DNP870 Capstone
Lead Faculty: Dr. Cheryl Ahern-Lehmann
Course Description
Students demonstrate integration of advanced practice competencies through completion of a capstone project conducted in the student’s practice focus area. The project requires the student to identify an opportunity for practice improvement, and to plan implement, and evaluate a new practice, protocol, program, or system improvement in a clinical setting.
Learning Outcomes
- Improve nursing practice by implementing an improvement project in a clinical site.
- Collaborate with a preceptor to identify an opportunity for practice improvement.
- Use the professional literature and personal expertise to identify or support the development of an improved, evidence-based practice, procedure, protocol, program or system improvement.
- Collaborate with the preceptor’s clinical facility team, and project chair in the development of an implementation plan for the change.
- Lead implementation of the change.
- Evaluate the outcomes of the change.
