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MSN6030 Practicum and Capstone

Unit 1 Discussion

DQ1 Preliminary Literature to Support Need and Population

For your capstone project, you will design a comprehensive intervention plan to solve a need for a selected population to demonstrate your program outcomes. For this discussion, take some time to think about potential target populations and needs you could address, as well as to begin searching the literature for evidence that could help support your analysis and decision about an appropriate target population and setting.

This discussion will contain two parts. Please address the following in your initial response (it should be a minimum of 250 words):

Part 1: Need and Population Brainstorm

As you look over your previous coursework and work in the field, is there a population that you focused on?

If not, what population or culture do you feel has a need?

Could you create an intervention plan for that population?

Why are you interested in that population?

What is their need?

Is this a need across the population, or just within a specific setting?

Describe your practicum experience and your preceptor.

How will this site support your goals and objectives?

Part 2: Preliminary Literature Review

Complete a preliminary literature review related to the need and population you identified in Part 1.

Review three pieces of literature that support your identified need and population, and provide a brief description and analysis of each.

Be sure to include proper APA citations.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. In your response address the following:

How could your peer further refine their identified need?

How could your peer further refine their target population?

How well do the cited resources support your peer’s identified need or target population?

Do you have any additional resources to suggest to your peer?

DQ2 Reflection

Each week you will engage in weekly check-ins. These check-ins will be brief (2–5 minutes) video or audio recordings in which you discuss your experiences and progress for the week. The goal of these check-ins is to allow you to connect with your peers on a more personal level and build a more vibrant learner community in the course.

In future units, these will be used to update your peers on experiences of note that occurred during your practicum time and any relevant developments with regard to your capstone project.

For this first week, please use this reflection as an opportunity to introduce yourself to your peers by answering one or more of the questions below:

What are your goals and expectations for this final course in your MSN program?

How are you feeling about your practicum site and experience?

How are you feeling about the capstone project that you will complete during this course?

Recording Your Check-In

If you plan to record a video for your check-in, be sure that you are recording video and audio with your program of choice.

If you are recording a video using Adobe Connect, you will post the link to your recording in your discussion post, in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording a video for your check-in using Kaltura, follow the instructions in the Using Kaltura document linked in the Resources. It will cover how to post your video directly it into the discussion area in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording audio via PowerPoint, please make your submission one or more slides with the reflection questions below included on the slides. Please make sure you also include detailed notes or a transcript (see below). You will upload your PowerPoint file as an attachment to your discussion post.

You may use a different program or piece of technology, provided you can still create videos and record audio for your initial discussion posts. You may wish to check with your instructor before attempting to use a different program or piece of technology.

Note: As a professional best practice, and to make your discussion posts as accessible as possible, be prepared to include a text alternative for your recorded audio by providing a brief transcript or detailed notes with each discussion post. (This practice is also helpful to ensure that you are recording the words that you actually wish to say.) If you are using PowerPoint, your notes or transcription can be included in the notes area of your slides. If you are recording a video, please post your notes or transcript in the body of the discussion post. If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact Disability Services to request accommodations.

Additional note: If for some reason you experience technical difficulties that make it impossible to record a reflection, you may post a written reflection that is of professional and academic quality.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. Address one or more of the following:

Compare your goals and expectations to those of your peer.

Compare your feelings about the practicum experience to that of your peer.

Compare your feelings about the capstone project to those of your peer.

MSN6030 Practicum and Capstone

Unit 2 Discussion

Reflection

Each week you will engage in weekly check-ins. These check-ins will be brief (2–5 minutes) video or audio recordings in which you discuss your experiences and progress for the week. These should be used to update your peers on experiences of note that occurred during your practicum time and any relevant developments with regard to your capstone project. The goal of these check-ins is to allow you to connect with your peers on a more personal level and build a more vibrant learner community in the course.

If you are recording a video for your check-in, be sure that you are recording video and audio with your program of choice.

If you are recording a video using Adobe Connect, you will post the link to your recording in your discussion post, in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording a video for your check-in using Kaltura, follow the instructions in the Using Kaltura document linked in the Resources. It will cover how to post your video directly it into the discussion area in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording audio via PowerPoint, please make your submission one or more slides with the reflection questions below included on the slides. Please make sure you also include detailed notes or a transcript (see below). You will upload your PowerPoint file as an attachment to your discussion post.

You may use a different program or piece of technology, provided you can still create videos and record audio for your initial discussion posts. You may wish to check with your instructor before attempting to use a different program or piece of technology

In your reflection, please discuss your responses to the questions below:

How is your practicum experience going?

What is going well in your field experience?

What are the challenges you are encountering?

Was there anything that you found particularly exciting or challenging that happened?

Are you making progress on your capstone project?

What aspects of the project are going well?

What aspects of the project are you finding the most challenging?

What excites you about your project?

Note: As a professional best practice, and to make your discussion posts as accessible as possible, be prepared to include a text alternative for your recorded audio by providing a brief transcript or detailed notes with each discussion post. (This practice is also helpful to ensure that you are recording the words that you actually wish to say.) If you are using PowerPoint, your notes or transcription can be included in the notes area of your slides. If you are recording a video, please post your notes or transcript in the body of the discussion post. If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact Disability Services to request accommodations.

Additional note: If for some reason you experience technical difficulties that make it impossible to record a reflection, you may post a written reflection that is of professional and academic quality.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. Address one or more of the following:

Compare your practicum experience to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they faced in their practicum.

Compare your capstone project to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they are encountering with regard to their capstone project.

MSN6030 Practicum and Capstone

Unit 3 Discussion

DQ1 Intervention Plan Component Development

By the end of Unit 4, you will submit your initial Intervention Plan Design assignment. As part of that assignment, you will be asked to develop and support a number of components for an intervention plan that will seek to address the need, target population, and setting that you identified in your Unit 2 Problem Statement (PICOT) assignment. These intervention plan components will need to be supported by evidence from the literature and professional best practices. You will also need to consider the impacts of technology, stakeholders, health care policy, and regulations, as well as ethical and legal considerations.

For your initial discussion post, complete the following:

Describe one of the components of your intervention plan.

How will the component you described contribute to the overall success of your intervention plan?

What evidence from the literature or best practices supports that the component will help to address the identified need or target population of your intervention plan?

What, if any, potential is there for technology to help in the development or implementation of the component?

How might stakeholders, health care policy, or regulation potentially impact this component?

Are there any ethical or legal considerations related to the development or implementation of the component that need to be kept in mind? If so, what are they?

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. In your response address the following:

How well does the described component seem to contribute to addressing the need that is the focus of your peer’s intervention plan?

Do you have any additional resources to suggest that your peer could use to further develop or support the validity of their component?

Are there any other technological tools or considerations that could help in the development or implementation of your peer’s component?

DQ2 Reflection

Each week you will engage in weekly check-ins. These check-ins will be brief (2–5 minutes) video or audio recordings in which you discuss your experiences and progress for the week. These should be used to update your peers on experiences of note that occurred during your practicum time and any relevant developments with regard to your capstone project. The goal of these check-ins is to allow you to connect with your peers on a more personal level and build a more vibrant learner community in the course.

If you are recording a video for your check-in, be sure that you are recording video and audio with your program of choice.

If you are recording a video using Adobe Connect, you will post the link to your recording in your discussion post, in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording a video for your check-in using Kaltura, follow the instructions in the Using Kaltura document linked in the Resources. It will cover how to post your video directly it into the discussion area in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording audio via PowerPoint, please make your submission one or more slides with the reflection questions below included on the slides. Please make sure you also include detailed notes or a transcript (see below). You will upload your PowerPoint file as an attachment to your discussion post.

You may use a different program or piece of technology, provided you can still create videos and record audio for your initial discussion posts. You may wish to check with your instructor before attempting to use a different program or piece of technology

In your reflection, please discuss your responses to the questions below:

How is your practicum experience going?

What is going well in your field experience?

What are the challenges you are encountering?

Was there anything that you found particularly exciting or challenging that happened?

Are you making progress on your capstone project?

What aspects of the project are going well?

What aspects of the project are you finding the most challenging?

What excites you about your project?

Post your reflection no later than 11:59 p.m. central time, Thursday. This will give your peers ample time to respond.

Note: As a professional best practice, and to make your discussion posts as accessible as possible, be prepared to include a text alternative for your recorded audio by providing a brief transcript or detailed notes with each discussion post. (This practice is also helpful to ensure that you are recording the words that you actually wish to say.) If you are using PowerPoint, your notes or transcription can be included in the notes area of your slides. If you are recording a video, please post your notes or transcript in the body of the discussion post. If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact Disability Services to request accommodations.

Additional note: If for some reason you experience technical difficulties that make it impossible to record a reflection, you may post a written reflection that is of professional and academic quality.

Response Guidelines

Select one peer to whom you want to respond, and address one or more of the following:

Compare your practicum experience to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they faced in their practicum.

Compare your capstone project to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they are encountering with regard to their capstone project.

MSN6030 Practicum and Capstone

Unit 4 Discussion

Reflection

Each week you will engage in weekly check-ins. These check-ins will be brief (2–5 minutes) video or audio recordings in which you discuss your experiences and progress for the week. These should be used to update your peers on experiences of note that occurred during your practicum time and any relevant developments with regard to your capstone project. The goal of these check-ins is to allow you to connect with your peers on a more personal level and build a more vibrant learner community in the course.

If you are recording a video for your check-in, be sure that you are recording video and audio with your program of choice.

If you are recording a video using Adobe Connect, you will post the link to your recording in your discussion post, in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording a video for your check-in using Kaltura, follow the instructions in the Using Kaltura document linked in the Resources. It will cover how to post your video directly it into the discussion area in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording audio via PowerPoint, please make your submission one or more slides with the reflection questions below included on the slides. Please make sure you also include detailed notes or a transcript (see below). You will upload your PowerPoint file as an attachment to your discussion post.

You may use a different program or piece of technology, provided you can still create videos and record audio for your initial discussion posts. You may wish to check with your instructor before attempting to use a different program or piece of technology

In your reflection, please discuss your responses to the questions below:

How is your practicum experience going?

What is going well in your field experience?

What are the challenges you are encountering?

Was there anything that you found particularly exciting or challenging that happened?

Are you making progress on your capstone project?

What aspects of the project are going well?

What aspects of the project are you finding the most challenging?

What excites you about your project?

Note: As a professional best practice, and to make your discussion posts as accessible as possible, be prepared to include a text alternative for your recorded audio by providing a brief transcript or detailed notes with each discussion post. (This practice is also helpful to ensure that you are recording the words that you actually wish to say.) If you are using PowerPoint, your notes or transcription can be included in the notes area of your slides. If you are recording a video, please post your notes or transcript in the body of the discussion post. If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact Disability Services to request accommodations.

Additional note: If for some reason you experience technical difficulties that make it impossible to record a reflection, you may post a written reflection that is of professional and academic quality.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. Address one or more of the following:

Compare your practicum experience to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they faced in their practicum.

Compare your capstone project to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they are encountering with regard to their capstone project.

MSN6030 Practicum and Capstone

Unit 5 Discussion

DQ1 Stakeholders, Policy, and Regulations

In the nursing field, our work is governed by health care policy and regulations at the organizational, state, and national level. We are also influenced by the diverse stakeholders involved in our work. Throughout your project, you have been digging deeper into the stakeholders, policy, and regulations relevant to your target population and need.

For this discussion, please address the following:

Describe the needs of your stakeholders that are relevant to your target population and need.

Explain applicable health care policy and regulations that are relevant to your target population and need.

How did these consideration impact the development of your Intervention Plan Design for your Unit 4 assignment?

How do you plan to work these considerations into the development of your Implementation Plan Design assignment in Unit 6?

Use this discussion as an outlet to receive feedback from your peers and potential revisions related to these considerations from your Intervention Plan Design assignment, as well as ideas on how to adjust your approach to addressing these consideration in your Implantation Plan Design assignment, which is due by the end of Unit 6.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. In your response address the following:

How could your peer more completely address or mitigate the negative impacts of stakeholders on their project?

How well is your peer utilizing policy to help structure and support their project?

Are there any additional stakeholders, regulations, or policies they should consider?

DQ2 Reflection

Each week you will engage in weekly check-ins. These check-ins will be brief (2–5 minutes) video or audio recordings in which you discuss your experiences and progress for the week. These should be used to update your peers on experiences of note that occurred during your practicum time and any relevant developments with regard to your capstone project. The goal of these check-ins is to allow you to connect with your peers on a more personal level and build a more vibrant learner community in the course.

If you are recording a video for your check-in, be sure that you are recording video and audio with your program of choice.

If you are recording a video using Adobe Connect, you will post the link to your recording in your discussion post, in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording a video for your check-in using Kaltura, follow the instructions in the Using Kaltura document linked in the Resources. It will cover how to post your video directly it into the discussion area in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording audio via PowerPoint, please make your submission one or more slides with the reflection questions below included on the slides. Please make sure you also include detailed notes or a transcript (see below). You will upload your PowerPoint file as an attachment to your discussion post.

You may use a different program or piece of technology, provided you can still create videos and record audio for your initial discussion posts. You may wish to check with your instructor before attempting to use a different program or piece of technology

In your reflection, please discuss your responses to the questions below:

How is your practicum experience going?

What is going well in your field experience?

What are the challenges you are encountering?

Was there anything that you found particularly exciting or challenging that happened?

Are you making progress on your capstone project?

What aspects of the project are going well?

What aspects of the project are you finding the most challenging?

What excites you about your project?

Note: As a professional best practice, and to make your discussion posts as accessible as possible, be prepared to include a text alternative for your recorded audio by providing a brief transcript or detailed notes with each discussion post. (This practice is also helpful to ensure that you are recording the words that you actually wish to say.) If you are using PowerPoint, your notes or transcription can be included in the notes area of your slides. If you are recording a video, please post your notes or transcript in the body of the discussion post. If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact Disability Services to request accommodations.

Additional note: If for some reason you experience technical difficulties that make it impossible to record a reflection, you may post a written reflection that is of professional and academic quality.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. Address one or more of the following:

Compare your practicum experience to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they faced in their practicum.

Compare your capstone project to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they are encountering with regard to their capstone project.

MSN6030 Practicum and Capstone

Unit 6 Discussion

Reflection

Each week you will engage in weekly check-ins. These check-ins will be brief (2–5 minutes) video or audio recordings in which you discuss your experiences and progress for the week. These should be used to update your peers on experiences of note that occurred during your practicum time and any relevant developments with regard to your capstone project. The goal of these check-ins is to allow you to connect with your peers on a more personal level and build a more vibrant learner community in the course.

If you are recording a video for your check-in, be sure that you are recording video and audio with your program of choice.

If you are recording a video using Adobe Connect, you will post the link to your recording in your discussion post, in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording a video for your check-in using Kaltura, follow the instructions in the Using Kaltura document linked in the Resources. It will cover how to post your video directly it into the discussion area in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording audio via PowerPoint, please make your submission one or more slides with the reflection questions below included on the slides. Please make sure you also include detailed notes or a transcript (see below). You will upload your PowerPoint file as an attachment to your discussion post.

You may use a different program or piece of technology, provided you can still create videos and record audio for your initial discussion posts. You may wish to check with your instructor before attempting to use a different program or piece of technology

In your reflection, please discuss your responses to the questions below:

How is your practicum experience going?

What is going well in your field experience?

What are the challenges you are encountering?

Was there anything that you found particularly exciting or challenging that happened?

Are you making progress on your capstone project?

What aspects of the project are going well?

What aspects of the project are you finding the most challenging?

What excites you about your project?

Note: As a professional best practice, and to make your discussion posts as accessible as possible, be prepared to include a text alternative for your recorded audio by providing a brief transcript or detailed notes with each discussion post. (This practice is also helpful to ensure that you are recording the words that you actually wish to say.) If you are using PowerPoint, your notes or transcription can be included in the notes area of your slides. If you are recording a video, please post your notes or transcript in the body of the discussion post. If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact Disability Services to request accommodations.

Additional note: If for some reason you experience technical difficulties that make it impossible to record a reflection, you may post a written reflection that is of professional and academic quality.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. Address one or more of the following:

Compare your practicum experience to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they faced in their practicum.

Compare your capstone project to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they are encountering with regard to their capstone project.

MSN6030 Practicum and Capstone

Unit 7 Discussion

DQ1 Leverage and Integrating Technology

Technology is a key tool, and the effective use of technology in implementing and evaluating the success of interventions is becoming an essential skill for all nurses from the bedside to the boardroom. As such, the role of technology in your capstone project is a vital consideration that could help ensure its success.

For this discussion, please address the following:

Explain the ways in which you incorporated technology into your Implementation Plan Design assignment.

What specific piece or pieces of technology did you proposed using?

How did the type of technology you chose to utilize impact the development of your implementation plan?

How do you expect the incorporation of technology will make your implementation plan more successful?

Explain the ways in which you plan to incorporate technology into your Evaluation Plan Design and Discussion assignment.

What specific piece or pieces of technology you are planning to utilize?

How will the type of technology you choose to utilize impact the development of your evaluation plan?

How do you expect the incorporation of technology will make your evaluation plan more successful?

Use this discussion as an outlet to receive feedback from your peers and potential revisions related to these considerations from your Implementation Plan Design assignment, as well as ideas on how to adjust your approach to addressing these consideration in your Evaluation Plan Design and Discussion assignment, which is due by the end of Unit 8.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. In your response address the following:

How could your peer integrate additional technology, or better leverage the current technology presented:

To ensure successful implementation of their project?

To more efficiently and accurately evaluate the outcomes of their project?

DQ2 Reflection

Each week you will engage in weekly check-ins. These check-ins will be brief (2–5 minutes) video or audio recordings in which you discuss your experiences and progress for the week. These should be used to update your peers on experiences of note that occurred during your practicum time and any relevant developments with regard to your capstone project. The goal of these check-ins is to allow you to connect with your peers on a more personal level and build a more vibrant learner community in the course.

If you are recording a video for your check-in, be sure that you are recording video and audio with your program of choice.

If you are recording a video using Adobe Connect, you will post the link to your recording in your discussion post, in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording a video for your check-in using Kaltura, follow the instructions in the Using Kaltura document linked in the Resources. It will cover how to post your video directly it into the discussion area in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording audio via PowerPoint, please make your submission one or more slides with the reflection questions below included on the slides. Please make sure you also include detailed notes or a transcript (see below). You will upload your PowerPoint file as an attachment to your discussion post.

You may use a different program or piece of technology, provided you can still create videos and record audio for your initial discussion posts. You may wish to check with your instructor before attempting to use a different program or piece of technology

In your reflection, please discuss your responses to the questions below:

How is your practicum experience going?

What is going well in your field experience?

What are the challenges you are encountering?

Was there anything that you found particularly exciting or challenging that happened?

Are you making progress on your capstone project?

What aspects of the project are going well?

What aspects of the project are you finding the most challenging?

What excites you about your project?

Note: As a professional best practice, and to make your discussion posts as accessible as possible, be prepared to include a text alternative for your recorded audio by providing a brief transcript or detailed notes with each discussion post. (This practice is also helpful to ensure that you are recording the words that you actually wish to say.) If you are using PowerPoint, your notes or transcription can be included in the notes area of your slides. If you are recording a video, please post your notes or transcript in the body of the discussion post. If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact Disability Services to request accommodations.

Additional note: If for some reason you experience technical difficulties that make it impossible to record a reflection, you may post a written reflection that is of professional and academic quality.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. Address one or more of the following:

Compare your practicum experience to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they faced in their practicum.

Compare your capstone project to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they are encountering with regard to their capstone project.

MSN6030 Practicum and Capstone

Unit 8 Discussion

Reflection

Each week you will engage in weekly check-ins. These check-ins will be brief (2–5 minutes) video or audio recordings in which you discuss your experiences and progress for the week. These should be used to update your peers on experiences of note that occurred during your practicum time and any relevant developments with regard to your capstone project. The goal of these check-ins is to allow you to connect with your peers on a more personal level and build a more vibrant learner community in the course

If you are recording a video for your check-in, be sure that you are recording video and audio with your program of choice.

If you are recording a video using Adobe Connect, you will post the link to your recording in your discussion post, in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording a video for your check-in using Kaltura, follow the instructions in the Using Kaltura document linked in the Resources. It will cover how to post your video directly it into the discussion area in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording audio via PowerPoint, please make your submission one or more slides with the reflection questions below included on the slides. Please make sure you also include detailed notes or a transcript (see below). You will upload your PowerPoint file as an attachment to your discussion post.

You may use a different program or piece of technology, provided you can still create videos and record audio for your initial discussion posts. You may wish to check with your instructor before attempting to use a different program or piece of technology

In your reflection, please discuss your responses to the questions below:

How is your practicum experience going?

What is going well in your field experience?

What are the challenges you are encountering?

Was there anything that you found particularly exciting or challenging that happened?

Are you making progress on your capstone project?

What aspects of the project are going well?

What aspects of the project are you finding the most challenging?

What excites you about your project?

Note: As a professional best practice, and to make your discussion posts as accessible as possible, be prepared to include a text alternative for your recorded audio by providing a brief transcript or detailed notes with each discussion post. (This practice is also helpful to ensure that you are recording the words that you actually wish to say.) If you are using PowerPoint, your notes or transcription can be included in the notes area of your slides. If you are recording a video, please post your notes or transcript in the body of the discussion post. If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact Disability Services to request accommodations.

Additional note: If for some reason you experience technical difficulties that make it impossible to record a reflection, you may post a written reflection that is of professional and academic quality.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. Address one or more of the following:

Compare your practicum experience to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they faced in their practicum.

Compare your capstone project to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they are encountering with regard to their capstone project.

MSN6030 Practicum and Capstone

Unit 9 Discussion

Reflection

Each week you will engage in weekly check-ins. These check-ins will be brief (2–5 minutes) video or audio recordings in which you discuss your experiences and progress for the week. These should be used to update your peers on experiences of note that occurred during your practicum time and any relevant developments with regard to your capstone project. The goal of these check-ins is to allow you to connect with your peers on a more personal level and build a more vibrant learner community in the course.

If you are recording a video for your check-in, be sure that you are recording video and audio with your program of choice.

If you are recording a video using Adobe Connect, you will post the link to your recording in your discussion post, in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording a video for your check-in using Kaltura, follow the instructions in the Using Kaltura document linked in the Resources. It will cover how to post your video directly it into the discussion area in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording audio via PowerPoint, please make your submission one or more slides with the reflection questions below included on the slides. Please make sure you also include detailed notes or a transcript (see below). You will upload your PowerPoint file as an attachment to your discussion post.

You may use a different program or piece of technology, provided you can still create videos and record audio for your initial discussion posts. You may wish to check with your instructor before attempting to use a different program or piece of technology

In your reflection, please discuss your responses to the questions below:

How is your practicum experience going?

What is going well in your field experience?

What are the challenges you are encountering?

Was there anything that you found particularly exciting or challenging that happened?

Are you making progress on your capstone project?

What aspects of the project are going well?

What aspects of the project are you finding the most challenging?

What excites you about your project?

Note: As a professional best practice, and to make your discussion posts as accessible as possible, be prepared to include a text alternative for your recorded audio by providing a brief transcript or detailed notes with each discussion post. (This practice is also helpful to ensure that you are recording the words that you actually wish to say.) If you are using PowerPoint, your notes or transcription can be included in the notes area of your slides. If you are recording a video, please post your notes or transcript in the body of the discussion post. If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact Disability Services to request accommodations.

Additional note: If for some reason you experience technical difficulties that make it impossible to record a reflection, you may post a written reflection that is of professional and academic quality.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. Address one or more of the following:

Compare your practicum experience to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they faced in their practicum.

Compare your capstone project to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they are encountering with regard to their capstone project.

MSN6030 Practicum and Capstone

Unit 10 Discussion

DQ1 Envisioning Your Future Practice and Lifelong Learning

You have done it! By now you should have submitted your final capstone project and your final practicum hours log for the course. You are on the precipice of completing your journey and earning your Master’s of Science in Nursing.

For this final discussion, please reflect upon the following:

What were some of your greatest successes throughout your studies in the MSN program?

What is the most useful skill or concept you learned while pursuing your MSN degree?

How will you be able to apply the work you have done on your capstone project to improve your personal practice?

How will you leverage your degree to help you reach your ideal practice career path?

Response Guidelines

You are not required to respond to any peers for this discussion. If you would like to, please feel free to engage with your peers one last time.

DQ2 Reflection

Each week you will engage in weekly check-ins. These check-ins will be brief (2–5 minutes) video or audio recordings in which you discuss your experiences and progress for the week. These should be used to update your peers on experiences of note that occurred during your practicum time and any relevant developments with regard to your capstone project. The goal of these check-ins is to allow you to connect with your peers on a more personal level and build a more vibrant learner community in the course.

If you are recording a video for your check-in, be sure that you are recording video and audio with your program of choice.

If you are recording a video using Adobe Connect, you will post the link to your recording in your discussion post, in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording a video for your check-in using Kaltura, follow the instructions in the Using Kaltura document linked in the Resources. It will cover how to post your video directly it into the discussion area in addition to your transcript and notes (see below).

If you are recording audio via PowerPoint, please make your submission one or more slides with the reflection questions below included on the slides. Please make sure you also include detailed notes or a transcript (see below). You will upload your PowerPoint file as an attachment to your discussion post.

You may use a different program or piece of technology, provided you can still create videos and record audio for your initial discussion posts. You may wish to check with your instructor before attempting to use a different program or piece of technology

In your reflection, please discuss your responses to the questions below:

How is your practicum experience going?

What is going well in your field experience?

What are the challenges you are encountering?

Was there anything that you found particularly exciting or challenging that happened?

Are you making progress on your capstone project?

What aspects of the project are going well?

What aspects of the project are you finding the most challenging?

What excites you about your project?

Note: As a professional best practice, and to make your discussion posts as accessible as possible, be prepared to include a text alternative for your recorded audio by providing a brief transcript or detailed notes with each discussion post. (This practice is also helpful to ensure that you are recording the words that you actually wish to say.) If you are using PowerPoint, your notes or transcription can be included in the notes area of your slides. If you are recording a video, please post your notes or transcript in the body of the discussion post. If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact Disability Services to request accommodations.

Additional note: If for some reason you experience technical difficulties that make it impossible to record a reflection, you may post a written reflection that is of professional and academic quality.

Response Guidelines

Respond according to the Faculty Expectations Message guidelines. Address one or more of the following:

Compare your practicum experience to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they faced in their practicum.

Compare your capstone project to that of your peer.

Offer one or more suggestions for how your peer could work on addressing the challenge they are encountering with regard to their capstone project.