MSN 6011 Unit 10 DQ1 Self-Assessment

MSN 6011 Unit 10 DQ1 Self-Assessment

For this discussion, you will complete a self-assessment of
your knowledge, skills, and confidence with applying evidence-based practice
and the competencies outlined in Table 7 of the Mazurek Melnyk et al. (2014)
article. There are no right or wrong answers—this exercise is to assist you
in knowing your strengths and areas for improvement, based on your level of
experience.

In your post, specifically address the following points:

Which of the competencies presented in the article do you
believe are already a part of your practice?

Provide an example of how you apply one or more of these
competencies in your practice.

Which of the competencies presented in the article that are
not already part of your practice do you believe have the most potential to
improve your practice?

Why do you think these competencies have the most potential
to improve your practice?

How do you plan to work on incorporating these competencies
into your practice?

What resources, training, or mentoring might help you to do
this?

Response Guidelines

Review the responses of your peers and respond to at least
two of them. In your response, consider addressing one or more of the
following:

A comparison of the competencies that are most relevant to
the practices of both you and your peer.

A suggestion about other strategies or resources that could
help your peer integrate competencies into their practice.

Resources

Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

The Establishment of Evidence-Based Practice Competencies
for Practicing Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses in Real-World
Clinical Settings: Proficiencies to Improve Healthcare Quality, Reliability,
Patient Outcomes, and Costs.

DQ2 Course Reflection

For this discussion, please reflect on your experiences and
learning throughout this course. In your response, consider the following:

What have been the most useful and interesting skills you
have obtained or content you have learned about?

How do you envision, or how have you already been, applying
aspects of your course work in your practice?

Finally, comment on one area of the course for which you
wish there had been more content or instruction. How do you think this would
have contributed to your learning and experience in this course?

Response Guidelines

Review the responses of your peers and respond to at least
two of them. In your response, consider addressing one or more of the
following:

How your course experiences were similar or different.

How your plans to apply your learning in this course to your
practice are similar or different.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.

Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.

One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.

I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.

In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.

Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).

Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).

Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.

I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.

As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.

It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

Lopes Write Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to Lopes Write, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.

Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.

Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?

Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.

Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.

If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.

I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.

As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:

Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.

Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.