Week 1
he first step in developing an evidence-based, practice change proposal is to identify an issue or
problem that is significant to nursing practice. In this topic, students will examine a health care clinical
problem or an organizational issue and its implications to nursing practice.
Objectives:
1. Create a plan for successful completion of the course.
2. Integrate reflective practice in the form of a reflective journal.
3. Demonstrate interprofessional collaboration during the creation of the capstone project
change proposal.
Individual Success Plan (ISP)
Planning is the key to successful completion of this course and program-related objectives. The
Individual Success Plan (ISP) assignment requires early collaboration with the course faculty and your
course preceptor. Students must establish a plan for successful completion of
1. The required 50 community direct clinical practice experience hours, 50 leadership direct
clinical practice hours, and 25 indirect clinical experience hours.
2. Completion of work associated with program competencies.
3. Work associated with completion of the student's capstone project change proposal.
Students will use the "Individual Success Plan" to develop an individual plan for completing practice
hours and course objectives. As a part of this process, students will identify the number of hours set
aside to meet course goals.
Student expectations and instructions for completing the ISP document are provided in the "NRS-493
Individual Success Plan" resource, located in the Study Materials and in the assignment instructions.
Students should apply concepts from prior courses to critically examine and improve their current
practice. Students are expected to integrate scholarly readings to develop case reports that
demonstrate increasingly complex and proficient practice.
After the ISP has been developed by the student and approved by the course faculty, students will
initiate a preconference with the faculty and preceptor to review the ISP.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Due Date: 27-Sep-2020 at 11:59:59 PM
Maximum Points: 25.0
Professional Capstone and
Practicum Reflective
Journal
Students are required to submit weekly reflective narratives throughout the course that will culminate
in a final, course-long reflective journal due in Topic 10. The narratives help students integrate
leadership and inquiry into current practice.
This reflection journal also allows students to outline what they have discovered about their
professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses, and additional resources that could be
introduced in a given situation to influence optimal outcomes. Each week students should also explain
how they met a course competency or course objective(s).
,In each week's entry, students should reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained
throughout the course. Journal entries should address one or more of the areas stated below. In the
Topic 10 graded submission, each of the areas below should be addressed as part of the summary
submission.
1. New practice approaches
2. Interprofessional collaboration
3. Health care delivery and clinical systems
4. Ethical considerations in health care
5. Practices of culturally sensitive care
6. Ensuring the integrity of human dignity in the care of all patients
7. Population health concerns
8. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
9. Health policy
10. Leadership and economic models
11. Health disparities
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and
in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can
be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
RUBRIC
Due Date: 27-Sep-2020 at 11:59:59 PM
Assessment Type: PRACTICE
Maximum Points: 0.01
Capstone Change Project Topics
Work with your preceptor to perform a needs assessment of the organization and community for your
practicum. Review the needs assessment to identify possible project topics. In preparation for the
capstone change project proposal, compile a list of three to five possible topics for your project and
submit to the assignment instructor in LoudCloud.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Due Date: 27-Sep-2020 at 11:59:59 PM
Assessment Type: PRACTICE
Maximum Points: 0.01
Week 2
In this topic, students will continue to explore the context of their chosen clinical problem or
organizational issue and its implications to nursing practice. Students will also research the options for
, their intervention proposal: primary prevention, secondary prevention, bioterrorism, environmental, or
collaboration with an interprofessional team.
Objectives:
1. Develop a solution to address a clinical practice issue to improve patient outcomes.
2. Connect the developed solution of a clinical practice issue with how it will affect
nursing practice.
3. Identify a clinical practice problem or an organizational issue within a community clinical
practice setting.
4. Connect the identified clinical practice problem or organization issue to the implications
it would have on nursing practice.
5. Integrate reflective practice into the practicum reflective journal.
6. Demonstrate interprofessional collaboration during the creation of the capstone project
change proposal.
Capstone Project Topic
Selection and Approval
In collaboration with the approved course preceptor, students will identify a specific evidence-based
topic for the capstone project change proposal. Students should consider the clinical environment in
which they are currently employed or have recently worked. The capstone project topic can be a
clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a leadership or quality improvement initiative, or an
unmet educational need specific to a patient population or community. The student may also choose to
work with an interprofessional collaborative team.
Students should select a topic that aligns to their area of interest as well as the clinical practice setting
in which practice hours are completed.
Write a 500-750 word description of your proposed capstone project topic. Include the following:
1. The problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or
collaborative interprofessional team project that will be the focus of the change
proposal.
2. The setting or context in which the problem or issue, intervention, quality
initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project can be
observed.
3. A description (providing a high level of detail) regarding the problem or issue, intervention,
quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project.
4. Effect of the problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need,
or collaborative interprofessional team project.
5. Significance of the topic and its implications for nursing practice.
6. A proposed solution to the identified project topic with an explanation of how it will
affect nursing practice.
You are required to cite to a minimum of eight peer-reviewed sources to complete this assignment.
Sources must be published within the last 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and
relevant to nursing practice. Plan your time accordingly to complete this assignment.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the
Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
he first step in developing an evidence-based, practice change proposal is to identify an issue or
problem that is significant to nursing practice. In this topic, students will examine a health care clinical
problem or an organizational issue and its implications to nursing practice.
Objectives:
1. Create a plan for successful completion of the course.
2. Integrate reflective practice in the form of a reflective journal.
3. Demonstrate interprofessional collaboration during the creation of the capstone project
change proposal.
Individual Success Plan (ISP)
Planning is the key to successful completion of this course and program-related objectives. The
Individual Success Plan (ISP) assignment requires early collaboration with the course faculty and your
course preceptor. Students must establish a plan for successful completion of
1. The required 50 community direct clinical practice experience hours, 50 leadership direct
clinical practice hours, and 25 indirect clinical experience hours.
2. Completion of work associated with program competencies.
3. Work associated with completion of the student's capstone project change proposal.
Students will use the "Individual Success Plan" to develop an individual plan for completing practice
hours and course objectives. As a part of this process, students will identify the number of hours set
aside to meet course goals.
Student expectations and instructions for completing the ISP document are provided in the "NRS-493
Individual Success Plan" resource, located in the Study Materials and in the assignment instructions.
Students should apply concepts from prior courses to critically examine and improve their current
practice. Students are expected to integrate scholarly readings to develop case reports that
demonstrate increasingly complex and proficient practice.
After the ISP has been developed by the student and approved by the course faculty, students will
initiate a preconference with the faculty and preceptor to review the ISP.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Due Date: 27-Sep-2020 at 11:59:59 PM
Maximum Points: 25.0
Professional Capstone and
Practicum Reflective
Journal
Students are required to submit weekly reflective narratives throughout the course that will culminate
in a final, course-long reflective journal due in Topic 10. The narratives help students integrate
leadership and inquiry into current practice.
This reflection journal also allows students to outline what they have discovered about their
professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses, and additional resources that could be
introduced in a given situation to influence optimal outcomes. Each week students should also explain
how they met a course competency or course objective(s).
,In each week's entry, students should reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained
throughout the course. Journal entries should address one or more of the areas stated below. In the
Topic 10 graded submission, each of the areas below should be addressed as part of the summary
submission.
1. New practice approaches
2. Interprofessional collaboration
3. Health care delivery and clinical systems
4. Ethical considerations in health care
5. Practices of culturally sensitive care
6. Ensuring the integrity of human dignity in the care of all patients
7. Population health concerns
8. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
9. Health policy
10. Leadership and economic models
11. Health disparities
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and
in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can
be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
RUBRIC
Due Date: 27-Sep-2020 at 11:59:59 PM
Assessment Type: PRACTICE
Maximum Points: 0.01
Capstone Change Project Topics
Work with your preceptor to perform a needs assessment of the organization and community for your
practicum. Review the needs assessment to identify possible project topics. In preparation for the
capstone change project proposal, compile a list of three to five possible topics for your project and
submit to the assignment instructor in LoudCloud.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Due Date: 27-Sep-2020 at 11:59:59 PM
Assessment Type: PRACTICE
Maximum Points: 0.01
Week 2
In this topic, students will continue to explore the context of their chosen clinical problem or
organizational issue and its implications to nursing practice. Students will also research the options for
, their intervention proposal: primary prevention, secondary prevention, bioterrorism, environmental, or
collaboration with an interprofessional team.
Objectives:
1. Develop a solution to address a clinical practice issue to improve patient outcomes.
2. Connect the developed solution of a clinical practice issue with how it will affect
nursing practice.
3. Identify a clinical practice problem or an organizational issue within a community clinical
practice setting.
4. Connect the identified clinical practice problem or organization issue to the implications
it would have on nursing practice.
5. Integrate reflective practice into the practicum reflective journal.
6. Demonstrate interprofessional collaboration during the creation of the capstone project
change proposal.
Capstone Project Topic
Selection and Approval
In collaboration with the approved course preceptor, students will identify a specific evidence-based
topic for the capstone project change proposal. Students should consider the clinical environment in
which they are currently employed or have recently worked. The capstone project topic can be a
clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a leadership or quality improvement initiative, or an
unmet educational need specific to a patient population or community. The student may also choose to
work with an interprofessional collaborative team.
Students should select a topic that aligns to their area of interest as well as the clinical practice setting
in which practice hours are completed.
Write a 500-750 word description of your proposed capstone project topic. Include the following:
1. The problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or
collaborative interprofessional team project that will be the focus of the change
proposal.
2. The setting or context in which the problem or issue, intervention, quality
initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project can be
observed.
3. A description (providing a high level of detail) regarding the problem or issue, intervention,
quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project.
4. Effect of the problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need,
or collaborative interprofessional team project.
5. Significance of the topic and its implications for nursing practice.
6. A proposed solution to the identified project topic with an explanation of how it will
affect nursing practice.
You are required to cite to a minimum of eight peer-reviewed sources to complete this assignment.
Sources must be published within the last 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and
relevant to nursing practice. Plan your time accordingly to complete this assignment.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the
Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
