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Week 1: Capstone Synthesis Practicum

 

Introduction to the Practicum Experience

One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.

 

—Sophocles

 

Welcome to your Capstone Synthesis Practicum! The practicum experience allows you to refine your nurse executive skills and competencies and enact a project at a healthcare organization under the mentorship of a preceptor. As you engage in the practicum setting, you “learn by doing the thing”—whether that thing be leading a unit, managing budget and finances, or facilitating quality improvement efforts.

 

Your experiences in the practicum provide a foundation for deepening your understanding of evidence-based practice and facilitating your ongoing development as a scholar-practitioner.

 

In preparation for your practicum, this week you reflect on the professional transitions that you are currently undergoing or on which you are likely to embark as you complete this Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program. You also identify objectives to guide professional development at your practicum setting.

 

Learning Objectives

Students will:

 

· Analyze how the practicum experience supports professional goals

· Construct measurable professional development objectives to be accomplished during the practicum experience

· Apply scholarly literature related to healthcare issues or problems in practicum settings*

· Analyze practicum experiences in the context of a nurse executive role*

· Evaluate the application of theory as it relates to the practicum or practice experience*

· Formulate solutions to authentic problems in healthcare settings*

 

*Introduced in Week 1 and assessed in Weeks 3, 7, and 11.

 

Learning Resources

Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)

 

American Organization for Nursing Leadership. (2015). Nursing executive competencies. https://wwwaonl.org/system/files/media/file/2019/06/nec.pdf.

 

Armstrong, P. (n.d.). Bloom’s taxonomy. https://cft.vanderbitt.edu/guides.sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/

 

Bergren, D. (2020, January 22). Setting SMART goals-for career success. https://waldencareerservices.com/2020/01/22/setting-smart-goals-for-career-success/

 

Kiper, V. (2019). Navigating a role transition: How to use your nursing leadership skills in a new career chapter. Nursing management, 50 (9), 49-52. https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NUMA.0000579036.862236bb.

 

Lankshear, S., Kerr. M.S., Laschinger, H. K. S., & Wong. C.A. (2013). Professional practice leadership roles: The role of organizational power and personal influence in creating a professional practice environment for nurses. Health care management Review, 38(4), 349-360. https://doi.org/10.1097/HMR.Ob013e31826fd517.

 

Nix. M. (2017). Nurse executive professional development. Nursing management, 48 (12), 52-53. https://doi.org/0.1097/01.NUMA.0000526920.69840.a3.

 

University of North Carolina Charlotte. (2004). Writing Objectives using Bloom’s taxonomy. https://teaching.uncc.edu/sites/teaching.uncc.edu/files/media/files/file/GoalsAndObjectives/BloomObjectives.pdf.

 

University of North Carolina Wilmington. (n.d.). Writing SMART learning Objectives. Retrieved from https://uncw.edu/career/documents/writingsmartlearningobjectives.pdf.

 

Document: Professional Experience Plan Template (Word document).

Document : Practicum Experience Journal Template ( Word document).

Walden University field Experiment. (n.d.). Field experience: College of Nursing: Student resources and manuals. https://academicguides.walden.edu/fieldexperience/son/formsanddocuments. Note: The College of Nursing Practicum Manual for MSN Specializations is available at this site. The site also contains contact information for the office of field Experience, Meditrek tutorials, and additional information pertaining to your practicum.

 

HSoft Corporation. (n.d.). Meditrek, https://edu.meditrek.com/Dedfault.html. Note: Use this website to log into Meditrek to report your practicum hours throughout the course

 

 

 

Welcome to the Capstone

 

Dr. Lynn Parsons, Walden Contributing faculty and Dr. Jeanne Morrison, program coordinator, welcome you to the culminating course of your MSN journey. Hear their initial thoughts on the benefits of the practicum experience. (3m).

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Capstone

Program Transcript

LYNN PARSONS: This is the culminating course, and this is where the lights

come on. And this is where the students literally put everything together that they

have learned. And they will assemble a final portfolio.

I’ve been contributing faculty for Walden University for 10 years and have taught

in that capstone class for six or seven years, and I just love the course. For some

reason, there’s some anxiety associated with the course. It’s the culminating

course. Take a breath, relax. I think that you’re going to love this course.

Just be organized, reach out to your instructor if you ever have an issue, reach

out to your preceptor, and I always tell students don’t take more than five

minutes. If you can’t figure something out, call your instructor.

JEANNE MORRISON: I am the program coordinator for the nurse executive

track. The nurse executive practicum is very important because, in this

practicum, you will be going to an on-site visit for your practicum experience. You

will be learning firsthand from nurses who are actually in the field. You’ll have a

preceptor, and you will be able to understand what you have learned throughout

this program in your practicum experience.

LYNN PARSONS: I think the biggest excitement in this course is actually going

into the clinical setting in working with a skilled preceptor that’s in the nurse

executive role. You can learn a lot from that person, and put what you know into

practice.

JEANNE MORRISON: By the end of the practicum experience, you’re going to

be very happy. And this is one of the areas that I find the students, after they

finish their practicum, they’re so excited. Of course, you’re getting ready to

graduate. So that’s always nice too. But have fun with this course, relax, and

enjoy.

LYNN PARSONS: Walden is known throughout the world, you will have

education from world-class leaders, from world-class preceptors, and I couldn’t

think of a better choice to go on and obtain an advanced degree in nursing in the

nurse executive role other than Walden University– simply the best.

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