Project Dissemination

Aspen University holds to the tradition that students are obligated as a member of the scholarly community to make their project available to interested persons. Scholarship in nursing can be defined as those activities that systematically advance the teaching, research, and practice of nursing as well as the integration such as presentations; and policy proposal designed to influence organizations or governments.

Upon final acceptance of the DNP Project, the student should submit the manuscript for publication in a peer-reviewed journal or present at a conference.

If the DNP is the result of a collaborative research effort, the project should be structured in such a way that the Doctoral Student has supplied a major effort. The contributions of the student and the other collaborators must be clearly identified. The student is responsible for defending the DNP. Published articles authored by the student and based on research conducted for the DNP study may be included in the DNP, provided the published work is logically connected and integrated into the DNP in a coherent manner. The student must be clearly delineated as the sole or primary author of the published work.

Evaluation of Immersion Site and Preceptor

The student's evaluation of their experience and the expertise of the preceptor is required at the end of each immersion experience. The Site Evaluation and Preceptor Evaluation must be completed electronically into ProjectConcert®. The evaluations will become available to students in the following courses courses associated with immersion hours. The evaluations will appear in Week 7 of the course and will remain open for three weeks.