You will submit clinical logs and narratives this week. Clinical logs will be recorded in CORE, and narratives will be submitted to week 10 project.
The purpose of these logs is to provide validation of clinical outcomes and supervision of professional development.
Your logs should include the following two parts:
1. Successful completion of CORE hours, with satisfactory explanation of each daily activity. Satisfactory midterm evaluation by mentor.
2. A written narrative covering the following items:
o Weekly reflection summary providing an overview of clinical or scholarly activities during the reporting time period (Weeks 6–10).
o Commentary and evidence (examples) of progress toward achieving specific course objectives.
o Reflections that include thoughts, feelings, and correlation to the University’s Five Pillars of Nursing (professionalism, critical thinking, holism, communication, and caring) on the overall experience and correlate to The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice.-
DNP ESSENTIALS:
o I.Scientific Underpinnings for Practice
o II. Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Improvement and Systems Thinking
o III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
o IV. Information Systems/Technology and Patient Care Technology for the Improvement and Transformation of Health Care
o V. Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care
o VI. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
o VII. Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving the Nation's Health
o VIII. Advanced Nursing Practice
Note: Each week, your reflection should be a 1- to 2-page summary of the week's activities. This should result in about 5 pages of the overall reflection summary for week 10.
Rubric:
• Be specific with the activities that were included in clinical hours. This should be more detailed than what is listed in Core. Include specifically what was done during the clinical activity time. Include more than literature review, or worked on IRB, or patient care hours, or met with preceptor. What did you find during the literature review, what specifically did you work on for IRB, what was discussed or completed with the preceptor, what did you do during patient care hours? Include any workshops, business or professional meetings. May include agendas or brochures if they are available. These are some examples of how to be specific. Your grade will be affected if you are not including specific activities, in addition to meeting the criteria listed in the grading rubric and the guidelines under week 10 project.
• Provided an overview of the clinical or scholarly activities during the reporting time period (Weeks 6–10).
• Provided commentary and evidence (examples) of progress toward achieving specific course objectives and DNP Essentials
• Clearly reflected on the overall experience on the basis of each of the University’s Five Pillars of Nursing
• Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary. Cited all sources using APA format. No errors. (articles must be within 5 years)
Note: Basically, this is what I have been working on for the DNP project:
Topic: Title: “Structured educational intervention with culturally tailored Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) education to improve outcomes in African American male patients”
Please see the hours and activities below.
Date Range: 10/23/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details: III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
Data Analysis
I met with Dr. E, the statistician to review my project data and ensure accuracy before analysis. During our meeting, we discussed the appropriate variables, coding methods, and data entry process. With his guidance, I organized and entered the collected data into an Excel spreadsheet. I verified that each entry was correctly labeled and formatted correctly for review. He was available for me when I had questions as well
Date Range: 10/24/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details: III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
Data Analysis
Continued to input data into excel sheet for 26 participants statistician to review. Carefully analyzed the data to ensure accuracy for each instrument used to accurately record the participants responses. This is an integral part of my DNP project to visualize the data and have it analyzed
Date Range: 10/28/25
Hours Submitted: 2.00
Activity Details: VI: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
Meeting with Committee
Met with Dr.C and Dr. O, my committee members to discuss the update on my project. We also reviewed the course objectives and the graded manuscript.
Date Range: 10/29/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details: III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
I am continuing to revise my DNP manuscript by carefully incorporating the suggested corrections and feedback from my committee and professor. This involves reviewing each section for clarity, aligning my project with the objectives, and adhering to APA formatting standards.
Date Range: 11/01/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details:
III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
Manuscript
Continued adding to my manuscript. Including using the manuscript guide as a guide to structure my current information. Edited the appendix section to include all pertinent information. Collaborated with statistician for figures and combined my literature review articles into one table. Dr.C offered insight and I made edits accordingly.
Date Range: 11/15/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details:
III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
VI: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
Manuscript Development
Continued to add to my DNP manuscript. This included expanding on sections, adding references and applying feedback from my Professor, Preceptor and committee members
Date Range: 11/16/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details: III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
VI. Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
Manuscript Development
I continued to add to my DNP manuscript. This included adding my statistical analysis from the statistician, adding references and applying feedback from my Professor, Preceptor and committee members. I also completed the data analysis and discussions sections.
Date Range: 11/17/25
Hours Submitted: 6.00
Activity Details: III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
Data Analysis and discussions
Added to my data analysis section in my manuscript with completed data from the statistician. I developed a discussion component to translate my data into written form to further discuss my findings and what it means to my project. I submitted it for review to my Professor.
Date Range: 11/22/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details: III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
VI: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes.
Manuscript Revision
I continued to revise sections of my manuscript to ensure it was detailed and well written. I used the DNP guide to set my sections up in the order that they needed to go in after feedback from Dr.G and Dr.C.
Date Range: 11/23/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details: III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
Development of Powerpoint
Working on adding to my Powerpoint to prepare to present it to my committee members and professor. This powerpoint includes every section of my project and my results. I am using the Powerpoint outline provided by my Professor to guide me.
Date Range: 12/01/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details: III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
Presentation PowerPoint
This week, I have started to add information from my manuscript to the final presentation powerpoint. I am using the template my Professor provided as a guide to make sure I have all of the information needed to have a total of 75 slides.
Date Range: 12/02/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details: III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
Presentation PowerPoint
Continued to add to my Powerpoint and edit slides so they aren't too wordy. I ensured each slide had the same font and lettering size to ensure consistency across all slides. I will be preparing to present my Powerpoint to my Professor.
Date Range: 12/12/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details: III. Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
Development of query letter
Query letter created and submitted with journal correspondence. Reviewed data with my Statistician and added to my DNP manuscript
Date Range: 12/13/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details: VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
VI: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
Development of speaker notes
Developed final powerpoint with speaker notes and timed my presentation. Met with my committee and presented my Powerpoint to my Professor. Received feedback for my Powerpoint and manuscript
Date Range: 12/14/25
Hours Submitted: 3.00
Activity Details: III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
Manuscript Development
Received feedback for my current manuscript draft to make edits. Expounded upon sections of the manuscript that needed to be more in depth. Edited my speaker notes and DNP poster according to feedback.
Date Range: 12/15/25
Hours Submitted: 12.00
Activity Details: III: Clinical Scholarship and Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
Manuscript Development
Reviewed 98 page manuscript with Professor. Made edits to make manuscript longer and format it according to the DNP guide. I also completed a practice run with my Preceptor for my presentation.
Date Range: 12/17/25
Hours Submitted: 2.00
Activity Details: VII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving the Nation’s Health
VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
Attended a Presentation
Attended a DNP presentation for two of my classmates
Date Range: 12/17/25
Hours Submitted: 10.00
Activity Details: VI: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
Presentation Practice
Made final edits to DNP PowerPoint to present tomorrow. Did a run through with my mentor and received feedback to edit a few slides. Completed a voiceover for my PowerPoint for the week 9 discussion.
Date Range: 12/18/25
Hours Submitted: 1.00
Activity Details: VI: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes
VIII: Advanced Nursing Practice
Presentation
Completed my DNP presentation on Structured Educational Intervention with Culturally Tailored Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Education to Improve Outcomes in African American Male Patients. I received great feedback regarding my presentation and poster.