Final Capstone Paper NURS 413 Instructions and Grading Rubric Final Capstone Paper During Week 12, you will submit a Final Capstone Paper (see required paper components below). In the paper, you will identify and describe a

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Final Capstone Paper

NURS 413

Instructions and Grading Rubric

Final Capstone Paper

During Week 12, you will submit a Final Capstone Paper (see required paper components below). In the paper, you will identify and describe a nursing leadership and management problem and then design a process improvement plan. As part of your paper, you will also identify any real or potential ethical and/or legal issues that may arise related to your process improvement plan. In addition, you will incorporate an evaluation of leadership styles and discuss communication planning.

This paper must have 7-8 pages of content (using double-spaced lines and 1-inch margins), and will have a separate title page and reference page. The paper must be formatted and referenced using 7^th edition APA style guidelines.

As part of Discussion # 5 you will post a draft of your capstone paper to the weekly discussion for peer review. In your response post for this discussion, you will provide an in-depth peer review of one other student’s paper (this peer will be assigned by course faculty). You may find more details about the peer review in the instructions for Discussion 5 in the Week 9 &10 module of the Content area of the course on D2L. The final capstone paper is due Sunday of Week 12 by 11:59 PM CT. The paper is worth 100 points and is part of the Tier 1 grading component.

Final Capstone Paper Components

Your final capstone paper will be divided into seven sections as follows:

Introduction – in this part of the paper you will identify and describe a nursing leadership and management problem. It can be a real or a created scenario.
PICOT Statement – in this part of the paper you will formulate and write a PICOT statement related to your identified problem using the PICOT Question Template posted on D2L under Table of Contents.Page limit: one PICOT statement, less than ½ page.
Process Improvement – in this part of the paper you will design a process improvement plan for your identified problem and PICOT statement based on a literature review of at least three (3) articles that support your improvement plan. These articles must be research articles that are evidence based.
Ethical and/or Legal Issues – in this part of the paper you will identify any real or potential ethical and/or legal issues that may arise related to your process improvement plan.
Leadership Style – in this part of the paper you will identify a leadership style that would best assist in solving the identified problem. Use the information from chapter one in your textbook to assist you in defining the leadership style. Rationale must be included in this section as to why the leadership style was chosen.
Communication Plan – in this section you will develop a detailed communication plan for the process improvement you have designed using Kotter’s Eight-Stage Process of Creating Major Change. Refer to Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model document post on D2L under Table of Contents.
Conclusion– in this section of the paper you will summarize all major sections of the paper and provide a summation statement regarding how the process improvement you have designed will assist you as a leader and manager.

Criteria	Full Credit Received	Point Deduction
Introduction	5 points Clearly identifies and describes a leadership and management problem in one page or less.	0-4 points Does not identify and/or describe a leadership and management problem clearly. Does not follow page limit allocation.
PICOT Statement	5 points Formulates and write a PICOT statement related to the identified problem using the format outlined in the textbook on p. 270 in less than ½ page.	0-4 points Does not formulate and write a PICOT statement related to the identified problem using the format outlined in the textbook on p. 270. Does not follow page limit allocation.
Process Improvement	30 points Designs a process improvement plan for the identified problem and PICOT statement. Includes a literature review of at least three (3) articles that supports your improvement plan. Articles are research articles that are evidence based.	0-29 points Does not design a process improvement plan for the identified problem and PICOT statement. Does not include a literature review of at least three (3) articles that supports the improvement plan. Articles are not research articles that are evidence based.
Ethical/Legal Issues	5 points Identifies real or potential ethical and/or legal issues that arises related to the process improvement plan.	0-4 points Does not identify real or potential ethical and/or legal issues that arises related to the process improvement plan.
Leadership Style	10 points Identifies a leadership style that would best assist in solving the identified problem by using the information from chapter one in the textbook pages 9-17 in defining the leadership style. Rationale is in included in this section as to why the leadership style was chosen.	0-9 points Does not identify a leadership style that would best assist in solving the identified problem. Does not use by the information from chapter one in the textbook (pages 9-17) in defining the leadership style. Does not include rationale as to why the leadership style was chosen.
Communication	30 points Develops a detailed communication plan for the process improvement using Kotter’s Eight-Stage Process of Creating Major Change.	0-29 points Does not develop a detailed communication plan for the process improvement using Kotter’s Eight-Stage Process of Creating Major Change
Conclusion	5 points Summarizes all major sections of the paper and provides a summation statement regarding how the process improvement designed will assist a leader and manager.	0-4 points Does not summarize all major sections of the paper. Does not provide a summation statement regarding how the process improvement designed will assist a leader and manager
Spelling, punctuation and grammar, 7^th edition APA format for entire paper including in-text citations, level headings, running head, title and reference pages.	10 points No spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors. No 7^th edition APA formatting errors: in-text citations, level headings, title and reference pages.	0-9 points Spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors are noted. 7^th edition APA formatting errors such as in-text citations, level headings, title and reference page errors are noted.

Criteria

Full Credit Received

Point Deduction

Introduction

5 points

Clearly identifies and describes a leadership and management problem in one page or less.

0-4 points

Does not identify and/or describe a leadership and management problem clearly. Does not follow page limit allocation.

PICOT Statement

5 points

Formulates and write a PICOT statement related to the identified problem using the format outlined in the textbook on p. 270 in less than ½ page.

0-4 points

Does not formulate and write a PICOT statement related to the identified problem using the format outlined in the textbook on p. 270. Does not follow page limit allocation.

Process Improvement

30 points

Designs a process improvement plan for the identified problem and PICOT statement. Includes a literature review of at least three (3) articles that supports your improvement plan. Articles are research articles that are evidence based.

0-29 points

Does not design a process improvement plan for the identified problem and PICOT statement. Does not include a literature review of at least three (3) articles that supports the improvement plan. Articles are not research articles that are evidence based.

Ethical/Legal Issues

5 points

Identifies real or potential ethical and/or legal issues that arises related to the process improvement plan.

0-4 points

Does not identify real or potential ethical and/or legal issues that arises related to the process improvement plan.

Leadership Style

10 points

Identifies a leadership style that would best assist in solving the identified problem by using the information from chapter one in the textbook pages 9-17 in defining the leadership style. Rationale is in included in this section as to why the leadership style was chosen.

0-9 points

Does not identify a leadership style that would best assist in solving the identified problem. Does not use by the information from chapter one in the textbook (pages 9-17) in defining the leadership style. Does not include rationale as to why the leadership style was chosen.

Communication

30 points

Develops a detailed communication plan for the process improvement using Kotter’s Eight-Stage Process of Creating Major Change.

0-29 points

Does not develop a detailed communication plan for the process improvement using Kotter’s Eight-Stage Process of Creating Major Change

Conclusion

5 points

Summarizes all major sections of the paper and provides a summation statement regarding how the process improvement designed will assist a leader and manager.

0-4 points

Does not summarize all major sections of the paper. Does not provide a summation statement regarding how the process improvement designed will assist a leader and manager

Spelling, punctuation and grammar, 7^th edition APA format for entire paper including in-text citations, level headings, running head, title and reference pages.

10 points

No spelling, punctuation, or grammatical errors. No 7^th edition APA formatting errors: in-text citations, level headings, title and reference pages.

0-9 points

Spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors are noted. 7^th edition APA formatting errors such as in-text citations, level headings, title and reference page errors are noted.

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