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.