NURS 8410 Week 1 Assignment: Introduction to the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Project

As a part of your practicum experience in this course, you will engage in a small-scale Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Project. This project will enable you to apply many of the concepts presented in the Learning Resources; it provides an authentic learning experience to enhance your specialty area knowledge and support your growth as a scholar-practitioner.

 

Select the following link for an overview of the full EBP Project assignment.

 

Document: Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Project Overview (Word document)

 

 

 

The document includes due dates. You do not need to submit anything this week, but begin thinking about and planning for this project as soon as possible. You may wish to discuss it with your Practicum Mentor as well.

 

Practicum: Planning Learning Objectives

 

The practicum experience allows you to develop and expand your advanced nursing knowledge and skills at the aggregate, organizational, or policy level. During week 1 you will submit two to three individual learning objectives that you wish to achieve during this practicum experience.  You should prepare a set of measurable learning objectives, using Bloom’s Taxonomy. Your practicum objectives should reflect your interest in expanding knowledge. They are not to include activities related to your DNP project. These objectives will be identified during your mentoring course (NURS 8700P, 8700, 8701).  Practice experiences should be designed achieve specific learning objectives related to the DNP Essentials and specialty competencies (AACN, 2006).

 

Your practicum objectives should include the following:

 

Two to three learning objectives using Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Description of how these objectives will expand your advanced nursing knowledge and skills at the aggregate, organizational, or policy level.

Relationship of the learning objectives to the DNP Essentials.

NOTE: Learning objectives must be submitted using APA style. Points may be deducted for lack of references, writing style, and APA format. NURS 8410 – Best Practices In Nursing Specialties weekly discussion essay assignments.

 

Submit by Day 7

 

Ensure that all of the necessary paperwork has been submitted and approved. Remember, final approval for your practicum experience must come from your Instructor, and your practicum may not begin until the required documentation has been submitted and you have received Instructor approval.

 

Reminder:

Begin keeping track of your practicum hours using the provided time log. This time log needs to include the date, times (start and finish), total hours for the week, a brief description of what you did or observed during each time interval, and the objectives that are being addressed through your practicum activities. You can have more than one objective for each time interval.

 

In addition, you will submit a journal entry (along with your time log) in Weeks 3, 7, and 11. Journal entries need to connect your previous professional experience with your practice, competencies/concepts in the program, and the literature.

 

Submission and Grading Information

 

To submit your completed Practicum for review and grading, do the following:

 

Please save your Practicum using the naming convention “WK1Practicum+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 1 Practicum 

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer Find the document you saved as “WK1Practicum+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.mNURS 8410 – Best Practices In Nursing Specialties weekly discussion essay assignments

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submitbutton to complete your submission.

To access your rubric:

 

Week 1 Practicum Rubric

 

 

 

Check Your Practicum Draft for Authenticity

 

To check your Practicum draft for authenticity:

 

Submit your Week 1 Practicum draft and review the originality report.

 

 

 

Submit Your Practicum by Day 7

 

To submit your Practicum:

 

Week 1 Practicum

 

 

 

Practicum: Journal Guidelines

 

You will submit your Clinical Time Log and Journal located in the Week 1 Learning Resources in Weeks 3, 7, and 11. Journal entries need to connect your previous professional experience with your practice, competencies/concepts in the program, and the literature. Your journal entry should be week-based and sequential so that all journal entries are contained in one file.

 

Describe the observed activity (1point)

Using an evidence-based approach, analyze the problem, issue, or situation. Address questions posed in the weekly practicum pages if appropriate. (2 points)

Reveal how the real-world might mirror or diverge from program-related evidence, concepts, and/or theories. (2 points) NURS 8410 – Best Practices In Nursing Specialties weekly discussion essay assignments

Time Log submission (1 point)

Week in Review

 

This week, you formulated an EBP Project question and assessed areas for professional growth within the practicum experience.

 

Next week, you will develop your small-scale Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Project in your practicum setting.

 

To go to the next week: