Formal proposal

Running head: CAPSTONE PROJECT TITLE 1

Capstone Project Title

Your Name

Sentara College of Health Sciences

CAPSTONE PROJECT TITLE 2

In this section, address the internal and external factors that are influencing the project and

profession. Elaborate why your problem is of pressing concern and include foundational

research. Provide a general description of the ACE star model and how it will be used in your

project.

Purpose

Purpose of the project-clearly stated

Significance – explanation of why the project is important for your setting. Also discuss the

evidence base for the strategies you are considering.

Personal Reflections

Why did you select this issue?

Activities

Comprehensive list of actions you will need to do to accomplish the project. Include all types of

activities needed to support the purpose.

Think of this as a five or six step plan: Provide a comprehensive list of actions you will need to

do to accomplish the project, include all types of activities needed to support the purpose , use

PICO as a guide, what is the timeline for the project? How do you plan to collect data? How do

you plan to implement your project?

Outcomes: Planned

What are you proposing will happen at the end of the project? Use rationale to support your

scholarly evidenced based practice (EBP) outcomes

Use resources no more than 5 years old

Use the literature review information to support this section

Are there any specific clinical requirements?

CAPSTONE PROJECT TITLE 3

What is the agency doing to support the project? Support from preceptor, other team members,

staff involvement

Adherence to quality guidelines/quality outcomes

Policies written/rewritten; administrative support, patient protection, ethical concerns, and

confidentiality

Address this area with the preceptor to gain additional insight for the requirements

Supported with intext scholarly peer reviewed sources

Outcome: Evidence-based research

Give supportive rationale for why you choose your outcomes using scholarly references

Provide information from peer-reviewed resources that provides a detailed explanation of the

desired outcomes. Also include the strategies that can be used to accomplish the outcome. Be

sure to include specific, cited information from the literature supporting your discussion.

Special clinical requirements of the agency

For this section, address any special clinical requirements for the project

Proposed schedule/timeline

Timeline for the project over the 16 weeks?

Proposed schedule/timeline: Collaboration with Preceptor

Reviewed/collaborated with your preceptor prior to submitting this proposal (the preceptor

agreement must be submitted with this proposal- see the rubric; worth 15%)

Proposed evaluative criteria

State your evaluation of the project in this section

Discuss the evaluative criteria

Supportive rationales discussed

Use scholarly references to support discussion

Evaluative criteria discussed

Supportive rationales discussed

CAPSTONE PROJECT TITLE 4

Conclusion

Summarize your proposal here

References

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