Implementation of a State Legislative Fellowship for Doctor of Nursing Practice Students.

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Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Crowder) and Adjunct Faculty (Dr Roddy), Community and Health Systems, and Professor and Director of the Center for Research in Nursing Education (Dr Ironside), School of Nursing, Indiana University; and Medical/Surgical Clinical Nurse Specialist (Dr Cangany), Franciscan St Francis Health, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Published: September 2016

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students need to be effective health policy leaders and contribute their expertise to legislative discussions. Nursing faculty have unique opportunities to prepare future DNP health policy leaders through legislative experiential learning opportunities. Yet, the creation of legislative fellowships can seem challenging. This article describes a state legislative fellowship based on Kolb's experiential learning theory and explores ways faculty can support DNP student preparation.

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