DNP850 Sect1 Nursing Practice, Professionalism
Module 1 Assignment
Write a 1000-1500 word essay addressing each of the following points. Be sure to completely address each bullet point. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) sources in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count toward the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
This week you will develop a problem statement about the Healthcare issue identified at your practicum site. A problem statement is a concise description of an issue to be addressed or a condition to be improved upon.
Your problem statement will identify the gap between the current state and desired state after the implementation of the evidence into practice.
Provide any reports or currently available data to document the need identified by your practicum site.
You will peruse the literature to examine how a similar problem has been addressed.
Provide at least three (3) references (within the past five years) to support a proposed evidence-based intervention.
M1 Assignment UMBO – 1, 4
M1 Assignment PLG – 1, 5, 9
M1 Assignment CLO – 2, 4
DNP850 Sect1 Nursing Practice, Professionalism
Module 2 Assignment
Healthcare Problem PowerPoint
Based on what you have learned so far in this course, create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses each of the following points. Be sure to completely address each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least three (3) sources throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
This week you will formulate your clinical question and utilize the three scholarly articles selected last week to support your selected evidence-based intervention. The PICOT format develops a clinical question to address a healthcare problem. Describe the problem you have identified and wish to address through implementing evidenced-based literature. How do you know this is a problem? Do you have the data to support the problem? How has this problem been addressed previously? (Hint: this is where you will utilize the literature from last week to describe your evidence-based intervention to be implemented).
In a 10-12 slide (narrated) PowerPoint, you will do the following:
Title page (1 slide)
Clinical (PICOT) question (1 slide)
Population (sample of subjects you wish to include and the setting) (1 slide)
Intervention (the evidence-based intervention from the literature that has been used to solve a similar problem) (1 slide)
Intervention applicability to site (1 slide)
The rationale for the selected intervention. (1 slide)
Comparison (what is currently being done?) (1 slide)
Outcome (how will you measure the intervention) (1 slide)
Measurement validity and reliability. (1 slide)
Timeline (how long for your intervention/data collection) (1 slide)
References (1 slide)
M2 Assignment UMBO – 2, 5
M2 Assignment PLG – 4, 6, 9
M2 Assignment CLO – 1, 6, 7
DNP850 Sect1 Nursing Practice, Professionalism
Module 3 Assignment
Nursing Ethic Paper
Write a 1500-2000 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least five (5) sources in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
This week you will write a paper exploring nursing ethics and how they inform your DNP project. Be sure to include:
What area of nursing ethics pertains to your DNP practice problem?
How will you address this ethical concern? In a 1500-2000 word paper, discuss the ethics related to your DNP project. What type of scenarios might you run into, and how will you overcome them?
Finally, describe how you will adopt and maintain ethical principles and the beneficence of others within your DNP projects.
M3 Assignment UMBO – 1, 2
M3 Assignment PLG – 5, 6, 8
M3 Assignment CLO – 2, 5
DNP850 Sect1 Nursing Practice, Professionalism
Module 4 Assignment
Doctoral Prepared Nursing Educators
Write a 1500-2000 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least five (5) sources in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
This week you will write a paper exploring the role of the doctoral-prepared educator, examining both the Ph.D.-prepared educator and the DNP-prepared educator. Compare and contrast the principles behind each of these doctoral degrees and how they lend to scholarly work.
How do these degrees balance one another?
What is the impact they may have on the future of nursing education?
Finally, share how you intend to use your DNP degree in nursing education (Students? The community? Patients?).
M3 Assignment UMBO – 2
M3 Assignment PLG – 4, 6, 9
M3 Assignment CLO – 3, 6
DNP850 Sect1 Nursing Practice, Professionalism
Module 5 Assignment
Current Health Issue Essay
Write a 2000-2500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least two (2) sources in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count toward the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
In considering your phenomena of interest, discuss issues that would impact that population’s health and illness. Consider health promotion, disease prevention, and access to care.
Review the current version of the U.S. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services (link is found in the additional resources.) How might you use this information if you were planning services for a community health center? Finally, share local and national data on the impact of your phenomena of interest.
M5 Assignment UMBO – 2
M5 Assignment PLG – 3, 5, 6, 8
M5 Assignment CLO – 5
DNP850 Sect1 Nursing Practice, Professionalism
Module 6 Assignment
DNP Essential PowerPoint
Based on what you have learned so far in this course, create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least three (3) sources throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
The knowledge and expertise acquired in a DNP program assist us in meeting the changing needs of society and healthcare systems. Our preparation as a DNP enables us to utilize information technologies, provide evidence-based practice, develop healthcare policies, and provide leadership to meet the societal needs of a multicultural, complex healthcare environment. This week you will prepare an APA-style PowerPoint presentation exploring the DNP Essentials and how they inform healthcare systems and your DNP project. In preparing your presentation, include the following:
Title slide (1 slide)
Overview of the DNP Essentials and their impact on your DNP project (2 – 3 slides)
A slide for each of the Essentials and how you intend to meet the objectives for each of the eight DNP Essentials (8 – 10 slides)
Closing slide and plan for meeting any of the Essentials where your project may contain a gap (2 slides)
References (1 slide)
M6 Assignment UMBO – 2
M6 Assignment PLG – 3, 5, 6, 8
M6 Assignment CLO – 5
DNP850 Sect1 Nursing Practice, Professionalism
Module 7 Assignment
Proctored Assessment – Key Stakeholders Assignment
Proctored Assessments are administered at predetermined points during a student’s program. During recorded video submission, you will verify your identity by 1) reading the following attestation statement and 2) showing proof of identification (driver’s license, or another photo identification – Be sure to show only your full name. Please, cover up any additional personal data).
Student Attestation: Begin recording and read the following statement: “All Aspen University students are required to abide by Aspen University’s Academic Integrity Policy, as outlined in the university catalog. The Academic Integrity Policy is built upon the concepts of honesty, truth, fairness, respect, and responsibility. By taking this assessment, I agree to abide by both the Academic Integrity Policy and the rules outlined in this assessment. With this recording, I am attesting that I have personally completed the Proctored Assessment and that the information I submit is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.”
Identity Verification: Show proof of identification by holding ID up to the camera, for 3-5 seconds. Be sure to show only your full name. Please, cover up any additional personal data).
Proctored Assessment: Proceed with the assignment presentation.
IMPORTANT: Record your video and upload it directly to the video submission assignment.
Based on what you have learned so far in this course, create a video and a presentation that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least three (3) sources throughout your presentation and include a reference slide. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
Reflect on the problem statement you drafted earlier in this course. Based on the problem you identified, consider your key stakeholders. Remember, your stakeholders are persons with an interest in your work. These persons will have a vested interest, help you carry your project forward, and see its sustainability. For the assignment, you will present a PowerPoint describing your key stakeholders and the impact they will have on your DNP project. Stakeholders are not just your preceptor. This is an interdisciplinary team you will form from various disciplines to coordinate and collaborate with to deliver your DNP project.
**Note: this team will likely change as you develop your DNP project.
Title slide
Definition of stakeholders (in your own words) (1 slide)
A slide for each of your anticipated stakeholders and why they have been selected (generally, you will have 5-8 key stakeholders/groups) (5-8 slides)
How will this stakeholder contribute to your project? (1 slide)
What will their role be? (1 slide)
How often will you need to check in with this stakeholder? (1 slide)
How will they lend to the development, implementation, and evaluation of your DNP project? (1 slide)
How does this stakeholder contribute to project sustainability? (1 slide)
Closing slide and action items for putting your key stakeholders together. (1 slide)
References
Assignment Expectations
Length: 10-20 minute video recording;14-16 slides; answer must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner.
Structure:
Proctored Assessment
Title slide, objective slide, and reference slide in APA format. Additionally, because a good presentation has few words on the slides include a script with the verbiage you would say when presenting; script should be a minimum of 50 words per slide.
References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.
Format: Video recording .mp4 and a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.
Filename: Name your saved file according to your FirstInitialLast Name_CourseID_ModuleNumber (for example, “RHall_EDD820_M1.docx”).
M1 Assignment UMBO – 2, 3
M1 Assignment PLG – 2, 6, 9
M1 Assignment CLO – 3, 4
DNP850 Sect1 Nursing Practice, Professionalism
Module 8 Assignment
Advanced Nursing Leadership Reflection
Reflecting on the readings and lessons from the course, your assignment is to explore advanced nursing leadership as it pertains to your role as a DNP leader. For this APA formatted assignment (with title page, introduction, conclusion, and references within the past five years), you are asked to:
Synthesize the leadership skills and attributes necessary to lead a team
Discuss the theory that will explain, predict, and help to extend existing knowledge of the work you will implement
Describe the culture of the organization where you will implement your change intervention
Discuss the key stakeholders necessary for compiling an interprofessional team for the development, organization, and implementation of your DNP project
Develop your philosophy and leadership framework based on professional values and ethics
Integrate the impact of healthcare policy and information technology and discuss the implications on your DNP project
M8 Assignment UMBO – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
M8 Assignment PLG – 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
M8 Assignment CLO – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6