This guide is for NURS 626 Week 8 Performance Development Plan, start to submission. Part 4 of the leadership development project: a six-month plan to strengthen the leadership practice where you scored lowest on the LPI.
NURS 626 is Nursing Administration IV: Nursing Administration Capstone, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS626; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 626 Nursing Administration IV: Nursing Administration Capstone |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 8 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | A complete six-month plan in the form you choose |
| Sources | At least 1 peer-reviewed reference from the last 5 years |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Template, spreadsheet or presentation (PowerPoint, Adobe Spark or Prezi); current APA where appropriate |
What NURS 626 Week 8 Performance Development Plan asks for
After the LPI, you create a six-month plan to strengthen your competence and mastery in the exemplary leadership practice where you scored lowest. It must include a goal, action steps, a management strategy, smaller target goals or check-points, and a list of resources. You may present it as a provided template, a spreadsheet, or a PowerPoint, Adobe Spark or Prezi presentation. It needs at least one peer-reviewed reference from the last five years and current APA where appropriate. It is due in Module/Week 8 with Kouzes and Posner chapters 11 to 13 and is worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 626
In the published schedule, Performance Development Plan is one of 11 graded written assignments in NURS 626. It follows Week 7 Capstone Project Part 4 Visual Presentation, and it is the last written assignment in the course.
How NURS 626 Week 8 Performance Development Plan is graded
Liberty grades Performance Development Plan with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in NURS 626 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 626 Week 8 method, step by step
Start from the need
Assess the need first. The plan's goals and measures all depend on a clear statement of the gap.
Write measurable objectives
Write objectives that name the audience, the behavior or outcome, the level and the time frame.
Choose methods that fit the objectives
Match each objective to a method and justify the match with evidence (At least 1 peer-reviewed reference from the last 5 years).
Plan the resources and timeline
Show the sequence and the resources. A realistic timeline makes the plan credible.
Plan the evaluation
Say how you will know the plan worked: the measure, the data source and the time point for each objective.
Format and length
Follow the required template or headings and check length (A complete six-month plan in the form you choose) and APA.
A structure for NURS 626 Week 8 Performance Development Plan
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,000 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | A specific six-month goal for your lowest LPI practice. | ~150 words |
| Action steps | What you will do, month by month. | ~300 words |
| Management strategy | How you will keep the plan on track. | ~150 words |
| Check-points | Smaller targets with dates. | ~200 words |
| Resources | Mentors, courses, readings and the peer-reviewed reference. | ~200 words |
A topic angle that works
Make the goal behavioral and measurable, such as "by April, I will open every staff meeting with a two-minute statement of where the unit is going and invite one staff idea toward it", and choose check-points you could verify, like a short staff survey at months three and six.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Goal: by the end of six months, staff on my unit will be able to state our two unit priorities for the year, as measured by a five-question survey at month six with a target of 80 percent.1 Month 1 action: write a one-paragraph vision for the unit with input from three staff nurses, using the inspire a shared vision commitments in Kouzes and Posner.2 Check-point at month 3: an informal survey of ten staff, with the plan adjusted if fewer than half can name the priorities.3
- Makes the goal measurable.
- Ties the first action to the textbook practice.
- Builds in a check-point with a decision rule.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 626 Week 8
- A plan for a practice other than your lowest LPI score.
- Goals that cannot be measured.
- Missing the resources list or the peer-reviewed reference.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: A complete six-month plan in the form you choose
- Sources: At least 1 peer-reviewed reference from the last 5 years
- Each objective is measurable and has an evaluation measure
- Required template or headings used
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
Which leadership practice does the NURS 626 plan target?
The exemplary leadership practice where you scored lowest on the LPI.
How many points is NURS 626 Week 8 Performance Development Plan worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 626, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 626 Week 8 the same in every section of NURS 626?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 626. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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