The goal of an executive summary is to summarize your Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project, highlighting key points. The
executive summary should be no more than 10 pages, written in APA 7 format. For academic writing, be sure to include
appropriate citations and references. This is typically not part of an executive summary but should be included for
purposes of this document. The following checklist provides a tool to develop the DNP Project executive summary.
Instructions for students:
 Use this checklist to guide your writing as you type into the appropriate DNP Executive Summary template. Be sure to include
all elements from the checklist in the paper.
 When writing is completed, indicate on the checklist the page numbers from the actual document where appropriate content
is located.
 Respond to any comments in the comment history box. Do not delete previous comments. Add your responses in the
appropriate space.
Instructions for the DNP Project faculty advisor and second member.
 Provide specific feedback in the comment history column. Do not delete previous comments- just add your responses and
use some means to clearly identify your remarks (e.g., colored, bolded, or italicized text).
 If you made detailed comments on the draft using track changes and comments, you can refer to such comments in the draft
rather than copy the text into the checklist comment history section.