Overview The Capstone Clinical Project is the culminating academic endeavor of n

Overview The Capstone Clinical Project is the culminating academic endeavor of nursing students who earn a baccalaureate degree in nursing from Felician University. The clinical project provides students with the opportunity to explore a problem or issue that is related to one of the following nursing competencies: patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, or informatics. The capstone project is worth 40% of your final grade in Clinical Immersion. The project must demonstrate the student’s ability to synthesize and apply the knowledge and skills acquired in this academic program to real-world nursing issues and problems. This final project will affirm one’s ability to think critically and creatively, solve practical problems related to nursing practice or the facilitation of patient-centered care, make reasoned and ethical decisions, propose change, and demonstrate both oral and written communication effectively with peers, nursing staff and members of the health care team. Objectives At the completion of this capstone project, the student will: Collaborate with clinical partners to identify a practice problem or issue relevant to the nursing profession. Integrate Lewin’s Change Theory in human systems when identifying the practice problem or issue. Propose an innovative solution or change to a system-related patient care problem identified on the unit where the student is practicing. Analyze the outcomes of nursing interventions using research-based evidence and data. Formulate evidence-based conclusions and recommendations related to the problem identified. Disseminate recommendations to nursing staff, peers, and interdisciplinary health care team. Project Timeline Identify a practice/problem/policy on your assigned unit. Be specific as to how this affects the unit you are working on. Discuss with your professor and prepare a draft of your proposed change between Week 2-5. Find evidence to support this practice/policy change. You may use research articles, meta-analysis, and integrative reviews from peer-reviewed journals. Summarize the evidence from at least five to eight professional sources. Evaluate the evidence. Is the evidence strong enough to change practice/policy or support a current practice/policy? Does the evidence support the practice/policy? Make recommendations based on the evidence. How could you apply your recommendations to your unit? Submission of Change Project Proposal – which will then need to be approved by your instructor is due by Week 6. Submission of Literature Matrix by Week 6. Prepare a Live presentation (using PP, Prezi, or Google Slides) and poster presentation to disseminate your findings. After approval from the nurse manager and professor, disseminate your findings to your assigned unit. Posters may be constructed using the following website: http://www.makesigns.com Links to an external site.. Follow the link to scientific posters and utilize the templates provided. Posters should be 24×36 or larger. (You may use another website if you prefer). You will make a first draft of this poster, once approved by your instructor you will then send this to a printing service, which must be at least a 24×36 poster board. The first draft of the presentation and poster template proposed change project was submitted to the professor by Week 9. Final Capstone Presentation with Poster due by Week 13. Seminar presentations will be held in Week 14. The presentation and poster will be assessed on adherence to APA format, organization, and spelling. The following statement is required on all written assignments with respect to the Felician University Honor Code. It must be included on the cover page: “I pledge my honor that I have neither given nor received inappropriate aid on this assignment.” Tasks Make sure to review the rubric below prior to completing your Capstone Final Project. Upload and submit your Capstone Final Project to this assignment page. You will submit your Final Presentation and Poster on the next assignment page. Turn-It-In Assignment