Assessment 1 Instructions: Problem Identification 

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     Use a provided template to develop a 2-4 page submission in which you research and define a patient, family, or population health problem relevant to personal practice.
  Important: Complete this assessment first and complete all other assessments in the order they are presented.
  In this assessment, you will lay the foundation for the work that will carry through your capstone experience and guide the practice hours to complete the work in this course. The purpose of this assessment is to allow you to define a patient, family, or population health problem that is relevant to your personal practice and to begin building a body of evidence that will inform your approach to your practice hours, the intervention you design, and the professional product you will deliver.
  Demonstration of Proficiency
  By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
   
  • Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.     
    • Define a patient, family, or population health problem that is relevant to personal practice.
  • Competency 2: Make clinical and operational decisions based upon the best available evidence.     
    • Analyze evidence from the literature and professional sources to define and guide nursing actions related to a health problem.
  • Competency 7: Implement patient-centered care to improve quality of care and the patient experience.     
    • Propose strategies to improve patient or population outcomes related to a health problem.
  • Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.     
    • Reflect on state board nursing practice standards relevant to a selected health problem.
    • Communicate professionally in writing that is clear and logically organized, with correct grammar, spelling, and use of APA style.
  • Important: Complete this assessment first and complete all other assessments in the order they are presented.
    Professional Context
    Nurses are leaders in problem identification and solution, planning and implementing patient care strategies to address problems in the home, hospital, and community. This assessment will help you develop a problem statement for a patient, family, or population health concern.
    Instructions
    Throughout this capstone course, you will be investigating a patient, family, or population health problem relevant to your practice. For this assessment, you will identify the problem that you will address throughout your clinical practicum in this course, as well as begin to establish your evidence and research base to plan, implement, and share findings related to your project. The Problem Identification Template [DOC] will guide you through development of a problem statement, evidence collection and analysis, and best practices to help you create your implementation plan for the second assessment in this course.
    Your submission for this assessment will be the completed template. When working through the template, you may use the resources provided in this course; however, most of your research and search for evidence will be conducted by you. Use the Capella University Library, professional organization and government resources, and relevant organizational best practices as sources of evidence. This is the capstone course for your BSN degree; your goal is to demonstrate your achievement of the program outcomes through your work on this project.
    The following are some health issues that would be appropriate for your project:
     
  • Diabetes self-management.
  • Hypertension management and prevention.
  • Medication reconciliation within a family or group.
  • Parkinson’s disease support group.
  • Patient family education communication improvements.
  • Postoperative home care.
  • This list is by no means exhaustive. You should choose a patient, family, or population health issue that is relevant to your practice and organization; you must be able to study the problem in your practicum effectively.
    You must complete this assessment first. This assessment is your opportunity to plan your practicum and to establish a collaborative oversight process with your course faculty. You must not begin any direct clinical activities or submit any other assessment until Assessment 1 is completed and assessed by faculty. Any other course assessments will be returned with no feedback until Assessment 1 is complete.
    So please remember: Assessment 1 needs to be reviewed and approved by your faculty. Assessments 2, 3, 4, and 5 should not be submitted until you have received feedback on Assessment 1.
    Scoring Guide Criteria
    Your submission will be assessed based on the following criteria:
     
  • Define a patient, family, or population health problem that is relevant to personal practice.
  • Analyze evidence from the literature and professional sources to define and guide nursing actions related to a health problem.
  • Propose strategies to improve patient or population outcomes related to a health problem.
  • Reflect on state board nursing practice standards relevant to a selected health problem.
  • Communicate professionally in writing that is clear and logically organized, with correct grammar, spelling, and use of APA style.
  • Please identify your relationship to the patient (friend and family) and how you made contact with the individual. Remember to only use the individual’s initials in your assessment to protect privacy.
    CORE ELMS
    Completion of this course requires a remote rather than a face-to-face clinical practicum. You are required to log your time in the CORE ELMS system just as you have for past courses with clinical interaction. The CORE ELMS link is located in the left-hand navigation pane.
    Additional Requirements
     
  • Length of submission: Use the provided template. Most submissions will be 2 to 4 pages. You do not need to include a title page. Be sure to complete the reference page at the end of the template.
  • Number of references: Cite a minimum of 5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old.
  • APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations and reference list follow current APA style.
  • Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the assessment to your ePortfolio. After you complete your program you may want to consider leveraging your Portfolio as part of a job search or other demonstration of your academic competencies.

Assessment 5 Instructions: Professional ePortfolio 

   Develop a professional ePortfolio and resume.

For this assessment, you will create a professional ePortfolio and resume to showcase your achievements and competence in various areas for job search or advancement conversations.
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
 

• Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.     
  • Explain how at least 2 chosen artifacts illustrate personal growth and achievements in leading people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
• Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.     
  • Explain how at least 2 chosen artifacts illustrate personal growth and achievements in transforming processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.
• Competency 6: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes.     
  • Explain how at least 2 chosen artifacts illustrate personal growth and achievements in interprofessional collaboration to improve patient and population outcomes.
• Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.     
  • Explain how chosen at least 2 artifacts and a professional resume illustrate personal growth and achievements in the area of integrating professional standards and values into practice.
  • Present a well-organized ePortfolio in a clear and professional manner, using correct grammar, spelling, and APA style.
• You should complete this assessment last.
  Professional Context
  A portfolio is a great way to for nurses to “record and provide evidence of skills, achievements, experience, development and learning, not only for themselves, but for the information and scrutiny of registration boards, employers, managers and peers” (Green, Wyllie, & Jackson, 2014, p. 8). As you collect the artifacts that best showcase your strengths, you begin to track, reflect on, and evaluate your own learning and growth over time.
  Preparation
  For this assessment, you will be creating a professional ePortfolio and resume to take with you after completing your program. To help you complete this assessment, review the following resources as needed:
   
• ePortfolio.
• Getting Started with Pathbrite ePortfolio [PDF].
• Capella University Career Center – Building an Effective Resume.
• Instructions
  For this assessment, your ePortfolio will focus on showcasing your growth and accomplishments in the context of the following course competencies:
   
• Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
• Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.
• Competency 6: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes.
• Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
• For each competency, complete the following in your ePortfolio:
   
• Create an area in your ePortfolio for the competency and label it with the course competency number or the competency language.
• Select the two artifacts (assessments) that you feel best showcase your accomplishments or growth relative to the competency and place them in the corresponding ePortfolio area.
• For each competency, write 2–3 paragraphs detailing the ways in the artifacts illustrate your accomplishments or growth in the competency so reviewers can easily understand your achievements and strengths. Place this in the corresponding ePortfolio area with your chosen artifacts.
• For the Competency 8 section of your ePortfolio, include a professional resume that highlights your professional standards and values. Consult the resources in the Capella University Career Center, such as the Capella Career Center: Resume Rubric.
  Please study the scoring guide carefully so you will know what is needed for a distinguished score:
   
• Explain how at least two chosen artifacts illustrate personal growth and achievements in the area of leading people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes. 
• Explain how at least two chosen artifacts illustrate personal growth and achievements in the area of transforming processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care 
• Explain how at least two chosen artifacts illustrate personal growth and achievements in interprofessional collaboration to improve patient and population outcomes. 
• Explain how at last two chosen artifacts and a professional resume illustrate personal growth and achievements in the area of integrating professional standards and values into practice.
• Communicate ePortfolio in a clear and well-organized manner, using correct grammar and spelling.
• Additional Requirements
   
• APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations and reference list follow current APA style. Refer to the APA Module as needed.
   
• Reference
  Green, J., Wyllie, A., & Jackson, D. (2014). Electronic portfolios in nursing education: A review of the literature. Nurse Education in Practice, 14(1), 4–8.