1. Direct clinical practice–What can the nurse practitioner do in their practice to resolve the problem and or deter enabling narcotic use.
2. Guidance–How can the nurse practitioner provide guidance?
3. Consultation—Who can the nurse practitioner consult with? Pain management specialist?
4. Evidence Based Practice—Suggest and implement solutions based on evidence-based research that will support clinical practice.
5. Leadership—Lead by example, explore options to narcotic use such as other modalities (e.g. massage therapy, acupuncture) and set boundaries such as supporting pain management contracts.
6. Collaboration—Collaborate with colleagues to reach common ground when it comes to pain management.
7. Ethical Decision Making—Make sound judgements that cause no further harm.
Select and discuss 4 DNP Essentials (see DNP Essential attachment) relevant to your selected practice problem. (There are 8 Essentials and I have selected 4 that are the most appropriate and relevant to the topic).
1. Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking
2. Essential VI: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and population health outcomes.
3. Essential VII: Clinical Prevention and Population health for Improving the Nation’s Health
4. Essential VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
Explain how and why the DNP Essentials can be applied to the model you identified and your practice problem.
Identify and discuss how specific DNP intervention strategies, based upon the DNP Essentials, would work to provide for optimal outcomes.
Evaluate potential outcomes for this practice problem.