This guide is for NURS 668 Week 1 Summary of Learning, start to submission. A paper of at least 3 pages summarizing what you learned in your previous nursing courses, in APA style.
NURS 668 is Health/Wellness Capstone Project, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS668; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 668 Health/Wellness Capstone Project |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 1 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | At least 3 pages |
| Sources | Cite course materials and sources you draw on in APA |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | APA style |
What NURS 668 Week 1 Summary of Learning asks for
You write a summary of the knowledge you gained from previous nursing courses, at least 3 pages long and formatted to APA style. The guide sets it due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 1, alongside APA chapters 1 and 2, and it is worth 100 points.
Where it fits in NURS 668
In the published schedule, Summary of Learning is one of 8 graded written assignments in NURS 668. It is the first written assignment in the course; the next is Week 2 Capstone List of Possible Resources.
How NURS 668 Week 1 Summary of Learning is graded
Liberty grades Summary of Learning 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. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in NURS 668 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 668 Week 1 method, step by step
Pick one event and stay with it
Choose a single event or experience that fits the Summary of Learning prompt and that you can describe honestly. One well-examined event beats three summarized ones.
Describe it briefly and accurately
Tell what happened in a few sentences. Remove names and identifying details; the reader needs the situation, not the people.
Analyze it with course concepts
Use the concepts from Health/Wellness Capstone Project to explain why it happened. This is the part graders weigh most: the reflection must show the course changed how you see the event.
Bring in the evidence the guide asks for
Meet the source rule (Cite course materials and sources you draw on in APA). Sources turn a personal account into professional analysis by showing how others have studied the same problem.
Say what you would do differently
End with a specific change in practice that follows from the analysis. Graders look for growth that is tied to the evidence you cited.
Write in first person, formatted in APA
Reflection papers allow first person, but they still follow current APA format for the title page, citations and references. Stay within At least 3 pages.
A structure for NURS 668 Week 1 Summary of Learning
Word targets are planning numbers for about 900 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Name the event and the lesson the paper will draw from it. | ~120 words |
| The event | What happened and your role, without identifying details. | ~200 words |
| Analysis | Why it happened, explained with course concepts and sources. | ~380 words |
| What changes | What you learned and the concrete change you will make. | ~150 words |
| Conclusion | Tie the lesson back to the course. | ~50 words |
A topic angle that works
Organize by competency rather than by course: evidence-based practice, health promotion, leadership, ethics, informatics. Under each, name the course where you learned it and one example of how it changed your practice.
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.
The most lasting thing I learned in the program was to read research before trusting it.1 In my research course I learned to judge a study by its design and sample, and in health promotion I applied that habit to choose an exercise program for older adults that was supported by randomized trials rather than by popularity.2 That habit will shape the capstone, where the education program has to rest on current evidence.3
- Leads with a learned competency.
- Traces it through specific courses.
- Connects it to the capstone ahead.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 668 Week 1
- A list of course titles.
- Under three pages.
- No APA formatting.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: At least 3 pages
- Sources: Cite course materials and sources you draw on in APA
- No names or identifying details of patients, clients or coworkers
- At least one course concept named and applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
When is the NURS 668 summary of learning due?
By 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module/Week 1 in the published guide.
How many points is NURS 668 Week 1 Summary of Learning worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 668, 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 668 Week 1 the same in every section of NURS 668?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 668. 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.
Want a tutor to look at your draft?
Send the instructions and what you have so far. A Liberty tutor replies with what to fix first, usually within the hour.