Overview

Course Number:

NR632
Course Title:

Nurse Executive Concluding Graduate Experience II
Course Credits:

3 credits (1.5 didactic/1.5 practicum)
Prerequisite:

All required core and specialty track courses, and Nurse Executive Concluding Graduate Experience I.

Course Description

This course provides an intensive experience in critical analysis, designed to broaden students’ perspectives and provide an opportunity for the integration of knowledge gained throughout the curriculum, and emphasizes the application of leadership and management theories and concepts in the role of nurse executive. The student will demonstrate the competencies essential to a nurse leader. The role will be applied and analyzed in a healthcare organizational setting, in collaboration with a nurse-leader mentor. Evidence-based leadership and management strategies will be developed and implemented in the selected organizational environment. Students must complete a scholarly project that synthesizes advanced knowledge and skills to address an area of relevance to professional nursing in leadership.

Textbooks and Resources

Required Textbooks

The following books are required for this course:

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Optional Textbooks

The following books are required for this course:

Textbooks and Resources

Required Textbooks

The following books are required for this course:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year of publication). Title of textbook in italics (X ed.). City, ST: Publisher.

Information regarding supplementary material, software, etc.

The following book is required across all FNP courses:

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

The following book is recommended across all FNP courses:

Goroll, A. H., & Mulley, A. G. (2014). Primary care medicine: Office evaluation and management of the adult patient (7th ed.). China: Wolters Kluwer.


Physical Books and Supplies

To obtain all your books and supplies, visit the online Chamberlain bookstore at https://bookstore.chamberlain.edu/.

Program Outcomes

Program Outcomes of Chamberlain nursing programs can be found in the Program Descriptions section of your College Catalog. You can access your College Catalog at http://www.chamberlain.edu/msncatalog.

The MSN program outcomes are aligned with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing publication, The Essentials of Master's Education in Nursing (2011). Upon completion of the MSN degree program, the graduate will be able to:

1

Practice safe, high-quality advanced nursing care based on concepts and knowledge from nursing and related disciplines.

2

Construct processes for leading and promoting quality improvement and safety in advanced nursing practice and healthcare delivery.

3

Use contemporary communication modalities effectively in advanced nursing roles.

4

Evaluate the design, implementation and outcomes of strategies developed to meet healthcare needs.

5

Develop a plan for lifelong personal and professional growth that integrates professional values regarding scholarship, service and global engagement.

6

Apply legal, ethical and human-caring principles to situations in advanced nursing practice.

7

Design patient-centered care models and delivery systems using the best available scientific evidence.

8

Manage human, fiscal and physical resources to achieve and support individual and organizational goals.

9

Compose a plan for systematic inquiry and dissemination of findings to support advanced nursing practice, patient-care innovation, and the nursing profession.

10

Collaborate interprofessionally in research, education, practice, health policy and leadership to improve population health outcomes.

11

Apply principles of informatics to manage data and information in order to support effective decision making.

Course Outcomes

Chamberlain College of Nursing courses are built to align course content with specific Course Outcomes (COs). The COs define the learning objectives that the student will be required to comprehend and demonstrate by course completion. The COs that will be covered in detail each week can be found in the Overview page in that particular week. Whenever possible, a reference will be made from a particular assignment or discussion back to the CO that it emphasizes.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following.

1

Synthesize knowledge and concepts from nursing and related disciplines as a foundation for advanced nursing roles. (PO 1, 7)

2

Demonstrate effective leadership skills that promote quality nursing practice. (PO 1, 2)

3

Integrate verbal, written, and technological communication in implementing advanced nursing roles in the healthcare environment. (PO 3, 11)

4

Utilize critical inquiry and judgment to evaluate the design, implementation, and outcomes of strategies developed for learning and healthcare systems. (PO 4, 10)

5

Exemplify professional values, scholarship, service, and global awareness that support professional and personal development. (PO 2, 5, 10)

6

Incorporate human caring and legal and ethical principles within the concepts of person, health, environment, and nursing for the benefit of society and the profession of nursing. (PO 6)

7

Advocate for healthcare policy to meet the needs of a diverse society in a changing healthcare environment. (PO 8)

8

Manage human and physical resources in a fiscally responsible manner to support effective decision making. (PO 8)

9

Contribute to the body of nursing knowledge through participation in systematic inquiry, utilization of evidence-based practice, and dissemination of findings to support innovative change. (PO 9)

Course Schedule

Week, COs, and TopicsReadingsAssignments

Week 1

CO 1

Scholarship and the Nursing Profession

Review AONE Core Competencies for Nurse Executives

Student Hourly Activities Log

Initial Learning Agreement with mentor signature

Initial Self-Assessment of Professional Competencies

Graded Discussion

Week 2

COs 1 and 5

Characteristics of Nursing as a Profession


Student Hourly Activities Log

Resume Assignment (graded)

Graded Discussion

Week 3

CO 9

Contributions to Nursing Through Evidence-based Practice


Student Hourly Activities Log

Graded Discussion

Week 4

CO 4

How Is a Problem Resolved or Change Implemented?


Student Hourly Activities Log

Learning Agreement

Graded Discussion

Week 5

COs 2 and 6

Ethical and Legal Dilemmas in Nursing


Student Hourly Activities Log

Resolution of the Problem/Concern of Executive Concluding Graduate Experience Final Assignment (graded)

Graded Discussion

Week 6

COs 2, 7, and 8

Putting It All Together Sharing of the Concluding Graduate Experience Final Assignment


Student Hourly Activities Log

Executive Concluding Graduate Experience Final Assignment: Summary

Graded Discussion

Week 7

CO 3

Presentation of Scholarly Work


Student Hourly Activities Log

PowerPoint Presentation of Executive Concluding Graduate Experience Final Assignment (graded)

Graded Discussion

Week 8

CO 4

Reflection on the Executive Concluding Graduate Experience Final Assignment and Professional Development

Review AONE Core Competencies for Nurse Executives

Submit Week 7 PowerPoint Presentation to the Week 8 Designated Threaded Discussion (required, but not graded)

Student Hourly Activities Log (graded)

Final Self-assessment of Professional Competencies (graded)

Learning Agreement (graded) (signed by mentor)

Graded Discussion

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 ItemPointsWeighting
Discussion (Weeks 1–8) 25 points each week200
20%

Self-assessment of Professional Competencies Chat

(Week 1, 0 points; Week 8, 50 points)

50
5%

Learning Agreement

(Weeks 1 and 4, 0 points; Week 8, 100 points)

100
10%

Student Hourly Activities Log

(Weeks 1–7, 0 points; Week 8, 50 points)

50
5%

Resume

(due Week 2)

100
10%

Resolution of Problem/Concern of Executive Concluding Graduate Experience Final Assignment

(due Week 5)

150
15%
Executive Concluding Graduate Experience Final Assignment: Summary (due Week 6)150
15%

PowerPoint Presentation of Executive Concluding Graduate Experience Final Assignment

(due Week 7)

200
20%

PowerPoint Presentation to the Week 8 Designated Threaded Discussion

(due Week 8)

0

0%


Total1,000100%

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 GradePointsPercentage
A  940–1,00094% to 100%
A- 920–93992% to 93%
B+890–91989% to 91%
B  860–88986% to 88%
B- 840–85984% to 85%
C+810–83981% to 83%
C  760–80976% to 80%
F  759 and below75% 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.

Grading Rubric Guidelines

Performance Category 10 8 6 4 0

Scholarliness

Demonstrates achievement of scholarly inquiry for professional and academic decisions.

  • Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry clearly stating how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions
  • Evaluates literature resources to develop a comprehensive analysis or synthesis.
  • Uses valid, relevant, and reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion
  • Provides relevant evidence of scholarly inquiry but does not clearly state how the evidence informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
  • Evaluates information from source(s) to develop a coherent analysis or synthesis.
  • Uses some valid, relevant, reliable outside sources to contribute to the threaded discussion.
  • Discusses using scholarly inquiry but does not state how scholarly inquiry informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
  • Information is taken from source(s) with some interpretation/evaluation, but not enough to develop a coherent analysis or synthesis.
  • Little valid, relevant, or reliable outside sources are used to contribute to the threaded discussion.
  • Demonstrates little or no understanding of the topic.
  • Discusses using scholarly inquiry but does not state how scholarly inquiry informed or changed professional or academic decisions.
  • Information is taken from source(s) without any interpretation/evaluation.
  • The posting uses information that is not valid, relevant, or reliable
  • No evidence of the use of scholarly inquiry to inform or change professional or academic decisions.
  • Information is not valid, relevant, or reliable
Performance Category  10 8
6
4 0

Application of Course Knowledge -

Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles and concepts learned in the course lesson and outside readings and relate them to real-life professional situations

  • Posts make direct reference to concepts discussed in the lesson or drawn from relevant outside sources;
  • Applies concepts to personal experience in the professional setting and or relevant application to real life.
  • Posts make direct reference to concepts discussed in the lesson or drawn from relevant outside sources.
  • Applies concepts to personal experience in their professional setting and or relevant application to real life
  • Interactions with classmates are relevant to the discussion topic but do not make direct reference to lesson content
  • Posts are generally on topic but do not build knowledge by incorporating concepts and principles from the lesson.
  • Does not attempt to apply lesson concepts to personal experience in their professional setting and or relevant application to real life
  • Does not demonstrate a solid understanding of the principles and concepts presented in the lesson
  • Posts do not adequately address the question posed either by the discussion prompt or the instructor's launch post.
  • Posts are superficial and do not reflect an understanding of the lesson content
  • Does not attempt to apply lesson concepts to personal experience in their professional setting and or relevant application to real life
  • Posts are not related to the topics provided by the discussion prompt or by the instructor; attempts by the instructor to redirect the student are ignored
  • No discussion of lesson concepts to personal experience in the professional setting and or relevant application to real life
Performance Category
 5 4
3
2 0

Interactive Dialogue

Replies to each graded thread topic posted by the course instructor, by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT, of each week, and posts a minimum of two times in each graded thread, on separate days.

(5 points possible per graded thread)

  • Exceeds minimum post requirements
  • Replies to each graded thread topic posted by the course instructor, by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT, of each week, and posts three or more times in each graded thread, over three separate days.
  • Replies to a post posed by faculty and to a peer
  • Summarizes what was learned from the lesson, readings, and other student posts for the week.
  • Replies to each graded thread topic posted by the course instructor, by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT, of each week, and posts a minimum of two times in each graded thread, on separate days
  • Replies to a question posed by a peer
Summarizes what was learned from the lesson, readings, and other student posts for the week.
  • Meets expectations of 2 posts on 2 different days.
  • The main post is not made by the Wednesday deadline
  • Does not reply to a question posed by a peer or faculty
  • Has only one post for the week
  • Discussion posts contain few, if any, new ideas or applications; often are a rehashing or summary of other students' comments
  • Does not post to the thread
  • No connections are made to the topic
  Minus 1 Point Minus 2 Point Minus 3 Point Minus 4 Point Minus 5 Point

Grammar, Syntax, APA

Note: if there are only a few errors in these criteria, please note this for the student in as an area for improvement. If the student does not make the needed corrections in upcoming weeks, then points should be deducted.

Points deducted for improper grammar, syntax and APA style of writing.

The source of information is the APA Manual 6th Edition

  • 2-3 errors in APA format.
  • Written responses have 2-3 grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors.
  • Writing style is generally clear, focused, and facilitates communication.
  • 4-5 errors in APA format.
  • Writing responses have 4-5 grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.
  • Writing style is somewhat focused.
  • 6-7 errors in APA format.
  • Writing responses have 6-7 grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.
  • Writing style is slightly focused making discussion difficult to understand.
  • 8-10 errors in APA format.
  • Writing responses have 8-10 grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.
  • Writing style is not focused, making discussion difficult to understand.
  • Post contains greater than 10 errors in APA format.
  • Written responses have more than 10 grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.
  • Writing style does not facilitate communication.
  • The student continues to make repeated mistakes in any of the above areas after written correction by the instructor
 0 points lost       -5 points lost

Total Participation Requirements

per discussion thread

The student answers the threaded discussion question or topic on one day and posts a second response on another day.

     

The student does not meet the minimum requirement of two postings on two different days

Early Participation Requirement

per discussion thread

The student must provide a substantive answer to the graded discussion question(s) or topic(s), posted by the course instructor (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.

     

The student does not meet the requirement of a substantive response to the stated question or topic by Wednesday at 11:59 pm MT.

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.

Webliography Disclaimer

The purpose of the Webliography is to provide students with annotated bibliographies of world wide websites relevant to their courses. These websites are not meant to be all inclusive of what is available for each course's subjects and have not been sanctioned as academically rigorous or scholarly by Chamberlain College of Nursing. Please exercise caution when using these websites for course assignments and references.