How to Do a DNP Capstone Project Step By Step

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HOW TO DO A DNP CAPSTONE PROJECT STEP BY STEP
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• The Doctor of Nursing Practice DNP capstone
  project is created to involve DNP students in a
  real world nursing care issues and give them a
  chance to demonstrate their knowledge and skills
  in dealing with these problems.

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• DNP capstone project is an opportunity for
  students to represent mastery of their nursing
  specialty. The goal of this formal manuscript is
  to address a concrete nursing problem and
  demonstrate methods to solve it in order to care
  about patients.

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• Completing DNP projects includes the following
  steps
• Identifying a problem in nursing practice
• Looking for and reviewing literature relevant to
  a chosen topic
• Formulating projects goal and aims
• Offering methodology and creating analytic plan
• Analyzing the results
• Making recommendations for a nursing practice and
  if its appropriate, for further investigations.

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• DNP capstone projects outline
• Introduction
• Description of the nursing practice problem and
  its importance
• Theoretical support (data which confirms this
  problem exists)
• Your own opinions and approach to dealing with
  this problem
• Your plan how to solve the problem
• Evaluation and data analysis
• Conclusions
• References

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• There are detailed steps following which youll
  find out how to write a capstone project
• Introduction
• You have to begin this section with the strong
  and impressive statement that will hook readers
  attention. State the goal of your project and say
  what this paper includes.

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• Importance of the problem
• In this section, you need to convince the reader
  that the problem is highly important. Address its
  importance to patients, families, health care
  system and the whole society. Also, give
  interesting statistics about the quantity of
  patients whore dealing with this problem as well
  as financial figures, if you can find such data.

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• Theoretical background
• You need to characterize a theory, concept or
  some theoretical model which support your
  project. It should be a base for your paper.

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• Literature review
• Look for more than 10 publications (but not some
  summary works) and review them carefully. Find
  out what other respected authors have concluded
  about your chosen problem.

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• Recommendations
• First, write summary sentences and then,
  formulate your own recommendations on how to deal
  with the problem. If you have no DNP capstone
  project ideas, its about time you searched
  literature using databases, library catalogs, etc
  or use professional writing services.

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• Project Plan
• You need to offer a model for managing the
  practice problem and persuade the reader it can
  really bring changes in a nursing practice.
  Include a budget as well as resources which are
  necessary for completing the project.

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• Also, dont be afraid to tell your readers about
  barriers, risks, unexpected consequences,
  pitfalls and so on. Also, its time to tell about
  your role in this project as well as your skills
  which will help to accomplish the project
  successfully.

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• Evaluation and Data Analysis
• This part is about ways how youre going to
  evaluate the project and changes it will bring.
  Discuss tools, its reliability, and effectiveness
  in your project evaluation. Then, give a detailed
  plan how youll analyze the results.

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• Sharing of the results
• This section is dedicated to what youre going to
  do with the findings. Will there be some
  presentation? Who is going to come? Only the
  institution or the whole professional community?

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• Conclusions
• You should begin with projects purpose, your
  achievements and the significance of the
  findings. Explain how your results can influence
  a nursing practice and if there is a place for
  future research.

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• References
• Ensure that your reference list and citations are
  completed in appropriate format (it can be APA
  format, MLA, or Chicago /Turabian depending on
  DNP capstone project guidelines and requirements).

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• It is a formal piece of writing so forget about
  using I, me, you, we and so on. Only the third
  person! You can look through some examples of DNP
  capstone projects to make your life a little bit
  easier.

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• Remember grammar, spelling, punctuation, word
  choice, and syntax play are highly important.
  Dont make silly mistakes because it will leave
  an unpleasant impression on your readers.

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• Also, avoid clichés, everyday language, hackneyed
  phrases. Also, get rid of plagiarized content
  dont use information from your previous works or
  scientific publications.
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