Demonstration of Proficiency

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care. 
  • Propose a plan, referencing relevant existing and newly created processes, to implement an intervention to improve quality and safety, and reduce costs within the context of a chosen health problem.
• Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology to improve patient and systems outcomes. 
  • Analyze technology within a chosen health care practice context to support a proposed plan.
• Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care. 
  • Explain the ways in which governmental or organizational policies could impact the proposed plan.
• Competency 6: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes. 
  • Explain strategies for communicating and collaborating with patients and interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes.
• Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice. 
  • Communicate professionally in clear, logically organized writing, using correct grammar, spelling, and APA style.

Important: You must complete all of the assessments in order for this course.

Professional Context

As a professional nurse, you perform a critical role in solving a host of health care problems. In this assessment, you will use the literature to plan best-practice strategies to foster positive health outcomes for your chosen patient or population.

Preparation

Your intervention and implementation plan should be carried out in an interprofessional context, aligned to your topic, and based on the work you did in the first assessment. You should find collaborators as soon as possible so you can solicit their feedback about intervention and implementation plans to inform your approach.

Instructions

Having identified a health problem relevant to your current or future nursing practice and reviewed the literature to support nursing standards, decision making, and improvement strategies, you should now plan an intervention to address the chosen health problem based on the research you conducted.

Construct a plausible plan that leverages the best practices and research collected to date as well as additional research into similar projects that you find in the literature. Be sure to frame your plan within the context of the health care setting in which you are completing your practicum hours. Incorporate relevant site-specific processes and policies into your implementation plan.

Use the Plan Proposal Template [DOC] to complete this assessment.

As you develop your plan, be sure to address the following:

• Collaboration and communication with patients and colleagues to improve health outcomes.
• Governmental or organizational policies that could affect the plan.
• Quality and safety improvement strategies.
• Technology at the site that could be leveraged.

Scoring Guide Criteria

• Propose a plan, referencing relevant existing and newly created processes, to implement an intervention to improve quality and safety, and reduce costs within the context of a chosen health problem.
• Analyze technology within a chosen health care practice context to support a proposed plan.
• Explain the ways in which existing governmental or organizational policies could impact the proposed plan.
• Explain strategies for communicating and collaborating with patients and interprofessional teams to improve health outcomes.
• Communicate professionally in writing that is clear, logically organized, and uses correct grammar, spelling, and APA style.

Additional Requirements

• Length of submission: Use the provided template. Most submissions will be 3 to 5 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.

  

FIRST PAPER

  

Benchmark – Nursing Process: Approach to Care

The nursing process is a tool that puts knowledge into practice. By utilizing this systematic problem-solving method, nurses can determine the health care needs of an individual and provide personalized care.

Write a paper (1,750-2,000 words) on cancer and approach to care based on the utilization of the nursing process. Include the following in your paper:

1. Describe      the diagnosis and staging of cancer.
2. Describe      at least three complications of cancer, the side effects of treatment, and      methods to lessen physical and psychological effects.
3. Discuss      what factors contribute to the yearly incidence and mortality rates of      various cancers in Americans.
4. Explain      how the American Cancer Society (ACS) might provide education and support.      What ACS services would you recommend and why?
5. Explain      how the nursing process is utilized to provide safe and effective care for      cancer patients across the life span. Your explanation should include each      of the five phases and demonstrate the delivery of holistic and      patient-focused care.
6. Discuss      how undergraduate education in liberal arts and science studies      contributes to the foundation of nursing knowledge and prepares nurses to      work with patients utilizing the nursing process. Consider mathematics,      social and physical sciences, and science studies as an interdisciplinary      research area.

You are required to cite to a minimum of four sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. 

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

RN-BSN

2.1: Incorporate liberal arts and science studies into nursing knowledge.

3.1 Utilize the nursing process to provide safe and effective care for patients across the life span.

SECOND PAPER

  

Advocacy Through Legislation

Nurses often become motivated to change aspects within the larger health care system based on their real-world experience. As such, many nurses take on an advocacy role to influence a change in regulations, policies, and laws that govern the larger health care system.

For this assignment, identify a problem or concern in your state, community, or organization that has the capacity for advocacy through legislation. Research the issue and use the “Advocacy Through Legislation” template to complete this assignment.

You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice. 

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. 

AttachmentsNRS-440V-RS4-AdvocacyThroughLegislation.docx

Advocacy Through Legislation

Identify a problem or concern in your state, community, or organization that has the capacity to be advocated through legislation. Research the issue and complete the sections below. For each topic that requires the listing of criteria, a minimum of two criteria should be identified and discussed. Add more rows as is appropriate for the topic/proposal.

  

Problem

In no more than 250 words, describe the   problem, who is affected, and the current ramifications. Explain the   consequences if the issue continues.

 

 

Idea for Addressing Solution

In no more than 250 words, outline your   idea for addressing the issue and explain why legislation is the best course   for advocacy.

 

 

Research the Issue

Perform research and compile information   for your idea. Present substantive evidence-based findings that support your   idea for addressing the problem (studies, research, and reports). Include any   similar legislation introduced or passed in other states.

 

Evidence 1

 

Evidence 2

 

 

Stakeholder Support

Discuss the stakeholders who would support   the proposed idea and explain why they would be in support.

 

Stakeholder(s) Supporting 1

 

Stakeholder(s) Supporting 2

 

 

Stakeholder Opposition

Discuss the stakeholders who would oppose   the proposed idea. Explain why they would be in opposition and how you would   prepare to debate or converse about these considerations.

 

Stakeholder(s) Opposed 1

 

Stakeholder(s) Opposed 2

 

 

Financial Incentives/Costs

In no more than 250 words, summarize the   financial impact for the issue and the idea (added costs, cost savings,   increased revenue, etc.). Provided support.

 

 

Legislature:   Information Needed and Process for Proposal

Discuss the how to advocate for your   proposal using legislation. Include the following:

 

Provide the name and complete contact   information for the legislator.

 

Describe the steps for how you would   present this to your legislator. 

 

Outline the process if your legislator chooses   to introduce your idea as a bill to congress.

 

Christian Principles and Nursing Advocacy

In no more than 250 words, discuss how principles   of a Christian worldview lend support to legislative advocacy in health care   without bias. Be specific as to how these principles help advocate for inclusiveness   and positive health outcomes for all populations, including those more   vulnerable, without regard to gender, sexual orientation, culture, race,   religion/belief, etc. 

 

      

Week 3: Database Searching, Synonyms, and Booleans for the Mathematical/Analytical Perspective of Inquiry (Weekly Written Assignment)

This assignment on database searching will help you prepare for your first perspectives paper. It is recommended that you complete this assignment first. This assignment will help you refine your database search based on your research questions for the mathematical/analytical perspective of inquiry. (You are not required to complete this document for the scientific perspective of inquiry, but you may choose to do so for your own purposes.)

Complete either worksheet format below and submit it to Blackboard for grading.

Worksheet PDF

Worksheet Word Document Format

 

Reflect on the current roles of advanced practice nurses in healthcare as the care providers at the front line of disease management and health promotion in primary care and many other specialty settings.

Below is an article that provides great practical information that highlights how provider productivity is calculated in the clinical setting, which is important to know as future nurse practitioners.

Follow APA guideline 

Less than 15 % similarity 

Calculating Your Worth: Understanding Productivity and Value- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4093517/ 

 Reflection 

What specific knowledge of the healthcare environment and leadership skills that you gained through this experience will be most important as you take on your future nurse-executive role? Describe a concrete way in which you anticipate using these skills and knowledge.

How will you use the concepts in this course to identify, guide and evaluate your final MSN practicum project?

Please review the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) nurse executive competencies (refer to the Week 1 lesson) and the American Nurses Association (ANA) Nursing Administration Standards of Professional Performance (refer to the Week 7 required reading: Marquis, B.L. & Huston, C.J. (2017). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (9th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins). Share how these will influence you as a nurse leader.