Week 1 Discussion
After reading the article Nurses struggle to implement
evidence-based practice, reflect on your experiences with evidence-based care.
What barriers have you seen prevent
nurses from implementing evidence-based practices? What strategies have been
effective in removing those barriers?
Week 2 Discussion
This week’s textbook reading presented various nursing
theories. Which nursing theorist do you most closely identify with and why? How
has this individual impacted your personal nursing philosophy?
Week 3 Discussion
This week’s textbook reading presented ethics and legal
issues in nursing. What ethical dilemma, encountered in your nursing
experience, has affected you most? What have you learned from the situation?
Week 4 Discussion
Watch the video Health Determinants: A Framework for
Reaching Health People 2020 Goals. Reflect on a patient experience where you
encountered a health disparity that was a determinant to the patient’s health.
In hindsight, was there an opportunity where you should have acted to help
eliminate this but did not? Explain. What would you do differently next time
you encounter a similar situation?
Week 5 Discussion
During this week’s textbook reading, we took a look at the
dynamics of working in interprofessional teams. Reflect back on your
experiences working with interprofessional teams. Is there a particular
situation in which you should have spoken up for your patient, but did not?
Explain. What kept you from speaking up?
Week 6 Discussion
After reading the article,Transforming and Improving Health
Care through Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology, discuss how
meaningful use of data from electronic health records can be used to improve
population health. Have you seen connections between data collection gathered
from electronic health records and how you care for patients? Finally, reflect
on your nursing experiences to an incidence where the electronic health record
improved patient outcomes. How was the electronic health record used to improve
outcomes? What negative impact have you seen using the electronic health
record?
Week 7 Discussion
The Institute of Medicine’s report, The Future of Nursing:
Leading Change, Advancing Health, addresses the need for nursing leadership; it
discusses the potential for nursing to lead improvement and redesign the
healthcare delivery system. Take a look at the video Transforming Care at the
Bedside: Empowering Better Nursing Care to see what some nurses have done to
improve healthcare in their facilities. Based on your nursing experience, what
change would you like to implement to improve care? What are the first steps
you would take to implement the change?
Week 8 Discussion
This week, reflect on all that you have accomplished in this
course and throughout your program.
Consider the following items for this week's discussion, and discuss a
minimum of two. You are welcome, and
encouraged, to discuss as many as you like.
Do you think you will use the ePortfolio you created as a
career tool or for other purposes? How can the ePortfolio support the
professional goals you set?
How have you evolved as a nurse throughout the course of
your studies? Were there any unexpected
gains? Did you achieve all that you
hoped you would when you began the program?
What challenges did you overcome during your studies? How
did you rise above them?
Will your professional role with your colleagues, formal or
informal, change now that you have furthered your education and gained new
insights into the profession? Explain.
Recall one of your most memorable and/or most challenging
courses or assignments or academic experiences. Describe how this experience
impacted you professionally and/or personally.
What recommendations would you have for other RNs coming
into the program? What tips or words of advice would you offer?
Week 2 Reflection Assignment 1
This week, reflect up your personal nursing philosophy as it
has evolved over the course of your RN-BSN program at WCU. Identify specific
theorists you feel you most identify with. How does your personal nursing
philosophy, and the work you completed in your program support evidence of
meeting the following?
Essential IX: Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice
Outcome #18: Develop an awareness of patients' as well as
healthcare professionals’ spiritual beliefs and values and how those beliefs
and values impact health care.
Review your past academic work, evaluate your effectiveness
at meeting this program essential, and ponder the impact that this proficiency
will have on your future.
Identify how you met the essential by referring to the
assignment(s) specifically in your response. Additionally, reflect upon and
make connections between your academic experience and real-world applications.
Showcase your academic work related to this essential and
these outcomes in your ePortfolio and directly reference it in your reflection
response.
Recommended: Refer back to work you completed for NURS 500
Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice and LDR 432 Principles of
Leadership for Healthcare Organizations, as well as other courses to gather
academic examples and evidence of having met this essential.
Your reflection should be 1-1/2 to 2 pages and APA
formatted. Reference and cite any sources you use
Week 3 Reflection Assignment 2
This week, reflect on ethical principles and your
understanding of ethical decision-making frameworks as they have evolved over
the course of your RN-BSN program at WCU. Identify specific ethical standards
and moral conduct codes. How does your academic work support evidence of
meeting the following?
Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values
Outcome #1: Demonstrate the professional standards of moral,
ethical, and legal conduct.
Review your past academic work, evaluate your effectiveness
at meeting this program essential, and ponder the impact that this proficiency
will have on your future.
Identify how you met the essential by referring to the
assignment(s) specifically in your response. Additionally, reflect on and make
connections between your academic experience and real-world applications.
Showcase your academic work related to this essential and
these outcomes in your ePortfolio and directly reference it in your reflection
response.
Recommended: Refer to work you completed for NURS 521 Ethics
in Heath Care and NURS 510 Policy, Organization, and Financing of Health Care,
as well as other courses, to gather academic examples and evidence of having
met this essential.
Your reflection should be 1-1/2 to 2 pages and APA
formatted. Reference and cite any sources you use.
Week 4 Reflection Assignment 3
This week, reflect on your perception of healthcare delivery
models and the nurse's role in public health programs as it has evolved over
the course of your RN-BSN program at WCU. Identify specific healthcare delivery
models you support, and compare and contrast public health programs you are
familiar with. How does your academic work support evidence of meeting the
following?
Essential III: Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice
Outcome #2: Demonstrate an understanding of the basic
elements of the research process and models for applying evidence to clinical
practice.
Outcome #5: Participate in the process of retrieval,
appraisal, and synthesis of evidence in collaboration with other members of the
healthcare team to improve patient outcomes.
Outcome #6: Integrate evidence, clinical judgment,
interprofessional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning,
implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care.
Outcome #7: Collaborate in the collection, documentation,
and dissemination of evidence.
Review your past academic work, evaluate your effectiveness
at meeting this program essential, and ponder the impact that this proficiency
will have on your future.
Identify how you met the essential by referring to the
assignment(s) specifically in your response. Additionally, reflect on and make
connections between your academic experience and real-world applications.
Showcase your academic work related to this essential and
these outcomes in your ePortfolio and directly reference it in your reflection
response.
Recommended: Refer to work you completed for NURS 561 Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention and NURS 350 Research in Nursing, as well as
other courses, to gather academic examples and evidence of having met this
essential.
Your reflection should be 1-1/2 to 2 pages, and APA
formatted. Reference and cite any sources you use.
Submit your assignment here for grading. When your instructor returns the graded
assignment, make any recommended revisions and submit a polished copy to your
ePortfolio.
Week 5 Reflection Assignment 4
This week, reflect on your perception of change theory,
management roles and nursing leadership, communication conflict, and the nurse
management role in patient care as it has evolved over the course of your
RN-BSN program at WCU. Identify specific leadership models you support, and
compare and contrast communication techniques for patient-centered care
effectiveness. How does your academic work support evidence of meeting the
following?
Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values
Outcome #3: Promote the image of nursing by modeling the
values and articulating the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the nursing
profession.
Review your past academic work, evaluate your effectiveness
at meeting this program essential, and ponder the impact that this proficiency
will have on your future.
Identify how you met the essential by referring to the
assignment(s) specifically in your response. Additionally, reflect on and make
connections between your academic experience and real-world applications.
Showcase your academic work related to this essential and
these outcomes in your ePortfolio and directly reference it in your reflection
response.
Recommended: Refer to the work you completed forNURS 510
Policy, Organization, and Financing of Health Care and LDR 432 Principles of
Leadership for Healthcare Organizations, as well as other courses, to gather
academic examples and evidence of having met this essential.
Your reflection should be 1–2 pages APA formatted. Reference
and cite any sources you use.
Week 7
Final Goals Presentation
This week, you will submit your presentation using the
Kaltura recording tool within Blackboard. See the Getting Started with Kaltura
link listed under the Resources area in your course menu to learn how to use
this tool. Your presentation must
include both audio and visual components and be professional in nature.
Follow these assignment parameters in your presentation:
Identify three short-term goals and three long-term goals
related to your professional aspirations. You may also include a five-year plan
if you wish. These goals should be reasonable within the time frames presented.
Describe how you plan to meet your professional goals:
What steps will you take?
What milestones will you set? (How will you know you are
making progress?)
How will you use your strengths to meet your goals?
What challenges do you foresee, and how will you overcome
them to meet your goals?
Include opportunities to leverage your ePortfolio and other
resources to meet your goals.
Explain how this nursing program and specific courses or
assignments within it impacted your goals (goals met and goals still to
achieve).
Identify specific achievements during your program (e.g., a
goal GPA, an attendance goal, certificates, improved writing skills).
Self-evaluate your success at meeting the program outcomes
and essentials.
Identify memorable assignments or courses, epiphanies, or
moments when your course work directly impacted your professional work.
Describe your current nursing philosophy and reflect on how
it supports your goals and aspirations.
Be sure to include an introduction (introduce yourself
briefly) and a conclusion to your presentation.
Your presentation should be between 7 and 12 minutes long.
Week 8
Final e-Portfolio
Your ePortfolio will be organized with the following pages.
Items with an asterisk (*) are not required, but are highly recommended when
possible. Additional academic and career items may be added as appropriate.
Keep your audience, instructors and career professionals, in mind as you
consider the design, tone, and style of your ePortfolio. Review the rubric to
see how your final ePortfolio will be graded, and ask questions of your
instructor in advance. Be sure to allow time for proofreading and editing.
Welcome Page/Landing Page
Brief professional biography 1–2 paragraphs (picture
optional)
Brief career statement 1–2 paragraphs (nursing philosophy
statement examples)
CV Page
CV/Resume (current)
(What to include on a nursing resume.)
Reflection Assignments and Evidence of Meeting Essentials
Page
Reflection #1 and supporting artifacts (artifacts may be in
the form of documents, PowerPoint, video, audio, etc.)
Reflection #2 and supporting artifacts
Reflection #3 and supporting artifacts
Reflection #4 and supporting artifacts
Additional Exemplary Course Work
Patient Education Plans
Professional Goals Page
Week 7 Long- and Short–Term Goals Presentation
Nursing Competencies (RN-BSN) Page
AACN Essential s for Baccalaureate Education for
Professional Nursing Practice (These will be preloaded into your ePortfolio for
you.)
Professional Development Page
Nurse Management Certificate from ATI Academy*
Academic and Professional Awards and Certificates*
Community Service and Volunteer Work*
Professional Affiliations (links to online organizations)*
Licenses and Certifications*
Academic Badges*
Career Resources Page
Networking contacts (peers and associates)
Professional references/Letters of appreciation
eBusiness cards* (also called vCards)
Submitting Your ePortfolio for Grading
When you have completed all work on your ePortfolio, and it
is ready for grading, download it from Foliotek and attach the zip file here.
Following these instructions.
