NURS4350

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Professional Role Immersion

Instruction Mode

Online

Grade Modes

Academic Renewal, Normal

Department(s)

College/School

NU

Start Term

Summer Semester 2016

Course Attributes

ZCAP
No Requirements

Activity

Discussion Board: Practice Issue Exploration: Students identify a clinical or professional nursing issue encountered in practice and discuss the significance of the issue, supporting the discussion with evidence from current literature

Assessment

Discussion Board: Practice Issue Exploration

Objective

Apply the art and science of nursing to identify an area of interest.

Activity

Reflective Journal: Issue Analysis: Students critically analyze a healthcare issue affecting nursing practice or patient outcomes and discuss how it influences healthcare systems, policy, or clinical decision-making.

Assessment

Reflective Journal: Issue Analysis

Objective

Analyze selected health care issues impacting healthcare delivery systems and professional nursing practice.

Objective

Construct a scholarly project utilizing sources of evidence to identify and evaluate practice discrepancies in order to optimize patient care and/or health outcomes.

Activity

Capstone Research Project (Written Component): Students conduct a literature review and develop a scholarly project identifying a practice gap and proposing an evidence-based strategy to improve patient care or health outcomes.

Assessment

Capstone Research Project (Written Component):

Objective

Design and deliver a technology-enhanced presentation that applies patient care technologies, information management systems, and communication tools to effectively analyze and communicate a professional nursing practice issue.

Activity

Capstone Research Project (Written Component): Students conduct a literature review and develop a scholarly project identifying a practice gap and proposing an evidence-based strategy to improve patient care or health outcomes.

Assessment

Capstone Research Project (Written Component):

Objective

Construct a scholarly project to articulate the impact of socio-cultural, economic, legal, and/or political factors influencing healthcare delivery.

Activity

Capstone Oral Presentation: Students develop a PowerPoint or poster presentation and record a professional presentation explaining their research project, evidence findings, and implications for nursing practice.

Objective

Design and deliver a technology-enhanced presentation that applies patient care technologies, information management systems, and communication tools to effectively analyze and communicate a professional nursing practice issue.

Activity

Capstone Project Section: Healthcare Context Analysis: Students analyze socio-cultural, economic, legal, and political influences related to their chosen practice issue and discuss how these factors affect patient care or healthcare delivery.

Assessment

Capstone Project Section: Healthcare Context Analysis

Objective

IConstruct a scholarly project to articulate the impact of socio-cultural, economic, legal, and/or political factors influencing healthcare delivery.

Activity

Peer Review and Feedback Assignment: Students review a peer’s draft project or journal entry and provide structured feedback related to clarity, evidence use, APA formatting, and organization. Students revise their work based on feedback received.

Assessment

Peer Review and Feedback Assignment:

Objective

Apply structured peer feedback to revise and improve draft scholarly work, with emphasis on clarity of communication and collaborative effectiveness.

Activity

Improve health outcomes and/or patient safety by developing a scholarly project.

Assessment

Capstone Project

Objective

Improve health outcomes and/or patient safety by developing a scholarly project.