NURS 8702/87203 – DNP Project Mentoring Phase 1

Step 1: Faculty Advisor: during week 1 of NURS 8702, meet with the faculty advisor to review the requirements for the project.

Step 2: Term Plan

Complete the term plan and submit to project course classroom by day 7 of week 1 of the course

Step 3: Team Meeting

Set up a meeting with the organization representative, and faculty advisor to clearly identify the practice problem and goal(s) to be achieved. Identify project mentor and any additional stakeholders. Discuss strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to the project. Present site approval for signatures. Complete minutes of the meeting using the site approval minutes template.

Step 4: Approvals

MY DR: Upload and submit the completed site approval for committee and program director review once the faculty advisor confirms in the classroom that the site approval is ready for a formal rubric review.

Step 5: Question Development

Complete Question Development Tool  and submit to classroom

Step 6: Evidence Search

Complete a rigorous review of evidence. Review Appendix D, Evidence Level and Quality Guide, which will be used to grade the evidence. Your faculty advisor may request that you utilize the appraisal tools below as you review the evidence for your project.

Upon completion of the evidence review submit the following documents into the classroom for faculty advisor approval.

STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE A MININIMUM OF PHASE 1 TO OBTAIN A SATISFACTORY GRADE IN THE FIRST ENROLLMENT OF THE PROJECT COURSE