As change agents, Doctors of Nursing Practice identify clinical problems within the context of a population of interest. Your clinical problem of interest and identified population may lead to your establishing a program of research over the course of your career.
Your clinical problem could be a disorder or condition (e.g., HIV/AIDS, hypertension, depression, chronic illness, adolescent pregnancy) or a psychosocial or physiological characteristic (e.g., social support, health related quality of life, resilience, family communication patterns, mother-infant attachment, self-esteem).
Your target population could be a cultural group (e.g., Hispanic elders, African American women), a diverse group (e.g., urban/rural Cuban Americans, low income women), or a vulnerable group (e.g., incarcerated adolescents, sex workers, IV drug abusers, severely mentally ill adults).
- Identify a nursing scholar within your specialty area and identify their clinical topic/problem of interest and population of interest. (Use references). they have identified relative to the problem.
- Identify the conceptual framework or theory that has guided the nursing scholars research of this clinical problem and evaluate the relevance of the theory in their work.
- Identify your own clinical problem and population of interest with discussion of the significance of this problem. (Use references).
- Identify a conceptual framework or theory that you believe would guide your research of this clinical problem and evaluate the relevance of this theory for your work. (Use references).
- AMA format
- minimun 3 references
