The DNP Project Workbook

Molly J. Bradshaw, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC, is an associate professor, DNP program coordinator, and faculty innovator at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky. She completed her undergraduate nursing degrees at Eastern Kentucky University (1998, 2001); got her master's degree at the University of Kentucky (2005); and earned her doctor of nursing practice degree at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (2016). She is nationally board certified as both a family and a women's health nurse practitioner. She maintains an active clinical practice at First Choice Immediate Care, in Columbia, Kentucky. Her 21-year career in nursing includes diverse positions, including staff nurse (labor and delivery and the operating room), school nurse, nurse manager, nurse practitioner, and active service in the United States Navy Nurse Corps. Her academic scholarship is rooted in teaching innovation, use of infographics/social media, and the DNP Project. Her published works focus on clinical subjects such as prescribing habits of nurse practitioners and chronic disease management, including hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obesity, and multiple sclerosis. She currently serves as secretary of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Steering Committee for the Practice Leadership Network and as secretary for Pricilla's Cancer Foundation, operated by Dunnville First Baptist Church, Dunnville, Kentucky. Tracy R. Vitale, DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM, NE-BC, has been a nurse for more than 20 years and is currently an assistant professor and specialty director of DNP Projects/DNP Project courses at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Nursing, New Brunswick, New Jersey. She received her baccalaureate degree in nursing from The College of New Jersey (2000), her master's in nursing from the University of Phoenix (2006), and a doctor of nursing practice degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (2016). Prior to transitioning to academia in 2017, her nursing career included leadership positions in maternal-fetal medicine research, outpatient private maternal-fetal medicine and high-risk obstetrics practice, and labor and delivery/perinatal evaluation and treatment departments. Dr. Vitale sits on the board of directors for the Organization of Nurse Leaders of New Jersey and is actively involved with the mentorship committee for which she has spoken on a local, state, and national level about the mentorship of nurse leaders. She also serves on the advisory council for the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing, which focuses on nursing workforce issues. Dr. Vitale also serves as a manuscript reviewer for select journals.