Want to get a DNP but need help with a research project

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Hi everyone!

I just finished my FNP program and want to go right into the DNP portion but I'm having a hard time coming up with a research topic. I have to have my topic prior to enrolling. I've been unemployed for a year due to my clinicals so I don't "see" anything in a work place that I could study.

When I was working, it was for an MCO who really prided themselves on the culture of the company, which I think made happier employees. I wanted to study about the process of changing the work place environment but really need to a focus and how it relates to patient care.

If anyone has any ideas they are welcomed. I would also like to hear from other DNP's about how they picked their topic. It sound like for the next couple of years I am going to be studying the same area and want to make sure I choose well.

Thanks

PG2018

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Jules A, MSN

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We may laugh but I swear I have seen more than one "capstone project" on hand hygiene.

Aromatic

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I think most capstone projects I've seen are pointless. try to at least do something worthwhile, not just junk. The ones psych guy posted actually sound more useful than the real ones Ive seen lol!

Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Mine was on Improving Health Literacy in an Independent Pharmacy. About 175 pages I will never use again. Countless hours of my life I won't get back.

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PG2018

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Parallel study (I've already verified it's effectiveness): "The Drink-or-Drown Method of Oral Medication Administration I Learned from My Grandmother"

I just made all that up. The ideas are as vapid as a DNP.

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And its follow up for gender studies: "Murses like treats too."

Jules A, MSN

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And its follow up for gender studies: "Murses like treats too."

Wait a dag-gum minute that will be reserved for the holistic gender sensitive specialty post DNP certificate that you too can earn for only an additional $10,000 and 5 research papers. I'm thinking that extra special impressive nurse's ID will look something like this: Nancy Nurse RN BSN MSN DNP PDNPC-C (post dnp cert-certified) lol

Aromatic

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Wait a dag-gum minute that will be reserved for the holistic gender sensitive specialty post DNP certificate that you too can earn for only an additional $10,000 and 5 research papers. I'm thinking that extra special impressive nurse's ID will look something like this: Nancy Nurse RN BSN MSN DNP PDNPC-C (post dnp cert-certified) lol

the ability to take somebody serious diminishes quickly when I see alphabet soup on their badge. Makes me want soup though. Foooooood

llg, PhD, RN

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Personally, I'd like to see that one actually done. I'm pretty sure I have out-performed some of the top students with my humble 3.1 undergraduate GPA. (Grad school was so much easier!)

:yes:

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