1) The document outlines the requirements and planning for a Week 2 Practicum assignment, which involves developing a plan and timeline for a 216-hour practicum experience focused on facilitating evidence-based practice change and developing leadership skills. 2) Students are instructed to create 2-3 learning objectives aligned with their specialty and the DNP Essentials, as well as an outline for planning and implementing a change project and a proposed timeline dividing the 216 practicum hours over 10 weeks. 3) A list of required readings is provided to inform students' practicum plans, with a focus on change management, leadership, and the DNP role in driving healthcare system change through translation of evidence into practice.

1. Week 2 Practicum: Planning for the Practicum
Week 2 Practicum: Planning for the PracticumWeek 2 Practicum: Planning for the
PracticumThe practicum experience provides a significant opportunity to cultivate your
professional growth and development. What skills, attributes, or categories of knowledge
do you most need or want to nurture? How would improving in these areas enable you to be
a more effective leader? And how would that allow you to facilitate the translation of
evidence into practice?This course includes a 216-hour practicum as part of the 1,000
clinical hours that are required for the DNP credential. In your practicum experience for this
course, you will examine the change process as it relates to the translation of evidence into
practice. In addition, throughout your practicum experience you will pay close attention to
the role of leadership in such endeavors and reflect on your own development of leadership
competencies.This week you develop a plan for your practicum.Note: If you have not
already done so, formalize the relationship with your practicum mentor. To prepare:Review
the information presented in the Learning Resources, and consider what approach you
would use (including specific steps of the process) to plan for and implement an aggregate-
level change that facilitates the translation of evidence into practice. Begin with the
analytical process required to identify the change that needs to be made.Think about
learning objectives that would guide your practicum hours, as well as the activities you will
undertake to achieve those objectives. Draft two or three learning objectives that are
related to the AACN DNP Essentials, your practice area specialty competencies, and the
focus of this course—planning for and implementing a sustainable change related to the
translation of evidence into practice, as well as the development of leadership competencies
to facilitate this.Refer to the Practicum Time Log and Journal document (see attached
file).Develop a time line for your practicum experience. Note: You will submit your time log
and a journal entry by the end of Weeks 3, 7, and 11.Note: It is important to formulate a big-
picture view of this process. In Weeks 2 and 3, you will work with your practicum mentor to
examine a change already underway or previously accomplished, and identify an additional
aggregate-level change you would like to propose. You are not required to implement this
change, but you do need to select an idea that is feasible, based on evidence, and
appropriate for your practicum setting. Week 2 Practicum: Planning for the Practicum By
Wednesday 2/27/19 before midnight, write a 3-page essay in APA format with at least 5
scholarly references from the list of required readings below. Include the level one headers
as numbered below. To complete:Write a 3-page paper that includes the following: 1) An
outline or visual representation indicating how you would guide planning for and

2. implementing change related to the translation of evidence into practice for your practicum
setting 2) Three learning objectives for your practicum hours that are aligned to the AACN
Essentials, your specialty area competencies, and the focus of this course (i.e., systems-
related issues, translation of evidence into practice, intentional change, and leadership)
(refer to the attached AACN Essential IV [Nursing Informatics]). 3) Key leadership and other
activities you will undertake to fulfill your identified learning objectives 4) A proposed time
line for accomplishing your practicum hours (divide 216 hours in 10 weeks to come up with
how many hours per weeks in order to makeup the required 216 hours for this
semester). By Wednesday 2/27/19 before midnightSubmit this Assignment.ORDER NOW
FOR CUSTOMIZED, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSRequired Readings White, K. M., Dudley-
Brown, S., & Terharr, M. F. (2016). Translation of evidence into nursing and health care
practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.· Review Chapter 3, “Change Theory and Models:
Framework for Translation”As you review this chapter (assigned in a previous course),
consider the foundational information about change. Also, pay attention to the frameworks
and processes described, as they will be valuable as you proceed through this course. What
insights arise regarding how you might be able to guide the implementation of
change? American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). (2006). The essentials of
doctoral education for advanced nursing practice. Retrieved from
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/publications/position/DNPEssentials.pdf (see attached file).Use
the information in this report to guide the formulation of goals for your practicum
experience.Bleich, M. R. (2011). IOM report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change,
Advancing Health: milestones and challenges in expanding nursing science. Research in
Nursing & Health, 34(3), 169-170. doi:10.1002/nur.20433 (see attached file)?IOM report,
The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health: milestones and challenges in
expanding nursing science. Research in Nursing & Health by Bleich, M. R., in Research in
Nursing & Health, Vol. 34/Issue 3. Copyright 2011 by John Wiley & Sons – Journals.
Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons – Journals via the Copyright Clearance
Center. Pritham, U. P. (2016). Assessing DNP impact using program evaluations to capture
healthcare system change. The Nurse Practitioner, (4), 44. Kotter, J. P. (2007). Leading
change: Why transformation efforts fail. Harvard Business Review, 85(1), 96-103. Retrieved
from
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/pl/76758028/76758030/42e82c2469b7f33387aa79d
c5736bb1fIn this foundational reading, Dr. John Kotter discusses errors commonly made as
organizations undergo change, and he recommends steps leaders can take to help avoid
them (see attached file). Moriber, N. A., Wallace-Kazer, M., Shea, J., Grossman, S., Wheeler,
K., & Conelius, J. (2014). Transforming Doctoral Education Through the Clinical Electronic
Portfolio. Nurse Educator, 39(5), 221-226. doi:10.1097/NNE.0000000000000053Week 2
Practicum: Planning for the Practicum Murphy, M. P., Staffileno, B. A., & Carlson, E. (2015).
Original Article: Collaboration Among DNP- and PhD-Prepared Nurses: Opportunity to
Drive Positive Change. Journal of Professional Nursing,31388-394. doi:
10.1016/j.profnurs.2015.03.001 Sherrod, B., & Goda, T. (2016). DNP-Prepared leaders
guide healthcare system change. Nursing Management, (9). 13. Optional Resources Osters,
S., & Tiu, F. S. (n.d.). Writing measurable learning outcomes. Retrieved from