NR581NP Foundational Concepts for Advanced Nursing Practice by Cristina Myers
Week 1: Discussion
Week 1 Success Strategies for Graduate Nursing Education Discussion
Purpose
The purpose of the graded collaborative discussions is to engage faculty and students in an interactive dialogue to assist the student in organizing, integrating, applying, and critically appraising scholarly literature regarding success strategies for graduate nursing education. Meaningful dialogue among faculty and students fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This discussion will support the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.
Course Outcomes
This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Due Date
In Week 1, initial posts are due to the discussion forum by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Instructor and peer responses are due by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Students must post on a minimum of two separate days. A 10% late penalty will be imposed for discussions posted after the deadline Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT, regardless of the number of days late. NOTHING will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday (i.e., the student will receive an automatic 0).
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Discussion
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Discuss two factors that motivated you to enroll in the master’s degree program in nursing (MSN).
Identify three Chamberlain resources available to support your success in the MSN program.
Explain how you will use two self-care strategies to enhance your resilience while completing your education.
Evaluate the adequacy of resources available to support your self-care management. Are the resources adequate? If not, describe what additional resources are needed and how to obtain them.
Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:
Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers and faculty by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.
Saturday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Saturday, 11:59 p.m. MT of this week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.
Week 2 NP Scope of Practice Worksheet Assignment
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to examine the nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice requirements in their intended state of practice.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcome:
CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
CO 3: Appraise policies, evidence-based practices, and ethical principles for advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 3, 4, 5)
CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Due Date
Students must complete the Week 2 Scope of Practice Worksheet and submit it to the dropbox by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT.
Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that assignment for each day the assignment is late. Assignments will be accepted, with penalty as described, up to a maximum of three days late. After that point, a zero will be recorded for the assignment.
Total Points Possible: 175
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General instructions
Download and complete NR581NP NP Scope of Practice Worksheet template
Links to an external site.. Use of the template is required.
Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric)
Intended State of Practice
Identify the state in which you intend to practice.
Identify the source used to obtain information about the NP scope of practice in that state. Appropriate sources include state boards of nursing or regulatory bodies.
Educational and Certification Requirements
Describe the educational requirements for NP licensure in the state in which you intend to practice.
Describe the certification requirements for NP licensure in the state in which you intend to practice.
Practice Environment
Identify the state practice environment (full, reduced, or restricted NP practice).
If the state has reduced or restricted NP practice, specify what supervision or collaborative practice agreements are required. (Students who intend to practice in California should also include the use of written standard procedures that guide NP practice in the state and physician supervision ratios).
Prescribing Regulations
Discuss NP prescriptive authority in the intended state of practice.
Explain regulations related to prescribing controlled substances.
Continuing Education
Describe the continuing education requirements for ongoing NP practice.
Submit your completed assignment to the Week 2 Dropbox.
Week 2: Collaboration Café
Week 2 History of Advanced Nursing Practice Role
Collaboration Café
Purpose
The purpose of the graded collaboration café is to engage students with their peers in an interactive dialogue to organize, integrate, apply, and critically appraise knowledge for nurse practitioner (NP) practice. Meaningful dialogue fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This collaboration café supports the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Due Date
Initial posts are due to the discussion forum by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Peer responses are due by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Students must post on a minimum of two separate days. A 10% late penalty will be imposed for discussions posted after the deadline Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT, regardless of the number of days late. NOTHING will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday (i.e., the student will receive an automatic 0).
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Collaboration Café
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Review the history of the advanced nursing practice role and answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Describe factors that supported the development of the advanced nursing practice role.
Analyze barriers to advanced nursing practice.
Examine either the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials or role-specific competencies related to your advanced practice role. Identify the selected competencies. Discuss one domain or competency area in which you excel and one in which you have growth opportunities.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
Respond to at least one peer.
Respond to a second peer post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the collaboration café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.
Week 3: Discussion
Week 3 Nursing or Interprofessional Theories
Discussion
Purpose
The purpose of the graded collaborative discussions is to engage faculty and students in an interactive dialogue to assist the student in organizing, integrating, applying, and critically appraising scholarly literature regarding the application of nursing theory to practice. Meaningful dialogue among faculty and students fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This discussion will support the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.
Course Outcomes
This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Due Date
Initial posts are due to the discussion forum by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Instructor and peer responses are due by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Students must post on a minimum of two separate days. A 10% late penalty will be imposed for discussions posted after the deadline Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT, regardless of the number of days late. NOTHING will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday (i.e., the student will receive an automatic 0).
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Discussion
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Identify and briefly describe a nursing or interprofessional theory that may be used in advanced nursing practice.
Explain the relevance of the theory to your intended practice specialty.
Describe a current healthcare issue, societal need, or practice problem.
Analyze how the theory you selected could be applied to address the problem.
Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:
Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers and faculty by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.
Week 4 Implicit Bias Training Assignment
Purpose
Awareness of the pervasiveness and implications of implicit bias and how bias affects clients and interactions within the healthcare system is foundational to advancing health outcomes and equity. This assignment explores how implicit bias negatively impacts health outcomes and actionable steps healthcare professionals can take to mitigate and counter bias personally and professionally.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
CO 2: Integrate concepts related to person-centered care in advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 2, 3, 5)
CO 3: Appraise policies, evidence-based practices, and ethical principles for advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 3, 4, 5)
CO 4: Analyze interprofessional partnerships to enhance practice and patient/population health outcomes. (POs 3, 4, 5)
CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Due Date
The assignment is due by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT.
The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment:
Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that assignment for each day the assignment is late. Assignments will be accepted, with penalty as described, up to a maximum of three days late, after which point a zero will be recorded for the assignment. Quizzes and discussions are not considered assignments and are not part of the late assignment policy.
Total Points Possible: 180
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General Instructions
Go to the Addressing Implicit Bias modules.
Click the Enroll in Course button.
Click the Go to the Course button.
Important Note: Be sure to add a bookmark to your browser for the modules.
Complete all modules of the Addressing Implicit Bias modules.
If you cannot complete the modules in one sitting, just use the bookmark you created above to access the course.
Download and save the certificate of completion.
Submit the certificate of completion to the Week 4 assignment dropbox.
Week 4: Collaboration Café
Week 4 Person-Centered Care and Cultural Humility
Collaboration Café
Purpose
The purpose of the graded collaboration café is to engage students with their peers in an interactive dialogue to organize, integrate, apply, and critically appraise knowledge for nurse practitioner (NP) practice. Meaningful dialogue fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This collaboration café supports the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
CO 2: Integrate concepts related to person-centered care in advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 2, 3, 5)
CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Due Date
Initial posts are due to the discussion forum by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Peer responses are due by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Students must post on a minimum of two separate days. A 10% late penalty will be imposed for discussions posted after the deadline Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT, regardless of the number of days late. NOTHING will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday (i.e., the student will receive an automatic 0).
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Collaboration Café
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail:
Define what person-centered care means to you.
Describe how you will apply principles of holistic nursing, cultural humility, and self-reflection in your future role as an advanced practice nurse.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
Respond to at least one peer.
Respond to a second peer post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the collaboration café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.
Week 5: Discussion
Week 5 Issues in Healthcare
Discussion
Purpose
The purpose of the graded collaborative discussions is to engage faculty and students in an interactive dialogue to assist the student in organizing, integrating, applying, and critically appraising scholarly literature regarding systems in healthcare and healthcare policy. Meaningful dialogue among faculty and students fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This discussion will support the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.
Course Outcomes
This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
CO 3: Appraise policies, evidence-based practices, and ethical principles for advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 3, 4, 5)
CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Due Date
Initial posts are due to the discussion forum by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Instructor and peer responses are due by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Students must post on a minimum of two separate days. A 10% late penalty will be imposed for discussions posted after the deadline Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT, regardless of the number of days late. NOTHING will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday (i.e., the student will receive an automatic 0).
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Discussion
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General instruction:
Locate a news story or other resource from the last six months regarding an issue in healthcare and answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge
Summarize the issue.
Discuss how the issue may impact nursing practice at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of the healthcare system.
Analyze how healthcare policy impacts the issue.
Include a link to the news story or resource.
Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:
Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers and faculty by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.
Week 6 Addressing Ethical Dilemmas Assignment
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to identify and respond to ethical dilemmas in the healthcare setting. This assignment will allow for the discovery of ethical principles and supports the professional formation of the nurse practitioner practice role.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
CO 2: Integrate concepts related to person-centered care in advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 2, 3, 5)
CO 3: Appraise policies, evidence-based practices, and ethical principles for advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 3, 4, 5)
CO 4: Analyze interprofessional partnerships to enhance practice and patient/population health outcomes. (POs 3, 4, 5)
CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Due Date
Submit your presentation to the Dropbox by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 6.
Students are expected to submit assignments by the time they are due. Assignments submitted after the due date and time will receive a deduction of 10% of the total points possible for that assignment for each day the assignment is late. Assignments will be accepted, with a penalty as described, up to a maximum of three days late, after which point a zero will be recorded for the assignment. Quizzes and discussions are not considered assignments and are not part of the late assignment policy.
Total Points Possible: 225
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General Instructions
Create a PowerPoint Presentation
Links to an external site. and address the following requirements:
Use Microsoft PowerPoint to create the presentation. Submit the presentation as a .ppt or .pptx file to the Week 6 Dropbox.
The presentation should total 8-15 slides (excluding title and reference slides).
Create slides that are professional in appearance and tone and balanced spatially including words and graphics.
Follow APA rules for grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation consistent with formal, scholarly writing.
Include speaker notes for all slides except the title and reference slides. Use complete sentences.
Important Note: Please do not add recorded voice narration to the PPT.
Include in-text citations in APA format when applicable. Use the Notes Page view feature in PowerPoint to include speaker notes.
Abide by Chamberlain University's academic integrity policy.
Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric)
Title Slide
Introduction (1 slide): Identify the purpose of the presentation.
Advanced Nursing Role (1-2 slides): Explain three ways advanced practice nurses can contribute to the resolution of ethical dilemmas in healthcare. Provide citations to scholarly references to support your assertions.
Description of an Ethical Dilemma (2-4 slides): Describe a fictional ethical dilemma or a dilemma you have encountered in your nursing practice. Identify the stakeholders and describe how the situation impacts them. You may reuse the information you wrote for this week’s collaboration café.
Ethical Analysis (2-4 slides): Analyze the ethical principles in the conflict. Discuss which provisions of the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics apply. Provide citations to scholarly references to support your assertions.
Recommendations (1-3 slides): Provide at least three recommendations for resolving the ethical dilemma. Provide citations to scholarly references to support your assertions.
Conclusion (1 slide): Summarize the key points of the presentation.
References: Reference elements provided in APA format, may use bullets. Hanging indents are not required.
Week 6: Collaboration Café
Week 6 Ethical Dilemma
Collaboration Café
Purpose
The purpose of the graded collaboration café is to engage students with their peers in an interactive dialogue to organize, integrate, apply, and critically appraise knowledge for nurse practitioner (NP) practice. Meaningful dialogue fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This collaboration café supports the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
CO 3: Appraise policies, evidence-based practices, and ethical principles for advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 3, 4, 5)
CO 4: Analyze interprofessional partnerships to enhance practice and patient/population health outcomes. (POs 3, 4, 5)
CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Due Date
Initial posts are due to the discussion forum by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Peer responses are due by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Students must post on a minimum of two separate days. A 10% late penalty will be imposed for discussions posted after the deadline Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT, regardless of the number of days late. NOTHING will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday (i.e., the student will receive an automatic 0).
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Collaboration Café
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge:
Describe a fictional ethical dilemma or a dilemma you have encountered in your nursing practice.
Identify the key stakeholders.
Describe how the situation impacts the key stakeholders.
*Note: Peer responses should provide suggestions for how to address the ethical dilemma.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
Respond to at least one peer.
Respond to a second peer post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the collaboration café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.
Week 7: Discussion
Week 7 Incivility in the Workplace
Discussion
Purpose
The purpose of the graded collaborative discussions is to engage faculty and students in an interactive dialogue to assist the student in organizing, integrating, applying, and critically appraising scholarly literature regarding systems in healthcare and healthcare policy. Meaningful dialogue among faculty and students fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This discussion will support the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.
Course Outcomes
This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
CO 3: Appraise policies, evidence-based practices, and ethical principles for advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 3, 4, 5)
CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Due Date
Initial posts are due to the discussion forum by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Instructor and peer responses are due by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Students must post on a minimum of two separate days. A 10% late penalty will be imposed for discussions posted after the deadline Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT, regardless of the number of days late. NOTHING will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday (i.e., the student will receive an automatic 0).
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Discussion
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge: Reflect on an experience in which you were directly involved or witnessed incivility in the workplace and answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Provide a brief synopsis of the situation.
Describe how the situation made you feel. Discuss your response or the response of others involved.
What were the consequences of this situation? Provide an example of how this affected the work environment and outcomes.
How could the situation have been prevented? Discuss evidence-based strategies to support a healthy work environment.
Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:
Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers and faculty by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.
Week 8 ePortfolio Assignment
Purpose
The purpose of the ePortfolio assignment is to provide the graduate nurse practitioner student with an opportunity to synthesize and reflect on the process of becoming an entry-level nurse practitioner. This process will include a psychomotor, affective, and cognitive growth review throughout the program and involves professional self-assessment. In addition, the ePortfolio provides evidence of what the graduate NP student has accomplished during their graduate education and how the MSN program outcomes, AACN Essentials, and NONPF nurse practitioner competencies have been satisfied. In each course, students will upload artifacts to the ePortfolio that demonstrate achievement.
Chamberlain College of Nursing MSN Program Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following program outcomes:
PO 1: Provide high-quality, safe, patient, centered care grounded in holistic health principles.
PO 2: Create a caring environment for achieving quality health outcomes.
PO 3: Engage in lifelong personal and professional growth through reflective practice and appreciation of cultural diversity.
PO 4: Integrate professional values through scholarship and service in health care.
PO 5: Advocate for positive health outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice.
Due Date
Course artifacts are due to the ePortfolio by Saturday at 11:59 pm MT of Week 8
Total Points Possible
This assignment is worth 10 points.
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General instructions:
The ePortfolio assignment is embedded in all courses throughout the nurse practitioner program. For Week 8 in each course, you will upload selected assignments to the Course Artifacts section of the portfolio. In your capstone practicum course, you will complete the Introduction section of the ePortfolio.
Course Artifacts should collectively demonstrate growth in critical thinking, new graduate nurse practitioner clinical competence, scholarly writing, and professional development that occurred during the program of study.
If you have not done so already, begin by setting up your ePortfolio. Use the guide
Links to an external site. and view the ePortfolio tutorials in the Student Resource Center
Links to an external site. for further guidance.
Use the "Organize/Manage Pages" feature to add an NR581NP page to the Course Artifacts section of your ePortfolio.
Click "Edit this Page" to name pages and add content using Rich Text Editor
Location: Right side of ePortfolio editing screen
Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric):
NR581NP Artifacts:
Submit the following assignments using the File/Image Upload to the NR581NP page. The file should include the submitted assignments.
Week 2 NP Scope of Practice Worksheet
Week 4 Implicit Bias Training Certificate of Completion
Week 8 Collaboration Café-Initial post
Provide the ePortfolio link to the Week 8 ePortfolio dropbox by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Ensure your ePortfolio is set to” Make it Public”.
Week 8: Collaboration Café
Week 8 Reflection on Learning
Collaboration Café
Purpose
The purpose of the graded Collaboration Café is to engage students with their peers in an interactive dialogue to organize, integrate, apply, and critically appraise knowledge for nurse practitioner (NP) practice. Meaningful dialogue fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This Collaboration Café supports the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Examine essential competencies and underpinnings across advanced nursing practice roles. (POs 2, 5)
CO 2: Integrate concepts related to person-centered care in advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 2, 3, 5)
CO 3: Appraise policies, evidence-based practices, and ethical principles for advanced nursing practice. (POs 1, 3, 4, 5)
CO 4: Analyze interprofessional partnerships to enhance practice and patient/population health outcomes. (POs 3, 4, 5)
CO 5: Demonstrate professional competencies in the formation of the advanced nursing practice role. (POs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Due Date
Initial posts are due to the discussion forum by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Peer responses are due by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Students must post on a minimum of two separate days. A 10% late penalty will be imposed for discussions posted after the deadline Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT, regardless of the number of days late. NOTHING will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. MT on Saturday (i.e., the student will receive an automatic 0).
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Collaboration Café
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Include the following sections:
Application of Course Knowledge:
Reflect on your learning experience. Which concepts stood out to you and made an impact? How do you envision using the concepts learned in this course in your future nursing practice as a master’s prepared nurse?
Describe how course learning activities and assignments will help you achieve MSN Program Outcome 3: Engage in lifelong personal and professional growth through reflective practice and appreciation of cultural diversity. (Cultural Humility).
Describe how course learning activities and assignments will help you achieve ONE of the subcompetencies listed below that are related to the AACN Essentials Competency 1.1: Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of nursing’s distinct perspective and where shared perspectives exist with other disciplines listed below.
1.1e: Translate evidence from nursing science as well as other sciences into practice
1.1f: Demonstrate the application of nursing science to practice
1.1g: Integrate an understanding of nursing history in advancing nursing’s influence in health care
Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
Respond to at least one peer.
Respond to a second peer post.
Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the Collaboration Café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.