NR451 Assignments Latest 2021 September (Full)

NR451 RN Capstone

Week 3 Assignment

Healthcare Policy

Purpose

In this assignment, you will assess the impact of health legislation on nursing practice and communicate your analysis to your peers. GovTrack.us provides a list of federal health bills that are currently in process in Congressional Committees.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO 4: Integrates clinical nursing judgment using effective communication strategies with patients, colleagues, and other healthcare providers. (PO 4)

CO 7: Integrates the professional role of leader, teacher, communicator, and manager of care to plan cost-effective, quality healthcare to consumers in structured and unstructured settings. (PO 7)

Directions

Please review the infographic as way to guide you in getting started with your assignment: Developing an Assignment with Integrity (Links to an external site.)

View a short tutorial with tips for completing this assignment: Healthcare Policy Assignment Tutorial (Links to an external site.)

 (Links to an external site.)This assignment will be in the format of a PowerPoint presentation (Bullet points may be used).

You are educating your peers through this presentation regarding a federal bill you believe may be of interest to nurses.

Go to https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/health/6130 (Links to an external site.)

Choose a health-related federal bill of interest. Read through the bill and develop a summary in your own words. Include the bill number and name.

Here is a link to our U.S. legislative process (bill to law) for review, if needed: https://www.congress.gov/legislative-process (Links to an external site.)

For those not familiar with the development of a PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft Office 365 Training (Links to an external site.) may be helpful.

Include the following information in your presentation

Title slide (Your name, NR451, session, Healthcare Policy assignment)

Bill name and number (indicate either H.B. or S.B.)

Bill summary (in your own words)

Address how this bill might impact professional nursing practice standards if passed? If not passed?

How might the bill impact your own nursing practice?

How might you communicate your concerns about or support for this bill based on nursing practice, standards, or patient outcomes?

How might this bill impact your community?

References slide to include the Bill source in APA format.

No more than 12 slides

Template

There is no required form or template for this assignment. Please use PowerPoint best practices throughout your presentation.

Best Practices

The following are best practices in preparing this presentation.

Review directions and rubric thoroughly prior to beginning assignment.

Watch the short video tutorials on tips for completing the assignment and on developing a PowerPoint. Incorporate graphics, clip art, or photographs to increase interest.

Make slides easy to read with short bullet points and large font.

Please see the grading criteria and rubrics on this page.

Please use your browser's File setting to save or print this page.

Scholarly Sources and Citations

Cite all sources on the appropriate slides with (author, year) as well as on the Reference slide.

Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.

NR451 RN Capstone

Week 5 Assignment

iCARE Paper

Purpose

The purpose of the iCARE Paper assignment is to explore the concept of interprofessional teams and patient outcomes. Nursing supportive actions of compassion, advocacy, resilience, and evidence-based practice will serve as a way to apply care concepts.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO 1: Applies principles of nursing, theories, and the care philosophies to self, colleagues, individuals, families, aggregates and communities throughout the healthcare system. (PO 1)

CO 6: Plans clinical practice activities that integrate professional nursing standards in accordance with the Nursing Code of Ethics and the American Nurses' Association (ANA) standards of practice. (PO 6)

Purpose

The purpose of the iCARE Paper assignment is to explore the concept of interprofessional teams and patient outcomes. Nursing supportive actions of compassion, advocacy, resilience, and evidence-based practice will serve as a way to apply care concepts.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO 1: Applies principles of nursing, theories, and the care philosophies to self, colleagues, individuals, families, aggregates and communities throughout the healthcare system. (PO 1)

CO 6: Plans clinical practice activities that integrate professional nursing standards in accordance with the Nursing Code of Ethics and the American Nurses' Association (ANA) standards of practice. (PO 6)

Directions

Please review the infographic as way to guide you in getting started with your assignment: Developing an Assignment with Integrity (Links to an external site.)

View a short tutorial with tips for completing this assignment: iCARE Paper Tutorial (Links to an external site.)

Getting Started: Interprofessional teams are part of practice trends we see developing in all aspects of care delivery. Consider you own work environment (or recent clinical setting).

For this assignment, consider the concept of interprofessional teamwork and patient outcomes.

Look to your current workplace as an example. (If you are not currently employed, look to a past workplace or clinical practice area.)

Apply the components of the iCARE concept to interprofessional teams in a short paper. (Body of the paper to be 3 pages, excluding the title page and references page)

iCARE components are:

C ompassion

A dvocacy

R esilience

E vidence-Based Practice (EBP)

How could you contribute to an interprofessional team and patient outcomes through nursing actions of: compassion, advocacy, resilience, and evidence-based practice?

Select one scholarly nursing article from CINAHL as a resource for your paper.

Additional scholarly sources can be used but are optional.

When searching in the CINAHL database, please limit your search word to one component of the paper you wish to emphasize, such as ‘Resilience’.  Searching for the term iCARE will not produce the results you need.

Elements of iCARE paper

Title page

Below are the headings to be used for this assignment.

Introduction: (No heading needed here in APA) Explain the type of work setting you are discussing and whether interprofessional teams are currently present. If interprofessional teams are present, indicate a team function that could be improved. If interprofessional teams are NOT present, indicate what type of team you think might be possible in the setting.

Describe a nursing action item for each component below that could contribute to: interprofessional team support; how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.

Compassion

Advocacy

Resilience

Evidence-Based Practice

Summary: Include a summary statement of how iCARE components can support interprofessional teams and patient outcomes. Address how you may be able to influence this process of support for interprofessional teams overall in your unit or organization.

References: List any references used in APA format.

Templates

The prepared paper template is RECOMMENDED for this assignment.

iCare Assignment Template (Links to an external site.) - APA 7th edition

Only the APA 7th edition is to be used in this assignment.

Best Practices??

Please use your browser's File setting to save or print this page.

The template provided is recommended.

Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.?

Use the rubric as a final check prior to submission to ensure all content is clearly addressed.?

Scholarly Sources and Citations?

Use APA format for citations and references.

Please paraphrase throughout. One short quote is permitted.

NR451 RN Capstone

Week 6 Assignment

Evidence-Based Practice Change Process

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is:

To apply a change process using the ACE Star Model of Knowledge Transformation and a systematic review after identifying a clinical topic of concern and related nursing practice issue.

The information from the 'Illustration' part of our lessons in Weeks 1-6 will mentor you through this process. Your change process is to be set up as a pilot project.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO 2: Proposes leadership and collaboration strategies for use with consumers and other healthcare providers in managing care and/or delegating responsibilities for health promotion, illness prevention, health restoration and maintenance, and rehabilitative activities. (PO 2)

CO 8: Selects evidence for best practices when planning professional nursing care involving systems, processes, and devices for individuals, families, aggregates and communities. (PO 8)

Directions

Please do not use any of the Nurse Daniel information for your own topic, nursing intervention, or change project. Nurse Daniel serves as an example only to illustrate the change process.

Please review the infographic as way to guide you in getting started with your assignment: Developing an Assignment with Integrity (Links to an external site.)

View a short tutorial with tips for completing this assignment: Evidence-Based Practice Change Process Assignment Tutorial (Links to an external site.) or by reading the transcript (Links to an external site.).

Download the EBP Change Process form (Links to an external site.) during Week 1. The use of this specific form is REQUIRED

Identify a clinical topic and related nursing practice issue you think needs to be changed.

Locate a systematic review on your topic from the CCN Library databases. Be sure this involves nursing actions.

Work through each step of the ACE Star Model as outlined on the assignment form (Star Points 1-5: Discovery, Summary, Translation, Implementation, and Evaluation). Respond to the instructions provided on the form.

Follow the activities and thinking of Nurse Daniel in Weeks 1-6 in the 'Illustration' part of each lesson. He will be working through a clinical topic and nursing practice issue to demonstrate a change (ACE Star Model and systematic review).

Work on a portion of the process each week, as the illustration unfolds.

Best Practices

Please reach out to your instructor for feedback or assistance with your PICOT question as needed.

Required and Additional Background Reading in Weeks 1 and 2 under Readings is available for more information on the ACE Star Model and the use of systematic reviews.

Please see the grading criteria and rubrics on this page.

Please use your browser's File setting to save or print this page.

Scholarly Sources and Citations

Please cite any references (in APA format) of your systematic review or other scholarly document (optional) as needed.

Paraphrasing information, rather than quoting, is expected. No quotes for this assignment please!