The topic proposal’s subject is improving nursing and respiratory therapy collaboration and interprofessional competencies. I come from a respiratory therapy background and am finishing my bachelor’s in nursing. I’ve found that there are gaps in knowledge between the two disciplines owing to their scope of practice. However, I feel that it would be beneficial for both disciplines to be more knowledgeable in each other’s scopes in order to improve patient outcomes.
Consider the availability of peer review articles to make sure you can develop sufficient details on the topic. Identify at least 2 relevant peer reviewed articles published within 5 years. Your topic submission should be in a word document and include the following (maximum 2 pages – not including the Title and Reference page):
- Title page
- Specific topic of interest (beginning content after Title page)
- How the topic relates to your Capstone Project (relevance to a current issue, challenge, opportunity, etc., within the nursing profession)
- Your rationale for choosing the topic (e.g., experience, goals, care improvements, etc.)
- How the current literature supports your topic (include proper APA for in-text citations)
- References (on separate page after content to align with your selected articles)