NR621: Nurse Educator Concluding Graduate Experience I

Title of Paper

 

Student Name

Chamberlain University – College of Nursing

NR621: Nurse Educator Concluding Graduate Experience I

Dr. Professor Name

Due Date of Assignment

Repeat Title Here

Do not use the heading “Introduction”. Begin with a brief paragraph that introduces the topic and the purpose of the paper. All paragraphs should be well-developed paragraphs that include at least three sentences.

Educational Issue

Describe the educational problem or issue. Add the evidence for the issue, including statistics, when available. Include the real or potential impact of the issue on a broad scale. For example: if your quality improvement project is addressing cardiac arrest, provide national statistics and mortality rates. Be sure to cite at least one source for the evidence. Minimum of one paragraph (three sentences).

Implications of the Issue 

Explain the real or potential impact of the issue on your learner and practicum organization. Include impact on the patient population in your practicum site if applicable. Minimum of one paragraph (three sentences).

Project Question

Write out the complete and approved PICOT question here. The PICOT must include all five required elements and be correctly formatted. Put it in context by creating a minimum of one paragraph (three sentences).

Theoretical Framework

Select an appropriate theoretical framework and provide a detailed description of the theory. Describe how this theory will support the project. This can be a nursing theory, learning theory, or non-nursing theory but should align well with the project intervention. Be sure to cite at least one source for the theoretical framework. Minimum of one paragraph (three sentences).

Educational Intervention

Describe the specific intervention proposed in the PICOT. Be sure to define what it is. For example, define Role Play and then describe how it is used as a teaching strategy. This section is not the place to walk through how you will implement your project. That comes later in the paper. Describe how the evidence-based educational intervention aligns with your theoretical framework. Describe how it aligns with your quality improvement project Minimum of one paragraph (three sentences).

Summary

Identify the purpose of your paper here then summarize the elements of the entire paper (not just this introductory section). Minimum of one paragraph (three sentences). For example: “This paper includes a discussion of the problem to be addressed, a synthesis of current research regarding the proposed intervention…” 

This section should be about two to three pages long and should be written in third person. Place your reference list in APA format at the end of this section. Continue to incorporate citations from other sections of the paper into the reference list, moving it to the end of the narrative and before any appendices for each paper submission. Incorporate feedback from your instructor on the introduction in an ongoing fashion for final submission in NR622.

Synthesis of the Literature

Provide a brief introductory paragraph for this section of the paper, describing what this section contains. Include the purpose of the literature review, how you conducted your literature search (including key words), database(s) used, what type of articles were included in your search (original research) and range of dates searched. Indicate your research summary table in Appendix A. Close with a statement outlining the major themes identified. 

Based on your approved list of 10 relevant and recent research articles, develop your research summary table first. This summary table will guide the theme development described in this section of the paper. NOTE: Research articles should be listed in the table in alphabetical order by first author last name (similar to a reference list). The final research summary table should be placed after the reference list as Appendix A. Refer the reader to Appendix A somewhere in this section.

Identify major themes in your articles by examining the findings of each of the articles in your summary table. Themes are meant to be common outcomes among research regarding the project intervention. Look for themes that would support the intended outcome of your individual PICOT question.

As you identify a theme, add it to this synthesis of the literature section as a subheading (see below). Then discuss anything your articles say about that theme under the appropriate subheading. As a rule of thumb, you are likely to have two to five themes. Each theme will likely be discussed by more than one of your authors. Provide examples and use citations. Each of the ten articles from the Research Summary Table must be cited in at least one of the thematic sections.

Theme One 

What do the articles on your research summary table say about this theme?

Theme Two 

What do the articles on your research summary table say about this theme?

Theme Three

What do the articles on your research summary table say about this theme?

*You may add additional subheading if you have more than three themes identified*

Summary of the Literature

Summarize the themes described above. Relate the themes to your PICOT question. State how the literature supports the outcome you expect from your project.

Note that this is not a study-by-study analysis of your articles but rather a thematic summary of what the literature says about your proposed intervention. This section should be three to four pages long. This section of the paper should be in third person. Incorporate feedback from your instructor on the synthesis of literature in an ongoing fashion for final submission in NR622.

Intervention and Evaluation Plan

Provide a brief introductory paragraph to this section of the paper. Make sure it is a well-developed paragraph.  A well-developed paragraph should include at least three sentences.

Objectives

Describe at least one long term objective for the project. Consider long term objectives from the perspective of improved patient care or nursing practice. How will they be improved after the successful implementation of your project? This should, in some way, be related to the problem or issue described in the paper introduction.

Describe at least one short term objective. Consider what the participants will gain from being a part of the project. Short term objectives are related to the educational objectives of the project teaching plan and could be worded as what the learners will be able to know, do, or feel after participation in the intervention.

Description of the Practicum Site and Stakeholders

Start by describing the practicum site in a short paragraph that includes the organization, environment, and type of participants (students, practicing nurses, specialty area).Then, write a paragraph describing all the possible stakeholders for the project. Thinking broader than the participants such as leadership, organization, community, public.

Change Model 

Review the change models described in the course lesson and select one that aligns well with your intervention plan. Describe the change model and the reason for the selection. Provide at least one citation to support the description of the change model. Create a table that aligns the steps of the change model with the elements of the proposed implementation plan. This table will be Appendix B of your paper. Refer the reader to Appendix B somewhere in this section.

 Implementation Plan

Describe in a step-by-step format how the project will be implemented. Start by describing how the participants will be recruited. For example, will you be asking for volunteers or will the intervention be part of a regularly scheduled class or in-service. Walk through the implementation process in such a way that the reader would be able to duplicate your process after reading the plan.  

As part of your project, you will either be delivering a lesson or making a presentation. Part of your implementation plan will be to complete the Teaching Plan Template.  Complete this template with as much detail as possible. There should be at least four learner objectives guiding the teaching plan. Strive for application-level objectives using Blooms Taxonomy wording. Align the evaluation methods described in the next section with the teaching objectives in the final column of the Teaching Plan. Place the Teaching Plan as Appendix C. 

If the teaching intervention involves case studies, simulation scenarios, or role play experiences, place these items as a separate Appendix D.

Refer the reader to Appendix C (and D, E, etc., … if supplemental intervention material) in this section.

Evaluation Plan

Describe how you plan to evaluate the outcome of your selected intervention. The evaluation should be based on the outcome identified in the original PICOT for the project. For example, if the outcome expected by the intervention group is improved clinical judgement, then an evaluation of clinical judgement should be created/selected. You must include an evaluation plan/method of both your intervention and of the teaching/learning experience. 

Place evaluation methods described in the Evaluation Plan as Appendices (knowledge) and (Subjective and/or Satisfaction Survey).

Refer the reader to the Appendices somewhere in this section.

Do not use first-person in this part of the paper. It is recommended that the title “project manager” be used. The terms “this student” or “this author” are awkward and unhelpful.

This section should be approximately three-four pages long. Incorporate feedback from your instructor on this section in an ongoing fashion for final submission in NR622.

Results

Provide a brief introductory paragraph to this section of the paper. Describe here the sample size and demographics. Make sure you include at least three sentences.

Quantitative Results

Numeric data from evaluation tools are described here. A graph or table is required to augment the quantitative results.  Give a description of what the table contains in the text.  For example: Table 1 shows the Means and Standard Deviations for Response Rates. You may attach the table/graph in-text or in the appendix.  

Table 1

Means and Standard Deviations for Response Rates (Course Delivery Method by Evaluation Year)

Note. Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) were administered in two modalities in Years 1 and 2: paper based for face-to-face courses and online for online courses. SETs were administered online for all courses in Year 3.

Qualitative Results

Subjective data are described here. This can come from open-ended questions and participant comments.

Evaluation of the Intervention

Evaluate the intervention based on the data described above. Discuss your project results based on the original PICOT question. How do the data answer your question?

Project Limitations

Describe limitations of the project implementation and evaluation. Common limitations related to issues of sample size and selection, time constraints, and the methods, instruments, or techniques used to collect the evaluation data. Honestly appraise the project from these perspectives.

This part of your final paper should be approximately three-four pages long.

Discussion

Provide a brief introductory paragraph to this section of the paper. Make sure that it is a well-developed paragraph. A well-developed paragraph should include at least three sentences.

Implications for Theory Development

Describe how the results of this project might affect theory development. Link the project findings back to the theory selected and described in the paper introduction.

Implications for Further Research

Describe what further research is needed based on this project’s findings. Consider research related to the specific issue/problem and research related to the project intervention.

Implications for Teaching and Clinical Practice

Describe how findings from this project might affect nursing education and nursing clinical practice.

Conclusion

Restate the goal of this project related to the problem to be solved and the intervention. Restate the PICOT question being addressed. Briefly summarize each section of the paper.  End with a brief summary of the project results. This section will be approximately one to two pages long

References

Refer to the Current Edition APA Manual for how to list your references. 

Incorporate articles into the reference list in alphabetical order as the paper grows. Add to your reference list as you discuss information about your educational problem or issue (Week 2), complete your review of literature (Week 4), and develop your intervention and evaluation plan (Week 5) and final submission in NR622.

Appendix A

Research Summary Table

 

Appendix B

Change Model

 

Appendix C

Teaching Plan

Student Name:

 

Title of Presentation: 

 

Target Audience:

 

Learning Need/Description of Audience: 

Appendix D

(Simulation Scenarios, Role Play, Game Example, PowerPoint Slides)

This appendix is for any supplemental descriptive material for the Intervention Plan. If none is needed. The two final appendices may be re-lettered as Appendix D and Appendix E

 

Appendix E (These appendices will be letter based on the above previously included appendix)

Knowledge Post Test

 

Appendix F

Learner Survey