Scholarly Practice Project

THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
CAPSTONE COLLEGE OF NURSING
General Guidelines for Developing the DNP Scholarly Practice Project
A. Purpose
B. Policy
1. The project is related to advanced practice in the nursing specialty and benefits a group, population or community rather than an individual patient. It often arises from practice and is usually completed in partnership with another entity such as a clinical agency, school, health department, church, government, voluntary organization or community group.
2. The project leadership may be solo or collaborative depending on the scope of the project and university requirements.
3. The scholarly project addresses identified needs.
4. The literature review suggests an evidence base for the
Some projects focus on existing programs while others address the creation of new programs. The scope of the project would be determined by the university guidelines, feasibility given the time devoted to the scholarly practice project in the curriculum, faculty, funding, and other resources. Your project may evolve through course work in courses on policy and inquiry eventually culminating in the final design of the proposed project before it is launched. Early selection of your scholarly practice project provides opportunity over a longer duration in which to explore and develop aspects of the projects, and receive feedback regarding alternatives and strategies before project implementation.
The following includes a list of general topics and the grouping of projects by category.
This is not an exhaustive list of projects or of categories.
Care-Delivery Related Projects
Evaluate interventions, innovations in care techniques
Obtain baseline date, design an evidence based intervention and plan and evaluate
Collaborate with other NPs or other professional colleagues to compare/evaluate group visits Capture data on common problems and effectiveness of treatments with recommendations for
Letter of Agreement (LOA) for Clinical Agency complete
b. Health requirements complete and updated
c. CPR current through completion of Scholarly Practice Project.
E. April 30
a. Submit the first draft of your scholarly practice project paper through
Procedures/Processes to your faculty advisor as described in the DNP guidelines for developing the DNP scholarly practice project
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Implement the DNP Scholarly Practice Project – NUR 739
The following time table contains important deadlines for the Scholarly Practice Project completion. Failure to adhere to these deadlines will result in delay of progression through the DNP program.
A. July 25: Scholarly Practice Project completed and Final Paper submitted to your faculty advisor. (Dissemination of the final paper to an appropriate professional journal for publication is highly recommended).
B. July 25-July 31: Public Presentation of Scholarly Practice Project in venue approved by your Faculty Advisor (e.g. agency presentation, professional meeting presentation, or open presentation at CCN).
C. August 1: Clinical Hour Documentation Form for NUR 738-739 submitted