NRSG 575 Professional Paper or Project
MASTER RESOURCE OUTLINE
Course Title: NRSG 575 Professional Paper/Project
Credits: 2 didactic (4 total credits required)
Semester Offered: Fall, Spring
Prerequisites: NRSG 604; NRSG 608; NRSG 611
Degree: MN
AACN Core Competencies for Advanced-level Nursing Education: 1-10
MRJCON MN Program Learning Outcome: 1-10
Course Description:
Students will identify and propose a professional project to address a relevant health care issue that results in meaningful or substantive contributions to nursing practice. The topic must be mutually agreed upon by the student and advisor and project committee. Completion of the project proposal provides a means for students to demonstrate mastery of master's level competencies.
Catalog Description:
Create a professional project proposal to address a relevant health care issue that results in meaningful or substantive contributions to nursing practice. Completion of the project proposal provides a means for students to demonstrate mastery of master's level competencies.
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon completing this course, the student will be able to: (in consulation with chairperson and committee):
- Examine a system-level practice issue that is impacting healthcare outcomes.
- Appraise evidence to address the practice issue to improve healthcare outcomes.
- Develop a system-level process improvement project to address system-level practice issues to improve healthcare outcomes.
- Evaluate a system-level process improvement project based on structure, process, and outcome goals.
- Author a professional dissemination manuscript/ presentation to inform advanced nursing practice.
Exemplars of Course Learning Outcomes:
- Create and propose a scholarly project (CLO 1,2,3)
- Evaluate and defend an approved scholarly project proposal (CLO 4,5)
Curricular Threads addressed in this course:
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Social Determinants of Health
- Communication
- Ethics
- Clinical Judgement
Recommended Content:
Creat a Clinical or Teaching Focused QI Proposal
Identify Gaps of Quality in a Patient Population
Clearly Articulate the CNL Role in the Program Planning Process
Utilize Process Analysis and Cause and Effect Tools
Conduct Literature Review with Clinical Improvement Focus
Identify a Global Aim based on Scientific Evidence
Utilize Microsystem Assessment to Support QI Topic
Identify QI Theoretical Frameworks
Create Evidence Tables
Synthesize Scholarly Evidence Specific to QI Topic
Create QI Proposal with Design, Plan, Implementation and Evaluation Specifics
Create a Scholarly Poster for QI Proposal
Approved by GAAC: 12/9/13; 4/26/19; October 2024
Approved by Faculty: 1/7/14; 5/2/19; 12/12/24