GCU NRS490 Complete
Week 1 Task
Personal Success Plan (ISP)
Planning is the key to completing this course and your overall study schedule. Individual Success Plans (ISP) involve early coordination with course instructors and mentor.
Establish a plan for completing (1) weekly course objectives, (2) needed practice immersion hours, and (3) capstone project deliverables.
Individual Success Plan in Topic Materials. Read the resource’s expectations for students and instructions for completing the ISP.
Use the “Individual Success Set” to plan your practice hours and topic objectives. The time you plan to dedicate towards your goals.
The use of the Guidelines for Undergraduate Field Experiences document will result in 100 supervised clinical hours in community health and leadership.
In community health, practicum immersion is necessary. Community-based settings should foster community integration and participation, improve access to services and supports, and empower people to participate in the economic mainstream.
Aside from the typical health care settings, educational and community-based programs and techniques are meant to reach individuals. These include schools, workplaces, hospitals, and communities. Immersion in community health and leadership practice can occur concurrently with the NRS-490 evidence-based project.
In Washington, a registered nurse’s practicum must include at least 50 hours in a community health setting.
Students should use prior knowledge to evaluate and improve their current practice. Incorporate scholarly readings into case reports that show increasingly complicated and proficient practice.
Consider the hurdles you may face when you complete the course’s practice hour and competency criteria.
How might you overcome them?
Throughout the course, you can renegotiate these deliverables with your faculty and mentor.
Your course mentor will sign your ISP at the start and end of each assignment that includes practice immersion hours. In the ISP, you’ll track all immersion hours.
No APA necessary, but good academic writing anticipated.
You do not need to submit this to LopesWrite.
NRS490 Capstone and Practicum
Week 1 Task
Documentation for Capstone and Practicum
Students in the Professional Capstone and Practicum course must choose a mentor. This mentor is not a preceptor, but someone who will help students accomplish their practice immersion hours for this course. No student must “shadow” their mentor.
The course mentor should be able to provide professional development expertise and guidance while really caring about students’ academic aspirations.
The student must select, approve, and retain a course mentor as soon as possible because this person will be working with them on each assignment that includes practice immersion hours. A course mentor is required.
Once a course mentor has accepted to serve as a course mentor, you must complete and submit the necessary documentation to begin practice experiences promptly:
Form for Field Experience Sites
Preceptor/Mentor Summary Form
License, qualification, and CV of mentor
The student is responsible for acquiring all signatures. Student learning needs and course objectives will determine which places and mentors are approved.
Wait until your course instructor has approved your course mentor before starting new work on practice immersion hours.
Students should contact their course mentors within one week of approval. Students should meet with their mentor in person to examine the NRS-490 course objectives and their Individual Success Plan (ISP).
Refer to Section Three of the Guidelines for Undergraduate Field Experiences page for further details on the course mentor procedure and roles.
GCU NRS490 All Assignments
Week 1 Assignment
Individual Success Plan (ISP)
Planning is the key to successful completion of this course
and your overall program of study. The Individual Success Plan (ISP) assignment
requires early collaboration with the course faculty and your course mentor.
You will need to establish a plan for successful completion of (1) deliverables
associated with weekly course objectives, (2), required practice immersion
hours, and (3) deliverables associated with your capstone project.
Access the “Individual Success Plan” resource in
the Topic Materials. Read the information in the resource, including student
expectations and instructions for completing the ISP document.
Use the “Individual Success Plan” to develop a
personal plan for completing your practice hours and how topic objectives will
be met. Include the number of hours you plan to set aside to meet your goals.
A combination of 100 supervised clinical hours in community
health and leadership areas will be obtained through the application of the
objectives listed in the Guidelines for Undergraduate Field Experiences manual.
Practicum immersion experiences are required in a community
health setting. Community-based settings should encourage community integration
and involvement; expand accessibility of services and supports; promote
personal preference, strengths, dignity; and empower people to participate in
the economic mainstream.
According to HealthyPeople.gov, educational and
community-based programs and strategies are designed to reach people outside of
traditional health care settings. These settings may include schools,
worksites, health care facilities, and communities. Community health and
leadership practice immersion can occur in the same site and in conjunction
with the evidence-based project in the NRS-490 course.
If you are a registered nurse in Washington, your practicum
experience must include a minimum of 50 hours in a community health setting.
Students should apply concepts from prior courses to
critically examine and improve their current practice. Students should also
integrate scholarly readings to develop case reports that demonstrate
increasingly complex and proficient practice.
Consider the challenges you expect to encounter as you
continue the practice hour and competency requirements throughout this course.
How might you overcome these challenges?
You can renegotiate these deliverables with your faculty and
mentor throughout this course and update your ISP accordingly.
Once your ISP has been developed and accepted by your course
faculty, you will have your course mentor sign it at the beginning of, and upon
completion of, each assignment that incorporates practice immersion hours. You
will track all course practice immersion hours in the ISP.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is
expected.
You are not required to submit this assignment to
LopesWrite.
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.
