NRS 493 Wk 8 Leadership and Economic Discussion GCU

Students are required to submit weekly reflective narratives throughout the course that will culminate in a final, course-long reflective journal due in Topic 10. The narratives help students integrate leadership and inquiry into current practice. NRS 493 Wk 8 Leadership and Economic Discussion GCU

This reflection journal also allows students to outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses, and additional resources that could be introduced in a given situation to influence optimal outcomes. Each week students should also explain how they met a course competency or course objective(s).

In each week’s entry, students should reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout the course. Journal entries should address one or more of the areas stated below.  In the Topic 10 graded submission, each of the areas below should be addressed as part of the summary submission.

1. New practice approaches
2. Interprofessional collaboration
3. Health care delivery and clinical systems
4. Ethical considerations in health care
5. Practices of culturally sensitive care
6. Ensuring the integrity of human dignity in the care of all patients
7. Population health concerns
8. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
9. Health policy
10. Leadership and economic models
11. Health disparities

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

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Objectives Topic 8: Written Capstone Change Project

Students will synthesize the components developed in prior topics to formulate a written evidence-based account of the capstone project. Additionally, the student will integrate the following into the written evidence-based account: a plan for evaluating the nursing intervention, a change or nursing theory, and a discussion on how potential barriers will be overcome.

Objectives:

1. Produce a written comprehensive evidence-based capstone project change proposal using components developed in prior topics of the course.
2. Integrate a plan for evaluating the nursing intervention in the written comprehensive evidence-based capstone project change proposal.
3. Integrate a change or nursing theory into the written comprehensive evidence-based capstone project change proposal.
4. Identify potential barriers to the implementation of the change proposal.
5. Integrate how the identified potential barriers will be overcome.
6. Integrate reflective practice into the practicum reflective journal.
7. Demonstrate interprofessional collaboration during the creation of the capstone project change proposal.

Sources

Review “Searching for Ethical Leadership in Nursing,” by Marakoff et al., from Nursing Ethics (2014).

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Review “Leadership for Evidence-Based Practice: Strategic and Functional Behaviors for Institutionalizing EBP,” by Stetler, Ritchie, Rycroft-Malone, and Charns, from Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing (2014).

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Review “A Successful Approach to Implementing Evidence-Based Practice,” by Giomuso et al., from Med-Surg Matters (2014).

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Review “Back to Basics: Implementing Evidence-Based Practice,” by Spruce, from AORN Journal (2015).

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Review “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,” by Melnyk, Gallagher-Ford, Long, and Fineout-Overholt, from Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing (2014).

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