ISP Instructions
Use this form to develop your Individual Success Plan (ISP) for NRS-465, the Applied Evidence-Based Project and Practicum course.
An individual success plan maps out what you, the RN-to-BSN student, needs to accomplish in order to be successful as you work
through this course and complete your overall program of study. You will also share this with your preceptor at the beginning and end
of this course so that he or she will know what you need to accomplish.
In this ISP, you will identify all of the objectives and assignments relating to the 100 direct clinical practice experience hours and the
25 indirect care experience hours you need to complete by the end of this course. Use this template to specify the date by which you
will complete each assignment. By the end of the course, your plan should include a self-assessment of how you met all applicable
GCU RN-to-BSN Domains and Competencies (see Appendix A).
General Requirements
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of each assignment as it pertains to deliverables due in this course:
● Use the Individual Success Plan to develop a personal plan for completing your clinical practice experience hours and self-assess how you will meet the
GCU RN-to-BSN University Mission Critical Competencies and the Programmatic Domains and Competencies (Appendix A) related to this course.
● The major deliverables of the course are listed. Show the topic/course objectives that apply to each deliverable and align each deliverable to
the applicable University Mission Critical Competencies and the course-specific Domains and Competencies (see Appendix A).
● Completing your ISP does not earn clinical practice experience hours, nor does telephone conference time or time spent with your preceptor
outside of scheduled practicum experience time at the practicum site.
● Within the Individual Success Plan, ensure you identify all graded course assignments and indirect care experience assignments listed in the table on the
next page.
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Topic Graded Assignment Indirect Care Experience Assignments
Topic 1 1. Individual Success Plan (ISP) 1. List of potential topics for the change proposal
Topic 2 1. Search the literature for supporting journal articles
2. Topic selection based on assessment of clinical site
Topic 3 1. PICOT Question Development
2. Reflection Journal Entry
1. Search the literature for supporting journal articles
Topic 4 1. Literature Evaluation Table
Topic 5 1. Implementation Plan with objectives and measurable outcomes
taking into account sociocultural and linguistic considerations
2. Midterm Clinical Evaluation Tool
Topic 6 1. Literature Review 1. List of resources
Topic 7 1. Reflection Journal Entry 1. Development of evaluation plan
2. Remediation-if required
Topic 8 1. Written Capstone Project
Change Proposal
Topic 9 1. Reflection Journal Entry 1. Professional Presentation development
Topic 10 1. Finalized ISP
2. Scholarly Activity Summary
3. Benchmark – Reflection Journal
Summary
1. Dissemination reflection
2. Final Clinical Evaluation Tool
3. Practice Clinical Evaluation Tool-Student Evaluation of Preceptor
and Site
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Application-based
Learning Course
Assignments
List of
Current
Course
Objectives
Assignment
Date Due
Self-Assessment:
Programmatic
Domains and
Competencies
(see Appendix A)
Self-Assessment: GCU
RN-to-BSN University
Mission Critical
Competencies
(see Appendix A)
Date
Assignment
Completed
Completion of ISP
Capstone Project Topic
Selection and Approval
PICOT Question
Development
Topic 3 Reflection Journal
Literature Evaluation Table
Implementation Plan
List of Resources
Literature Review
Topic 7 Reflection Journal
Evaluation Plan
Written Capstone Project
Change Proposal
Topic 9 Reflection Journal
Presentation Development
Presentation Dissemination
and Reflection
Scholarly Activity Summary
Clinical Practice Hours
Midterm and Final Clinical
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Evaluation Tool Completion
Student Evaluation of
Preceptor and Agency