approach. Springer Publishing. https://www.springerpub.com/pain-free-writing-for-nurses-9780826139870.html

Dr. Tracy Vitale

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To get your copy of The DNP Project Workbook, go to:
Springer: https://www.springerpub.com/the-dnp-project-workbook-9780826174321.html
*** Always follow the guidelines from YOUR DNP Program

Host(s): Dr. Molly Bradshaw & Dr. Tracy Vitale
Welcome to the DNP Project Podcast where we share tips, inspiration, and more!

“Figureoutable” -- what a word! It’s certainly a word that should be in the vocabulary of DNP Students working on a DNP Project. If you are needing a dose of motivation and inspiration, this book can deliver. Written by Marie Forleo and released in 2019, she explains the background to her magic, superpower word “figureoutable.” She shares story after story that demonstrates it’s application in life, love, and work. I will comment on a few of my favorites and connect it to qualities of a DNP scholar. A great, non-school book if you are feeling low or discouraged.

Link to Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Marie-Forleo/e/B001IGOB1O?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000

Remember to “Subscribe,” hit “Like,” and “Write a Review” so that we can help others. Find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and other platforms.

To get your copy of The DNP Project Workbook, go to:
Springer: https://www.springerpub.com/the-dnp-project-workbook-9780826174321.html
*** Always follow the guidelines from YOUR DNP Program

DNP Project Predictions for 2021
Host(s): Dr. Molly Bradshaw & Dr. Tracy Vitale

Welcome to the DNP Project Podcast where we share tips, inspiration, and more!

It’s the year 2021! Time to set goals and forecast for the new project cycle. In this session we are sharing our predictions for the evolution of DNP Projects in a new era. We foresee more projects involving concepts of health policy, community, mental health, social media, diversity/inclusion, and more. What are your thoughts? Join the conversation.

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To get your copy of The DNP Project Workbook, go to:
Springer: https://www.springerpub.com/the-dnp-project-workbook-9780826174321.html

*** Always follow the guidelines from YOUR DNP Program

The Confidence to Start a Wellness Business with Alexandria Rosa, RN
Host(s): Dr. Molly Bradshaw & Dr. Tracy Vitale

Welcome to the DNP Project Podcast where we share tips, inspiration, and more!

As a DNP prepared nurse, you are an expert. Have you ever thought about starting your own business? In this episode we are talking to Alexandria Rosa, RN. She is a DNP student and tipped us off about speed reading. However in this interview we are talking to her about how she started her own business.  Listen to the interview. Join the conversation. 

To reach out to Alex, visit her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/alternativeherbalrx

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To get your copy of The DNP Project Workbook, go to:
Springer: https://www.springerpub.com/the-dnp-project-workbook-9780826174321.html

*** Always follow the guidelines from YOUR DNP Program

Speeding Reading for DNPs with Alexandria Rosa, RN
Host(s): Dr. Molly Bradshaw & Dr. Tracy Vitale

Welcome to the DNP Project Podcast where we share tips, inspiration, and more!

Are you a busy DNP student with tons and tons of reading to do? Try Speed Reading. In this episode we are learning about the perks of speed reading. Alexandria Rosa, RN is DNP student and life-long learner who taught herself techniques for speed reading using YouTube. It’s a skill, not a gift. It saves time, and you can retain the information. To learn more, tune in. 

To reach out to Alex, find her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/alternativeherbalrx
Recommended speed-reading video: https://youtu.be/ZwEquW_Yij0

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To get your copy of The DNP Project Workbook, go to:
Springer: https://www.springerpub.com/the-dnp-project-workbook-9780826174321.html
*** Always follow the guidelines from YOUR DNP Program

Welcome to the DNP Project Podcast where we share tips, inspiration, and more!

It’s time to get back to school. Our goal is to offer some quick tips for DNP Students. 

Today’s Tip: Revision Turnover Time

Let’s take a minute to talk about revision turnovers. The DNP Project Proposal and Final Paper will require multiple revisions. Setting expectations for revision turnovers, can help minimize both student and faculty frustrations. It takes major effort to write and major effort to grade. An efficient system will make the workload easier. For purposes of this discussion, my definition of this term is the time that lapses between faculty feedback and student submission of revised work or the time lapses between student submission of work and faculty feedback. A conversation must take place. In some cases, it may be appropriate for as much as two weeks to go by. In other cases, it has to be rapid, meaning less than 48 hrs. 

My advice to DNP students is that the faster you can turn over revisions, the faster your DNP Project timeline will go. Students should also be aware that grading is often a scheduled activity for faculty. To use myself as an example, this fall, I am setting a schedule for reading and grading DNP Projects. I will be reading on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings. The work has to be submitted to me to hit my reading schedule. Likewise, I choose these days knowing that my students do a majority of their work on the weekends. So, I want them to have their DNP Project feedback by Thursday so that they can work over the weekend. Does this make sense? 

Of course, we all work differently. However, as a student it is frustrating to not know when to anticipate feedback. Likewise, as faculty, you can’t just clear your whole schedule to “fit in” students giving you DNP Project work at the last minute. The point here is to have a system and set expectations. 

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To get your copy of The DNP Project Workbook, go to:

 Springer: https://www.springerpub.com/the-dnp-project-workbook-9780826174321.html

*** Always follow the guidelines from YOUR DNP Program

Welcome to the DNP Project Podcast where we share tips, inspiration, and more!

It’s time to get back to school. Our goal is to offer some quick tips for DNP Students. 

Today’s Tip: You need to become a Google Guru

We are all familiar with Google. However, as a DNP student there are features of Google that you may not be familiar with. These features could make your life and DNP work easier. To get started, we recommend that you create a dedicated Google account for your professional work. When this account is set up, it “bundles” several features to one account.

Here are the features, we recommend that you explore to become a more efficient DNP student:

Gmail: A basic email account. Most of your schools will insist that you only use the school account when communicating about school. However, it is handy to have a professional private account that is not used for anything else, like shopping, or personal business.

Google Drive: Very, very important for DNP students. Basically, this is a “cloud” based drive where you can keep papers, presentations, and other documents. When you save something to Google Drive, it can be accessed from anywhere. It eliminates the need to have a “thumb drive” and provides you a back up. You can also use the Microsoft One Drive for the same purpose here. Whichever you choose, remember to ALWAYS back up your papers and files. 

One other huge benefit of Google Drive, you can set it up so that you can allow other people to access the files. There are different levels of access. You can also work on a document with a group without having to email stuff back and forth, it is updated in real time. If you have a group project to do, this can be life changing! It is the primary reason I personally like to use Google.

Google Forms: Google forms has a survey feature. So, if you are doing a needs assessment or some type of data collection that is simple, it will allow you to create a form and then generate a web link that you can easily share with others. There are some limitations and I personally don’t recommend this for large, survey-based studies. But, for simple, gathering some feedback information, it is great and definitely worth knowing about.

Google & YouTube: Every Google account has a YouTube account that gets automatically associated with it when you activate it. This maybe helpful/important if you are making more professional videos that you don’t want intermixed with your personal account.

Caution: If you are using Google Drive to create documents/presentations, just know that the format is similar, but not exactly the same. You can store the documents no problem. But, if you open them in a different program, the fonts, margins, and other things like that may shift. Not a big deal, just something to not freak out about.

Remember to “Subscribe,” hit “Like,” and “Write a Review” so that we can help others. Find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and other platforms.

To get your copy of The DNP Project Workbook, go to:

 Springer: https://www.springerpub.com/the-dnp-project-workbook-9780826174321.html

*** Always follow the guidelines from YOUR DNP Program

Welcome to the DNP Project Podcast where we share tips, inspiration, and more!

It’s time to get back to school. Our goal is to offer some quick tips for DNP Students. 

Today’s Tip: COVID Compliance and the DNP Project

The COVID-19 Pandemic has had a serious impact on the DNP Project. In our experience, we are noting that some Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are adding requirements to scholarly works that must specifically address compliance to COVID precautions. 

On June 24th, we partnered with Springer Publishing to host a free webinar entitled, “The Impact of COVID-19 on DNP Projects.” To view this free webinar, visit YouTube at https://youtu.be/g4OSaAZcVSw. In the webinar we basically group DNP Projects into “Projects in Progress” and Projects being Planned.” For those of you that are planning DNP Projects, here is a short list of considerations:

• What is the current state and local policies on social distancing, use of masks, size of gatherings, etc.?
• Is there an institutional policy on COVID at your partnering organization?
• How will you ensure the safety of your DNP Project participants in regard to COVID?
• How will you ensure that your DNP Project is compliant to these requirements?
• Has your IRB(s) set requirements on COVID compliance?
• Does your DNP Project Methodology, include a paragraph specific to COVID? (We believe it should)

In the webinar, we also discuss strategies for redirection of DNP Projects and visions for DNP Projects of the future. Please take some time to listen to the webinar. We hope that discussion and this checklist helps you think through some of the logistical challenges of COVID compliance and the DNP Project. 

Remember to “Subscribe,” hit “Like,” and “Write a Review” so that we can help others. Find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and other platforms.

To get your copy of The DNP Project Workbook, go to:
Springer: https://www.springerpub.com/the-dnp-project-workbook-9780826174321.html

*** Always follow the guidelines from YOUR DNP Program