Read the guidelines and grading rubrics for the introductory problem statement, literature review and intervention/evaluation plan and discuss your ideas for a Education Practicum Project with your mentor.

Education Practicum Project Ideas

 

Read the guidelines and grading rubrics for the introductory problem statement, literature review and intervention/evaluation plan and discuss your ideas for a Education Practicum Project with your mentor. The Education Practicum Project is a major component of the practicum experience. It should be an activity that will benefit the organization and contribute to your ability to achieve the course outcomes. Remember that your Education Practicum Project should focus on a nursing education issue rather than a clinical issue. A list of suggested Education Practicum Project topics for educator students is available below to help you develop your paper along with the guidelines and rubric for this discussion. This is an opportunity to brainstorm with your classmates and instructor.

 

Discussion Question:

 

Describe the nursing education issue. What evidence-based practice educational intervention (teaching methodology) do you propose? How will this educational intervention help the nursing education issue? Provide your PICOT question using the standard PICOT format. You may use the attached PICOT worksheet as a guide.

 

For example, let’ say that you are in a pharmacology didactic course for your practicum site and your mentor states that students are exhibiting very low test scores. The class is currently being taught by the use of PowerPoint and lecture. You and your mentor decide to implement a flipped classroom to see if the students understand the concepts better and improve test scores. Your PICOT question could look like this:

 

In first year nursing students enrolled in the pharmacology course, will a flipped classroom as compared to PowerPoint and lecture improve test scores in eight (8) weeks?

 

 

 

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Week 2 Discussion

 

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration

 

Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration.  Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges.  You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer.  See below for the guidelines and rubric for this assignment.

 

NR621 Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Guidelines and Rubric

 

Purpose: Engaging in practicum experiences is an exciting time in your educational journey, providing opportunities for application of course knowledge in a practice setting. The purpose of the peer collaboration forum is for students to share, with each other, successes, challenges, and updates related to the practicum experience. In the peer collaboration forum, students come together to provide support for each other through positive interactions. Responses to peers can include suggestions for addressing challenges and celebration of successes.

 

Directions: Overall, this assignment consists of two posts in weeks 2,3,4,6 and 7. The two posts should be made on two separate days with the first post due on Wednesday of the assigned week, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this interaction unless you use an article as a suggestion.

 

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Week 3 Discussion

 

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration

 

Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Week 3. Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges. You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer. See below, and also in course resources for the guidelines and rubric for this assignment.

 

Purpose: Engaging in practicum experiences is an exciting time in your educational journey, providing opportunities for application of course knowledge in a practice setting. The purpose of the peer collaboration forum is for students to share, with each other, successes, challenges, and updates related to the practicum experience. In the peer collaboration forum, students come together to provide support for each other through positive interactions. Responses to peers can include suggestions for addressing challenges and celebration of successes.

 

Directions: Overall, this assignment consists of two posts in weeks 2,3,4,6 and 7. The two posts should be made on two separate days with the first post due on Wednesday of the assigned week, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this interaction unless you use an article as a suggestion.

 

 

 

NR621 Nurse Educator Concluding Graduate Experience I

 

Week 4 Discussion

 

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration

 

Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Week 4. Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges. You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer. See below, and also in course resources for the guidelines and rubric for this assignment.

 

Purpose: Engaging in practicum experiences is an exciting time in your educational journey, providing opportunities for application of course knowledge in a practice setting. The purpose of the peer collaboration forum is for students to share, with each other, successes, challenges, and updates related to the practicum experience. In the peer collaboration forum, students come together to provide support for each other through positive interactions. Responses to peers can include suggestions for addressing challenges and celebration of successes.

 

Directions: Overall, this assignment consists of two posts in weeks 2,3,4,6 and 7. The two posts should be made on two separate days with the first post due on Wednesday of the assigned week, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this interaction unless you use an article as a suggestion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NR621 Nurse Educator Concluding Graduate Experience I

 

Week 5 Discussion

 

Education Practicum Project Update

 

The guidelines and rubric for this assignment are listed and located below.

 

Purpose

 

The purposes of this activity are for students (1) to provide an update on their Education Practicum Project and (2) to provide substantive feedback to peers. Substantive feedback is defined as a suggestion or question and not a complimentary statement alone.

 

Directions 

 

Overall, this assignment consists of at least three posts in Week 5. The three posts should be made over 2 or more days with the first post due by Wednesday of Week 5, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this discussion unless you use an article as a suggestion. 

 

Initial post (Due by Wednesday of Week 5, 11:59 p.m. MT)

 

Start with a restatement of your PICOT question.

 

Describe your progress thus far.

 

Describe your plans for the next several weeks.

 

Second and third post (Due by Thursday of Week 5, 11:59 p.m. MT)

 

Respond to the posts of at least two other students with questions or suggestions.

 

Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to do the following.

 

CO 1: Provide high-quality, safe, patient-centered care grounded in holistic health (holistic health and patient-centered care).

 

CO 2: Create a caring environment for achieving quality health outcomes (care focused).

 

CO 3: Engage in lifelong personal and professional growth through reflective practice and appreciation of cultural diversity (cultural humility).

 

CO 4: Integrate professional values through scholarship and service in healthcare (professional identity).

 

CO 5: Advocate for positive health outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice (extraordinary nursing).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NR621 Nurse Educator Concluding Graduate Experience I

 

Week 6 Discussion

 

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration

 

Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Week 6. Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges. You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer. See below, and also in course resources for the guidelines and rubric for this assignment.

 

Purpose: Engaging in practicum experiences is an exciting time in your educational journey, providing opportunities for application of course knowledge in a practice setting. The purpose of the peer collaboration forum is for students to share, with each other, successes, challenges, and updates related to the practicum experience. In the peer collaboration forum, students come together to provide support for each other through positive interactions. Responses to peers can include suggestions for addressing challenges and celebration of successes.

 

Directions: Overall, this assignment consists of two posts in weeks 2,3,4,6 and 7. The two posts should be made on two separate days with the first post due on Wednesday of the assigned week, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this interaction unless you use an article as a suggestion.

 

 

 

NR621 Nurse Educator Concluding Graduate Experience I

 

Week 7 Discussion

 

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration

 

Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Week 7. Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges. You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer. See below, and also in course resources for the guidelines and rubric for this assignment.

 

Purpose: Engaging in practicum experiences is an exciting time in your educational journey, providing opportunities for application of course knowledge in a practice setting. The purpose of the peer collaboration forum is for students to share, with each other, successes, challenges, and updates related to the practicum experience. In the peer collaboration forum, students come together to provide support for each other through positive interactions. Responses to peers can include suggestions for addressing challenges and celebration of successes.

 

Directions: Overall, this assignment consists of two posts in weeks 2,3,4,6 and 7. The two posts should be made on two separate days with the first post due on Wednesday of the assigned week, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this interaction unless you use an article as a suggestion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NR621 Nurse Educator Concluding Graduate Experience I

 

Week 8 Discussion

 

Self-Reflection

 

The guidelines and rubric for this assignment are listed and located below.

 

NR621 Week 8 Self-Reflection Discussion Guidelines and RubricPreview the document

 

Purpose

 

This discussion provides students with the opportunity to reflect on the first 8 week of their practicum.

 

Directions

 

Overall, this assignment consists of at least three posts in Week 8. The three posts should be made over 2 or more days with the first post due by Wednesday of Week 8, 11:59 p.m. MT. Note: Scholarly literature or references do not need to be used in this discussion unless you use an article as a suggestion.

 

Initial post (Due by Wednesday of Week 8, 11:59 p.m. MT)

 

Self-Reflection: Consider the experiences you have had so far in NR621 and reflect upon the self-assessment you will submit this week, which is based on the NLN Core Competencies of Nurse Educators. Where have you made the most progress? Where would you like to improve next in NR622? What tools will you need and where will you get those tools?

 

Examine two of the five Course Outcomes for NR621. How have you met those outcomes? What new knowledge and/or skills have you gained? How has your perception of the educator role changed? Where do you need to place your emphasis in NR622?

 

Second and third post (Due by Saturday of Week 8, 11:59 p.m. MT)

 

Responds to one peer post with questions or suggestions and an instructor question by Saturday 11:59pm MT.

 

Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to do the following.

 

CO 1: Provide high-quality, safe, patient-centered care grounded in holistic health (holistic health and patient-centered care).

 

CO 2: Create a caring environment for achieving quality health outcomes (care focused).

 

CO 3: Engage in lifelong personal and professional growth through reflective practice and appreciation of cultural diversity (cultural humility).

 

CO 4: Integrate professional values through scholarship and service in healthcare (professional identity).

 

CO 5: Advocate for positive health outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice (extraordinary nursing).