This guide is for NURS 839 Week 7 Scholarly Project Proposal, start to submission. The complete scholarly project proposal, assembled and revised from the earlier assignments, following the Scholarly Project Guide.
NURS 839 is Proposal Development, 2 credit hours, in Liberty University's DNP. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS839; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 839 Proposal Development |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 7 |
| Points | 150 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; the full proposal per the Scholarly Project Guide |
| Sources | All proposal sources |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA; Scholarly Project Guide format |
What NURS 839 Week 7 Scholarly Project Proposal asks for
Assignment 8 is the scholarly project proposal, due in Module/Week 7 with Moran et al. chapter 15, Roush chapter 7 and the Scholarly Project Guide. It brings together the introduction, literature review and methodology drafted earlier into the complete proposal you will defend in Week 8. Worth 150 points.
Where it fits in NURS 839
In the published schedule, Scholarly Project Proposal is one of 8 graded written assignments in NURS 839. It follows Week 6 Discussion Board Forum 2 and comes before Week 8 Scholarly Project Proposal Defense PowerPoint.
How NURS 839 Week 7 Scholarly Project Proposal is graded
Liberty grades Scholarly Project Proposal with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 150 points in the published guide. That is about 15% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in NURS 839 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 960 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 module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 839 Week 7 method, step by step
Read this part against the whole
Scholarly Project Proposal is one piece of a larger submission. Read the instructions for every part before you write this one, so the choices you make now (topic, question, population) still work when the later parts arrive.
Lock the topic and the question early
Pick a problem you can carry for the rest of the course and phrase the question so it can actually be answered. A vague question makes every later section harder to write.
Write to the headings the part names
Mirror the instructions: each element the part names becomes a heading. It makes the grading easy to follow and makes it obvious when something is missing.
Support every claim with current evidence
Cite as you write (All proposal sources). Prefer peer-reviewed sources from the last five years and say what each one contributes; a citation that only decorates a sentence adds little.
Keep the draft consistent with earlier parts
Reuse the same terms, population and question you used before, and fix anything your instructor flagged in feedback on the previous part. Graders notice when a proposal changes its question halfway through.
Check length and APA before submitting
Confirm the length (Not set in the guide; the full proposal per the Scholarly Project Guide), the APA format and the reference list. Then read the rubric for this part once more and match each row to a heading.
A structure for NURS 839 Week 7 Scholarly Project Proposal
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,700 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Revised introduction | From Assignment 4 and its feedback. | ~340 words |
| Revised literature review | Updated and tightened. | ~410 words |
| Revised methodology | From Assignment 5 and its feedback. | ~480 words |
| Anticipated results and dissemination | From Forum 2. | ~240 words |
| References and appendices | Instruments, timeline, budget. | ~240 words |
A topic angle that works
Before submitting, read the proposal against the Scholarly Project Guide section by section and against every piece of instructor feedback from Assignments 4 and 5. Unaddressed feedback is the most common reason for revisions at defense.
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.
Instructor feedback on the methodology asked for a clearer sampling plan, so the revised section now states inclusion criteria (adults with an indwelling urinary catheter on the unit during the project period), exclusion criteria (urology patients and those with orders for long-term catheters) and the expected sample of about 180 patients over 12 weeks, based on the unit's census data.1
- Names the feedback.
- Shows the specific revision.
- Bases the estimate on data.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 839 Week 7
- Pasting earlier drafts without revision.
- Missing Guide sections.
- No appendices for instruments.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; the full proposal per the Scholarly Project Guide
- Sources: All proposal sources
- Matches the topic and question used in the earlier parts
- Instructor feedback on the previous part applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
What is the difference between NURS 839 Assignment 8 and the defense?
Assignment 8 is the written proposal (Week 7); the defense is a PowerPoint presentation of it (Week 8).
How many points is NURS 839 Week 7 Scholarly Project Proposal worth?
150 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 839, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 15% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 839 Week 7 the same in every section of NURS 839?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 839. 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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