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DNP I: Project Selection and Feasibility

Potential Topic # 1_______________________________

Analytical Review of the Pertinent Supporting Evidence

Instructions: Select 4-5 pertinent peer reviewed articles published within the last 5 years that can be utilized to support your project topic. If you are unable to locate at least 4 articles you should indicate this so that points are not deducted. This would also indicate that this is an inappropriate topic for a project. Then, answer the three questions listed below for each article listed.

Title of Article 1

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:

1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.

2. How does information in this article support your topic?

3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 2

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?

3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 3

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 4

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 5

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Potential Topic # 2_______________________________

Analytical Review of the Pertinent Supporting Evidence

Instructions: Select 4-5 pertinent peer reviewed articles published within the last 5 years that can be utilized to support your project topic. If you are unable to locate at least 4 articles you should indicate this so that points are not deducted. This would also indicate that this is an inappropriate topic for a project. Then, answer the three questions listed below for each article listed.

Title of Article 1

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 2

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 3

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 4

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 5

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Topic # 3_______________________________

Analytical Review of the Pertinent Supporting Evidence

Instructions: Select 4-5 pertinent peer reviewed articles published within the last 5 years that can be utilized to support your project topic. If you are unable to locate at least 4 articles you should indicate this so that points are not deducted. This would also indicate that this is an inappropriate topic for a project. Then, answer the three questions listed below for each article listed.

Title of Article 1

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 2

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 3

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 4

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Title of Article 5

(Must be peer reviewed, published in the last 5 years)

Citation in APA Format

Answer the following questions:
1. Briefly summarize the pertinent findings of this article in 4-5 sentences.
2. How does information in this article support your topic?
3. What makes this article meaningful/significant to this proposed project topic?

Proposed Project Topic: _____________________________________________________________________

1. Clearly define your project topic:

2. To support your project you will need at least 15-20 articles. Did your search return this amount or more of applicable articles? Do you have a scholarly foundation to your project?

3. Provide rationale for choosing the topic:

4. Is the project topic a quality improvement initiative based on current scholarly evidence?

5. Please see feedback from the brainstorming assignment regarding feasibility of this project topic to ensure that you have applied all feedback to this proposal. Is this project feasible in the timeframe of this program?

6. Do you have a project site that has expressed interest in hosting your project?

7. Have you identified clear system level outcomes that your project will impact? Describe them here.

8. In 3-4 sentences, please describe the significance of this project to your personal practice, the nursing profession, and nursing leadership practice.

Name: __________________

WEEK 1 DNP Project Assignment

Possible Topics for DNP Project

Proposed DNP Project 1
Practice Setting 1	The practice has been rampant in the Information Technology departments of the healthcare organizations
Topic 1	What are the new leadership attitudes required to successfully compete within the digital technology in nursing?
		Current Practice	The pressure for technological advancement in nursing care has changed the nature of patient relations in the wards and inpatient hospital care. In return the healthcare organizations have raised C suite positions to deal with the complexities in patient care to increase patient satisfaction, they have invested in IT in nursing and Chief Information officer. There is no protocol to guide the practice and the practice is not up to date with the current evidence on transformational leadership. My project will investigate the leadership attributes necessary for the digital technology change. There will be no marked financial burden on the project
		Significance	Most of the investments in the IT solutions and C suite positions have not improved the outcomes of patient care. The problem lies in the initial positions whereby leaders struggle with initiation and change. They want to maintain the od leadership style as the traditional view of change.
		Problems/Concern	The stakeholders have stuck to the traditional way of leadership s being authoritative and knowledgeable. The stakeholders also are hesitating on providing some of the important data required in this project
		Outcomes	The project will help in reducing the cost of care of patients The project will initiate change in the leadership styles
		Audience	The audience includes the top managers of healthcare organizations, the nurse leaders from the hospital nurse manager to the ward level nurse leaders
		Timeline	In week 1, will conduct the literature review and theory analysis, Week 2 and 3 – I will plan my implementation and analysis of the data- I will use questionnaires Week 4 – I will implement and evaluate the outcomes of the project

Current Practice

Significance

Problems/Concern

Outcomes

Audience

Timeline

Proposed DNP Project 2
Practice Setting 2	This is applicable in the inpatient setting and outpatient settings whereby the nurses job performance and satisfaction depend on the assertive nature of the leader governing them.
Topic 2	The relationship between Leader’s Assertiveness and Followers’ Job Performance in nursing
In the current nursing practice in the organization, there has been laxity in the achievement of the organization goals and the nurses at times complain of less motivation their places of work. Some of them do not remember the mission statement of the organization and its goals. This encourages substandard performance that negatively impacts patient outcomes
The study aims at assessing the influence of the leaders assertive on performance of the employees. This is in need to determine the need for change in the leader’s qualities an attribute.
The stakeholders have not raised any concern so far however the nurses may not be willing to give all the information regarding the qualities of the leader and at time assertiveness vary, which makes it immeasurable
The project will improve the employee’s performance It will also increase the assertiveness of the nurse ward managers
The target audience include the nurse managers in the ward since they are always in direct contact with the employees
In week 1, will conduct the literature review and theory analysis, Week 2 and 3 – I will plan my implementation and analysis of the data- I will use questionnaires Week 4 – I will implement and evaluate the outcomes of the project

Current Practice

Significance

Problems/Concern

Outcomes

Audience

Timeline

Proposed DNP Project 3
Practice Setting 3	The practice setting for this topic is on the organization top management such as the board and other top managers
Topic 3	Do hospitals’ board structure impact organizational performance?
Board governors are the key decision maker of every organization. The structure of the board in terms of the possession of the key competencies. At times there has been questions on whether collaboration and governance in line with the governance theory are the only factors that improve the performance of the organization. There could be high financial costs that
When the structure of the board is in line with the current changes and practice, the general performance of the organization improves and the patient’s outcome are met. This topic will address how the management theories and core competencies of the board affect general organization performance
The stake holders do not have any concerns and are willing to provide information about the structure of the boards. However, since some of the individualized questions will depend on the willingness to answer
To identify gaps in the board management and ways of filling them To increase the general performance To increase the knowledge of the staff on the key competencies of the board
The audience of the topic is the board managers, organization leader and manager at hospital level. The managers at the ward level will not be involved.
In week 1, will conduct the literature review and theory analysis, Week 2 and 3 – I will plan my implementation and analysis of the data- I will use Survey questionnaire and focus group discussions. Week 4 – I will implement and evaluate the outcomes of the project

ProjectSelection and Feasibility
Criteria Complete Incomplete
Bibliography Entry #1 Annotated Bibliography

Includes: 3-5 articles from
scholarly peer-reviewed
journals. Has made key and
pertinent connections between
the article content and the
proposed project topic including
how the project is personally
meaningful to the students
practice. If no relevant literature
is found, this is explained in the
paper and is accurately
represented.

No annotated bibliography
submitted or articles submitted
are not scholarly. Development
is not sufficient to guide next
steps of the DNP Project
selection.

Bibliography Entry #2 Annotated Bibliography
Includes: 3-5 articles from
scholarly peer-reviewed
journals. Has made key and
pertinent connections between
the article content and the
proposed project topic including
how the project is personally
meaningful to the students
practice. If no relevant literature
is found, this is explained in the
paper and is accurately
represented.

No annotated bibliography
submitted or articles submitted
are not scholarly. Development
is not sufficient to guide next
steps of the DNP Project
selection.

Bibliography Entry #3 Annotated Bibliography
Includes: 3-5 articles from
scholarly peer-reviewed
journals. Has made key and
pertinent connections between
the article content and the
proposed project topic including
how the project is personally
meaningful to the students
practice. If no relevant literature
is found, this is explained in the
paper and is accurately
represented.

No annotated bibliography
submitted or articles submitted
are not scholarly. Development
is not sufficient to guide next
steps of the DNP Project
selection.

Topic Decision Topic decision clearly defined.
Provides the rationale for
choosing topic. Includes
information about feasibility,
type of project, and significance
to student’s personal practice
and the nursing profession as it
pertains to nursing leadership.

No topic decision provided or
topic decision is not feasible for
a DNP Project. This will require
an assignment revision.