WELCOME NU 499 Capstone WELCOME NU 499 Capstone

• Professor Tina Vaughn MSN-RN-C Kaplan University 2011

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• NU 499 Overview• Communication:• Please Email me 1st at:• Tinaeslinger-vaughn@kaplan.edu

if you do not hear back from me within 24 hours than I have not received your email. I return emails very promptly. So please resend if you do not hear from me within 24 hours.

• Email me 1st!! Be sure to include a return phone number and how late I may return your call

• NO COURSE WORK via email

NU 499 CapstoneNU 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

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• 4 Discussions Required (weeks 1,2,3 &10 )

• Seminars- Weeks 1 orientation to course, week 5 “checking in”

• Weeks 8 & 9 Seminars are Capstone presentations - Required to present!!

• Learning Journals in weeks 2,4 & 6

Nursing Papers due unit 3,unit 5 & unit 8

Clinical hours 40/20

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• Week 1: Discussion Question &Seminar• 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 hands on clinical

• No clinical until all paperwork is cleared!!!

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• Ideas for Nursing issue of choice:• What would you like to change?• What nursing issue would you like to

develop or improve upon ??? • Use research to support your ideas.• Apply the nursing process:• Assessment, data collection, intervention

evaluation, implementation???• Talk to your preceptor and instructor.

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• Week 2: Discussion Question &• Journal 1-2 pages in length

• Week 3: Discussion Question &• Part 1 Nursing Issue Paper• 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

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• Week 4- Learning journal 1-2 pages in length

• No required Discussions until unit10

• 1st Time log submission due

• Time log should be updated weekly

• due in weeks 4 & 10

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• Week 5 • Seminar• Checking in • 1-877-398-4411• Nursing Paper Part 2 Due

• 3-4 pages in length 6th edition APA• Literature review-review 8-10 scholarly

references-must be within last 5 years

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• Week 6-

• Journal 1-2 pages

• Week 7-

• No formal assignment continue to work on your PowerPoint Presentation due in unit 8

NU 499 CapstoneNU 499 Capstone• Week 8• Nursing Paper Completion- 2-3 pages Your

proposed solution to your nursing issue• Power Point Presentations- Group 1• Week 9• Power Point Presentations-Group 2

• Week 10• Final Discussion• Time Log Submitted-no grades will be given

until ALL paperwork completed!!!

QUESTIONS???????QUESTIONS???????

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•CONGRATS!!!!!!!!