Assessment 6 Instructions: Final Project Submission

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Submit your 20-25 page final capstone project that synthesizes the work you completed in the previous four assessments
You will also be required to submit your completed practicum hours using CORE ELMS. You must submit a minimum of 20 hours with each
assessment deliverable to receive a grade for the entire assessment.
Introduction
Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
Congratulations! The finish line is in sight for both the capstone project you
have been working on all quarter and
your Master’s of Science in Nursing
program. Take a moment to
appreciate all you have accomplished
and give yourself a pat on the back;
you have earned it!
Your final submission for your
capstone project will bring together
all of the sections you have worked on
throughout this course, as well as the
relevant revisions you have made to
those sections based on feedback from
your instructor, as well as feedback
you have received or observations you
may have made during your
practicum experience. True
professionals can learn to strive for
continuous improvement in their
work and incorporate feedback from
colleagues and leaders to help scaffold
improvement efforts. As a master’slevel nurse you will be expected to
create and implement plans and
evaluate their outcomes. Being able to
envision a pathway for a project to
move from the idea phase all the way
through the evaluation phase is a
critical skill. By successfully
synthesizing the various sections of
this project together into one final
artifact, you will have demonstrated
your competence in this essential skill.
Preparations
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Read Guiding Questions: Final
Project Submission [DOC]. This
document is designed to give
you questions to consider and
additional guidance to help you
successfully complete this
assessment.
As you prepare to complete this
assessment, you may want to
think about other related issues
to deepen your understanding
or broaden your viewpoint. You
are encouraged to consider the
questions below and discuss
them with a fellow learner, a
work associate, an interested
friend, or a member of your
professional community. Note
that these questions are for
your own development and
exploration and do not need to
be completed or submitted as
part of your assessment.
• What is the most useful
skill or concept you
learned while pursuing
your MSN degree?
• How will you leverage
your degree to help you
reach your ideal practice
career path?
• How will you be able to
apply the work you have
done on your capstone
project to improve your
personal practice?
Instructions
Note: The assessments in this course
are sequenced in such a way as to help
you build specific skills that you will
use throughout your program.
Complete the assessments in the
order in which they are presented.
For your final capstone project
submission you will synthesize the
work you completed in the previous
four assessments. Please make sure
that you have made relevant revisions
as suggested by your instructor, as
well as relevant additions that you
uncovered during your practicum
experience. The only brand-new
content that you will need to create
for this assessment is an Abstract and
an Introduction.
This final submission will be graded
using the seven program outcomes
(POs) for the Master’s of Science in
Nursing program. As a reminder they
are:
2. Lead organizational change to
improve the experience of care,
population health, and
professional work life while
decreasing cost of care.
3. Evaluate the best available
evidence for use in clinical and
organizational decision making.
4. Apply quality improvement
methods to impact patient,
population, and systems
outcomes.
5. Design patient- and populationcentered care to improve health
outcomes.
6. Integrate interprofessional care
to improve safety and quality
and to decrease cost of care.
7. Evaluate the ability of existing
and emerging information,
communication, and health care
technologies to improve safety
and quality and to decrease cost
of care.
8. Defend health policy that
improves the experience of
care, population health, and
professional work life while
decreasing cost of care.
In addition, you will be assessed on
how well you incorporated the
feedback you received from your
instructor on your previous work in
this course via the following criterion:
Integrate writing feedback to
improve the clarity and quality
of final product.
You will also be assessed on the
completion of hours toward your
practicum experience.