GCU DNP 810 Topic 8 Practice Immersion Hours Portfolio Papers
Throughout the DNP Program, learners are required to provide a report documenting participation in a minimum of four scholarly activities outside of clinical or professional practice. These reports will be due in specific courses throughout the program (listed below).
Examples of scholarly activities include attending conferences, seminars, grand rounds, participating in policy and quality improvement committees, writing scholarly publications, participating in community planning, serving as a guest lecturer, etc. Involvement and contribution to interdisciplinary initiatives are also acceptable scholarly activities.
Documentation of these activities is required in DNP-810, DNP-820, DNP-830, and DNP-840.
A summary report of the scholarly activity including who, what, where, when, and take-home points will be submitted as the assignment. Include the appropriate program competencies associated with the scholarly activity and the future professional goals related to this activity. You may use the attached template to help guide this assignment.
It may be possible to earn portfolio practice immersion hours for this assignment. Enter the following after the references section of your paper:
Practice Immersion Hours Completion Statement DNP-810
I, (INSERT NAME), verify that I have completed (NUMBER OF) clock hours in association with the goals and objectives for this assignment. I also have tracked said practice immersion hours in the Typhon Student Tracking System for verification purposes and will be sure that all approvals are in place from my faculty and practice mentor.
DNP 810 Topic 8 Practice Immersion Hours Portfolio
The Typhon Tracking System will be used to document and follow the status of your practice immersion hours throughout this and every subsequent course. Learners must be able to document a minimum of 50 concurrently or previously logged practice hours in association with this course, which will contribute to fulfillment of the total required 1,000 post-baccalaureate practice hours by the conclusion of the program. Review the Practice Immersion Hours Portfolio Required Elements below, then review the “Guidelines for Graduate Field Experience Manual” document in the DC Network for details on what may/may not qualify as practice hours.
Practice Immersion Hours Portfolio Required Elements
The Practice Hours Portfolio (using the Typhon Student Tracking System) will include all the following elements:
- Individual Success Plan signed off by mentor.
- Comprehensive clinical log of hours applied to doctoral-level learning outcomes.
- Learner evaluations (final).
- Practice mentor evaluations (final).
- Current and updated CV (update each course as necessary).
- Faculty approvals of the Individual Success Plan and documented practice immersion hours. (Learner is responsible for obtaining approvals.)
- Practice mentor’s approval of the Individual Success Plan and documented practice immersion hours. (Learner is responsible for obtaining approvals.)