Case studies, the Doctor of Nursing Practice DrNP
Subtitle: setting a new standard in health care
By: Columbia University School of Nursing
Contributors: Smolowitz, Janice; Tenenbaum, Joseph; Hope Heart Institute
Publisher: Columbia University School of Nursing and Hope Heart Institute
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Nurse practitioners; Education (Graduate); Nursing; Study and teaching (Graduate); Education, Nursing, Graduate; Advanced Practice Nursing; Nurse Clinicians; Education; Nurse Practitioners; Nursing Care; Columbia University. School of Nursing; Columbia University
Other titles: Doctor of Nursing Practice, DrNP
Description: Case studies, the main component of the DrNP portfolio, enable the DrNP student to demonstrate mastery of clinical competencies and provide the Portfolio Review Committee a basis for evaluation of care delivered. Case studies include patient assessment and the clinical decision-making process, citation of the biophysical underpinnings and evidence for the plan of care provided, and discussion of the intervention outcome. Each student's portfolio requires a minimum of 15 complex case studies to provide sufficient evidence of achievement of this level of comprehensive practice. This book contains examples of individual portfolio case studies to serve as a basis for discussion and as a guide to follow in creating your own DrNP portfolio for mastery assessment.
Notes: "Published in conjunction with the Hope Heart Institute.... Seattle WA"-Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references throughout.
Table of contents: title: Case 1: A 92-year-old woman with multiple chronic illnesses on admission to a skilled nursing facility; title: Case 2: A 34-year-old woman with advanced emphysema secondary to alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency referred for lung transplant evaluation; title: Case 3: Summary of 14 years of care for a child with Kartegener's syndrome; title: Case 4: A 57-year-old woman with end-stage liver disease secondary to primary biliary cirrhosis referred for liver transplantation; title: Case 5: Postpartum care for a 30-year-old woman whose newborn sustained significant anoxic brain damage with multi-organ system injury secondary to severe asphyxia due to cord compression; title: Case 6: Medication management decisions for two adults with Parkinson's disease; title: Case 7: A 34-year-old woman with bipolar I depression requiring hospitalization; title: Case 8: A 57-year-old woman with back pain treated with traditional Chinese medicine; title: Case 9: A 47-year-old woman with diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and depression presenting for primary care; title: Case 10: A 10-year-old with ADHD, inattentive type and congenital bicuspid aoritc valve requiring social services/special education in the public school system.