WELCOME NU 499 Capstone Professor Tina Vaughn MSN-RN-C Kaplan University 2011

NU 499 Capstone NU 499 Overview Communication: Please me 1 st at: if you do not hear back from me within 24 hours than I have not received your . I return s very promptly. So please resend if you do not hear from me within 24 hours. me 1 st !! Be sure to include a return phone number and how late I may return your call NO COURSE WORK via

NU 499 Capstone Assignment Due Dates: All weekly assignments are due on Tuesdays at 11:59. If you are having any problems with understanding course assignments or are having difficulty with meeting course deadlines you must contact me AHEAD of time NOT after the assignments are due. I am very generous with working with all of you but I need you to communicate with me AHEAD of time if there are issues that need my assistance. No work will be accepted a week past its due date and points will be deducted for each day work is late per the KU course policy without notifying me AHEAD of time

NU499 Capstone Seminars: For this course seminars will be held as a phone conference and/or as a traditional computer seminar Our first course orientation PHONE seminar will be on Wednesday June 8th at 6:00pmEST. Our second course PHONE seminar will be on Thursday June 9th at 6:00pm EST Our third course orientation seminar will be held as a traditional seminar via the computer on Friday June 10th at 6:00pm EST For phone conference seminar You will need to: Call into access code on the night you plan to attend. We will begin at 6:00pm EST sharp. You choose which night you would like to attend or feel free to come to both.

NU499 Capstone Forms must all be completed and signed Cleared through Tara Whitworth Please get your Data form completed ASAP.I must talk to you and your preceptor via phone No clinical until all paperwork is cleared!!! No credit beginning in week 2 if paperwork not completed

NU 499 Capstone Course Overview/Outline in DOC Sharing 4- Discussions Required (weeks 1,2,3 &10 ) 3- Learning Journals 1-2 pages due in weeks 2,4 & 6 3- Nursing Papers due unit 3,unit 5 & unit 8 2- Seminars- Weeks 1 orientation to course, week 5 “checking in” Presentations in Weeks 8 & 9 Required to present!! Clinical hours 40/20

NU499 Capstone Discussion Question: Initial DB posting must be made by Friday (day 3), and then on 2 other days. You must used a cited reference with initial post of 150 words

NU499 Capstone Journals: Must have title page and reference page if citation present No more than 1 – 2 pages excluding your title and reference pages Place in drop box for grading Due in weeks 2,4 & 6

NU 499 Capstone PROJEST FOCUS / NURSING ISSUE Must be a nursing issue !!!!!!!here are some ideas(:>) Meeting specifc Core measures, national safety goals, nurse burn out, retention/recruitment, residency programs,report,primary care, team leading, improving triage system, patient to nurse ratios Apply the nursing process: Assessment, data collection, intervention evaluation, implementation??? Use research to support your ideas.

NU 499 Capstone Nursing Issue Paper 1: Due in Week 3: 2-3 pages in length Focus is on: Describe your chosen project issue What is your plan using evidence based research? In relation to this issue, integrate theory and knowledge from past courses, work background & experience

NU 499 Capstone Nursing Issue Paper Part 2 Due in week pages in length (not 2- 3pages) Focus is on: Literature review You must use 8-10 scholarly references within the last 5 years

NU 499 Capstone Nursing Issue Paper Part 3 Due in week pages in length Focus is on: Solution, Communication Strategies and dissemination of information

NU 499 Capstone 1 st Time log submission due in week 4 2 nd time log due in week 10 Time log should be updated weekly

NU 499 Capstone Power Point Presentations- Group 1 Week 9 Power Point Presentations-Group 2 Week 10

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