Week 6 NP500 Reflection

Discuss how the theory of Self-Transcendence can be applied in preventive, promotive and curative in nursing practice.

Northcross General Hospital just hired Emily as its new Quality Improvement/Evidence-Based Practice Director. To improve outcomes at the hospital, the administrators have asked Emily to establish the biggest issues facing patient care practices, research ways for improvement, and create a plan of action to apply improved practices. After performing many chart audits, Emily has found that the patients of Northcross General Hospital are slow to heal pressure ulcers, and she has found inconsistency in the way that the nurses are charting and performing dressing changes to these wounds. She has established that outcomes for pressure ulcer wound healing could be improved through using best practices. Questions: What is Emily’s next step of action? Where will Emily find the information regarding evidence-based decision-making in order to find the best practice for healing pressure ulcers? Once Emily establishes the best practice needed for healing pressure ulcers, what may be her other…

Describe the significance of evidence-based practice in nursing. Include in your answer how it influences patient care outcomes, the role of nurses in implementing evidence- based practice, and potential challenges nurses might face in integrating evidence- based practice into clinical settings.

Empowerment in nursing practice significantly enhances the quality of patient care inwork setting by allowing nurses to take charge of their work environment, make criticaldecisions that directly influence patient outcomes, and actively engage in care planningand implementing evidence-based practices. This empowerment fosters a culture ofexcellence and innovation, leading to more effective communication within thehealthcare team and ultimately improving patient care quality.REQUIREMENT:1. Discuss how empowerment impact the quality of care provided to patients in yourwork setting.2. Discuss the challenges you faced in embracing empowerment in your workplace, andhow you overcome them.

What is the relationship between EBP (evidence based practice) and Patient Safety in nursing?

discuss a team-based Patient improvement  approach and why this is beneficial in situations presented in healthcare that often require Patient improvement  initiatives.

Which of the following statements best defines critical thinking ? Orderly , goal -directed thinking B. Clear thinking during critical situations C. Constructive feedback about nursing actions D. Critical evaluation of patient responses to care

Discuss how the theory of Self-Transcendence can be applied in preventive, promotive and curative in nursing education.

Discuss the concept of community resilience and its relevance to community health nursing practice.

As a nurse caring for a family , at certain points during the implementation phase , you ask yourself the following questions ; "How is the client responding to this situation ?"Do I fully understand the patient’s/client’s reality?” When you ask these questions and try to answer them, how do you call this practice? a. Descriptive Practice  b. None of the choices listed  c. Reflective Practice  d. Self care practice

Effective leadership is essential in health care organizations as in other organizations. It is necessary for driving innovation, effective patient care, patient safety, improving working within clinical teams, sorting out issues within emergency context and other aspects necessary for effective and efficient running of healthcare organizations. Transformational leadership has often been prescribed as the 'gold standard' of healthcare leadership 2009. This essay sets out to:Question: Make recommendations on improving leadership strategy practice within the specified setting.

Define and Examine the four ethical models of a physician-patient relationship engineering model, priestly model, contractual model, and collegial model.

In this assessment task, you will demonstrate your ability to identify a practice issue that requires an evidence-informed approach, develop a related clinical question, and search for evidence that may be used to answer this question.  You will use this evidence, and the feedback from this assessment task, to inform and underpin the final assessment task, your research presentation. Instructions Identifies a topic that requires an evidencebased approach, and justifies its importance to nursing or healthcare practice Develop a searchable clinical question using an appropriate framework (question formula) Demonstrates the ability to locate research relevant to the topic, using a well-constructed search strategy; four articles identified. Include a screenshot of the search history from your database searches as an appendix to your report. The question and the articles you find to address this will form the basis for your second assessment task. (1000 words, +-10%) PLEASE NOTE:  This…

By understanding theories and models, nurses are prepared to think more creatively and critically about how events affect family clients.  Theories and models provide different ways of comprehending issues and offer choices for action. Please discuss some of the nursing theorists.

You are expected to understand the importance of clinical reasoning in planning patient care, critically reflect and learn from previous experiences to improve clinical reasoning skills. Give examples of practicing safe patient care through logical reasoning.

Identify a patient care situation that requires research to resolve an issue or create an improved plan of care. In order to resolve the issue or provide recommendations for the steps that would need to be taken to research the problem, you must first identify which steps would be the same in the nursing process or the problem-solving process.

Consider the patients you have cared for. How do those experiences lead to the development of competencies for contemporary nursing practice? Use the following competencies as a guide:   Evidence-based Practice  Quality Improvement  Safety  Teamwork and Collaboration  Leadership and Delegation  Informatics

Explain the importance of learning to collaborate with other professionals. Do you think interprofessional collaboration affects patient outcomes? Why or why not?

Discuss design principles used to facilitate heuristics in a clinical decision support process. Provide a workplace example and offer suggestions to improve the clinical decision support? Provide a rationale for why you made those suggestions. include References