Planning is the key to successful completion of this course and program-related objectives. The Individual Success Plan (ISP) assignment requires early collaboration with the course faculty and your clinical preceptor. Students must establish a plan for successful completion of:
- The required 50 community direct clinical practice experience hours, 50 leadership direct clinical practice experience hours, and 25 indirect care experience hours.
- Completion of work associated with program competencies.
- Work associated with completion of the student's capstone project change proposal.
Students will use the Individual Success Plan to develop an individual plan for completing practice hours and course objectives. As a part of this process, students will identify the number of hours set aside to meet course goals.
Student expectations and instructions for completing the ISP document are provided in the "NRS-465 Individual Success Plan" template.
The Individual Success Plan is a clinical document that is necessary to meet clinical requirements for this course. Therefore, the form should be submitted with the preceptor's hand-written signature. A typed electronic signature will not be accepted.
Students should apply concepts from prior courses to critically examine and improve their current practice. Students are expected to integrate scholarly readings to develop case reports that demonstrate increasingly complex and proficient practice.
After the ISP has been developed by the student and approved by the course faculty, students will initiate a preconference with the faculty and preceptor to review the ISP.
NRS-465 Individual Success Plan
REQUIRED PRACTICE HOURS:
100 direct clinical experience (50 hours community/50 hours leadership)
25 indirect care experience hours
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ISP Instructions
Use this form to develop your Individual Success Plan (ISP) for NRS-465, the Applied Evidence-Based Project and Practicum course. An individual success plan maps out what you, the RN-to-BSN student, needs to accomplish in order to be successful as you work through this course and complete your overall program of study. You will also share this with your preceptor at the beginning and end of this course so that he or she will know what you need to accomplish.
In this ISP, you will identify all of the objectives and assignments relating to the 100 direct clinical practice experience hours and the 25 indirect care experience hours you need to complete by the end of this course. Use this template to specify the date by which you will complete each assignment. By the end of the course, your plan should include a self-assessment of how you met all applicable GCU RN-to-BSN Domains and Competencies (see Appendix A).
General Requirements
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of each assignment as it pertains to deliverables due in this course:
· Use the Individual Success Plan to develop a personal plan for completing your clinical practice experience hours and self-assess how you will meet the GCU RN-to-BSN University Mission Critical Competencies and the Programmatic Domains and Competencies (Appendix A) related to this course.
The major deliverables of the course are listed. Show the topic/course objectives that apply to each deliverable and align each deliverable to the applicable University Mission Critical Competencies and the course-specific Domains and Competencies (see Appendix A).
Completing your ISP does not earn clinical practice experience hours, nor does telephone conference time or time spent with your preceptor outside of scheduled practicum experience time at the practicum site.
· Within the Individual Success Plan, ensure you identify all graded course assignments and indirect care experience assignments listed in the table on the next page.
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1. Individual Success Plan (ISP) |
1. List of potential topics for the change proposal |
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1. Search the literature for supporting journal articles 2. Topic selection based on assessment of clinical site |
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1. PICOT Question Development 2. Reflection Journal Entry |
1. Search the literature for supporting journal articles |
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1. Literature Evaluation Table |
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1. Implementation Plan with objectives and measurable outcomes taking into account sociocultural and linguistic considerations 2. Midterm Clinical Evaluation Tool |
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1. Reflection Journal Entry |
1. Development of evaluation plan 2. Remediation-if required |
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1. Written Capstone Project Change Proposal |
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1. Reflection Journal Entry |
1. Professional Presentation development |
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1. Finalized ISP 2. Scholarly Activity Summary 3. Benchmark – Reflection Journal Summary |
1. Dissemination reflection 2. Final Clinical Evaluation Tool 3. Practice Clinical Evaluation Tool-Student Evaluation of Preceptor and Site |
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List of Current Course Objectives |
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Self-Assessment: Programmatic Domains and Competencies (see Appendix A) |
Self-Assessment: GCU RN-to-BSN University Mission Critical Competencies (see Appendix A) |
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By typing in his/her signature below, the student agrees to have read, understood, and be accountable for the instructions, assignments, and hours shown above and that all questions have been satisfactorily answered by the faculty.
Preceptors will sign upon initial receipt and at the end of the course to confirm that assignments have been completed with your guidance.
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The "NRS-465 Individual Success Plan" is a clinical document that is necessary to meet clinical requirements for this course. Therefore, this form should be submitted with the preceptor's hand-written signature. A typed electronic signature will not be accepted. It is acceptable for the student to type his/her signature as noted above.
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APPENDIX A:
GCU RN-to-BSN Domains and Competencies
A. University's Mission Critical Competencies
How does this Individual Success Plan support the GCU Mission?
MC1: Effective Communication: Therapeutic communication is central to baccalaureate nursing practice. Students gain an understanding of their ethical responsibility and how verbal and written communication affects others intellectually and emotionally. Students begin to use nursing terminology and taxonomies within the practice of professional and therapeutic communication. Courses require students to write scholarly papers, prepare presentations, develop persuasive arguments, and engage in discussion that is clear, assertive, and respectful.
MC2: Critical Thinking: Courses require students to use critical thinking skills by analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating scientific evidence needed to improve patient outcomes and professional practice.
MC3: Christian Worldview: Students will apply a Christian worldview within a global society and examine ethical issues from the framework of a clearly articulated system of professional values. Students will engage in discussion of values-based decisions made from a Christian perspective.
MC4: Global Awareness, Perspectives, and Ethics: The concept of global citizenship is introduced to baccalaureate students in the foundational curriculum. Some courses will focus on the human experience across the world health continuum. The World Health Organization (WHO) definitions of health, health disparities, and determinants of health are foundational to nursing practice.
MC5: Leadership: Students are required to develop skills and knowledge associated with their professional role. Courses require students to develop self-leadership skills such as time management, setting priorities, self-control, and evaluation of their abilities and performance.
B. Domains and Competencies
How does this Individual Success Plan support the Program Domains and Competencies?
Domain 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice
1.3: Demonstrate clinical judgment founded on a broad knowledge base. [AACN 1.3a, 1.3b, 1.3c]