The Graduate Nursing Scholarly Project is one of the final graduate program projects. It demonstrates the student’s cumulative knowledge from graduate-level core coursework specific to their educational track. The project is focused on a substantive area of professional interest and displays developing expertise. With mentoring by selected graduate faculty, the student develops an in-depth project with emphasis on either nursing education or advanced clinical practice. The final scholarly product should benefit an area of professional clinical or educational practice and demonstrate scholarly voice in written work. Ultimately, the scholarly project should demonstrate meaningful commitment and practical application for leadership in improving patient care, models of practice or educational processes.
The scholarly project is graded as Pass (P) or Fail (F), dependent upon the successful completion of the course objectives. Students must successful complete the Scholarly Project and its dissemination in order to be eligible for graduation.
Students, in collaboration with their adviser, work on the scholarly project over the course of three semesters. Students enroll in NUR 791 Scholarly Project 1 and NUR 792 Scholarly Project 2 according to their academic plan of study. Students must complete NUR 791 before progressing to NUR 792. Students who do not complete the scholarly project courses are subject to the academic progression and dismissal policies. Complete Scholarly Project overview and guidelines are provided at the start of the NUR 791 Scholarly Project 1 Course.