Capstone Stage Goals & Doctoral Term Plan

-Week Doctoral Term Plan & Capstone Stage Goals

Student Name: Student ID:

Student Walden Email: Student Phone #:

Program and Specialization/Focus:

Faculty Advisor:

2nd Member (if applicable):

University Research Reviewer:

Date Started Program:

Current Term Start Date: Phase of Capstone: Choose an item.

Do you have an Individual Academic Plan (IAP)? )? No Choose an item. Note: Your Term Plan goals must align with your IAP.

Instructions

Your Term Plan: On the page labelled YOUR Term Plan, indicate your term goal(s), stretch goal(s), and the tasks you will accomplish during the weeks of the term. Your tasks should make clear what you will be working on and your plans for appropriate substantive submissions to your Faculty Advisor (refer to the syllabus for more information). Remember that you must demonstrate substantial academic PROGRESS each term to receive a satisfactory grade for the course. Students must complete a minimum of Phase 1 to obtain a satisfactory grade in during the first enrollment of the project course. Following the successful completion of Phase 1 in the next enrollment of the project course, students must complete a minimum of Phase 2 to obtain a satisfactory grade in the project course.

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By Day 7 of Week 1 | Submit your Term Plan Draft for Faculty Advisor review, negotiation, and commitment.

By Day 7 of Week 2 | Submit your completed, agreed-upon Term Plan. [Faculty Advisor notes acceptance on form.]

SMART GOALS can help you create a Term Goal that clearly articulates outcomes.

· Specific: Set specific goals, which have a much greater chance of being accomplished than general goals.

· Measurable: Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of each goal you set.

· Attainable: Ensure that you can map out a clear path to achieving your goal.

· Realistic: Write a goal that represents an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work.

· Timely: Ground your goal within a time frame (i.e., by the end of this term).

Midterm Progress Check and Adequate Progress Final Review: Throughout the term, track your progress on YOUR Term Plan by entering dates for task completion and by making journal notes on activities completed or modifications needed, noting any barriers and strategies to overcome them. Your Faculty Advisor must approve any modifications and can add journal notes on the plan document for archival purposes. Submit your Updated Term Plan midterm, following your Midterm Progress Check. [Faculty Advisor assesses progress to date.] Submit your Final Term Plan by Day 7 of Week 11. [Faculty Advisor assesses final grade.]

Capstone Stage Goals: Think about your long-term goal (anticipated date of program completion) as you work on your Term Goal(s) and weekly tasks each term. Complete the Capstone Stage Goals. It is helpful to think about overall progress as you think about term-by-term progress. Begin with the end in mind!

YOUR Term Plan

TERM GOAL(S) | By the end of this term, I will have completed: the implementation and evaluation of the DNP project

STRETCH GOAL(S) | Additionally, by the end of this term, I will try to complete: the second phase of project evaluation, which compares the incidence of medication errors in the year of project implementation with past years.

Faculty Advisor Feedback: ?????

Week

Tasks Toward Term Goal(s)

Date Completed

Journal Notes

Draft the initial version of the DNP project implementation and evaluation plan.

Meet with the faculty advisor and project mentor by day 7 of week 1 to review the plans and obtain recommendations.

Your Notes: I was able to draft the implementation and evaluation plans, and also held a conference call with both the faculty advisor and project mentor to discuss both

Faculty Advisor Notes: ?????

Term Plan Negotiation & Commitment

Use the final project implementation plan to develop the term plan.

Submit the term plan to the faculty advisor for review and work on all proposed revisions by day 7 of week 2

Your Notes: Submitted the term plan on day 3 of week 2, completed all revisions by day 6 and shared the final versions with the faculty advisor and project mentor on day 7 of week 2. I also received their approval of the implementation and evaluation plans after making all necessary revisions to the initial drafts

Faculty Advisor Accepts Plan: [ Choose an item. ] Notes: ?????

Begin the process of identifying change champions among the staff to help in implementing the project. I plan to also hold sessions with the change champions to communicate the finalized implementation plan and clarify their roles in the project. On day 7, I plan to hold a physical session with all the clinical staff to communicate the implementation plan, which will officially mark the beginning of the project implementation phase. I plan to submit my time log and journal for weeks 1 to 3 by the end of day 7 of week 3

Your Notes: I called the faculty advisor to communicate progress and also submitted the weeks 1 to 3 time log and journal for grading

Faculty Advisor Notes: ?????

Develop a communication plan for the project, identifying how information will be communicated, who will receive what communication, and the means by which information will be communicated throughout the project period. I plan to hold a session with all the clinical staff as well as the project mentor to share the finalized communications plan by day 7 of week 3

Your Notes: Held a conference call with the project mentor to discuss the communications plan and finalized all revisions by end of day 5. I submitted the week 5 time log and journal to the faculty advisor by the end of day 7

Faculty Advisor Notes: ?????

Finalize all agreements with the consultants and share the final version of the project implementation plan, including project deliverables, objectives, and timelines.

I also plan to have completed the administration of the knowledge-assessment questionnaire and received all completed questionnaires back for submission to the trainers for marking/grading by end of day 7. The grade received before the training will serve as baseline data and will be compared to the grade received after the training to assess the project’s effectiveness in growing knowledge on medication safety.

Your Notes: Submitted the week 5 time log and journal, as well as the updated term plan for grading. I also submitted an assignment on the most appropriate leadership approach to adopt to ensure effective implementation on day 7 of week 5

Faculty Advisor Notes: ?????

Midterm Progress Check | Submit Updated Term Plan | Faculty Advisor:[ Choose an item.]

Faculty Advisor Feedback: ?????

Begin training sessions with the six-hour session (two hours daily for three days) on medication administration

Your Notes: The training sessions entailed a significant amount of group work. This drew my attention to the concept of interdisciplinary partnerships for effective collaboration. I conducted a literature review and completed a concept paper on the strategies that I intend to use to foster interdisciplinary collaboration when implementing the project. The week 6 time log and journal were submitted at the end of day 7, detailing the challenges faced and strategies used to address them.

Faculty Advisor Notes: ?????

Complete the trainings on dose calculations and medication sensitivity. As part of assessing progress, I plan to hold a brief evaluation exercise with the staff at the end of the third topic to obtain their views on the training

Your Notes: The training on dose calculations was completed as scheduled, but we were unable to complete the sessions on medication sensitivity, which will be completed in week 8. I held a brief evaluation exercise with the staff to obtain their views on the training in one of the virtual sessions. I made a phone call to the faculty advisor on day 5 to explain the progress made and also submitted the weekly time log and journal.

Faculty Advisor Notes: ?????

Complete the training on management of medication errors

Your Notes: The training on how to manage medication errors attracted a lot of views from the staff and was not completed as scheduled. The topic spilled over to week 9 and the entire team agreed to sacrifice additional time the next week to cover the topic and finalize on the last topic. The journal and time log were submitted for grading on day 6 of week 8

Faculty Advisor Notes: ?????

Complete the training on international patient safety guidelines, which is the last topic to be covered in the project education program. I will send out questionnaires to all participating staff by the end of week 9. Each one will complete the questionnaire and send it back for grading by day 3 of week 10.

Your Notes: I held a conference call with the faculty advisor on day 6 to explain progress and communicate the timelines for post-training data collection and analysis. I also developed a blog detailing my experiences in the project, challenges faced, and lessons learned in implementation. The blog was submitted alongside the weekly journal and time log on day 7.