Learning Agreement Guidelines

Directions

For Week 1, complete the Learning Agreement with self-identified goals to meet Course Outcomes and initial plans to meet those self-identified goals; review the TIPS document to help you and discuss your goals and plans with your mentor. Your mentor must sign the Learning Agreement for your Week 1 submission.

The agreement should be revised each week to reflect completed goals, additional goals, and changes to the plan dictated by the actual experience or revisions suggested by faculty or the mentor. At the end of the practicum experience, evaluate success with your mentor and obtain the mentor’s signature at the bottom of agreement. Save this form as a Word document and enter required information directly onto it; submit the completed Learning Agreement, signed by your mentor, on the Saturday of Week 8. See the Learning Agreement Grading Rubric for grading details.

The Learning Agreement consists of three sections.

1. Student Learning Outcomes table (Week 1)
2. Signatures approving plan (Week 1)
3. Signatures and mentor verification (Week 8)

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes (COs):

CO 1: Apply leadership skills concepts of project management as a nurse executive in an organizational setting to develop, implement and evaluate successful project plans. (PO 4,5)

CO 3: Exemplify professional values and scholarship that support the role of a student in a practicum setting. (PO 4)

Due Dates

1. Initial signed Learning Agreement submitted by 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday at the end of Week 1
2. Completed signed Learning Agreement submitted by 11:59 p.m. MT on Saturday of Week 8

A minimum of 144 hours practicum experience is required by the end of NR632.

If the 144 hours are not completed by the end of the term, you will receive a grade of I and not be able to graduate until completed.

I. Student Learning Outcomes

Course Outcomes

Student Identified Practicum Goals to Meet Course Outcomes

Plan to Meet Student Identified Practicum Goals

Narrative Description of Attainment of Student Identified Goals Through the End of CGE 1

CO 1: Apply leadership skills concepts of project management as a nurse executive in an organizational setting to develop, implement and evaluate successful project plans. (POs 4 and 5)

CO 2: Using current knowledge, standards of practice, and research from evidence-based literature, synthesize a foundation for the nurse executive role. (POs 3 and 4)

CO 3: Exemplify professional values and scholarship that support the role of a student in a practicum setting. (PO 4)

CO 4: Contribute to the body of nursing leadership and management knowledge through research, planning, evaluation and dissemination of findings. (PO 4)

CO 5: Apply professional values characteristic of the competent and caring nurse executive that promote holistic care principles and an appreciation of cultural humility (POs 1, 3, and 4)

CO 6: Apply evidence-based fiscal principles that contribute to the creation of a caring environment characterized by high quality, safe, patient-centered care (POs 1 and 2)

II. Weeks 1 and 8 signatures must be obtained and completed on the physical Learning Agreement.

Rubric

NR631 Week 8 Mid-CGE Learning AgreementNR631 Week 8 Mid-CGE Learning AgreementCriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDevelops measurable goals for each course outcome10.0 ptsFor each course outcome, the student creates measurable goals related to the CGE project and/or attainment of Nurse Executive competencies0.0 ptsOne or more course outcomes do not have measurable goals developed10.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeNarrative summary of progress for each outcome is present10.0 ptsFor each course outcome the student provided a narrative summary of their progress toward meeting the goal. There is no penalty for not meeting a stated goal. Points are only deducted if no summary is provided for a course outcome category.0.0 ptsOne or more goals do not have a reflective summary evaluating progress or lack of progress toward meeting plans and goals10.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeBoth the student and mentor acknowledge reviewing the learn agreement by placing signatures in the appropriate signature spaces5.0 ptsBoth the student and mentor signatures are present0.0 ptsEither the mentor or student signature is missing5.0 pts
Total Points: 25.