GCU NRS490 Week 1 Assignment Professional Capstone and Practicum Documentation
NRS490
Professional Capstone and Practicum
Week 1 Assignment
Professional Capstone and Practicum Documentation
The Professional Capstone and Practicum course requires
students to select a course mentor. This mentor is not a preceptor, but an
individual who will guide students as they work to complete the practice
immersion hour requirements for this course. Students are not required to
“shadow” their mentor.
The course mentor should be someone who can provide
professional development knowledge and guidance and who possesses a genuine
interest in working with students to further their academic goals.
Selection, approval, and retention of a course mentor must
be completed as soon as possible at the start of this course, as this
individual will be working with the student on each assignment that
incorporates practice immersion hours. Working with a course mentor is
mandatory.
Once a course mentor has agreed to serve in the role, you
must complete and submit the following required documentation so that practice
experiences can begin in a timely manner:
Field Experience Site Information Form
Qualified Mentor/Preceptor Summary Form
Mentor’s license, certification, and resume/curriculum vitae
The student is responsible for obtaining all signatures for
the paperwork submission. Course faculty will approve all sites and mentors
according to student learning needs and specific course objectives.
Do not initiate new work on practice-immersion-hour-based
course assignments until your course instructor has approved your course
mentor.
Once a course mentor is approved, students should contact
the mentor within 1 week of receiving the approval notification. Students are
encouraged to make an appointment to meet with their mentor in person and
arrange to review the NRS-490 course objectives and the Individual Success Plan
(ISP).
For more specific information on the course mentor process
and roles and responsibilities, refer to Section Three of the Guidelines for
Undergraduate Field Experiences resource.
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GCU NRS490 Week 2 Assignment Capstone Project Topic Selection and Approval
NRS490
Professional Capstone and Practicum
Week 2 Assignment
Capstone Project Topic Selection and Approval
In collaboration with your approved course mentor, you will
identify a specific evidence-based practice proposal topic for the capstone
project. Consider the clinical environment in which you are currently working
or have recently worked. The capstone project topic can be a clinical practice
problem, an organizational issue, a quality improvement suggestion, a
leadership initiative, or an educational need appropriate to your area of
interest as well as your practice immersion (practicum) setting. Examples of
the integration of community health, leadership, and an EBP can be found on the
“Educational and Community-Based Programs” page of the Healthy People
2020 website.
Write a 500-750 word description of your proposed capstone
project topic. Make sure to include the following:
The problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational
need that will be the focus of the project
The setting or context in which the problem, issue,
suggestion, initiative, or educational need can be observed.
A description providing a high level of detail regarding the
problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need.
Impact of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or
educational need on the work environment, the quality of care provided by
staff, and patient outcomes.
Significance of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative,
or educational need and its implications to nursing.
A proposed solution to the identified project topic
You are required to retrieve and assess a minimum of 8
peer-reviewed articles. Plan your time accordingly to complete this assignment.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in
the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not
required.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
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GCU NRS490 Week 3 Assignment PICOT Statement Paper
NRS490
Professional Capstone and Practicum
Week 3 Assignment
PICOT Statement Paper
Review the Topic Materials and the work completed in
NRS-433V to formulate a PICOT statement for your capstone project.
A PICOT starts with a designated patient population in a
particular clinical area and identifies clinical problems or issues that arise
from clinical care. The intervention should be an independent, specified
nursing change intervention. The intervention cannot require a provider
prescription. Include a comparison to a patient population not currently
receiving the intervention, and specify the timeframe needed to implement the
change process.
Formulate a PICOT statement using the PICOT format provided
in the assigned readings. The PICOT statement will provide a framework for your
capstone project.
In a paper of 500-750 words, clearly identify the clinical
problem and how it can result in a positive patient outcome.
Make sure to address the following on the PICOT statement:
Evidence-Based Solution
Nursing Intervention
Patient Care
Health Care Agency
Nursing Practice
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in
the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not
required.
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 required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
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GCU NRS490 Week 4 Assignment Literature Assessment Table
NRS490
Professional Capstone and Practicum
Week 4 Assignment
Literature Assessment Table
In nursing practice, accurate identification and application
of research is essential to achieving successful outcomes. Being able to
articulate the information and successfully summarize relevant peer-reviewed
articles in a scholarly fashion helps to support the student’s ability and
confidence to further develop and synthesize the progressively more complex
assignments that constitute the components of the course change proposal
capstone project.
For this assignment, the student will provide a synopsis of
eight peer-reviewed articles from nursing journals using an Assessment table
that determines the level and strength of evidence for each of the eight
articles. The articles should be current within the last 5 years and closely
relate to the PICOT statement developed earlier in this course. The articles
may include quantitative research, descriptive analyses, longitudinal studies,
or meta-analysis articles. A systematic review may be used to provide
background information for the purpose or problem identified in the proposed
capstone project. Use the “Literature Assessment Table” resource to
complete this assignment.
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.
GCU NRS490 Week 6 Assignment Literature Review
NRS490
Professional Capstone and Practicum
Week 6 Assignment
Literature Review
While the implementation plan prepares students to apply
their research to the problem or issue they have identified for their capstone
change proposal project, the literature review enables students to map out and
move into the active planning and development stages of the project.
A literature review analyzes how current research supports
the PICOT, as well as identifies what is known and what is not known in the
evidence. Students will use the information from the earlier PICOT Statement
Paper and Literature Assessment Table assignments to develop a 750-1,000 word
review that includes the following sections:
Title page
Introduction section
A comparison of research questions
A comparison of sample populations
A comparison of the limitations of the study
A conclusion section, incorporating recommendations for
further research
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in
the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not
required.
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 required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.
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NRS490 Scholarly Activities Week 10
NRS490 Capstone and Practicum
Week 10 Task
Scholarly Tasks
The RN-to-BSN program requires students to engage in scholarly activities outside of clinical or professional practice. Other intellectual activities include participating in multidisciplinary committees and quality improvement committees at your site, community, and/or national level.
During the BSN program, you must complete one scholarly activity that must be documented.
You must regularly participate in multidisciplinary activities in addition to this submission.
Include who, what, where, when, and any pertinent take-home points in your summary report.
Include the academic activity’s program competencies and future professional aspirations. Please see the “Scholarly Activity Summary” website for guidance.
A solid academic writing style is anticipated, and in-text citations and references should follow APA documentation rules, which can be found in the Student Success Center’s APA Style Guide.
You do not need to submit this to LopesWrite.
