Week 11: Dissemination, Part I One of the chief purposes of translating evidence into practice is to advance the field of nursing. Dissemination is a critical step in this process. It is important to disseminate and share the information gained from a translation-of-evidence project to enhance the body of knowledge within the profession, thus furthering the science of nursing. Yet how does one prepare to disseminate research findings? What is required to engage in this form of scholarship?

Defining Scholarship

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Defining Scholarship
DNP-prepared nurses are zealous in their pursuit of scholarship in a multitude of ways. PhD-prepared nurses are adept at and drawn to exploration scholarship, or study aimed at generating fresh insight or refining current information that can be used in practice (Tricco et al., 2016) . DNP-prepared nurses usually concentrate on scholarship in experience, or applying evidence to practice, with the goal of improving and transforming clinical access and patient experiences, often using quality control methodologies. Both classes of academics have a commitment to teaching scholarship in the university setting, and they also work together in practice and study settings (Tricco et al., 2016). Doctoral-prepared nurses must act as guardians of the practice, with a commitment to establish and disseminate scholarship, in compliance with the standards of academics and other health disciplines.
The DNP systems place a strong emphasis on innovative and evidence-based methodology, which reflects the incorporation of reliable scientific results. Nursing scholarship informs research, improves clinical practice, shapes legislation, and influences best strategies for training nurses as physicians, scholars, and leaders as a practice profession (Rieger & Schultz, 2014). In reality, there is also a reliance on one another to fully use one’s particular abilities in order to achieve the ultimate aim of bettering one’s wellbeing. Both initiatives train students to gain additional skills that can influence how nurses work and advance nursing scholarship. DNP nurses serve as clinical system and hospital leaders in a number of contexts, collaborating with nurse researchers to introduce emerging nursing science and procedure technologies (Rieger & Schultz, 2014). These leaders are working together to ensure that modern nursing practice is current and adaptable sufficiently to address changing patient needs.

 

Strategic analysis about the essence of relationships and the mechanisms needed to promote collaborations would be required of DNP-prepared nurses to advance scholarship through institutional missions (Carina et al., 2020). There are a variety of models that may be used, and the model chosen is determined by a variety of considerations, including the needs of the patients treated, the instructional readiness or credential of the teachers and personnel, the regional environment, and/or the academic programs available at the affiliate university or college. Innovative ways to meet the healthcare needs of patients, communities, and the society serving would be required through administrative missions. Partnerships with the community are important for advancing science, practice, and teaching scholarship. For graduate researchers, these approaches will necessitate new fields of expertise. Mentorship or advisory arrangements would need to be addressed (Carina et al., 2020). The DNP degree helps students work inside a structure and learn about different processes, such as microsystems, mesosystems, and macrosystems. Similarly, DNP trained the student to make systemic institutional and workflow improvements, participate in interprofessional dialogue, consider healthcare funding, and lobby for the patient.
Examples of how a DNP-prepared nurse provide scholarships include; Designing best strategies for putting evidence into effect focused on translational and application science findings, obtaining competitive grants to promote practice-based inventions, and using peer-reviewed journals to impact practice.
References
Carina, K., Chan, Y., Oldenburg, B., & Kasisomayajula, V. (2015). Advancing the science of dissemination and implementation in behavioral medicine: Evidence and progress. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 22, 277-282. doi 10.1007/s12529-015-9490-2
Rieger, K. & Schultz, A.S. (2014). Exploring arts-based knowledge translation: Sharing research findings through performing the patterns, rehearsing the results, staging the synthesis. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 11(2), 133–139.
Tricco, a.C., Ashoor, H.M., Cardoso, R., MacDonald, H., Cogo, E., Kastner, M., Perrier, L., McKibbon, A., rimshaw, J.M. & Straus, S.E. (2016). Sustainability of knowledge translation interventions in healthcare decision making: a scoping review. Implementation Science, 11, 55.

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