Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to provide learners with the opportunity to initiate the capstone project. The student will identify a practice issue or concern that impacts the role of the nurse executive and will conduct a literature search on the topic. The student will develop an annotated bibliography to provide an understanding of the current literature on the capstone topic. This will provide the foundation for development of the capstone project in NR 660. Assignment: Identify a capstone topic area that was encountered during the nurse-executive practicum experience. Briefly describe (1 -2 paragraphs) how this topic impacts the practice setting. Conduct a bibliographic-database search on the selected capstone topic Create an annotated bibliography that includes a minimum of 10 scholarly sources related to the capstone topic. The main concepts of each article should … summarized in two to three sentences. References should be cited in APA format. Preview of the Papers In 2012, 17.5 million people died from heart disease and accounted for 31 percent of the global mortality rate. The conditions that were … on were acute coronary syndromes such as ST elevation, myocardial infarction, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, and unstable angina. These patients are fifty percent more likely to … readmitted with life threatening conditions. (Hamilton, Mills, B. McRae, & Thompson, 2018) With an aging demographic in the community and the current demands placed on nursing leaders to provide quality and affordable healthcare while maintaining patient satisfaction determined a need to look for evidence-based research to decrease cardiac readmissions through the implementation of a cardiac wellness program