Present your approved intervention to the patient, family, or group and record a 10–15

minute video reflection on your practicum experience, the development of your

capstone project, and your personal and professional growth over the course of your

RN-to-BSN program. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these

individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.

 

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Introduction

 

Instructions

 

Complete this assessment in two parts: (a) present your approved

intervention to the patient, family, or group and (b) record a video

reflection on your practicum experience, the development of your

capstone project, and your personal and professional growth over the

course of your RN-to-BSN program.

Part 1

Present your approved intervention to the patient, family, or group. Plan

to spend at least 3 practicum hours exploring these aspects of the

problem with the patient, family, or group. During this time, you may also

consult with subject matter and industry experts of your choice. Be sure

you’ve logged all of your practicum hours in Capella Academic Portal.

The BSN Capstone Course (NURS-FPX4900 ) requires the completion

and documentation of nine (9) practicum hours. All hours must be

recorded in the Capella Academic Portal. Please review the BSN

 

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Practicum Campus page (https://campus.capella.edu/school-of-nursing-

and-health-sciences/practicum/bsn-practicum) for more information and

 

instructions on how to log your hours.

Use the Intervention Feedback Form: Assessment 5 [PDF]

(https://courseroom.capella.edu/courses/4371/files/689768?wrap=1)

(https://courseroom.capella.edu/courses/4371/files/689768/download?

download_frd=1) as a guide to capturing patient, family, or group

feedback about your intervention. You’ll include the feedback as part of

your capstone reflection video.

Part 2

Record a 10–15 minute video reflection on your practicum experience,

the development of your capstone project, and your personal and

professional growth over the course of your RN-to-BSN program. A

transcript of your video is not required.

You’re welcome to use any tools and software with which you are

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Requirements

 

The assessment requirements, outlined below, correspond to the scoring

guide criteria, so address each main point. Read the performance-level

descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In

addition, note the additional requirements for supporting evidence.

Assess the contribution of your intervention to patient or family

satisfaction and quality of life.

Describe feedback received from the patient, family, or group on

your intervention as a solution to the problem.

Explain how your intervention enhances the patient, family, or

group experience.

Describe your use of evidence and peer-reviewed literature to plan

and implement your capstone project.

Explain how the principles of evidence-based practice informed

this aspect of your project.

Assess the degree to which you successfully leveraged health care

technology in your capstone project to improve outcomes or

communication with the patient, family, or group.

 

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Identify opportunities to improve health care technology use in

future practice.

Explain how health policy influenced the planning and implementation

of your capstone project, as well as any contributions your project

made to policy development.

Note specific observations related to the baccalaureate-prepared

nurse’s role in policy implementation and development.

Explain whether capstone project outcomes matched your initial

predictions.

Discuss the aspects of the project that met, exceeded, or fell short

of your expectations.

Discuss whether your intervention can, or will be, adopted as a

best practice.

Describe the generalizability of your intervention outside this

particular setting.

Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with

 

Additional Requirements

 

Cite at least three scholarly or authoritative sources to support your

 

assertions. In addition to your reflection video, submit a separate APA-

formatted reference list of your sources.

 

Competencies Measured

 

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your

proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide

criteria:

Competency 2: Make clinical and operational decisions based upon

the best available evidence.

Describe one’s use of evidence and peer-reviewed literature to

plan and implement a capstone project.

Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance

patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.

Explain whether capstone project outcomes matched one’s initial

predictions and documents the practicum hours spent with these

individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer

 

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Experience Form. Document the completion of nine hours of

practicum time.

Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology

to improve patient and systems outcomes.

Assess the degree to which one successfully leveraged health

care technology in a capstone project to improve outcomes or

communication with a patient, family, or group.

Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and

cost of care.

Explain how health policy influenced the planning and

implementation of one’s capstone project, as well as any

contributions the project made to policy development.

Competency 7: Implement patient-centered care to improve quality of

care and the patient experience.

Assess the contribution of an intervention to patient, family, or

group satisfaction and quality of life.

C t 8 I t t f i l t d d d l i t

 

Scoring Guide

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be

evaluated.