NR 351 Week 3 Graded Discussion Topic –

Integration of Evidence-Based Practice Into Professional – As the professional nurse, you realize that your nursing care area often sees patients with the same particularly challenging nursing care issue (NOT medical care issue). Include all of the following in your answer to this discussion:

• Identify the nursing care issue or problem and justify why it is a nursing care issue in need of
  implementation of evidence. Remember, this should not be a medical issue.
• Explain how you would search the nursing literature for evidence on this topic (including search
  terms you would use) and how you would critically appraise the evidence found in your search.
  NOTE: You do not need to perform the search and provide an article for this discussion, but you
  may do so if you like.

NR-351 Week 4 Graded Discussion Topic – Nursing Roles in Quality Improvement

How do nurses promote patient safety and improve quality at your workplace? How do you report errors
and near misses? What changes would you suggest be made on your unit or facility to improve a nonpunitive
culture of safety?