NR451 RN
Capstone
Week 1
Discussion
Our Care Culture
Applies principles of nursing, theories, and the care
philosophies to self, colleagues, individuals, families, aggregates and
communities throughout the healthcare system. (PO#1)
Care expressed and practiced in professional nursing models
provides a way of looking at the nursing role from the aspect of care. It may
seem excessive to consider aspects of caring and compassion in nursing.
However, precisely because it IS nursing makes it crucial to our continual
progress of defining and upholding one of our central professional principles.
Address each of these items:
Reflect on a caring and compassionate experience with a
patient or family encountered in your practice. How was your compassion
demonstrated? What other ways do you wish you would have expressed caring?
How does your thinking about compassion expand to include
self and colleagues?
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Capstone
Week 2
Discussion
Communication and Influence-the Power of Evidence
Demonstrates effective communication with patients,
colleagues, and other healthcare providers in managing safe/quality healthcare
processes using evidence-based practices. (PO#3)
Please address the following:
Describe caring attributes of the culture where you
currently practice. Which attributes stand out as having significant influence
on patients, nurses, and other healthcare professionals?
How do you see effective communication relating to patient
outcomes in this setting? What is the evidence for this?
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Capstone
Week 3
Discussion
Resilience and Change
Integrates clinical nursing judgment using effective
communication strategies with patients, colleagues, and other healthcare
providers. (PO#4)
Change is part of our daily healthcare environment. Clinical
nursing judgements based on quality and safety, as well as protocols and
standards, reflect our patient-centered care values.
What steps could you take to develop more resilience in your
practice setting?
How might you communicate a change in practice to patients
and nursing peers
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Week 4
Discussion
Advocacy and Cultural Competence
Plans clinical practice activities that integrate
professional nursing standards in accordance with the Nursing Code of Ethics
and the ANA standards of practice (PO#6).
Go to the link https://www.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/clas/standards
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
View the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate
Services Standards (CLAS) categories aimed at equity and quality care (HHS,
n.d.). Notice how these standards overlap with many of the expectations and
standards in professional nursing practice!
In what ways are you and your peers using these standards in
your areas of nursing practice?
Discuss one nursing action you might incorporate to improve
cultural competence in your organization.
NR451 RN
Capstone
Week 5
Discussion
Interprofessional Collaboration
Integrates the professional role of leader, teacher,
communicator, and manager of care to plan cost-effective, quality healthcare to
consumers in structured and unstructured settings. (PO#7)
Planning for our patients during times of transitions (for
example: hospital to home, home to rehabilitation facility) involves
collaboration with a number of healthcare professionals. Please address the
following questions:
How does your facility promote interprofessional collaboration
during times of patient transitions?
What is the role of the nurse in patient transitions?
What gaps can you identify in this process related to
quality of care? (If you are not currently in practice, please use a previous
role or clinical experience in your answers.)
NR451 RN
Capstone
Week 6
Discussion
Transformational Leadership
Proposes leadership and collaboration strategies for use
with consumers and other healthcare providers in managing care and/or
delegating responsibilities for health promotion, illness prevention, health restoration
and maintenance, and rehabilitative activities. (PO#2)
Transformational leaders influence those around them and
therefore have the potential to alter the culture of a unit or organization.
Please address the following topics:
Summarize your general beliefs of what makes a good leader.
Regarding the transformational leadership skills discussed
in our required article reading, how do you think your leadership style is
perceived by others?
What aspect of the TEACH values discussed in the lesson do
you think would most benefit your work environment if adopted?
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Capstone
Week 7
Discussion
CDC Wonder
Selects evidence for best practices when planning
professional nursing care involving systems, processes, and devices for
individuals, families, aggregates and communities. (PO#8)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of
Informatics and Surveillance website contains a number of resources nurses
could innovatively incorporate in care delivery. The CDC Wonder site could be
utilized by nurses in a number of ways. https://wonder.cdc.gov/ (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.
For this discussion you will:
Identify one of the resources at the CDC Wonder site above
and describe how a nurse might use this information in practice.
How might nurses utilizing telehealth benefit from these
resources?
Address what you find innovative about the link.
Feel free to share some of your nursing innovation ideas!
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Week 8
Discussion
Your Nursing Destiny
Develops a plan for continued personal and professional
development through enrollment in graduate education, continuing education
programs, certification attainment, professional reading and participation in
professional organizations' and service to the community. (PO#5)
Now that each one of you is very close to completing this
major accomplishment in your nursing career, please share your professional
development plans to keep up to date in your chosen specialty and nursing in
general.
In what professional nursing organizations do you currently
participate? What organizations might you think about participating in for the
future?
What nursing certifications are you considering?
How might consideration of continuing your education to
pursue a graduate degree fit into your future plans?
NR451 RN
Capstone
Week 3 Assignment
Healthcare Policy
Purpose
In this assignment, you will assess the impact of health
legislation on nursing practice and communicate your analysis to your peers.
GovTrack.us provides a list of federal health bills that are currently in process
in Congressional Committees.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following
course outcomes:
CO4: Integrates clinical nursing judgment using effective
communication strategies with patients, colleagues, and other healthcare
providers. (PO#4)
CO7: Integrates the professional role of leader, teacher,
communicator, and manager of care to plan cost-effective, quality healthcare to
consumers in structured and unstructured settings. (PO#7)
Points
The assignment is worth 175 points.
Due Date
Submit your completed assignment by Sunday of Week 3 by 11:59
p.m. MT.
Directions
A short tutorial with tips for completing this assignment
may be viewed here: Healthcare Policy (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
This assignment will be in the format of a PowerPoint
presentation (Bullet points may be used).
You are educating your peers through this presentation
regarding a federal bill you believe may be of interest to nurses.
Go to https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/health/6130
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Choose a health-related federal bill of interest. Read
through the bill and develop a summary in your own words. Include the bill
number and name.
Here is a link to our U.S. legislative process (bill to law)
for review, if needed.
https://www.congress.gov/legislative-process (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.
Tutorial: For those not familiar with the development of a
PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft website may be
helpful -
https://support.office.com/office-training-center?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fb8f02f81-ec85-4493-a39b-4c48e6bc4bfb
(Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Include the following information in your presentation
Title slide (Your name, NR451, January session, Healthcare
Policy assignment)
Bill name and number (indicate either H.B. or S.B.)
Bill summary (in your own words)
Address how this bill might impact professional nursing practice
standards if passed? If not passed?
How might the bill impact your own nursing practice?
How might you communicate your concerns about or support for
this bill based on nursing practice, standards, or patient outcomes?
How might this bill impact your community?
References slide to include the Bill source in APA format.
No more than 12 slides
Template
There is no required form or template for this assignment.
Please use PowerPoint best practices throughout your presentation.
Best Practices
The following are best practices in preparing this
presentation.
Review directions and rubric thoroughly prior to beginning
assignment.
Watch short Kaltura video.Incorporate graphics, clip art, or
photographs to increase interest.
Make slides easy to read with short bullet points and large
font.
Source Citations
Cite all sources on the appropriate slides with (author,
year) as well as on the Reference slide.
Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final
submission.
Use the rubric as a final check prior to submission to
ensure all content is clearly addressed.
NR451 RN
Capstone
Week 5 Assignment
iCARE Paper
Purpose
The purpose of the iCARE Paper assignment is to explore the
concept of interprofessional teams and patient outcomes. Nursing supportive
actions of compassion, advocacy, resilience, and evidence-based practice will
serve as a way to apply care concepts.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following
course outcomes:
CO1: Applies principles of nursing, theories, and the care
philosophies to self, colleagues, individuals, families, aggregates and
communities throughout the healthcare system. (PO#1)
CO6: Plans clinical practice activities that integrate
professional nursing standards in accordance with the Nursing Code of Ethics
and the American Nurses' Association (ANA) standards of practice. (PO#6)
Points
The assignment is worth 200 points.
Due Date
Submit your completed assignment by Sunday end of Week 5 by
11:59 p.m. MT.
Directions
Getting Started: Interprofessional teams are part of
practice trends we see developing in all aspects of care delivery. Consider you
own work environment (or recent clinical setting).
For this assignment, consider the concept of
interprofessional teamwork and patient outcomes.
Look to your current workplace as an example. (If you are
not currently employed, look to a past workplace or clinical practice area.)
Apply the components of the iCARE concept to
interprofessional teams in a short paper. (Body of the paper to be 3 pages,
excluding the title page and references page)
iCARE components are:
C ompassion
A dvocacy
R esilience
E vidence-Based Practice (EBP)
How could you contribute to an interprofessional team and
patient outcomes through nursing actions of: compassion, advocacy, resilience,
and evidence-based practice?
Select one scholarly nursing article from CINAHL as a
resource for your paper. Additional scholarly sources can be used but are
optional.
Use APA format throughout, particularly in citations and on
the References page.
Please paraphrase throughout. One short quote is permitted.
The prepared paper template is RECOMMENDED for this
assignment.
Download the assignment template here: iCare Assignment
Template (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
A short tutorial with tips for completing this assignment
may be viewed here: iCARE Paper (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
Elements of iCARE paper
Title page
Below are the headings to be used for this assignment.
Introduction: (No heading needed here in APA) Explain the
type of work setting you are discussing and whether interprofessional teams are
currently present. If interprofessional teams are present, indicate a team
function that could be improved. If interprofessional teams are NOT present,
indicate what type of team you think might be possible in the setting.
Describe a nursing action item for each component below that
could contribute to: interprofessional team support; how this might impact the
culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.
Compassion
Advocacy
Resilience
Evidence-Based Practice
Summary: Include a summary statement of how iCARE components
can support interprofessional teams and patient outcomes. Address how you may
be able to influence this process of support for interprofessional teams
overall in your unit or organization.
References page: List any references used in APA format.
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Capstone
Week 6 Assignment
Evidence-Based Practice Change Process
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is:
To apply a change process using the ACE Star Model of
Knowledge Transformation and a systematic review after identifying a clinical
topic of concern and related nursing practice issue.
The information from the 'Illustration' part of our lessons
in Weeks 1-6 will mentor you through this process. Your change process is to be
set up as a pilot project.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following
course outcomes:
CO2: Proposes leadership and collaboration strategies for
use with consumers and other healthcare providers in managing care and/or
delegating responsibilities for health promotion, illness prevention, health
restoration and maintenance, and rehabilitative activities. (PO#2)
CO8: Selects evidence for best practices when planning
professional nursing care involving systems, processes, and devices for
individuals, families, aggregates and communities. (PO#8)
Points
The assignment is worth 225 points.
Due Date
Submit your completed assignment by Sunday end of Week 6 by
11:59 p.m. MT.
Directions
A short tutorial with tips for completing this assignment
may be viewed here: Evidence-Based Practice Change Process (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.
EBP Change Process (form)
Download the EBP Change Process form (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site. during Week 1.
The use of this specific form is REQUIRED and is due at the
end of Week 6.
A short tutorial with tips for completing this assignment
may be viewed in the short video above.
Identify a clinical topic and related nursing practice issue
you think needs to be changed.
Locate a systematic review on your topic from the Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews located in the Chamberlain Library. Be sure this
involves nursing actions.
Work through each step of the ACE Star Model as outlined on
the assignment form (Star Points 1-5: Discovery, Summary, Translation,
Implementation, and Evaluation). Respond to the instructions provided on the
form.
Follow the activities and thinking of Nurse Daniel in Weeks
1-6 in the 'Illustration' part of each lesson. He will be working through a
clinical topic and nursing practice issue to demonstrate a change (ACE Star
Model and systematic review).
Work on a portion of the process each week, as the
illustration unfolds.
Please reach out to your instructor for feedback or
assistance with your PICOT question as needed.
Required and Additional Background Reading in Weeks 1 and 2
under Readings is available for more information on the ACE Star Model and the
use of systematic reviews.
Please cite any references (in APA format) of your
systematic review or other scholarly document (optional) as needed.
Paraphrasing information, rather than quoting, is expected. No quotes for this
assignment please!
For questions about this assignment, please contact your
instructor.
Use the grading rubric as a final way to check that all components
of the form have been completed. The rubric is the tool your instructor will
use to assess your content.
