NR701 Application of Analytic Methods
Week 3
assignment
Organizational Needs Assessment
PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to ensure the student has
a topic idea that is seen as needed within the practicum site where they intend
to implement their future DNP Project. Theassignment will assist the student in
facilitating communication with key decision-makers about the organizational
needs of the practicum site, as well as provide the student with an opportunity
to identify and apply research findings to support their potential project. A
PICOT question will be developed, which can guide the student in future
planning associated with their potential DNP Project.
Findings show that religious engagement among students declines during college, but their spirituality shows substantial growth. “Students become more caring, more tolerant, more connected with others, and more actively engaged in a spiritual quest.” (“Cultivating the Spirit – Spirituality in Higher Education”) The authors also found that spiritual growth enhances other outcomes, such as academic performance, psychological well-being, leadership development, and satisfaction with college. The study also identified a number of college activities that contribute to students’ spiritual growth. Some of these–study abroad, interdisciplinary studies, and service learning–appear to be effective because they expose students to new and diverse people, cultures, and ideas. Spiritual development is also enhanced if students engage in “inner work” through activities such as meditation or self-reflection, or if their professors actively encourage them to explore questions of meaning and purpose. (“Cultivating the Spirit – Spirituality in Higher (Alexander W, 2010)”). By raising public awareness of the key role that spirituality plays in student learning and development, by alerting academic administrators, faculty, and curriculum committees to the importance of spiritual development, and by identifying strategies for enhancing that development, this work encourages institutions to give greater priority to these spiritual aspects of students’ educational and professional development
COURSE OUTCOMES
This assignment provides documentation of student ability to
meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Formulate and refine clinical research questions
relevant to advanced nursing practice. (PO #3)
CO 8. Demonstrate competence in basic analysis of
qualitative and quantitative data. (PO #3)
CO9: Differentiate between quality improvement, system
change, research, and/or evidence-based practice initiatives. (PO #5)
This assignment is worth a total of 100 points.
DUE DATE
Submit your completed assignment by Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT of
Week 3 as directed.
DIRECTIONS
1. Downloadthe
Organizational Needs Assessment Worksheet document, which is located under
Course Resources.Save the worksheet as a PDF document, which allows you to fill
in the required sections of the worksheet.
a. If you
have difficulty with PDF and are unable to open/save or fill out the worksheet,
you will need to visit the following site to download the free Adobe Acrobat
Reader to your PC or Mac:
i. https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/pdf-reader.html
2. Please be
sure to fill out all sections of the worksheet, as it is designed to guide you
through the initial organizational needs assessment process.
3. If you
have not done so already, schedule a time to meet with the decision-maker(s)
within the practicum site as soon as possible.
a. Share
details about your status in the program and the expectations for the DNP
Project with the decision-maker(s)
b. Be sure
to explain you will be implementing a change in practice based on already
existing evidence).
4. Query the
decision-maker(s) about the primary issues inherent within the organization to
identify potential project ideas.
a. Remember
your DNP Project must be based on the needs of the practicum site.
b. Overall,
the practicum site will be required to provide a Letter of Support for your
project once you are in your practicum.
5. Collaborate
with the decision-maker(s) and determine the topic you can work on as part of
your eventual DNP Project.
6. Once you
identified a topic/issue, perform a search for evidence to determine potential
ways you might be able to address it.
a. Please
perform your search using any or all of the following databases: CINAHL,
MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and the Joanna Briggs Institute. You may access
these databases through the Chamberlain College of Nursing Online Library. When
clicked, it reveals a list of “Tools” or PDFs on how to do conduct
various searches of the required databases (CINAHL, MEDLINE, Cochrane, and JBI)
through the portals (EBSCO and OVID) provided. This effort should have begun in
NR700 with the development of the annotated bibliography.
7. Provide a
brief summary of the primary findings from a minimum of 2 contemporary (no more
than 5 years old) primary research articles to support your intervention(s).
a. Note you
are required to use a minimum of one (1) quantitative article
b. Note the
second (2) article can be quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods
c. Both
articles must be primary research studies (meaning they are not systematic
reviews, meta-analyses, etc.)
d. Both
articles must be contemporary (no more than 5 years old) and from professional
journals.
8. Follow
the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about this
assignment may be posted under the Q & A forum.
Late Assignment Policy
Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that assignment for each day the assignment is late. Assignments will be accepted, with penalty as described, up to a maximum of three days late, after which point a zero will be recorded for the assignment.
In the event of an emergency that prevents timely submission of an assignment, students may petition their instructor for a waiver of the late submission grade reduction. The instructor will review the student’s rationale for the request and make a determination based on the merits of the student’s appeal. Consideration of the student’s total course performance to date will be a contributing factor in the determination. Students should continue to attend class, actively participate, and complete other assignments while the appeal is pending.
This Policy applies to assignments that contribute to the numerical calculation of the course letter grade.
Evaluation Methods
The maximum score in this class is 1,000 points. The categories, which contribute to your final grade, are weighted as follows.
| Graded Item | Points | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Discussion (50 points, Weeks 1–7; 25 points, Week 8) | 375 | 37.5% |
| Shared Governance Model Paper (Week 3) | 200 | 20% |
| Management of Power Paper (Week 5) | 200 | 20% |
| Executive Summary (Week 7) | 225 | 22.5% |
| Total | 1,000 | 100% |
No extra credit assignments are permitted for any reason.
All of your course requirements are graded using points. At the end of the course, the points are converted to a letter grade using the scale in the table below. Percentages of 0.5% or higher are not raised to the next whole number. A final grade of 76% (letter grade C) is required to pass the course.
| Letter Grade | Points | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| A | 940–1,000 | 94% to 100% |
| A- | 920–939 | 92% to 93% |
| B+ | 890–919 | 89% to 91% |
| B | 860–889 | 86% to 88% |
| B- | 840–859 | 84% to 85% |
| C+ | 810–839 | 81% to 83% |
| C | 760–809 | 76% to 80% |
| F | 759 and below | 75% and below |
NOTE:To receive credit for a week’s discussion, students may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each week opens. Unless otherwise specified, access to most weeks begins on Sunday at 12:01 a.m. MT, and that week’s assignments are due by the next Sunday by 11:59 p.m. MT. Week 8 opens at 12:01 a.m. MT Sunday and closes at 11:59 p.m. MT Wednesday. Any assignments and all discussion requirements must be completed by 11:59 p.m. MT Wednesday of the eighth week.
Students agree that, by taking this course, all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use posted on the Turnitin.com site.
Participation for MSN
Threaded Discussion Guiding Principles
The ideas and beliefs underpinning the threaded discussions (TDs) guide students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organize, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice. The use of TDs provides students with opportunities to contribute level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction. The TD’s ebb and flow is based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship. Participation in the TDs generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty. TDs foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines.
Participation Guidelines
Each weekly threaded discussion is worth up to 25 points. Students must post a minimum of two times in each graded thread. The two posts in each individual thread must be on separate days. The student must provide an answer to each graded thread topic posted by the course instructor, by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT, of each week. If the student does not provide an answer to each graded thread topic (not a response to a student peer) before the Wednesday deadline, 5 points are deducted for each discussion thread in which late entry occurs (up to a 10-point deduction for that week). Subsequent posts, including essential responses to peers, must occur by the Sunday deadline, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Direct Quotes
Good writing calls for the limited use of direct quotes. Direct quotes in Threaded Discussions are to be limited to one short quotation (not to exceed 15 words). The quote must add substantively to the discussion. Points will be deducted under the Grammar, Syntax, APA category.