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NR621 Nurse Educator Concluding Graduate Experience I

Week 1 Discussion

Education Practicum Project Ideas

Read the guidelines and grading rubrics for the introductory problem statement, literature review and intervention/evaluation plan and discuss your ideas for a Education Practicum Project with your mentor. The Education Practicum Project is a major component of the practicum experience. It should be an activity that will benefit the organization and contribute to your ability to achieve the course outcomes. Remember that your Education Practicum Project should focus on a nursing education issue rather than a clinical issue. A list of suggested Education Practicum Project topics for educator students is available below to help you develop your paper along with the guidelines and rubric for this discussion. This is an opportunity to brainstorm with your classmates and instructor.

Discussion Question:

Describe the nursing education issue. What evidence-based practice educational intervention (teaching methodology) do you propose? How will this educational intervention help the nursing education issue? Provide your PICOT question using the standard PICOT format. You may use the attached PICOT worksheet as a guide.

For example, let’ say that you are in a pharmacology didactic course for your practicum site and your mentor states that students are exhibiting very low test scores. The class is currently being taught by the use of PowerPoint and lecture. You and your mentor decide to implement a flipped classroom to see if the students understand the concepts better and improve test scores. Your PICOT question could look like this:

In first year nursing students enrolled in the pharmacology course, will a flipped classroom as compared to PowerPoint and lecture improve test scores in eight (8) weeks?

 

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Week 2 Discussion

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration

Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration.  Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges.  You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer.  See below for the guidelines and rubric for this assignment.

NR621 Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Guidelines and Rubric

Purpose: Engaging in practicum experiences is an exciting time in your educational journey, providing opportunities for application of course knowledge in a practice setting. The purpose of the peer collaboration forum is for students to share, with each other, successes, challenges, and updates related to the practicum experience. In the peer collaboration forum, students come together to provide support for each other through positive interactions. Responses to peers can include suggestions for addressing challenges and celebration of successes.

Directions: Overall, this assignment consists of two posts in weeks 2,3,4,6 and 7. The two posts should be made on two separate days with the first post due on Wednesday of the assigned week, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this interaction unless you use an article as a suggestion.

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Week 3 Discussion

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration

Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Week 3. Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges. You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer. See below, and also in course resources for the guidelines and rubric for this assignment.

Purpose: Engaging in practicum experiences is an exciting time in your educational journey, providing opportunities for application of course knowledge in a practice setting. The purpose of the peer collaboration forum is for students to share, with each other, successes, challenges, and updates related to the practicum experience. In the peer collaboration forum, students come together to provide support for each other through positive interactions. Responses to peers can include suggestions for addressing challenges and celebration of successes.

Directions: Overall, this assignment consists of two posts in weeks 2,3,4,6 and 7. The two posts should be made on two separate days with the first post due on Wednesday of the assigned week, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this interaction unless you use an article as a suggestion.

 

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Week 4 Discussion

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration

Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Week 4. Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges. You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer. See below, and also in course resources for the guidelines and rubric for this assignment.

Purpose: Engaging in practicum experiences is an exciting time in your educational journey, providing opportunities for application of course knowledge in a practice setting. The purpose of the peer collaboration forum is for students to share, with each other, successes, challenges, and updates related to the practicum experience. In the peer collaboration forum, students come together to provide support for each other through positive interactions. Responses to peers can include suggestions for addressing challenges and celebration of successes.

Directions: Overall, this assignment consists of two posts in weeks 2,3,4,6 and 7. The two posts should be made on two separate days with the first post due on Wednesday of the assigned week, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this interaction unless you use an article as a suggestion.

 

 

 

 

 

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Week 5 Discussion

Education Practicum Project Update

The guidelines and rubric for this assignment are listed and located below.

Purpose

The purposes of this activity are for students (1) to provide an update on their Education Practicum Project and (2) to provide substantive feedback to peers. Substantive feedback is defined as a suggestion or question and not a complimentary statement alone.

Directions 

Overall, this assignment consists of at least three posts in Week 5. The three posts should be made over 2 or more days with the first post due by Wednesday of Week 5, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this discussion unless you use an article as a suggestion. 

Initial post (Due by Wednesday of Week 5, 11:59 p.m. MT)

Start with a restatement of your PICOT question.

Describe your progress thus far.

Describe your plans for the next several weeks.

Second and third post (Due by Thursday of Week 5, 11:59 p.m. MT)

Respond to the posts of at least two other students with questions or suggestions.

Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to do the following.

CO 1: Provide high-quality, safe, patient-centered care grounded in holistic health (holistic health and patient-centered care).

CO 2: Create a caring environment for achieving quality health outcomes (care focused).

CO 3: Engage in lifelong personal and professional growth through reflective practice and appreciation of cultural diversity (cultural humility).

CO 4: Integrate professional values through scholarship and service in healthcare (professional identity).

CO 5: Advocate for positive health outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice (extraordinary nursing).

 

 

 

 

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Week 6 Discussion

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration

Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Week 6. Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges. You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer. See below, and also in course resources for the guidelines and rubric for this assignment.

Purpose: Engaging in practicum experiences is an exciting time in your educational journey, providing opportunities for application of course knowledge in a practice setting. The purpose of the peer collaboration forum is for students to share, with each other, successes, challenges, and updates related to the practicum experience. In the peer collaboration forum, students come together to provide support for each other through positive interactions. Responses to peers can include suggestions for addressing challenges and celebration of successes.

Directions: Overall, this assignment consists of two posts in weeks 2,3,4,6 and 7. The two posts should be made on two separate days with the first post due on Wednesday of the assigned week, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this interaction unless you use an article as a suggestion.

 

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Week 7 Discussion

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration

Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Week 7. Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges. You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer. See below, and also in course resources for the guidelines and rubric for this assignment.

Purpose: Engaging in practicum experiences is an exciting time in your educational journey, providing opportunities for application of course knowledge in a practice setting. The purpose of the peer collaboration forum is for students to share, with each other, successes, challenges, and updates related to the practicum experience. In the peer collaboration forum, students come together to provide support for each other through positive interactions. Responses to peers can include suggestions for addressing challenges and celebration of successes.

Directions: Overall, this assignment consists of two posts in weeks 2,3,4,6 and 7. The two posts should be made on two separate days with the first post due on Wednesday of the assigned week, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this interaction unless you use an article as a suggestion.

 

 

 

 

 

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Week 8 Discussion

Self-Reflection

The guidelines and rubric for this assignment are listed and located below.

NR621 Week 8 Self-Reflection Discussion Guidelines and RubricPreview the document

Purpose

This discussion provides students with the opportunity to reflect on the first 8 week of their practicum.

Directions

Overall, this assignment consists of at least three posts in Week 8. The three posts should be made over 2 or more days with the first post due by Wednesday of Week 8, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this discussion unless you use an article as a suggestion.

Initial post (Due by Wednesday of Week 8, 11:59 p.m. MT)

Self-Reflection: Consider the experiences you have had so far in NR621 and reflect upon the self-assessment you will submit this week, which is based on the NLN Core Competencies of Nurse Educators. Where have you made the most progress? Where would you like to improve next in NR622? What tools will you need and where will you get those tools?

Examine two of the five Course Outcomes for NR621. How have you met those outcomes? What new knowledge and/or skills have you gained? How has your perception of the educator role changed? Where do you need to place your emphasis in NR622?

Second and third post (Due by Saturday of Week 8, 11:59 p.m. MT)

Responds to one peer post with questions or suggestions and an instructor question by Saturday 11:59pm MT.

Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to do the following.

CO 1: Provide high-quality, safe, patient-centered care grounded in holistic health (holistic health and patient-centered care).

CO 2: Create a caring environment for achieving quality health outcomes (care focused).

CO 3: Engage in lifelong personal and professional growth through reflective practice and appreciation of cultural diversity (cultural humility).

CO 4: Integrate professional values through scholarship and service in healthcare (professional identity).

CO 5: Advocate for positive health outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice (extraordinary nursing).

 

 

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Week 1 Assignment  

Initial Self-Assessment of Professional Competencies

The Initial Self-Assessment of Professional Competencies is due by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (MT) at the end of Week 1. The guidelines and grading rubric are located below. A Final Self-Assessment of Professional Competencies is due Wednesday of Week 8.

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Completed at Weeks 1 and 8, this document is based on the National League for Nursing (NLN) Core Competencies of the Nurse Educator (NLN, 2017). Fifty points are awarded at Week 1 and Week 8 for completion of this document. Students should drop their assessments into their ePortfolios (see guidelines for the assignment) by Wednesday of Week 8, 11:59 p.m. MT.

Reference:

National League for Nursing. (2017). Nurse Educator Core Competency. http://www.nln.org/professional-development-programs/competencies-for-nursing-education/nurse-educator-core-competency (Links to an external site.)

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to help you reflect upon your progress thus far in meeting the NLN Core Competencies of Nurse Educators. You will rate how confident you are that you can meet each competency.

 

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Week 2 Assignment  

Introduction to Education Practicum Project Project

The guidelines and rubric for this assignment are located and listed below.

NR621 W2 Introduction to the Education Practicum Project Project Paper Guidelines & RubricPreview the document

NR621 Education Practicum Project Paper TemplatePreview the document

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to assist students in identifying and describing an educational problem or issue in a nurse educator setting, as the first step in developing a Education Practicum Project proposal. NOTE: You may not implement  your project  until  Week 5, after  your proposal has been approved by your instructor.

Course Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to do the following.

CO2-Explore caring, learning-centered educational interventions focused on quality health outcomes.

CO3-Apply teaching strategies designed to consider the cultural diversity of learners through reflective practice.

CO4-Explore opportunities to pursue professional interests in teaching, research, and service as a nurse educator.

CO5-Practice in the role of nurse educator and leader, through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice.

Requirements:

You begin your Education Practicum Project proposal in this assignment by identifying and describing an educational problem or issue.

The following information should be included in this part of your paper:

Description of the problem or issue

Evidence related to the problem or issue, including statistics if appropriate

Real or potential impact of the issue

Your PICOT question

A description of your educational intervention. What evidence-based teaching strategy will you use to address your problem or issue?

Summary, including the purpose of the capstone project paper and what it will include.

The paper should be one to two pages long, plus reference page. This is an estimate to guide you and not a strict requirement. The goal is for you to end up with a 15-page paper, suitable for publication. when you have finished your Education Practicum Project in NR622. Please use the NR621 Education Practicum Project paper template attached to this assignment to develop your proposal. You will use this document throughout your capstone project.

Preparing the paper

By the beginning of NR621, you should have already identified an educational issue and accumulated several references that will help you develop the introduction to your Education Practicum Project paper. Work with your mentor and instructor to finalize your PICOT question. Impeccable APA formatting is expected since submission for publication is the goal.

 

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Week 2 Assignment  

Reference List Assignment

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is for the student to identify at least 10 research articles related to the teaching intervention or practice change he or she has identified for the capstone project Review of Literature assignment in Week 3. Each appropriate article will be awarded 5 points.

All of the articles must be a description of an original research study on the student’s chosen educational intervention, not on the educational issue. Case studies, reviews of the literature, theory papers, or “how to” articles will not suffice because, for the purpose of this assignment, they are not considered to be research. Systematic reviews, scoping reviews, meta-analyses, and meta-syntheses should not be used since they focus on a collection of studies and are not descriptions of one original study. Qualitative studies, except for case studies, will be approved as well as quantitative studies.

The student will develop an APA-formatted reference list on his or her educational intervention using the Week 2 Reference List Assignment template located in the Reference List Assignment module.

The NR621 faculty member will review the list for appropriateness of each article. If the instructor rejects any articles on the reference list, the student must replace those articles with appropriate studies before submitting the Review of Literature assignment in Week 3. The student will receive 3 points for correct replacements.

Course Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:

CO 1 – Provide high quality, safe, patient-centered?care grounded in holistic health (holistic health & patient-centered care)?

CO2 – Create a caring environment for achieving quality health outcomes (care-focused)

CO3 Engage in lifelong personal and professional growth through reflective practice and appreciation of cultural diversity

CO4 – Integrate professional values through scholarship and service in health care. (professional identity)

CO5 – Advocate for positive health outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice. (extraordinary nursing)

Requirements:

This assignment requires you to

 

Conduct a review of the research related to your teaching intervention or practice change.

Identify at least 10 research articles related to your teaching intervention or practice change, published in the last five years.

Select articles for the reference list, excluding case studies, reviews of the literature, theory papers, “how to” articles, systematic reviews of research, scoping reviews, meta-analyses, and meta-syntheses. Various published documents will clue you into whether you have one of these in the title and/or abstract.

Place your references in column 2 of the Week 2 Reference List Assignment template along with the permalink or other URL that takes you to the original article. The instructor uses this permalink to examine your articles for suitability.

After receiving feedback from your course instructor, submit any replacements in the fifth column of the template, along to the URL to the original article.

Submit the revised Reference List Assignment template to the gradebook by Friday of Week 3, 11:59 p.m. MT to receive partial credit.

Notify your instructor by email that you have revised your list. This helps your instructor provide timely feedback.

DEVELOPING THE ASSIGNMENT

Construct an alphabetized APA-formatted reference list using the Week 3 Reference List Assignment template and submit it to “Assignments.” A title page is not needed. Consult with your course instructor to develop replacement articles if needed.

 

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Week 3 Assignment  

Review of the Literature

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to assist students in developing a research summary table and synthesis of the literature based on the educational or other intervention the student proposes.

Course Outcomes:

CO 1–Prioritize high quality, safe patient-centered care when working with learners.

CO 2-Explore caring, learning-centered educational interventions focused on quality health outcomes.

CO 3-Apply teaching strategies designed to consider the cultural diversity of learners through reflective practice.

CO 4-Explore opportunities to pursue professional interests in teaching, research, and service as a nurse educator.

CO 5-Practice in the role of nurse educator and leader, through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice.

Requirements:

You begin your Review of Literature in this assignment by constructing a research summary table. You will use the research summary table to synthesize the literature on your intervention into the Review of Literature paper.

The following information should be included in this section of your proposal:

Research Summary Table

Collect the ten research studies on your teaching intervention that were approved by your instructor . Only use these ten articles in your review of literature.

Use the Research Summary Table Template to develop your table. Consulting the research articles approved by your instructor and fill in the table in your own words.

Select 10 evidence-based articles on your intervention. Consult the examples in the Potential Education Practicum Project Topics document to ensure that your articles are on the educational intervention you have chosen (an evidence-based teaching strategy) and not on the educational problem or issue.

Examining your table column by column, identify major themes in your articles.

Use your major themes to organize your Review of Literature under subheadings. You are likely to have two to five themes or subheadings.

Briefly summarize the major themes from your synthesis of literature to end your Review of Literature.

Place your Research Summary Table at the end of the template labelled “Appendix A, Research Summary Table.”

Preparing the Paper

Follow the instructions above. The paper should be two to four pages long. This is an estimate to guide you and not a strict requirement. The goal is for you to end up with a 15-page document suitable for publication when you have finished your Capstone Project in NR622. Please use the template you used for the Introduction for this assignment.

 

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Week 4 Assignment  

Intervention/Evaluation Plan

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to assist students in developing an intervention and evaluation plan for their Education Practicum Project. Both intervention and evaluation are integrated in this paper to help students appreciate the importance of tying them together.

Course Outcomes

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to do the following.

CO 1: Prioritize high quality, safe patient-centered care when working with learners.

CO 2: Explore caring, learning-centered educational interventions focused on quality health outcomes.

CO 3: Apply teaching strategies designed to consider the cultural diversity of learners through reflective practice.

CO 4: Explore opportunities to pursue professional interests in teaching, research, and service as a nurse educator.

CO 5: Practice in the role of nurse educator and leader, through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice.

Requirements

This plan follows a logical trajectory, starting with objectives. Use a separate paragraph or two for each of the following sections.

Start with a short introduction to the paper.

State your long-term goal. This goal should be an objective that you have for the practicum site and mentor. When you leave your practicum, what should they be measuring or how should they follow up? For example, if a school of nursing wants to improve NCLEX® pass rates, you are not likely to be able to achieve this in the short time you have in your practicum, but you expect that the faculty will be tracking those rates in the future. Or, a hospital may want to decrease infection rates but you may not be in your practicum long enough to achieve this goal; you will suggest the hospital staff track the rate after you leave.

State your short -term objective(s). These should be the same outcomes as in the PICOT question. Is your goal to improve unit scores on an exam or ATI scores in a certain clinical area? Help the hospital staff achieve an 80% score on a quiz related to infections? Be realistic. What do you think you can realistically accomplish? Consult your mentor on this!

Describe your practicum site and your stakeholders–those who will be affected by your intervention. Remind your reader what your educational problem or issue is and how your practicum site, administration, students, or staff are affected.

Select a change model to guide the implementation of your project. Describe how you will use that model to guide your intervention.

Relate each step of the change model to steps of your intervention with a table, with steps in the change model on the right and steps in your intervention on the right.

Complete and attach the NR621 Teaching Plan for any teaching or presentations you will carry out. Either you will teach a session to students or you will make a presentation to the staff about a practice change, depending on the nature of your Education Practicum Project. Add the teaching plan to the paper as an appendix. NOTE: you should have 4-5 objectives in the left-most column of the teaching plan

Attach any evaluation tools you will use as appendices. You need to know before implementation how you will measure your success. You may amend your evaluation tools right before you implement your project but need to identify early how you will evaluate your project. You are required to use (1) a test of knowledge/skill of some kind such as a pre and post-test and (2) a tool or survey to evaluate your lesson and teaching.

Attach all teaching materials used such as a PowerPoint presentation and handouts.

The paper should be 2 to 4 pages long, with a title page and reference list. This is an estimate to guide you and not a strict requirement. The goal is for you to end up with a 15-page document suitable for publication when you have finished your Education Practicum Project in NR622.

Preparing the paper

Reminder: You should use first person in this section of your proposal. Saying “I” is okay but you could call yourself a project manager; then you would say “the project manager.” Using phrases such as “this student” or “this author” is very awkward!