This course is designed to assist Doctor of Nursing Practice students in gaining the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to develop a proposal for an evidence-based project, which addresses a practice issue affecting or related to selected aggregate or population, organization, health care system, health care policy, or educational system. Students will write a full proposal that reflects synthesis of the student’s knowledge from prior coursework and work in an area of interest or expertise under the direction of a faculty member and clinical mentor. At the end of the course, the student will submit the proposal for the capstone project for approval, to advance to the next course (Capstone II, NR 910) and implement the project.