Fast Facts for Dnp Role Development: A Career Navigation Guide

Illustrates how the DNP degree fosters opportunities for nurses to shape the future of healthcare

The first resource of its kind, this engaging handbook delivers practical guidance on the burgeoning roles and career opportunities afforded by the DNP degree, as well as the knowledge and skills required for career advancement. It provides students and professionals with a fundamental understanding of the value of the DNP degree and how it supports opportunities for nurses to shape the future of healthcare at academic, policy, organizational, site, and patient-care levels.

Following an overview of the DNP degree, along with a discussion of key competencies required for success in any DNP arena, this guide examines the various roles a DNP graduate can hold. Chapters highlight potential career paths, education and certification requirements, opportunities and challenges, and the integration of relevant AACN DNP Essentials. Reflection questions and resources for further exploration conclude each chapter.

Key Features:
• Delivers practical guidance on the DNP degree, potential roles, and career opportunities
• Describes how to integrate DNP Essentials into practice
• Discusses key competencies required for success in any DNP role
• Illustrates potential career paths with education and certification requirements
• Promotes self-reflection with thought-provoking questions
• Includes resources for further exploration


Author: Denise Menonna-Quinn, Toni Tortorella Genova
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 12/23/2019
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780826136848


About the Author
Tortorella Genova, Toni: -

Toni Tortorella Genova, DNP, APN-C, FNP-BC, NP-C, received her bachelor's degree from SUNY, Downstate College of Nursing, Brooklyn, New York, and her master's degree from the Hunter-Bellevue College of Nursing, New York, New York. Additionally, she received her DNP as a member of the inaugural class of William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, and her post-master's certificate as a family nurse practitioner (FNP) from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Tortorella Genova is a tenured faculty member at Bergen Community College, Paramus, New Jersey. She has 25 years of classroom and clinical teaching experience in medical-surgical nursing. Her role of educator is informed and influenced by her more than 35 years of experience as an oncology nurse in a variety of roles, including staff nurse, manager, clinical nurse specialist, and ambulatory oncology nurse, in multiple hospitals and private practices in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area. She remains clinically active as a volunteer FNP for a clinic that provides healthcare to the uninsured.

Menonna-Quinn, Denise: -

Denise Menonna-Quinn DNP, RN, NPD-BC, AOCNS, BMTCN
Education Specialist, Oncology Division
Hackensack Meridian Healthcare
Hackensack, New Jersey
Nursing Faculty Professor, Ameritech College of Healthcare
Draper, Utah
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Felician University
Rutherford, New Jersey