Capstone Project Topic Selection and Approval

In collaboration with the approved course preceptor, students will identify a specific evidence-based topic for the capstone project change proposal. Students should consider the clinical environment in which they are currently employed or have recently worked. The capstone project topic can be a clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a leadership or quality improvement initiative, or an unmet educational need specific to a patient population or community. The student may also choose to work with an interprofessional collaborative team.

Students should select a topic that aligns to their area of interest as well as the clinical practice setting in which practice hours are completed.

Write a 600 word description of your proposed capstone project topic. Include the following:

1. The problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project that will be the focus of the change proposal.
2. The setting or context in which the problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project can be observed.
3. A description (providing a high level of detail) regarding the problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project.
4. Effect of the problem or issue, intervention, quality initiative, educational need, or collaborative interprofessional team project.
5. Significance of the topic and its implications for nursing practice.
6. A proposed solution to the identified project topic with an explanation of how it will affect nursing practice.

You are required to cite to a minimum of eight peer-reviewed sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and relevant to nursing practice. Plan your time accordingly to complete this assignment.

Items to include:

*What is HIV/AID

*How is it transmited

*At risk Population

What is U=U and its goals

Barriers to care, treatment and status disclosure: Stigma, culture, education, sexual orientation and or gender.

My Capstone proposal: Using U=U 2020 initiative to Educate patients in risky sexual behaviors and or those that do not disclose HIV status prior to engaging in sexual activity. The Goal is to increase disclosure in HIV status by educating patients on U=U and finding comfortable ways to initiate/open a conversation and proper timing prior to partaking in consensual sexual activity. Data for the study will be limited due to the COVID epidemic and the number of clients willing to participate. But having a clear understanding of U=U can result in great outcomes, decreased new cases and change public perspective on HIV positive patients and safety. This is why compliance with IRT-Antiretroviral Therapy is important.

https://www.oar.nih.gov/about/directors-corner/why-is-u-equals-u-game-changer

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/treatment-prevention