NR 702A · DNP

NR 702A DNP Project & Practicum I sample papers, week by week

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NR 702A opens the four-term project sequence, and almost none of it is writing about results yet. These samples show the first term's paperwork: the problem located at one site, the agreement behind it, and the question the next three terms will answer.

How this shelf works

Send the exact assignment or rubric from your classroom and a custom sample written to it lands in 24 to 48 hours, the first one free. NR 702A is Chamberlain’s DNP Project & Practicum I course. It centers on naming a practice problem at one site, securing the agreement that lets the work happen there, and shaping a question that can be answered. Some program versions carry this course as NR 702B and NR 702C; the same drawers apply. Searches like "nr 702a week 4 assignment example", "NR702A sample paper", and "NR 702A week samples" land on this page.

What NR 702A is really about

The first term has a property the later three do not: nothing has happened yet, and the writing has to be convincing anyway. A reader in week two cannot check the work against an outcome, so everything rests on whether the problem is shown to exist where the writer says it does. That is why term one submissions live or die on local evidence. A chart review of forty records, a month of incident reports, one unit's readmission count against the organization's own target, all of that is ordinary and all of it is what makes a doctoral reader take the rest seriously.

The second half of the term is administrative, and students underestimate how much of the grade sits there. A site has to agree in writing, a mentor at the organization has to know what is being asked of the unit, and the scope has to shrink until it fits inside four terms and one person's access. Samples of that paperwork are useful for a reason that surprises people: the documents are short, formal, and unforgiving about vagueness. An agreement naming no unit, no date range and no data source reads as a project that has not been discussed with anyone. Obtaining the signature is the writer's own errand.

What NR 702A’s assessments ask for

The written work in this term tracks the approval process rather than a reading list. Early weeks usually ask for the practice problem stated with a number attached to it, then for a description of the setting itself: bed count, staffing model, who owns the workflow in question, what data the organization already collects. The middle of the term commonly produces the agreement summary and the set of practicum objectives, each mapped to a competency and each written so that a faculty reader can tell when it has been met. Later submissions often ask for the charter and for a short statement that the project is ready to be designed. Weekly discussions typically report where the site conversation stands.

Where students lose points in NR 702A

Points go first to the problem borrowed from the literature. National prevalence, a citation, and a recommended intervention describe a condition rather than a site, and a reader cannot tell whether the unit in question has the problem at all. Second is scope. A first-term charter proposing to change three workflows across two departments is marked down because it cannot be finished, and faculty say so plainly. Third is the objective written as an activity rather than an outcome: attending meetings is not an objective, and neither is shadowing. Agreements with no end date, questions with no comparison, and a setting section that could describe any hospital in the country round out the deductions.

NR 702A grading scale at Chamberlain: how the work is graded, from Chamberlain Assignments
How Chamberlain grades NR 702A, visualized by Chamberlain Assignments.

The NR 702A drawers

Week 1

NR 702A Week 1 discussion post example

Week 1 typically opens on the problem as it stands before anyone has approved it. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Week 2

NR 702A Week 2 practice gap write-up example

Week 2 often wants the gap shown as a measured difference at one site. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Week 3

NR 702A Week 3 setting description paper example

Week 3 in many sections asks what the unit is and how it runs. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Week 4

NR 702A Week 4 site agreement summary example

Week 4 commonly asks what the organization has agreed to and for how long. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Week 5

NR 702A Week 5 aim statement draft example

Week 5 usually wants one sentence naming the change, the amount and the date. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Week 6

NR 702A Week 6 project charter draft example

Week 6 often asks for scope, sponsor and boundaries on a single page. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Week 7

NR 702A Week 7 practicum objective set example

Week 7 typically asks for objectives written against competencies and against the hours available. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Week 8

NR 702A Week 8 proposal readiness memo example

Week 8 in many sections asks whether the project is ready to be designed. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Using a NR 702A sample the right way

Read a first-term example for its specificity, which is the only thing separating a passing charter from a paragraph of intent. Notice that every claim carries a source the writer could actually reach: a report someone runs monthly, a log the unit keeps anyway, a count taken over a defined window. Notice too how short the agreement summary is, and how much of its length is dates, names of roles, and limits. The site, the signature, the hours and the numbers behind the problem are yours to obtain and record; an example shows the form those documents take, not the facts that belong inside them.

How these samples are written

Method, in one line: rubric first, structure from the rubric, templates exact, discussions final on arrival. Week counts vary by course version; the catch-all row absorbs the difference. Your free request matches what your classroom actually shows.

NR 702A questions, answered

Can you find me a site or a preceptor for the practicum?

No. Placement is arranged through your own organization and your program office, and nothing written here substitutes for it. What the desk can produce is the writing that surrounds the arrangement once it exists: the setting description, the summary of what the agreement covers, and objectives phrased the way faculty expect to see them.

My project topic keeps getting sent back. Does an example help?

It is the common first-term outcome and usually the same cause: the topic is a subject rather than a problem. An example is useful for seeing where the number sits in the first two sentences, how the gap gets stated as a difference between what happens and what should, and how narrow an approved scope actually looks.

My section is listed as NR 702B or NR 702C. Are these the same drawers?

Yes. Chamberlain runs the term in lettered sections and the deliverables track the same sequence, though week numbering and point values move between them. Send the assignment page from your own classroom and the sample is written against that rubric rather than against the version shown on this chart.