As you begin writing/rewriting Chapter 4, you will be sharing a shortened version of the sections of the manuscript to gain peer-to-peer feedback. Using the ‘DPI Project Manuscript

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DPI Project: Part III

DNP-965 3 Credits Feb 2 – Mar 29, 2023

Course Description

Data gathered during the project is analyzed and evaluated to determine the outcomes garnered by the project. A proposal for dissemination and mass implementation is created. Learners identify areas of future research and practice change for the continued improvement of health care. Learners are required to plan and document their learning goals and activities using the DPI Project Milestone Guide. Learners also continue work as necessary in the DNP Practice Immersion Workspace to ensure that all programmatic requirements have been met. Practice hours: Learners must be able to document a minimum of 100 concurrently or previously logged practice hours in association with the three DPI Project courses. Practicum/field experience hours: 33. Prerequisite: DNP-960.

Instructor Contact Information

Marlene Pietrocola [email protected]

Class Resources

Clinical Analytics and Data Management for the DNP

Sylvia, M. L., & Terhaar, M. F. (2018). Clinical analytics and data management for the DNP (2nd ed.). Springer. ISBN-13: 9780826142788

Library Walk Through Tutorial

If you have not already done so, view the "Library Walk Through Tutorial."

https://www.gcumedia.com/lms-resources/student-success-center/?mediaElement=87A13BAE-9FC3-E911- A1DC-005056BD7343

Practice Immersion Hours Information: Purpose of Practice Immersion Experience

Practice immersion is an essential component of the GCU Doctor of Nursing Practice educational program, combining scholarly activities with practice environment experiences designed to provide in-depth, application-based learning. Practice immersion experiences are designed to help learners build and assimilate

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knowledge for advanced specialty practice at a high level of complexity.

A maximum of 50 practice immersion hours focusing on current course content and learning objectives is built into each course in the DNP program. The final work product at the end of the program, the DPI Project, can account for an additional 100 practice immersion hours. For information on acquiring additional immersion hours, locate the "Practice Immersion Hours Appropriate to Courses" document in the Individual Success Plan folder of the program documents, located in DNP PI Workspace. These hours are logged into the Typhon Student Tracking System as each course progresses.

Review the sections of the Guidelines for Graduate Field Experiences, located in the Student Success Center, that discuss practice immersion hours.

DC Network and DNP PI Workspace

The DNP Practice Immersion (PI) Workspace is a dynamic online learning community designated specifically for scholars in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program as a forum in which to communicate, create, collaborate, and share information with other DNP learners and faculty members at Grand Canyon University throughout the program. It is located within the DC Network and is a page dedicated to the DNP program and its learners.

The DNP PI Workspace is where you will find all the required programmatic resources for this and all courses in the program. You will need to access this essential course component as soon as you are provided your GCU email and password, as you will be using resources immediately on the course start date.

If you experience any problems in logging into the DNP PI Workspace, please contact the instructor and the site administrator as soon as possible to gain or restore access.

http://dc.gcu.edu/dnp

Learner Communication DNP-965 and Unscheduled Department Review

Review the "Learner Communication DNP-965" and "Unscheduled Department Review" resources, located in the DNP-965 folder in the DC Network.

DNP Learner Expectations

As a doctoral learner at GCU and specifically during the DPI Project phase of your journey, certain expectations and dispositions are needed to make this journey successful. Use "DNP Learner Expectations," located in the DC Network, to ensure you are meeting the expectations of the DNP program.

Optional: ThinkingStorm

For additional information, the following is recommended:  

ThinkingStorm is an online tutoring resource that provides flexible support to supplement traditional

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educational environments. The tutoring center is remotely accessible to GCU learners with a computer and an internet connection and offers convenient hours for learners with busy schedules. ThinkingStorm tutoring includes a writing center that offers 24/7 submission-based writing support, as well as live writing support across the curriculum.

If you are interested in utilizing ThinkingStorm's writing support, submit your documents chapter by chapter, rather than as a full manuscript.

To assist learners with their success at the university, GCU will pay for the first 10 hours of a learner's annual ThinkingStorm activity. Learners are responsible for usage charges after the first 10 hours.

To access ThinkingStorm, click on the link provided and select the yellow "Go to ThinkingStorm" button. Do not attempt to access the Learning Lounge, which will not work for DNP learners.

https://www.thinkingstorm.com/GCUinfo.aspx

DNP Leadership Team Communication to Learners on the FMR Process

In the DNP-965 folder found in the DC Network, review the "DNP Leadership Team Communication to Learners on the FMR Process" to ensure understanding of the Final Manuscript Preview process (FMR).

Optional: Grammarly

For additional information, the following is recommended:  

Grammarly is an online writing assistance app that reviews written submissions and suggests context-specific corrections for grammar, spelling, word usage, wordiness, style, punctuation, and plagiarism. The reasoning for each suggested correction is provided, allowing users to make informed decisions about how to correct writing issues.

Grammarly can be installed as free browser extension, though Grammarly Premium requires an annual subscription. This subscription is not a GCU-required purchase, but it is strongly recommended to DNP learners.

https://www.grammarly.com/premium

Discussion Forum Philosophy

Review the "Discussion Forum Philosophy," located in the DC Network DNP PI Workspace, and use it to guide the completion of your participation in the Main Forum.

Direct Practice Improvement Project Groups and Associated Milestones

Review the "Direct Practice Improvement Project Groups and Associated Milestones" resource, located in the DC Network DNP PI Workspace, to ensure you stay on track with course and programmatic requirements.

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Self-Guided Student Orientation

Review the DPI Project-related sections in the "Self-Guided Student Orientation" PowerPoint resource, located in the DC Network.

DNP DPI Project Improvement Process and Progression

Please review the "DNP DPI Project Improvement Process and Progression" located in the DC Network to ensure alignment of the project to the DNP objectives and outcomes.

LopesWrite

Refer to the LopesWrite webpage for guidance regarding assignments requiring submission to LopesWrite.

https://support.gcu.edu/hc/en-us/articles/201277380-LopesWrite

The Doctor of Nursing Practice Essentials: A New Model for Advanced Practice Nursing

Zaccagnini, M. E., & White, K. W. (2015). The doctor of nursing practice essentials: A new model for advanced practice nursing (3rd ed.) Jones and Bartlett Learning. ISBN-13: 97811284079708

This resource link was provided in DNP-955.

Typhon Immersion Hours

All learners must submit immersion hours using the Typhon Student Tracking System and to the online classroom. Learners should upload Typhon hours related to the Practice Hours Completion Statement. Learners should provide screenshots to confirm the Practice Hours Completion Statement and then copy/ paste the screenshot from Typhon in the assignment dropbox. This submission is required in order to receive a final grade for the course.

Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) Project Guide

Review the "Direct Practice Improvement Project Guide," located in the DC Network, in preparation for submission of the Final DPI Project manuscript for Final Manuscript Review.

Department Review Checklist

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Review the "Department Review Checklist," located in the DNP Writing/Grammar Resources folder in the DC Network, for criteria required for Department and Dean Review.

DPI Project Manuscript Template

The "DPI Project Manuscript Template," located in the DC Network, is used to create the DPI Project manuscript. Download this resource for use in assignments.

Requirements for Successful Course Completion

A letter grade is only awarded upon successful completion of all required deliverables, including those submissions designed to facilitate, evaluate, and document the project-related practice experiences and hours. Learners who fail to complete and submit all deliverables may receive a failing grade.

All DNP learners are required to have and are responsible for maintaining a mentor from the beginning of the program until graduation. The mentor is expected to work with the learner on the Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) Project. The collaboration is necessary for the learner to build the Individual Success Plan (ISP), work on assignments that build the foundation for the DPI Project, and maintain frequent communications with faculty. Because this requirement must be adhered to, if a learner loses the mentor, the learner must immediately contact the Office of Field Experience to resolve the issue before the course ends. If there is no mentor, there is no mentor evaluation, and therefore immersion hours will be forfeited and no longer be valid for submission. 

Course Objectives

Analyze received feedback from the DPI Committee into the DPI Project development process.1. Demonstrate the behaviors in the "DNP Learner Expectations" resource.2.

DNP Typhon Student Tracking System: Access

Learners at Grand Canyon University are required to use Typhon to log and document clinical/practicum hours and patient case logs in all clinical/practicum courses. The required information to enroll in the Typhon Student Tracking System is provided via the Student Success Center. Locate the College of Nursing and Health Care Professions tab, select "Explore Resources," and on the "Program and Course Resources" page, locate the "Typhon Access" section and click on the "DNP Typhon Access" link. Use this information to log into Typhon.

https://www.gcumedia.com/lms-resources/student-success-center/v3.1/#/

Disseminating the Direct Practice Improvement Project Findings

Unlike other types of research, the guiding premise of the Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) Project is to assemble current, relevant, evidence-based information to develop a real-world application to improve or

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enhance an area of clinical practice. Dissemination of new applications to the field is critical for closing the loop and helping improve the body of knowledge and is equally as important as the communication of findings to the individuals who participated in the DPI Project as subjects.

There are two major methods for learners to communicate findings: writing for publication and presenting at conferences. Some learners know from the start of the program exactly how and where they want to disseminate their application-based DPI Project findings. Other learners may not yet have focused on this aspect of the DPI Project and may be unsure of where to start.

For your oral DPI Project defense assignment later in this course, you are required to use a poster template to disseminate your DPI Project's findings as if they were being presented at a conference and attach it to your DPI Completed Project – Defense PowerPoint and Call submission. Review the "DNP Poster Template" and the "Final Oral Defense Template," located in the DNP-965 folder in the DC Network.

Carefully review the resource, "Disseminating the Direct Practice Improvement Project Findings," located in the DNP-965 folder, which provides a representative list of current resources that discuss different aspects and methods of disseminating findings as well as information on developing an effective poster presentation.

Topic 1: Project Development 1

Objectives:

Evaluate evidence-based interventions to improve individual, aggregate/site, and population health 1. management. Analyze scientific data related to individual, aggregate/site, and population health to guide clinical decision-2. making involved in the implementation of evidence-based interventions. Incorporate the feedback received from the Institutional Review Board review, the chair, and the committee 3. into the DPI Project development process. Develop an Individual Success Plan.4.

Feb 2, 2023 – Feb 8, 2023 Max Points: 60

Resources

College of Nursing and Health Care Professions Doctor of Nursing Practice: Direct Practice Improvement Process Progression

Please review the DNP "DPI Project Process and Progression," located in the DC Network, to ensure alignment of the project to the DNP objectives and outcomes.

Assessments

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Summary of Current Course Content Knowledge Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points

Feb 2, 2023, 12:00 AM Feb 2, 2023, 11:59 PM 0

Assessment Description

Academic engagement through active participation in instructional activities related to the course objectives is paramount to your success in this course and future courses.  Through interaction with your instructor and classmates, you will explore the course material and be provided with the best opportunity for objective and competency mastery.  To begin this class, review the course objectives for each Topic, and then answer the following questions as this will help guide your instructor for course instruction. 

Which weekly objectives do you have prior knowledge of and to what extent?1. Which weekly objectives do you have no prior knowledge of?2. What course-related topics would you like to discuss with your instructor and classmates?  What questions 3. or concerns do you have about this course? 

Course Completion and Progression Acknowledgement Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points

Feb 2, 2023, 12:00 AM Feb 8, 2023, 11:59 PM 15

Assessment Description

During DNP-965, you will be required to complete your final manuscript. The DNP Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) Project requires that project milestones be completed as below in DNP-965:

DPI Project Draft Chapters 4 and 51. Benchmark – DPI Completed Project includes Academic Quality Review, DPI Full Committee Submission, and 2. Approval DPI Committee Approved Project Defense – Defense PowerPoint and Call3. Final Learner Self-Review4. DPI Project Manuscript Submission for Final Review5.

The DNP Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) Project requires extensive scholarly-based work produced in the relatively short course timeframe of DNP-965. Learners are required to exhibit a high level of intention to complete the milestone assignments on time throughout the course in order to be prepared to submit the Benchmark – DPI Project Manuscript assignment in Topic 8. The committee will need to approve the submission to the Topic 8 DPI Final Project Manuscript using the Approval Signature Form, located in the DC Network DNP-965 folder.

Before the Topic 8 submission to the college, the manuscript will undergo another Academic Quality Review (AQR). The manuscript will be a required submission (Chapters 1-5) in Topic 5 dropboxes by the last day of Topic 5 at midnight Arizona time. There are two dropboxes. If ready for Academic Quality Review (AQR), the manuscript will be submitted to both. The manuscript is submitted to this assignment in the form of a single Word document to each dropbox. There will be no extensions granted for AQR submission.

The submitted proposal will be sent to AQR and reviewed using the AQR checklist located in the AQR folder in the DC Network. The AQR is performed by a qualified external reviewer that provides a formal scientific merit review and quality assurance check on the DPI Project Proposal. The AQR review will be returned to your chair. This review will take approximately 5-7 business days.

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If the manuscript proposal is not submitted to the AQR dropbox before the due date, your manuscript will not undergo AQR review. You will then be required to take an extension course or repeat DNP-965, depending on your academic standing.

General Requirements:

Ensure that all clinical questions are feasible with the population and clinical site and in alignment with the 1. method, design, data collection, and data analysis. Accurate grammar, APA style, and scholarly writing are required. Please note that the chairperson is not an 2. editor. The learner is responsible for ensuring compliance with APA using the "DPI Project Manuscript Template." Please review the DNP Leadership Team Communication to Learners on FMR Process in the DNP Practice 3. Immersion DNP-965 folder. Remember that the manuscript will undergo several reviews from the chairperson, content expert, AQRs, 4. department leader, and dean that will require multiple iterations. Please be open to feedback and incorporate the feedback into the manuscript to improve quality and rigor. Once the manuscript is submitted to the Academic Quality Review (AQR), revised, and a final draft is 5. prepared, the learner completes a formal defense with the committee and submits the final manuscript as the benchmark of this course. Once the final manuscript is submitted to the Final DPI Department Review in Topic 8, the learner will have 6. the opportunity for limited iteration with the Department until the manuscript is sent for Dean Review. If the manuscript is deemed not ready to be sent to the dean by the Department, the learner will be required to take an extension course to continue to work with the chairperson and committee. The learner will need to have a dean-approved manuscript, complete all courses with a passing grade, and 1,000 practice immersion hours to be eligible for graduation.

Progression:

Learners who can complete all listed course milestones will pass the course and, if all other programmatic requirements have been met, complete the program and graduate.

Nonprogression:

Learners who are not able to complete all listed milestones will not pass the course and will be required to retake DNP-965.

For an overview of the DNP program, including the above DPI Project requirements, refer to the "Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): Program Knowledge and Admissions Process Overview" resource.

Requirements for Course Completion and Progression Acknowledgement Attestation Directions:

Complete the following statement in a Word document indicating the above information was reviewed and submit it to the instructor by the end of Topic 1.

I, (INSERT NAME), verify that I have read, understand, and will comply with all requirements set forth for in the Requirements for Course Completion and Progression Acknowledgement. I have reviewed the DPI Project requirements listed in the resources and am fully aware of my options if I am not able to complete the required level of milestone development successfully.

Upload to the Topic 1 assignment dropbox.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Class Introductions

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Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points

Feb 2, 2023, 12:00 AM Feb 4, 2023, 11:59 PM 0

Assessment Description Take a moment to explore your new classroom and introduce yourself to your fellow classmates. What are you excited about learning? What do you think will be most challenging?

Preconference Evaluation: Individual Success Plan (ISP) Start Date & Time Due Date & Time Points

Feb 2, 2023, 12:00 AM Feb 8, 2023, 11:59 PM 20

Assessment Description

The Individual Success Plan (ISP) assignment in this cour

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