The Individual Success Plan (ISP) assignment in this course requires your collaboration with the course faculty
early on to establish a plan for successful completion of mutually identified and agreed-upon specific
deliverables for your programmatic requirements. Programmatic requirements are: (1) completion of required
practice immersion hours, (2) completion of work associated with program competencies, and (3) work
associated with completion of your Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) Project.
A preconference meeting is intended for the learner and preceptor/mentor to review course- and learnerspecific learning objectives: the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of the learner and preceptor/mentor
during this practice immersion experience. All faculty and preceptor/mentor information will be given to each
party by the learner. Any course or program information requested by the preceptor/mentor will be provided by
the learner. During this meeting, the learner and preceptor/mentor will discuss the course and practice
immersion goals, including any projects that are to take place. The faculty will review the submitted document
and must approve proposed projects at this time. The faculty will also send an introductory email to the
preceptor/mentor.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment as it pertains to deliverables
due in this course.
Locate and download Individual Success Plan (ISP) and Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) timeline
documents in the DNP PI Workspace.
Review the DNP Program Milestones document in the DNP PI Workspace and identify which domains,
competencies, and milestones apply to this course. Note: Not all courses have milestones.
Determine what practice immersion experiences you plan to seek in order to address each competency.
Include how many hours you plan to set aside to meet your goals. Learners will apply concepts from each of
their core courses to reflect upon, critically examine, and improve current practice and are required to integrate
scholarly readings to develop case reports that demonstrate increasingly complex and proficient practice.
Use the ISP to develop a personal plan for completing your practice immersion hours and how competencies
will be met. Show all of the major milestones and deliverables in the timeline.
Within the ISP, ensure you identify specific deliverables which can include the following: individualized DNP
practice immersion contracts; comprehensive log of practice immersion hours applied to doctoral-level learning
outcomes; learner evaluations; preceptor/mentor evaluations; current and updated CV; scholarly activities;
GCU DNP competency self-assessment; reflective journal; course goals and plan for how competencies and
practice immersion hours will be met; faculty and preceptor/mentor approvals of course goals and documented
practice immersion hours; and DPI Project milestones.
While an ISP is required, unless you have a mentor, a mentor signature is not required for this course. A
preconference and a postconference/evaluation between learners and preceptors/mentors are mandatory for
all learners enrolled in all DNP courses (from DNP-815A on). Conferences may be conducted face-to-face or
via technology. A copy of the wet-ink or digitally (digital identifier) signed document must be uploaded into the
classroom no later than the end of Topic 1.
Overall course- and learner-specific objectives: These objectives should be discussed during each conference,
as learners are responsible for completing all experiences as mandated for the program.
Directions:
Identify the specific deliverables you will complete throughout this course from those defined above with your
faculty. Update your faculty/chair with any revisions or changes to the ISP.
List the challenges you expect to encounter as you continue the practice immersion hour and competency
requirements throughout this course. How might you overcome these challenges?
Complete the Contact Information table at the beginning of the ISP resource, and type in your signature
(learner only) and the date on which you completed the table. Read the information in the ISP document,
including the following: Learner Expectations, Derivation of the ISP, and Instructions for Completing the ISP.
Follow the instructions and complete the ISP.
Sample Solution