This unique text and reference—the only book to address the full spectrum of clinical data management for the DNP student—instills a fundamental understanding of how clinical data is gathered, used, and analyzed, and how to incorporate this data into a quality DNP project. The new third edition is updated to reflect changes in national health policy such as quality measurements, bundled payments for specialty care, and Advances to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and evolving programs through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The third edition reflects the revision of 2021 AACN Essentials and provides data sets and other examples in Excel and SPSS format, along with several new chapters.

This resource takes the DNP student step-by-step through the complete process of data management, from planning through presentation, clinical applications of data management that are discipline-specific, and customization of statistical techniques to address clinical data management goals. Chapters are brimming with descriptions, resources, and exemplars that are helpful to both faculty and students. Topics spotlight requisite competencies for DNP clinicians and leaders such as phases of clinical data management, statistics and analytics, assessment of clinical and economic outcomes, value-based care, quality improvement, benchmarking, and data visualization. A progressive case study highlights multiple techniques and methods throughout the text. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.

New to the Third Edition:



New Chapter: Using EMR Data for the DNP Project
New chapter solidifies link between EBP and Analytics for the DNP project
New chapter highlights use of workflow mapping to transition between current and future state, while simultaneously visualizing process measures needed to ensure success of the DNP project
Includes more examples to provide practical application exercises for students

Key Features:



Disseminates robust strategies for using available data from everyday practice to support trustworthy evaluation of outcomes
Uses multiple tools to meet data management objectives [SPSS, Excel®, Tableau]
Presents case studies to illustrate multiple techniques and methods throughout chapters
Includes specific examples of the application and utility of these techniques using software that is familiar to graduate nursing students
Offers real world examples of completed DNP projects
Provides Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, data sets in SPSS and Excel, and forms for completion of data management and evaluation plan