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NRS490 Week 1 Individual Success Plan (ISP) Latest 2017 August

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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 theGuidelines 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.

NRS-490 Individual Success
Plan

REQUIRED PRACTICE
HOURS: 100

P R A C T I C E I M M E R S I O N	Complete Contact Information
Student Information	GCU
Name:
E-mail:
Phone Number:
Course Faculty Information	GCU
Name:
E-mail:
Phone Number:
Practicum Mentor Information	Practice Setting
Name:
E-mail:
Phone Number:
MOU signed &uploaded to Instructor in LoudCloud via Individual Forum	Yes ??	No ?? If no, is an existing Affiliation Agreement on file? _____

ISP Instructions

Use this form to develop
yourIndividual Success Plan (ISP) for NRS-490, the Professional Capstone and Practicum
course. An individual success plan maps out what you, the RN-to-BSNstudent,
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
mentor at the beginning and end of this course so that he or she will know what
you need to accomplish.

Application-based learning
assignments are listed in the course syllabus with aPractice Portfolio Statementrequirement element noted within the
assignment itself.In order for you to successfully complete and graduate from
the RN-to-BSN Program you must meet the following programmatic requirements:
(1) completion of 100 practice immersion hours, and (2) completion of work
associated with all program competencies.

In this ISP, you will
identify all of the objectives, tasks, and/or assignments relating to the 100
practice immersion hours you need to complete by the end of this course.
Specify the dates by which you will complete each tasks and/or assignments.
Your plan should include a self-assessment of how you met all applicable GCU
RN-to-BSN Domains & Competencies (see Appendix A).

ALL course assignments
listing a “Practice Hours Portfolio” statement must be included in
the ISP and are worth and recorded here as approximately 10 hours each.Actual clock hours must be recorded onthis
time log.

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 Planto develop a personal plan for completing your
practice immersion hours and self-assess how you will meet the GCU RN-to-BSN
University Mission Critical Competenciesandthe Programmatic Domains & Competencies (Appendix A)
related to that course.

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
(Appendix A).

Completing yourISP does not
earn practice hours, nor does telephone conference time, or time spent with
your mentor.

· Within the
Individual Success Plan, ensure you identify all course
assignments which may include the following: Memorandums of Understanding
(MOU)(if Affiliation Agreement is not required); comprehensive log of practice
immersion hours applied to baccalaureate level learning outcomes; evaluations
from faculty and mentors; your evaluations of your mentor; scholarly activity
report; competency self-assessment (part of your ISP); reflective journal
(Submitted in Week 10 but covering all weeks in the course); course goals and
plan for how competencies and practice immersion hours will be met; and both
faculty and mentor approvals of course goals and documented practice immersion
hours.

Application-based Learning Course Assignments	List of Current Course Objectives	Number of Clock Hours Associated with Each Assignment	Assignment Date Due	Self-Assessment: GCU RN-to-BSN University Mission Critical Competencies and Programmatic Domains & Competencies (see Appendix A)	Date Assignment Completed

By typing in his/her signature
below, the student agrees to have read, understood, and be accountable for the
instructions, assignments, and hours shown above and that all questions have
been satisfactorily answered by the faculty and/or program director.

Mentors will sign upon initial
receipt and at the end of the course to confirm that assignments have been
complete with your guidance.

Student Signature
Name:
Date:
Mentor Signature [Upon Initiation of Course]
Name:
Date:
Mentor Signature [Upon Completion of Course]
Name:
Date:

GC
NRS490 Week 1 Professional Capstone and Practicum Documentation Latest 2017
August

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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:

1. Field Experience Site Information Form
2. Qualified Mentor/Preceptor Summary Form
3. 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).

FIELD EXPERIENCE SITE INFORMATION FORM

Student Name:		Student ID#:
Program of Study/Degree:
Where do you plan to complete
your field experience hours?
Site Name:
Address 1:
Address 2:
City:	State:		Zip:
What type of facility is this?
What is the primary population type?
What is the unit type, if applicable?
What types of patients are seen in this facility?
How does this site experience meet your course objectives?

Student Signature:	Date:

Note:
Students to provide this form to both OFE and into their classroom according to
this schedule: RN to BSN during week 1 of capstone; MSN during week 1 of the Practicum/Clinical
or DNP during first week of DNP 805. DNP students also provide preceptor CV.

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NRS490 Week 2 Capstone Project Topic Selection and Approval Latest 2017 August

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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:

1. The problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or
   educational need that will be the focus of the project
2. The setting or context in which the problem, issue,
   suggestion, initiative, or educational need can be observed.
3. A description providing a high level of detail
   regarding the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need.
4. Impact of the problem, issue, suggestion,
   initiative, or educational need on the work environment, the quality of
   care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
5. Significance of the problem, issue, suggestion,
   initiative, or educational need and its implications to nursing.
6. 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.

GC
NRS490 Week 3 PICOT Statement Paper Latest 2017 August

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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:

1. Evidence-Based Solution
2. Nursing Intervention
3. Patient Care
4. Health Care Agency
5. 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.

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NRS490 Week 4 Literature Evaluation Table Latest 2017 August

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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 evaluation 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
Evaluation 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.

Literature Evaluation Table

Student Name:

Change Topic (2-3
sentences):

Criteria	Article 1	Article 2	Article 3	Article 4
Author, Journal (Peer-Reviewed), and Permalink or Working Link to Access Article
Article Title and Year Published
Research Questions (Qualitative)/Hypothesis (Quantitative), and Purposes/Aim of Study
Design (Type of Quantitative, or Type of Qualitative)
Setting/Sample
Methods: Intervention/Instruments
Analysis
Key Findings
Recommendations
Explanation of How the Article Supports EBP/Capstone Project

Criteria	Article 5	Article 6	Article 7	Article 8
Author, Journal (Peer-Reviewed), and Permalink or Working Link to Access Article
Article Title and Year Published
Research Questions (Qualitative)/Hypothesis (Quantitative), and Purposes/Aim of Study
Design (Type of Quantitative, or Type of Qualitative)
Setting/Sample
Methods: Intervention/Instruments
Analysis
Key Findings
Recommendations
Explanation of How the Article Supports EBP/Capstone

GC NRS490 Week 6
Literature Review Table Latest 2017 August

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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 Evaluation Table
assignments to develop a 750-1,000 word review that includes the following
sections:

1.
Title page

2.
Introduction section

3.
A comparison of research questions

4.
A comparison of sample populations

5.
A comparison of the limitations of the study

6.
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.

NRS490 week 9 Benchmark – Capstone Project Change
Proposal Latest 2017 August

In this assignment,
students will pull together the change proposal project components they have
been working on throughout the course to create a proposal inclusive of
sections for each content focus area in the course. At the conclusion of this
project, the student will be able to apply evidence-based research steps and
processes required as the foundation to address a clinically oriented problem
or issue in future practice.

Students will develop 1500
word paper that includes the following information as it applies to the
problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need profiled in the
capstone change proposal:

1.
Background

2.
Problem statement

3.
Purpose of the change proposal

4.
PICOT

5.
Literature search strategy employed

6.
Evaluation of the literature

7.
Applicable change or nursing theory utilized

8.
Proposed implementation plan with outcome
measures

9.
Identification of potential barriers to plan
implementation, and a discussion of how these could be overcome

10. Appendix section, if tables, graphs, surveys, educational
materials, etc. are created

Review the feedback from
your instructor on the Topic 3 assignment, PICOT Statement Paper, and Topic 6
assignment, Literature Review. Use the feedback to make appropriate revisions
to the portfolio components before submitting.

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 Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student
Success Center.

NRS490 week 1 & 10 Benchmark – Professional
Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal Latest 2017 August

Details:

Throughout the course,
students will engage in weekly reflection and scholarly activities. These
assignments are presented in Topic 1 to allow students to plan ahead, and
incorporate the deliverables into the Individual Success Plan if they so
choose.

The weekly reflective
journals and scholarly activities will not be submitted in LoudCloud each week;
a final, culminating submission will be due in Topic 10. No submission is
required until Topic 10.

Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

Students are required to
maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into a
final, course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry
into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum
course. This course-long journal assignment will be due in Topic 10.

In each week’s entry, you
should reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout the
Professional Capstone and Practicum course. Your entry should address a
variable combination of the following, dependent on the specific practice
immersion clinical experiences you encountered that week:

1.
New practice approaches

2.
Intraprofessional collaboration

3.
Health care delivery and clinical systems

4.
Ethical considerations in health care

5.
Population health concerns

6.
The role of technology in improving health care
outcomes

7.
Health policy

8.
Leadership and economic models

9.
Health disparities

In the Topic 10 submission,
each of the areas should be addressed in one or more of the weekly entries.

This reflection journal
also allows students to outline what they have discovered about their
professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced,
additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given
situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how they met competencies
and course objectives.

Scholarly Activities

Throughout the RN-to-BSN
program, students are required to participate in scholarly activities outside
of clinical practice or professional practice. Examples of scholarly activities
include attending conferences, seminars, journal club, grand rounds, morbidity
and mortality meetings, interdisciplinary committees, quality improvement
committees, and any other opportunities available at your site, within your
community, or nationally.

You are required to post
one scholarly activity while you are in the BSN program, which should be
documented by the end of this course. In addition to this submission, you are
required to be involved and contribute to interdisciplinary initiatives on a
regular basis.

In Topic 10, you will
submit a summary report of your scholarly activity. You may use the
“Scholarly Activity Summary” resource to help guide this assignment.

GC NRS490 week 10
Scholarly Activities Latest 2017 August

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Throughout the RN-to-BSN program, students are
required to participate in scholarly activities outside of clinical practice or
professional practice. Examples of scholarly activities include attending
conferences, seminars, journal club, grand rounds, morbidity and mortality
meetings, interdisciplinary committees, quality improvement committees, and any
other opportunities available at your site, within your community, or
nationally.

You are required to post one scholarly
activity while you are in the BSN program, which should be documented by the
end of this course. In addition to this submission, you are required to be
involved and contribute to interdisciplinary initiatives on a regular basis.

Submit, as the assignment, a summary report of
the scholarly activity, including who, what, where, when and any relevant
take-home points. Include the appropriate program competencies associated with
the scholarly activity as well as future professional goals related to this
activity. You may use the “Scholarly Activity Summary” resource to
help guide this assignment.

While APA format 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.

Scholarly Activity Summary

This document describes the
scholarly activity elements that should be included in a five paragraph
summary.You may use thisresource to help guide thepreparation of the Scholarly
Activities assignment, due in Topic 10.

Overview

This section consists of a single
paragraph that succinctly describes the scholarly activity that you
attended/participated in, the target market for the activity, and the benefit
of the activity to you.

Problem

This section consists of either a
short narrative or a list of bullet points that concisely identifies the
problems the scholarly activity is designed to solve. Educate:What is the
current state of the activity topic? Explain