SCHOOL OF NURSING Models of Capstone Projects: A Conversation Terri E. Weaver, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor and Dean University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing © Weaver, 2012 Jane M. Kirkpatrick, PhD, MSN, RNC-OB Head, School of Nursing Associate Dean, College of Health and Human Sciences Purdue University Objectives for this session Discuss the intent and scope of the DNP capstone scholarly project: – Differentiating from the PhD thesis – How the project demonstrates
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Associate versus Bachelor Degree in Nursing Ana Parker Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V-O502 July 6, 2016 Education Preparation: Associate versus Bachelor Degree in Nursing Though the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) is available to the holders of both an associate’s degree of nursing and a bachelor’s degree of nursing, healthcare is constantly changing and looking for ways to expand and improve. According to NursingLicensure.org, an increasing number of hospitals are now overlooking
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Practicum/Capstone Experience First of all, take a deep breathe. Reflect on all you have achieved so far! You are now ready to put what you have learned into practice and then write a long paper that synthesizes what you have learned into a research report. To save time and energy, you might want to create a practicum experience that informs your capstone and gather data at the practicum (under the guidance of Dr. Beaman and your preceptor) that you can report and discuss in your capstone. Ask yourself
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Nursing Practicum Goals Introduction As the last course of the RN-BSN is now underway, the author of this paper is ecstatic to be near the end and is genuinely impressed with the material that has been learned of the past year. The nursing practicum and capstone course serves as a closing to an extremely fast paced and exciting program. This is when everything that has been taught up to this point now makes sense and hopefully is shown in discussions, lectures, written assignments, and class
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Dr. L. The capstone project in which I am initiating on dying with dignity is special to me, not only because of working many years in Oncology, Intensive Care Units, Emergency Rooms, but receiving the diagnosis years ago and being sent home on hospice. The medical care received trigger concern even today and creating a way to bridge the gap between nursing caring for a patient that the diagnosis results in walking out of the hospital and one that when leaving the hospital would not be able to
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The tangible and intangible resources that will be required to implement my Capstone Project pertain to money, databases, and time. As a recap, the clinical question which will be the basis for my capstone change project is: What should be the personal protective equipment (PPE) protocols for health care workers (HCWs) exposed to contaminated body fluids? To answer this, I would need to conduct a systematic review of literature that will result in Level 1 Evidence, based on the “Evidence Based Practice
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Frameworks serve important purposes in clinical projects (Bonnel & Smith, 2014). Recognizing the framework is required because it ensures that the boundaries of the project are consistent with the concepts involved in the project (Bonnel & Smith, 2014). Nursing theorist Kurt Lewin had developed the change theory, in which he described the three stages involved in bringing about change: unfreezing (when change is needed), moving (when change is initiated), and refreezing (when equilibrium is established)
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Capstone Project Milestone #1: Guidelines and Rubric PURPOSE Clear identification of the problem or opportunity is the first step in evidence-based nursing. This first milestone offers two tools to assist in the identification and gathering of evidence to link the problem, proposed intervention, and desired outcomes. Completion of the milestone will include identification of the problem or concern using the PICOT format and a literature search to find evidence to support an intervention that will
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Healthcare Research and Quality: Inpatient Quality Indicators xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx March 2, 2015 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Inpatient Quality Indicators The purpose of this capstone paper is to discuss the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) approach to quality and safety as this pertains to inpatient quality indicators. This will assist with better understanding what efforts are being taken within the contemporary
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Future plans My future plans with my Pet Therapy Capstone project is to continue to go and contribute even if it is just as a volunteer to one of these facilities, so that the continuation of pet therapy does not stop there. Obviously the pet will be there visiting in the facility and interact with patients/residents on a positive noted, but also improve nurse-to-patient interaction and communication. To help address the issue of separation identified in some of the residents presented with the
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