Journeying through the DNP project: A qualitative, descriptive study.

Background: As a requirement of doctor in nursing practice (DNP) programs, a final scholarly project is required. Little is known about the student experience initiating, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating the scholarly DNP project.

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive study was to explore descriptions of what it is like to move through the DNP project process, from the perspective of successful recent DNP graduates.

Evidence-Based Practice: Implementing Trauma-Informed Care of Children and Adolescents in the Inpatient Psychiatric Setting.

Introduction: At our inpatient psychiatric hospital, which cares for children and adolescents, internal data of use of seclusions and holds as crisis interventions for immediate behavioral health issues demonstrated that we were using these too often.

Aims: Benchmarking indicated that we were at the 75% in use of these measures, and it became an organizational goal to reduce the use of these strategies in order to reduce the risk of retraumatization to an already traumatized child.

Methods: We used the Iowa Model for Evidence Based Practice-Revised to initiate an evidence-based practice project introducing and hardwiring Trauma Informed Care to the staff and institution.