NSG 601 Module 1 Introduction and Overview

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NSG 601 Module 1 Introduction and Overview

NSG 601 Module 1 Introduction and Overview

Give a self-introduction to your classmates and faculty by the use of narrated slides in PowerPoint or through a voice thread. VT is an online audiovisual recording tool that allows you to create a presentation. See the VT resources in Canvas for more information.
Module 1 Introduction and Overview

Review the discussion board grading rubric for assignment criteria.

  1. Create two-three PowerPoint slides about you, your background, goals, and answer the questions below.
  2. Narrate them with VT or the Powerpoint audio recording tool.
  3. as stated in NSG 601 Module 1 Introduction and Overview, upload in the VoiceThread Course View or upload the Powerpoint slides as an attachment in the Discussion Board.
  4. Post the link to your VT to this discussion board.
  5. Note there is no live Zoom session option this term.
  • Describe
    • Your educational track or program (FNP, MHNP, Nurse Ed, Nurse Leader, Public health or other)
    • Your experience with any quality improvement initiative
    • A possible area for improvement that you have noticed in your workplace
    • Two take home points from the readings, videos, and resources reviewed

Initial post due by Thursday at 11:59 PM and two peer responses due by Sunday at 11:59 PM.

Hello, I would need to clarify a take away: although we are doing a simplified QI as nurses we are not taking the extra step and looking at the data/best practices nor taking the time to collect and implement the data into our daily practicen as required in NSG 601 Module 1 Introduction and Overview.  I have a newfound admiration for the QI department and the behind the scene work that they do- I am sure my appreciation will grow as I progress through this course.

Good Afternoon Roxanne,

First off I need to say, super cute Great Dane! I am completely inspired by the work you have done across the lifespan. From beginning your career with adolescent girls to now working with the geriatric population, I can only imagine the adaptability and flexibility it must take to have experiences with all different ages. The work you have done sounds rewarding and I want to thank you for pursuing a career path into psychiatric medicine as you have deemed that this is needed in your geriatric hospice population. I am currently pursuing my MSN on the PMHNP track and listening to your presentation was exciting as it reminded me of the options this degree can provide.

Also, in regard to your takeaway for the first week, I find it interesting and funny that I had not thought of Quality in an assessment, plan, implement and evaluate sense, the way that you described. You are so right, this is exactly what nurses do every day!

Hello Ruth!

Glad to meet you! I think its wonderful to hear about your long experience as a psychiatric nurse. I think its excellent hearing you talk about how fulfilling the experience of working in the psychiatric department has been for you, I can feel the passion in your voice! I work in the emergency department (ED) and rotate in the psychiatric areas and I greatly appreciate your dedication to such a vulnerable group. I can see you really have pushed yourself through the years to achieve such great educational/clinical goals and now have taken it to the next level on working your post masters degree!

During your PowerPoint presentation you spoke of a quality improvement area you had been working on in your department, specifically on readmissions, an area I know all to well.  Just the other day we had a patient come back to the ED with the same complaint three times in a twenty-four hour period! My first thoughts were “How do we let this happen” and “What can we do to prevent these occurrences” and we should be posing the question as a team about the “Why”? I was wondering what your thoughts/ideas were to improving the readmissions you had been seeing? What interventions or standards have been implemented in your workplace to decrease readmissions in this population?

At the current hospital I am working at I went around to different areas to check out their KPI boards and one of the focuses the psychiatric department took on was improving their re-evaluation process as stated in NSG 601 Module 1 Introduction and Overview. They reviewed charts and documented trends in order to analyze reasons for re-evaluation. The data collected looked at themes for re-evalutation, re-evaluations by shift and day, and lastly by time. according to Module 1 Introduction and Overview, a barrier was noted where they found there was incomplete chart reviews, which they felt it was due to COVID-19 and took action by extending the date for this barrier to be removed. I just wanted to share what I have learned and it was very enjoyable reading about all areas in the ED trying to make improvements.

Hope you have an amazing semester as well, I wish you the best!

-Chelsea Kimball

 

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