CAP Draft Instructions Students submit two drafts of their CAP paper during the term. The student’s clinical instructor reviews the drafts and provides feedback. Each draft earns a maximum of 5 points
CAP Instructions and Rubric
Description: The Clinical Application Project (CAP) is an opportunity for the BSN student to identify an issue, topic, or challenge that is relevant to their Role Transition clinical placement. The student will examine the research related to their topic and investigate the literature regarding a potential solution for, or intervention to improve, the issue. The student then creates a final project, intervention, or solution to their identified topic. They will present their work in a professional paper and electronic poster which will be presented via video.
Directions: Identify a problem, issue of concern, or area for improvement relevant to your clinical setting. Describe the importance of the area of concern (include facts, statistics etc.). Consult with your RN preceptor and ResU clinical faculty regarding your topic. Your clinical instructor must approve the topic before work is initiated.
Critically analyze the literature related to the area of concern. Identify possible solutions to the selected area of concern, based on the evidence in the literature. Review each for its strengths, weaknesses, and feasibility. Select one solution. Engage in the necessary work for this quality improvement project (e.g., develop a new form and identify approvals required for its use). Although students may not have enough time to actually implement their entire project or quality improvement activity, the final work product should clearly outline the plan for implementation, including a timeline. Students will provide evidence of the final work product (e.g., educational program outline, instructional pamphlets, nursing form, pocket resource, new policy).
The student will create an electronic poster which visually represents the clinical application project. The e-poster displays similar components as the paper, but in a very concise and visually pleasing design. Further guidelines and instructions for the e-poster are included in the document entitled “e-Poster Creation”.
The final paper and electronic poster are graded according to the specifics contained in the following grading rubric. Due to the pandemic, e-poster presentations will not take place on campus. Instead, students are expected to present via video and upload to Brightspace. More information to follow.
CAP Instructions and Rubric
Grading criteria for PAPER | Points | Comments |
Introduction
| /7 | |
Literature review: topic/issue
| /10 | |
Literature review: solution/intervention
| /12 | |
Implementation/intervention
| /11 | |
Paper mechanics
| /10 | |
Grading criteria for e-POSTER | Points | Comments |
Topic/issue
(2 pts.) *
*If applicable, poster uses appropriate graphic or visual which conveys national or local data, trends, organization or unit statistics, etc. | /7 | |
Literature review of the topic/issue
| /6 | |
Solution/intervention
| /6 | |
Implementation
| /10 | |
e-Poster mechanics
| /6 |
TOTAL /85