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Overview

Your Experiential Learning Project (ELP) required you to become a change agent. You selected a problem that was professionally or personally important to you, researched the problem, and developed a plan of action that included strategies for success, stakeholders and resources by linking a QSEN competency. Now it is time to put it all together.  You may use the information from your weeks 1-3 templates - but do not just copy and paste - synthesize all of your information.

For this assignment you will write a minimum of a 4-5 page paper (no more than 5 pages, not including the title page, abstract, or reference page) connecting all of your links. Your paper should be in strict APA format including citations and references, and an abstract is required for this paper. You may use first person, but limited use.

Your paper should include:

1. An abstract.

2. An introduction.

3. The frame of your problem. Remember to include your framing information!

4. Supportive organization.

5. A second solution to your problem (see explanation below).

6. An implementation and evaluation plan for your second solution including a discussion related to your stakeholders and resources.

7. An overall evaluation of your ELP.

8. Preceptor (mentor) experience.

9. A conclusion.

The Second Solution:

The paper includes a discussion of a hypothetical second solution, implementation, and evaluation. (numbers 5 and 6 above).  A good nurse always has a back-up plan - or what are your next steps now that you implemented your ELP. This is where your second solution comes into play. Also, are there stakeholders or resources that might be available if there were a different solution? Is there a short term solution and a long term solution? Do you need to adjust your plan due to time or money constraints?

Use the rubric for your headings and important assignment content: 

Abstract-format per APA - please note, the abstract is on a separate page and not indented. An abstract is a self-contained, short, and powerful statement that describes a larger work. Components vary according to discipline. An abstract of a social science or scientific work may contain the scope, purpose, results, and contents of the work. 

Paper title-use the title of your paper for your introduction heading 

The Problem-frame the problem; discuss the scope, duration, and history with supporting evidence 

Supportive Organization-the organization you selected that supports your project 

Second Solution-your back-up plan. What if you could not implement the solution you chose? How else could you address the problem? You are not expected to have actually done this, just describe how it might be 

Implementation-implementing and evaluating your second solution (the plan of how you would implement and evaluate) 

Overall Project Evaluation- this overall evaluation should briefly describe the implementation of your actual project. Were there any barriers? Surprises? Include what the overall experience of the project was like; how did you learn and grow, has your professional practice been impacted by this experience, will you use this experience as a change agent moving forward? Include examples of your statements. 

Preceptor Experience-explain your work together 

Conclusion-the conclusion should provide a brief synopsis of the paper, but does not require a heading 

Please note-APA points will be deducted for missing headings. 

Most successful final papers have between9 and 12 references.