Posted: January 31st, 2015

In a paper of no more than 800 words, describe the nature of the problem, issue, or educational deficit. Include the following in your discussion:

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

Prepare for the capstone project by listening to the audio interview, “Capstone: Planning Your Project”.

Preview and utilize the “Topic 1 Checklist.” This resource will assist you in organizing your work and will provide additional information regarding the assignment.

Consider the clinical environment in which you are currently working or have recently worked. Collaborate with a leader or educator in the clinical environment to identify a problem, issue, or educational deficit upon which to build a proposal for change.

In a paper of no more than 800 words, describe the nature of the problem, issue, or educational deficit. Include the following in your discussion:

1)The setting and/or context in which the problem, issue, or educational deficit can be observed.
2)Detailed description of the problem, issue, or educational deficit.
3)Impact of the problem, issue, or educational deficit on the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
4)Gravity of the problem, issue, or educational deficit and its significance to nursing.
5)Proposed solution to address the problem, issue, or educational deficit.

Prepare for the capstone project by listening to the audio interview, “Capstone: Planning Your Project”, located at https://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/nrs441v_capstone.php.

Review “Topic 1: Checklist.” This resource will assist you in organizing your work and will provide additional information regarding the assignment.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines.

Please remember to make this essay related to nursing practice and the PICOT statement.

Due Date: Jan 25, 2015 1700 (Sunday Eastern Standard Time)

Topic 1: Checklist

Identifying a Problem, Developing a Question, and Selecting Sources of Literature

Instructions:

This checklist is designed to help students organize the weekly exercises/assignments to be completed as preparation for the final, capstone project proposal. This checklist will also serve as a communication tool between students and faculty. Comments, feedback and grading for modules 1-4 will be documented using this checklist.

Rapid Appraisal

Perform a rapid appraisal of each article by answering the following questions (one to two sentences are sufficient to answer each question):

• How does each article describe the nature of the problem, issue, or deficit you have identified?
• Does each article provide statistical information to demonstrate the gravity of the issue, problem, or deficit?
• Example(s): morbidity, mortality, rate of incidence or rate of occurrence in the general population.
• Does each article support your proposed change?