First: Review the ‘Importance of the Phenomenon of Interest’ video
Next: Identify a POI that you can examine from a philosophical, theoretical and ethical perspective, as this will
be your topic the entire semester
Finally: Perform a basic literature search to determine if there is sufficient literature (topic is not too narrow) and
not too much literature (topic is too broad)
Your Phenomenon of Interest (POI) topic should be submitted to this Forum for faculty review and approval.
A phenomenon of interest (POI) as related to NU 607 can be a topic that you have been examining in other
courses, or it can be a completely different topic. Regardless, you want to select a POI topic you are
passionate or curious about, and one that relates specifically to your area of specialty practice with sufficient
current (5 years), peer-reviewed literature to explore.
Choose a topic for which you are passionate or curious,
Students may seek approval on the same topic used in another course, but it is not guaranteed that approval in
a prior course will assure approval in this course as the focus and requirements are unique to 607.
Your Primary Instructor will be responsible for approving your POI topic selection in NU 607.
Please address the following items in this Discussion (10 points):
Propose a POI Topic ( 3 points)
Propose a Phenomenon of Interest (POI) topic, describe the setting (outpatient, acute, etc), and population
(adults, children, etc.), and briefly discuss its relevance to your advanced nursing practice area of specialty
(ANP, Executive Nurse Administrator, Nursing Informatics, etc).