Table 2 Main categories, categories and subcategories the establishing a DNP program from experts’ views
Main categories | Categories | Subcategories |
|---|---|---|
1. Providing Infrastructures | 1.1 Basic infrastructures | Need assessment in different levels Adequate resources Defining the role and scope of graduates Evaluation factors facilitating or inhibiting this transition using DNP executive countries’ experiences. Cultural adaptations |
1.2 Challenges of developing a DNP program without providing infrastructures | Graduates’ frustration after the unsuccessful DNP performance. Waste time and costs. Lack of guarantees for patient outcomes Inadequate support for promoting of profession Burden on the healthcare system Blind imitation of western countries | |
2. DNP: As an Opportunity to Drive Positive Outcomes | 2.1 DNP to meet the patients’ newly emerging needs | Application of knowledge to practice Development of clinical nursing practice Technological advances Patients’ changing needs Healthcare systems’ complexity |
2.2 Improvement of patient outcomes | Evidence-based practice development Decrease in the theory – practice gap Advancement nurses’ roles |