NRS 493 Grand Canyon University Capstone Project
NRS 493 Grand Canyon University Capstone Project
NRS-493 Individual Success Plan
REQUIRED PRACTICE HOURS:
■ 100 Direct Clinical Experience (50 hours community/50 hours leadership)
■ 25 Indirect Clinical Experience Hours.
ISP Instructions
Use this form to develop your Individual Success Plan (ISP) for NRS-493, the
Professional Capstone and Practicum course. An individual success plan maps out
what you, the RN-to-BSN student, needs to accomplish in order to be successful as you
work through this course and complete your overall program of study.
You will also share this with your preceptor at the beginning and end of this course so
that he or she will know what you need to accomplish.
In this ISP, you will identify all of the objectives and assignments relating to the 100
direct clinical practice experience hours and the 25 indirect clinical practice hours you
need to complete by the end of this course. Use this template to specify the date by
which you will complete each assignment.
Your plan should include a self-assessment of how you met all applicable GCU
RN-to-BSN Domains & Competencies (see Appendix A).
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of each assignment as it
pertains to deliverables due in this course:
■ Use the Individual Success Plan to develop a personal plan for completing your
clinical practice experience hours and self-assess how you will meet the GCU
RN-to- BSN University Mission Critical Competencies and the Programmatic
Domains & Competencies (Appendix A) related to that
Show all of the major deliverables in the course, the topic/course objectives that apply
to each deliverable, and lastly, align each deliverable to the applicable University Mission
Critical Competencies and the course-specific Domains and Competencies
NRS 493 Grand Canyon University Capstone Project
NRS-493 Individual Success Plan
REQUIRED PRACTICE HOURS:
100 Direct Clinical Experience Hours (50 hours community/50 hours leadership)
25 Indirect Clinical Experience Hours
ISP Instructions:
Use this form to create your Individual Success Plan (ISP) for NRS-493, the Professional Capstone and Practicum course at Grand Canyon University. The ISP outlines your goals for this course and your overall program of study. Share this plan with your preceptor at the beginning and end of the course to ensure alignment and success.
In this ISP, you will identify objectives and assignments related to the 100 direct clinical practice experience hours and the 25 indirect clinical practice hours required for this course. Use this template to specify completion dates for each assignment. Your plan should also include a self-assessment of how you meet the applicable GCU RN-to-BSN Domains & Competencies (see Appendix A).
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
Use this information to successfully complete assignments in this course:
Utilize the Individual Success Plan to create a personal plan for your clinical practice experience hours and self-assess how you will meet GCU RN-to-BSN University Mission Critical Competencies and the Programmatic Domains & Competencies (Appendix A).
List major deliverables in the course, relate them to course objectives, and align them with University Mission Critical Competencies and course-specific Domains and Competencies.
Note that completing your ISP does not earn clinical practice experience hours, and time spent in telephone conferences or with your preceptor does not count.
By signing below, you agree to have read, understood, and be accountable for the instructions, assignments, and hours detailed above, and confirm that all your questions have been addressed satisfactorily by the faculty.
Student Signature:
Name: Tristine Laffoon
Date: 5/14/2021
Mentor Signature [Upon Initiation of Course]:
Name: Christie Turley
Date: 5/14/21
Mentor Signature [Upon Completion of Course]:
Name: Week 10 mentor signs when date assignment completed is filled in.
Date:
APPENDIX A:
GCU RN-to-BSN Domains & Competencies
University’s Mission Critical Competencies
How Does This Individual Success Plan Support The GCU Mission?
MC1: Effective Communication: Therapeutic communication is central to baccalaureate nursing practice. Students gain an understanding of their ethical responsibility and how verbal and written communication affects others intellectually and emotionally. Students begin to use nursing terminology and taxonomies within the practice of professional and therapeutic communication. Courses require students to write scholarly papers, prepare presentations, develop persuasive arguments, and engage in discussion that is clear, assertive, and respectful.
MC2: Critical Thinking: Courses require students to use critical thinking skills by analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating scientific evidence needed to improve patient outcomes and professional practice.
MC3: Christian Worldview: Students will apply a Christian worldview within a global society and examine ethical issues from the framework of a clearly articulated system of professional values. Students will engage in discussion of values-based decisions made from a Christian perspective.
MC4: Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics: The concept of global citizenship is introduced to baccalaureate students in the foundational curriculum. Some courses will focus on the human experience across the world health continuum. The World Health Organization (WHO) definitions of health, health disparities, and determinants of health are foundational to nursing practice.
MC5: Leadership: Students will apply a Christian worldview within a global society and examine ethical issues from the framework of a clearly articulated system of professional values. Students will engage in discussion of values-based decisions made from a Christian perspective.
Domains And Competencies
How Does This Individual Success Plan Support The Program Domains And Competencies?
Domain 1: Professional Role
Graduates of Grand Canyon University’s RN-BSN program will be able to incorporate professional values to advance the nursing profession through leadership skills, political involvement, and life-long learning.
Competencies:
Exemplify professionalism in diverse health care settings.
Manage patient care within the changing environment of the health care system.
Exercise professional nursing leadership and management roles in the promotion of patient safety and quality.
Participate in health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health outcomes.
Advocate for autonomy and social justice for individuals and diverse populations.
Domain 2: Theoretical Foundations Of Nursing Practice
Graduates of Grand Canyon University’s RN-BSN program will have acquired a body of nursing knowledge built on a theoretical foundation of liberal arts, science, and nursing concepts that will guide professional practice.
Competencies:
Incorporate liberal arts and science studies into nursing practice.
Comprehend nursing concepts and health promotion across the lifespan.
Understand and value the processes of critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and decision making.
Domain 3: Nursing Practice
Graduates of Grand Canyon University’s RN-BSN program will be able to utilize the nursing process to provide safe quality care based on nursing best practices.
Competencies:
Utilize the nursing process to provide safe and effective care for patients across the health-illness continuum, promoting, maintaining, and restoring health, preventing disease, and facilitating a peaceful end-of-life transition.
Implement patient care decisions based on evidence-based practice.
Provide individualized education to diverse patient populations in a variety of health care settings.
Demonstrate professional standards of practice.
Domain 4: Communication/Informatics
Graduates of Grand Canyon University’s RN-BSN program will be able to manage information and technology to provide safe quality care in a variety of settings. In addition, graduates will be able to communicate therapeutically and professionally to produce positive working relationships with patients and health care team members.
Competencies:
Utilize patient care technology and information management systems.
Communicate therapeutically with patients and health care team members.
Professionally communicate and collaborate with interdisciplinary health care teams to provide safe and effective care.
Domain 5: Holistic Patient Care
Graduates of Grand Canyon University’s RN-BSN program will be able to provide holistic individualized care that is sensitive to cultural and spiritual aspects of the human experience.
Competencies:
Understand the human experience across the health-illness continuum.
Assess for the spiritual needs and provide appropriate interventions for individuals, families, and groups.
Provide culturally sensitive care.
Preserve the integrity and human dignity in the care of all patients.
NRS 493 Week 1:
The 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:
Create a plan for successful completion of the course.
Integrate reflective practice in the form of a reflective journal.
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:
