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NR500 Foundational Concepts and Applications

Week 3 Assignment

Addressing Bias

The Addressing Bias assignment must be completed by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (MT) at the end of Week 3. This assignment is worth 12.5% of your overall grade. The details for this assignment are located and listed below. Please note that this assignment goes to Turnitin.

Week 3: Addressing Bias (Links to an external site.)

Purpose

In today’s current healthcare settings, the increasing diversity, globalization, and expanding technologies produce complex ethical pressures that influence nursing practice and practice outcomes. To be effective in a master’s-prepared advanced nurse practice role it is important to understand personal values, beliefs, strengths, and limitations. The purpose of this assessment is to promote introspective reflection related to implicit and/or explicit personal biases. Students will develop a plan to reduce bias and promote personal and professional growth.

Course Outcomes

CO 1: Examine roles and competencies of master’s-prepared nurses essential to performing as leaders and advocates of holistic, safe, and quality care. (PO 1-5)

CO 2: Apply concepts of person-centered care to nursing practice situations. (PO 1, 2, 5)

Total Points Possible

This assessment is worth 125 points.

Due Date

Submit your file(s) by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 3.

Students are given the opportunity to request an extension on assignments for emergent situations. Supporting documentation must be submitted to the assigned faculty. If the student’s request is not approved, the assignment is graded and a late penalty is applied as follows:

Monday = 10% of total possible point reduction

Tuesday = 20% of total possible point reduction

Wednesday = 30% of total possible point reduction

If the student’s request is approved, the student will be informed of the revised due date. Should the student fail to meet the revised due date, the assignment is graded and a late penalty is applied as follows:

Monday = 10% of total possible point reduction

Tuesday = 20% of total possible point reduction

Wednesday = 30% of total possible point reduction

Requirements

Criteria for Content

Complete a self-inventory on personal biases you hold. The biases might be implicit or explicit.

In a one to two-page summary, address the following.

Identify your selected specialty track (education, executive, family nurse practitioner, healthcare policy, or nursing informatics).

Discuss how biases can impact outcomes in selected nursing practice settings.

Identify personal biases and attitudes toward people with various cultural, gender, sexual orientation, age, weight, and religions that are different than your own.

Select one bias that you have.

Develop one strategy to reduce this bias.

Preparing the paper

Submission Requirements

Application: Use Microsoft Word 2013™ to create the written assessment.

Length: The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) is at maximum two pages.

A minimum of two (2) scholarly literature references must be used. Make sure to use references that are current, no older than 5 years.

NR500 Foundational Concepts and Applications

Week 5 Assignment

Artistic Expression – Concept of Caring

Guidelines with Scoring Rubric

PURPOSE

Nursing practice is both an art and a science with caring as a central concept to nursing practice and the profession of nursing. Caring is influenced by the nurse’s knowledge, skills, and attitudes formed through lifelong learning and experiences. The purpose of this assessment is to explore definitions of caring in nursing. Students will create a definition of caring and an artistic expression of their perception on caring.

COURSE OUTCOMES

Through this assessment, the student will meet the following Course Outcomes.

CO 1: Examine roles and competencies of master’s-prepared nurses essential to performing as leaders and advocates of holistic, safe, and quality care.

CO 2: Apply concepts of person-centered care to nursing practice situations.

TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE

This assessment is worth 125 points.

DUE DATE

Submit your file(s) by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 5.

This assignment will be submitted in two parts:

Part I: Submission of an original artistic representation of your perception on caring in nursing. This portion of the assignment will be submitted below.

Part II: Submission of the 1-2 page written paper. This portion of the assignment will be submitted on the next course page.

You will receive one grade for Part I and Part II.

REQUIREMENTS

Criteria for Content

Take a moment to reflect on how you demonstrate caring in your current professional practice.

1. Create an original artistic representation of your perception on caring in nursing.

a. Drawings must be original and hand drawn by the student. It is strongly advised that you sign and date your original drawing.

b. Drawings should be formatted on an 8.5 x 11inch document and submitted as a PDF.

c. Poems or short-story – Word document 1 page in length

2. In a one- to two-page written paper, address the items on the assignment rubric.

PREPARING THE PAPER

Submission Requirements

1. Application: Use Microsoft Word 2013™ to create the written component of this assessment.

2. Length:

a. The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) should be at least one but no more than two pages.

b. Artistic representation submitted as a PDF or Word document

3. A minimum of three (3) scholarly literature references must be used.

NR500 Foundational Concepts and Applications

Week 7 Assignment

Cultivating Healthful Environments

PURPOSE

Master’s-prepared advanced practice nurses participate in and demonstrate fair and unbiased interactions within all workplace settings. As a member of the nursing profession, and a leader, you are encouraged to implement strategies that promote and cultivate cultures of civility, regardless of practice setting. The purpose of this assessment is to analyze the issue of incivility and apply best practices to cultivate healthful environments.

Submit your file(s) by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 7.

REQUIREMENTS

Criteria for Content

Reflect on the issue of incivility. Think of an experience in which you were directly involved or witnessed incivility in the workplace. Analyze scholarly literature related to the issue of incivility and strategies for cultivating healthful environments.

1. In a four- to six-page written paper, address the following.

a. Define and explain the issue of incivility. Use scholarly nursing literature.

b. Discuss the importance of this issue to nursing. Address the impact of incivility on individuals, microsystem work environments, and the profession of nursing. In this section, use at least three (3) different scholarly nursing literature sources to support your work. Remember to include matching references for each.

c. Provide a scenario (real or fictitious) of incivility in a practice setting. What was the impact on the individuals involved? How was the work environment affected?

d. Describe three strategies for creating a healthful environment. Use scholarly nursing literature to support each strategy.

e. Identify your selected specialty track (education, executive, family nurse practitioner, healthcare policy, or nursing informatics). Provide two examples of strategies you will implement in your master’s-prepared advanced practice role to cultivate a healthful work environment.

f. Provide a conclusion. Include a summary on the issue of incivility, strategies to create healthful environments, specialty track, and how you will contribute to cultivating healthful environments in your future professional practice. Include a self-reflection.

PREPARING THE PAPER

Submission Requirements

1. Application: Use Microsoft Word 2013™.

2. Length: The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) is at minimum four (4) pages and at maximum six (6) pages.

3. A minimum of four (4) scholarly nursing literature references must be used.

4. Submission: Submit your