Completion of this comprehensive examination provides evidence that the student has integrated the content from core and specialty courses as well as CNL competencies. This scholarly poster demonstrates synthesis of the master’s degree experience including:

• interrelationships of concepts within nursing practice
• knowledge and use of theoretical/conceptual bases related to clinical practice in a variety of health care settings
• knowledge of the research process and the application of evidence-based practice to nursing and/or health problems
• the ability to synthesize materials, organize thoughts, and present them in a clear and scholarly manner.  

The comprehensive examination-scholarly poster is separate from assigned course work.

 

Students will have an opportunity to showcase their scholarly work in a CNL Summit poster session at semester end.

 

 

Guidelines:

 

The examination is designed to offer wide latitude for topic selection. The chosen topic should address a quality and safety issue or patient outcome concern that is relevant to CNL practice and for which evidence is available in the literature.

 

To begin this process:

 

1. Review these guidelines including all critical due dates.
2. Open the community blackboard page titled and familiarize yourself with the provided information and resources.
3. From the left-hand menu- select Topic groups- and then select the general population area of interest for your topic. There are topic groups focused on Pediatrics, Women’s Health, Mental Health, and Adult Health. Each group is headed by a faculty with that specialty and who can review, guide, and approve your topic to proceed as outlined below:

    

 

 

Topic area

Psych-Mental health

Adult Health

Women’s health

Pediatric health

 

 

      

 

 

 

Part 1:

1. Background and Significance: A one-page summary that Introduces the selected clinical outcome or leadership related quality and safety issue. Include the dimensions and significance of the clinical problem, a summary of how this clinical issue is currently being addressed in practice and your PICOT question guiding your evidence review.
2. Locating, Evaluating Evidence: Review, rate, and grade the evidence-based literature (5-7 references) relevant to the identified problem. Using the format used in from pervious include tables in which you provide a critique of the strengths and weaknesses of each study. Then, using the same approach used in previous class, rate and grade the evidence in a separate table. Provide a two-page written summary of evidence, noting consistencies and inconsistencies in the findings. with your PRISM search strategy/results.

Part 2:

3. Implications for Nursing Practice and role of CNL: Provide a two-page written summary where you discuss the implications of the evidence for quality, safety, or patient outcome relative to the identified problem. Consider whether the evidence you located is sufficient to alter practice and if so, propose one or more recommendations to improve practice and care outcomes. If the evidence is insufficient to alter practice, discuss why and offer recommendations for future directions. When discussing implications, be sure to include the significance of the findings for patient safety, quality of care, inter/intra disciplinary communication, and lateral integration or continuity of care, as well as the role of the CNL in moving towards best practice.

 

4. Summary and Conclusions: Provide a written one-page summary and conclusions that integrate the findings and relevant implications. Briefly include directions for future research relative to the identified problem.

Part 3:

5. Abstract of Poster: a 200 word limit summary of your poster
6. Draft of Poster

 

Final Poster-and comp exam sign off form

 

Poster Organization: Your final poster must include:

1. Title: clearly and succinctly reflects your topic focus
2. Authorship and acknowledgements
3. Background and Significance
4. Methods-Picot and summary of search (not your Prism diagram)
5. Evidence summary
6. Implications for Nursing practice and role of the CNL
7. Summary and Conclusion
8. Reference list:

 

The following must be consistent with APA guidelines 7^th edition (professional standards):

1. 1. Abbreviations and acronyms, spelling and grammar
   2. References: must be current, relevant, cited correctly
   3. Formatting: font, page margins, spacing, and numbering of pages

 

Scholarly Poster Timeline

Student identification of PICOT topic and submission of topic approval form via Scholarly Poster bb page to listed Specialty faculty,

Student identification of reader and agreed on PICOT submitted via email to

Part 1: Submitted to reader via email          Background and Significance (one-page)          Evidence Tables + Summary (two-page)

Part 2: Submitted to reader via email          Implications for practice and role of CNL (two-page)          Summary and Conclusions (one-page)

Part 3: Submitted to reader via SafeAssign on Community BB site          Poster abstract (200 word limit)          Poster draft

Poster draft returned to student for final revisions if needed

Final Submission of poster to reader via SafeAssign on Community BB site

Final faculty signed comprehensive exam form due to student. It is the student‘s responsibility to submit the final signed comprehensive exam form to the Office of the Academic Deans at

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: This timeline provides sufficient time to complete the topic review and poster, and time for the reader to fully evaluate the final submission. Once the reader has evaluated the poster using the attached evaluation form, the student collects the faculty signed form, adds their own signature and then submits this form electronically to