Nursing Capstone: Professionalism, Empowerment and Voice

Catalog description

The senior capstone course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore and examine contemporary nursing practice, issues, topics, or problems relevant to the nursing profession within a multicultural context. Lectures, civic engagement clinical project Lobby Day), clinical seminars (preceptored practicum and transition to professional practice) and designated workshops, conferences and IPEC Collaborations (Simulations) and the NCLEX-RN Boot Camp will provide the medium for facilitating student outcome goals. Students will work in groups on selected professional/civic engagement/NCLEX-RN Strategy projects and will be assigned a faculty mentor who will serve as a facilitator to guide and assist in the development of project objectives, resources and related research, implementation strategies and evaluation criteria specific to the project. It is expected that students will use various agencies or individuals who are expert in the particular issue, problem, or topic that the students are exploring. Various course requirements related to the selected projects must demonstrate knowledge, comprehension, analysis, evaluation &synthesis. This is a writing intensive course. Writing assignments include evidenced based research essays, student reflections (including a Personal Philosophy of Nursing), professional resume development, professional portfolio development and professional brochures, posters and abstracts. The essays are comprehensive, rubric evaluated and include a review of the literature, analysis of topic and application lo practice. Students must demonstrate an ability to write cohesively and present data in a form that is acceptable for manuscript writing. Prerequisite Course(s): Course is limited to Nursing students Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 3-3-4