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NR631 Nurse Executive Concluding Graduate Experience I

Week 8 Assignment

CGE Project Portfolio – Part 1

Purpose

This assignment allows the student to assemble their CGE portfolio with the project management components and activities completed to this point. This assignment will be built upon at the conclusion of the CGE II course to create a complete portfolio.

Due Date: Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT of Week 8

Students are given the opportunity to request an extension on assignments for emergent situations. Supporting documentation must be submitted to the assigned faculty. If the student’s request is not approved, the assignment is graded and a late penalty is applied as follows:

Monday = 10% of total possible point reduction

Tuesday = 20% of total possible point reduction

Wednesday = 30% of total possible point reduction

If the student’s request is approved, the student will be informed of the revised due date. Should the student fail to meet the revised due date, the assignment is graded and a late penalty is applied as follows:

Monday = 10% of total possible point reduction

Tuesday = 20% of total possible point reduction

Wednesday = 30% of total possible point reduction

Total Points Possible: 200

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes (COs):

CO 1: Apply leadership skills concepts of project management as a nurse executive in an organizational setting to develop, implement and evaluate successful project plans. (PO 4,5)

CO 2: Using current knowledge, standards of practice, and research from evidence-based literature, synthesize a foundation for the nurse executive role. (PO 3,4)

CO 3: Exemplify professional values and scholarship that support the role of a student in a practicum setting. (PO 4)

CO 4: Contribute to the body of nursing leadership and management knowledge through research, planning, evaluation and dissemination of findings. (PO 4)

CO 5: Apply professional values characteristic of the competent and caring nurse executive that promote holistic care principles and an appreciation of cultural humility ( PO1, PO3, PO5)

CO 6: Apply evidence-based fiscal principles that contribute to the creation of a caring environment characterized by high quality, safe, patient-centered care (PO1, PO2)

Requirements

Complete the portfolio.

Elements of Portfolio

The student is responsible for the development of a CGE portfolio that includes the following elements in the following order.

Project PICOT question

Abstract summary of project topic (approximately 500 words)

Literature review (may be copied and pasted from the Week 3 assignment with revisions as necessary)

Reflection on Course Outcome (CO) achievement

List each CO as a heading in proper APA format.

For each CO, provide a reflective summary of how you feel you have progressed in meeting this outcome through the resources and activities of NR631.

Scholarly application sections of the following (in order) project management tools (may be copied and pasted from those assignments with revisions as necessary)

Project Charter (Week 2)

Project Scope (Week 2)

Communication Plan (Week 4)

Deliverables and CSF (Week 5)

Work Breakdown Structure (Week 6)

Gantt Chart (Week 6)

RACI (Week 7)

Risk Register (Week 7)

The following documents included as separate appendices in the following order

Learning Agreement

Signed (verified) by both student and mentor

Reflective summary of progress through the end of CGE I of progress toward that goal

Signed CGE activity log with a minimum of 72 hours

Project Charter (Week 2)

Project Scope (Week 2)

Communication Plan (Week 4)

Deliverables and CSF (Week 5)

Work Breakdown Structure (Week 6)

Gantt Chart (Week 6)

RACI (Week 7)

Risk Register (Week 7)

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations must be consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the sixth edition of the APA manual.