NR351 Foundational Concepts for the Practicing RN
Week 1
Collaboration Café: Time Management as an Online Student
Collaboration Café
Purpose
The purpose of this Collaboration Café is to reflect on time management as an online student.
Course Outcomes
This Collaboration Café enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 4: Apply concepts of ethics and professionalism to nursing practice, nursing roles, and academic development. (POs 5, 6)
CO 5: Discuss theories and evidence-based practice in the planning of patient-centered care. (POs 1, 8)
Due Date
Graded Collaboration Cafés in Weeks 1-7 are due Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. For courses with Week 8 graded Collaboration Cafés, the Collaboration Café will close on Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT. All Week 8 Collaboration Café requirements must be met by this deadline.
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Collaboration Café
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Abide by Chamberlain University's academic integrity policy. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Directions
Collaboration Café: Reflect on Knowledge
Step 1: Download the Time Management ToolLinks to an external site..
Step 2: Complete the Time Management Tool using the directions in the Time Management Tool video. Note: You will not submit the tool.
Step 3: Answer all questions/criteria below with explanations and detail.?No scholarly sources are required.
Paragraph 1: Reflect on your completed time management tool. What changes are needed to ensure ample time is available to meet course requirements?
Paragraph 2: Identify and discuss two self-care strategies to enhance your resilience during your academic journey. How will you implement these strategies?
Paragraph 3: Review Orem’s self-care deficit theory. How will you use this theory to enhance your work-life-school balance?
Posts should meet the following criteria:
Engage in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage with peers and/or faculty by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Respond to a peer and/or faculty post.
Provide additional information or clarification in the reply post.
Add depth to the Collaboration Café.
Communicate Professionally: Communicate professionally on all posts.
Communicate clearly and concisely.
Communicate respectfully, civilly, and caringly.
Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Participate: Participate during the assigned week. You are expected to meet the minimum participation requirement described below. You will receive a 10% point deduction in a graded discussion if you do not post at least two (2) times on at least two (2) different days during the assigned week.
Post in the Collaboration Café at least two times.
Post in the Collaboration Café on two different days.
Grading
To view the grading criteria/rubric, please click on the 3 dots in the box at the end of the solid gray bar above the Collaboration Café title and then Show Rubric.
NR351 Foundational Concepts for the Practicing RN
Week 3
Working in Healthcare Teams
Collaboration Café
Purpose
The purpose of this Collaboration Café is to reflect on communication and collaboration strategies in clinical practice. .
Course Outcomes
This Collaboration Café enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 3: Demonstrate effective communication and interprofessional collaboration in professional decision-making. (POs 3, 4)
CO 4: Apply concepts of ethics and professionalism to nursing practice, nursing roles, and academic development. (POs 5, 6)
Due Date
Graded Collaboration Cafés in Weeks 1-7 are due Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. For courses with Week 8 graded Collaboration Cafés, the Collaboration Café will close on Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT. All Week 8 Collaboration Café requirements must be met by this deadline.
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Collaboration Café
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Abide by Chamberlain University's academic integrity policy. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Directions
Collaboration Café: Reflect on Knowledge
Step 1: Complete the Implicit Bias Training assignment for this week. Engage in the readings and modules for the week.
Step 2: Answer all questions below with explanations and detail.?No scholarly sources are required.
Paragraph 1: How can your personal bias, behaviors, or attitudes affect mutual respect and communication with team members?
Paragraph 2: How can you demonstrate respect for the perspectives and experiences of other professionals on the interdisciplinary team?
Paragraph 3: What caring and noncaring communication behaviors have you seen in clinical practice?
Posts should meet the following criteria:
Engage in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage with peers and/or faculty by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Respond to a peer and/or faculty post.
Provide additional information or clarification in the reply post.
Add depth to the Collaboration Café.
Communicate Professionally: Communicate professionally on all posts.
Communicate clearly and concisely.
Communicate respectfully, civilly, and caringly.
Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Participate: Participate during the assigned week. You are expected to meet the minimum participation requirement described below. You will receive a 10% point deduction in a graded discussion if you do not post at least two (2) times on at least two (2) different days during the assigned week.
Post in the Collaboration Café at least two times.
Post in the Collaboration Café on two different days.
Grading
To view the grading criteria/rubric, please click on the 3 dots in the box at the end of the solid gray bar above the Collaboration Café title and then Show Rubric.
NR351 Foundational Concepts for the Practicing RN
Week 5 Discussion
Analyzing a Healthcare Facility
Purpose
The purpose of this discussion is to apply knowledge of healthcare systems to analyze local hospitals or clinics.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Plan leadership strategies within systems-based practice. (PO 2)
Due Date
Graded discussions in Weeks 1-7 are due Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. For courses with Week 8 graded discussions, the discussion will close on Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT. All Week 8 discussion requirements must be met by this deadline.
Total Points Possible: 100 points
Preparing the Discussion
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Abide by Chamberlain University's academic integrity policy. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Directions
Discussion: Apply Knowledge
Step 1: Look up a local healthcare hospital or clinic online. Include the facility information as one reference.
Step 2: Answer the discussion prompts below with explanation and detail.
Paragraph one: Explain the mission, vision, and values of the selected healthcare facility.
Paragraph two: Select one of the services the facility provides. How does this service serve as a benefit at the macro, meso, and micro levels?
Paragraph three: Search for the facility's financial services (also known as billing, payments, and accepted insurances). How does the payment type impact the delivery, access, or quality of care?
References: Provide complete references for all citations.
Posts should meet the following criteria:
Integrate Evidence: Cite at least two sources of evidence in weekly posts.
Integrate evidence from assigned reading(s) OR lesson.
Integrate evidence from at least one outside scholarly source as directed in the discussion directions.
Integrate evidence that supports the discussion.
Cite all scholarly sources, reading(s), OR lessons in an in-text citation within the post and include a complete reference at the bottom of the post.
Use sources no more than five years old unless they are historical references.
Engage in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage with peers and/or faculty by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Respond to a peer and/or faculty post.
Provide additional information or clarification in the reply post.
Add depth to the discussion.
Communicate Professionally: Communicate professionally on all posts.
Communicate clearly and concisely.
Communicate respectfully, civilly, and caringly.
Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Participate: Participate during the assigned week. You are expected to meet the minimum participation requirement described below. You will receive a 10% point deduction in a graded discussion if you do not post at least two (2) times on at least two (2) different days during the assigned week.
Post in the discussion at least two times.
Post in the discussion on two different days.
Grading
To view the grading criteria/rubric, please click on the 3 dots in the box at the end of the solid gray bar above the discussion title and then Show Rubric.?
NR351 Foundational Concepts for the Practicing RN
Week 7 Discussion
Workplace Culture
Purpose
The purpose of this discussion is to analyze topics related to the application of quality and safety practices in clinical practice.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 2: Identify safety and quality improvement strategies in nursing practice. (PO 7)
CO 3: Demonstrate effective communication and interprofessional collaboration in professional decision-making. (POs 3, 4)
CO 5: Discuss theories and evidence-based practice in the planning of patient-centered care. (POs 1, 8)
Due Date
Graded discussions in Weeks 1-7 are due Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. For courses with Week 8 graded discussions, the discussion will close on Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT. All Week 8 discussion requirements must be met by this deadline.
Total Points Possible: 100 points
Preparing the Discussion
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Abide by Chamberlain University's academic integrity policy. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Directions
Discussion: Apply Knowledge
Step 1: Consider your present or past employer.
Step 2: Answer the discussion prompts below with explanation and detail.
Paragraph one: Have you worked in a blame culture or culture of safety? Give specific examples to justify your answer.
Paragraph two: Were you afraid to complete incident reports in clinical practice? Why or why not?
Paragraph three: How can healthcare organizations incentivize staff to report errors and near misses? Describe a strategy to change the negative stigma that incident reports have.
References: Provide complete references for all citations.
Posts should meet the following criteria:
Integrate Evidence: Cite at least two sources of evidence in weekly posts.
Integrate evidence from assigned reading(s) OR lesson.
Integrate evidence from at least one outside scholarly source as directed in the discussion directions.
Integrate evidence that supports the discussion.
Cite all scholarly sources, reading(s), OR lessons in an in-text citation within the post and include a complete reference at the bottom of the post.
Use sources no more than five years old unless they are historical references.
Engage in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage with peers and/or faculty by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Respond to a peer and/or faculty post.
Provide additional information or clarification in the reply post.
Add depth to the discussion.
Communicate Professionally: Communicate professionally on all posts.
Communicate clearly and concisely.
Communicate respectfully, civilly, and caringly.
Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Participate: Participate during the assigned week. You are expected to meet the minimum participation requirement described below. You will receive a 10% point deduction in a graded discussion if you do not post at least two (2) times on at least two (2) different days during the assigned week.
Post in the discussion at least two times.
Post in the discussion on two different days.
Grading
To view the grading criteria/rubric, please click on the 3 dots in the box at the end of the solid gray bar above the discussion title and then Show Rubric.
NR351 Foundational Concepts for the Practicing RN
Week 8 Discussion
Graded Reflection
Collaboration Café
Purpose
The purpose of this Collaboration Café is to reflect on course outcomes, program outcomes, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials to expand self-awareness, identify knowledge gaps, and assess learning goals.
Course Outcomes
This Collaboration Café enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Plan leadership strategies within systems-based practice. (PO 2)
CO 2: Identify safety and quality improvement strategies in nursing practice. (PO 7)
CO 3: Demonstrate effective communication and interprofessional collaboration in professional decision-making. (POs 3, 4)
CO 4: Apply concepts of ethics and professionalism to nursing practice, nursing roles, and academic development. (POs 5, 6)
CO 5: Discuss theories and evidence-based practice in the planning of patient-centered care. (POs 1, 8)
Due Date
Graded Collaboration Cafés in Weeks 1-7 are due Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. For courses with Week 8 graded Collaboration Cafés, the Collaboration Café will close on Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT. All Week 8 Collaboration Café requirements must be met by this deadline.
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Collaboration Café
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Abide by Chamberlain University's academic integrity policy. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Directions
Collaboration Café: Reflect on Knowledge
Step 1: Reflect on your learning experience in this course. Answer all questions/criteria below with explanations and detail.?No scholarly sources are required.
Paragraph 1: How do you envision the concepts learned in this course in your future nursing practice as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse?
Paragraph 2: Examine the following program outcomes. Select one and reflect on how your learning in the course assisted in helping to achieve that outcome.
PO?4: Integrates clinical judgment in professional decision-making and implementation of the nursing process.
PO?5: Demonstrates responsibility for continued personal and professional development through enrollment in graduate education, continuing education degree programs, professional reading, and participation in professional organizations and community service.
PO?6: Implements professional nursing standards by practicing within the legal definitions of nursing practice and acts in accordance with the nursing code of ethics and American Nurses Association (ANA) standards of practice.
Paragraph 3: Examine the following competencies from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials. Select one and reflect on how the course assisted in achieving that competency.
4.1: Advance the scholarship of nursing.
5.1: Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery.
6.1: Communicate in a manner that facilitates a partnership approach to quality care delivery.
10.3: Develop capacity for leadership.
Posts should meet the following criteria:
Engage in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage with peers and/or faculty by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Respond to a peer and/or faculty post.
Provide additional information or clarification in the reply post.
Add depth to the Collaboration Café.
Communicate Professionally: Communicate professionally on all posts.
Communicate clearly and concisely.
Communicate respectfully, civilly, and caringly.
Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Participate: Participate during the assigned week. You are expected to meet the minimum participation requirement described below. You will receive a 10% point deduction in a graded discussion if you do not post at least two (2) times on at least two (2) different days during the assigned week.
Post in the Collaboration Café at least two times.
Post in the Collaboration Café on two different days.
Grading
To view the grading criteria/rubric, please click on the 3 dots in the box at the end of the solid gray bar above the Collaboration Café title and then Show Rubric.
