MSN6021 – Biopsychosocial Concepts
for Advanced Nursing Practice I
Unit3 Assignment
Concept Map
Professional Context
The purpose of a concept map is to visualize connections
between ideas, connect new ideas to previous ideas, and to organize ideas
logically. Concept maps can be an extremely useful tool to help organize and
plan care decisions. This is especially true in the context of the
biopsychosocial model, which takes into account factors beyond just the
biochemical aspects of health. By utilizing a concept map, a nurse can simplify
the connection between disease pathways, drug interactions, and symptoms, as
well as between the emotional, personality, cultural, and socioeconomic
considerations that impact health.
Scenario
You have already learned about evidence-based practice and
quality improvement initiatives in previous courses. You will use this
information to guide your assessments, while also implementing new concepts
introduced in this course. For this assignment, you will develop a concept map
and provide supporting evidence and explanations.
You may use any of the following as case studies to provide
the context for which you are creating your concept map:
Case studies presented in the Unit 2 presentation, Vila
Health: Concept Maps as Diagnostic Tools.
If you are using the media piece as your basis, you can
download the information you entered into a Microsoft Word document. You can
use this text to help build your concept map using either the Concept Map
Template, linked in the Resources, or in a concept map format of your choosing.
Do not just turn in the document you download from the media piece. You must
put this information into a concept map format.
The case study you developed for your Creating a
Disorder-Specific Case Study discussion in Unit 1.
A case study from the literature or your practice that is
relevant to the list of conditions below.
Another relevant case study you have developed previously.
You may also use the practice context from the case study or
extrapolate the case study information and data into your own practice setting.
Think carefully when you are selecting the case study you are going to use, as
you may choose to build upon it for the Unit 6 Change Strategy and
Implementation assignment as well.
Some example conditions, diseases, and disorders that are
relevant to metabolic balance and glucose regulation considerations are:
Cancer.
Diabetes (type 2).
HIV/AIDS.
Hyperthyroidism.
Hypothyroidism.
Metabolic syndrome.
Obesity.
Polycystic ovary syndrome.
Prediabetes.
Pregnancy.
Instructions
For this assignment you will develop a concept map and a
short narrative that supports and further explains how the concept map is
constructed. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the
scoring guide. Be sure that your evidence-based plan addresses all of the
bullet points. You may also want to read the Concept Map scoring guide and
Guiding Questions: Concept Map to better understand how each grading criterion
will be assessed.
Part 1: Concept Map
Develop an evidence-based concept map that illustrates a
plan for achieving high-quality outcomes for a patient with a condition that
has impaired glucose or metabolic imbalance as related aspects.
Part 2: Additional Evidence (Narrative)
Justify the value and relevance of the evidence you used as
the basis for your concept map.
Analyze how interprofessional strategies applied to the
concept map can lead to achievement of desired outcomes.
Construct concept map and linkage to additional evidence in
a way that facilitates a reader's understanding of key information and links.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly
formatting citations and references using current APA style.
Submission Requirements
Length of submission: Your concept map should be on a single
page, if at all possible. You can submit the concept map as a separate file, if
you need to. Your additional evidence narrative should be 2–3 double-spaced,
typed pages. Your narrative should be succinct yet substantive.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of
scholarly or professional evidence that supports your concept map, decisions
made regarding care, and interprofessional strategies. Resources should be no
more than five years old.
APA formatting:
For the concept map portion of this assignment, format
resources and citations according to current APA style. Please include
references both in-text and in the reference page that follows your narrative.
For the narrative portion of this assignment: use the APA
Paper Template linked in the Resources. An APA Template Tutorial is also
provided to help you in writing and formatting your analysis. You do not need
to include an abstract for this assignment.
Resources
Concept Map Scoring Guide.
Vila Health: Concept Maps as Diagnostic Tools | Transcript.
APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX].
APA Style Paper Template [DOCX].
How to Make a Concept Map.
Guiding Questions: Concept Map [DOC].
Concept Map Template [DOCX].
MSN6021 – Biopsychosocial Concepts
for Advanced Nursing Practice I
Unit6 Assignment
Change Strategy and Implementation
Professional Context
One area in health care that it is necessary to consider is
the environment in which nurses work. It is important that this environment
evolves and changes so that all patients are adequately supported. For this
assignment, you will develop a change strategy to improve the health care
environment. These changes can be rooted in a desire to improve clinical
outcomes and data related to assessment accuracy, drug administration, or
disease recovery rates. A key skill for master's-level nurses is to be able to
evaluate clinical data and create a change plan to help drive improvements in
the data to reach set goals.
Scenario
Consider a current environment. This could be your current
care setting, the care settings presented in the Vila Health scenarios Using
Evidence to Drive Improvement or Concept Maps as Diagnostic Tools, or a care
setting in which you are interested in working. For the setting that you choose
you will need to have a data set that depicts sub-optimal outcomes related to a
clinical issue. This data could be from existing sources in the course (Vila
Health: Using Evidence to Drive Improvement), a relevant data set that already
exists (a data set from the case study you used as a basis for your Unit 3
Concept Map assignment, or from your current place of practice), or an
appropriate data set that you have created yourself. (Note: if you choose to
create your own data set, check with your instructor first for approval and
guidance.)
After you have selected an appropriate data set, use your
understanding of the data to create at least one realistic goal (though you may
create more) that will be driven by a change strategy appropriate for the
environment and goal.
Potential topics for this assignment could be:
Consider ways to help minimize the rate of secondary
infections related to the condition, disease, or disorder that you focused on
for your Unit 3 Concept Map assignment. As a starting point you could ask
yourself, "What could be changed to facilitate safety and minimize risks
of infection?"
Consider how to help a patient experiencing traumatic stress
or anxiety over hospitalization. As a starting point you could ask yourself,
"How could the care environment be changed to enhance coping?"
Once you determine the change you would like to make,
consider the following:
What data will you use to justify the change?
How can the team achieve this change with a reasonable cost?
What are the effects on the workplace?
What other implementation considerations do you need to
consider to ensure that the change strategy is successful?
How does your change strategy address all aspects of the
Quadruple Aim, especially the well-being of health care professionals?
Once the change strategy is implemented, how would you
evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the care system if the desired
outcomes are met?
Instructions
Your assignment submission should include a data table that
illustrates the current and desired states of the clinical issue you are attempting
to improve through your application of change strategies. Additionally, you
will need to explain the rationale for your decisions around your chosen change
strategies, as well as how the change strategies will be successfully
implemented. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the
scoring guide. Be sure that your change strategy addresses all of them. You may
also want to read the Change Strategy and Implementation scoring guide and
Guiding Questions: Change Strategy and Implementation to better understand how
each grading criterion will be assessed.
Develop a data table that accurately reflects the current
and desired states of one or more clinical outcomes.
Propose change strategies that will help to achieve the
desired state of one or more clinical outcomes.
Justify the specific change strategies used to achieve
desired outcomes.
Explain how change strategies will lead to quality
improvement with regard to safety and equitable care.
Explain how change strategies will utilize interprofessional
considerations to ensure successful implementation.
Communicate the change plan in a way that makes the data and
rationale easily understood and compelling.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly
formatting citations and references using current APA style.
Submission Requirements
Length of submission: 3–5 double-spaced, typed pages, not
including the title and reference pages. Your plan should be succinct yet
substantive.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3–5 sources of
scholarly or professional evidence that supports your goal setting, proposed
change strategies, quality improvement, and interprofessional considerations.
Resources should be no more than five years old.
APA formatting: Use the APA Paper Template linked in the
Resources. An APA Template Tutorial is also provided to help you in writing and
formatting your analysis. No abstract is required.
Resources
Change Strategy and Implementation Scoring Guide.
APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX].
Vila Health: Concept Maps as Diagnostic Tools | Transcript.
Vila Health: Using Evidence to Drive Improvement |
Transcript.
Guiding Questions: Change Strategy and Implementation [DOC].
APA Style Paper Template [DOCX].
MSN6021 – Biopsychosocial Concepts
for Advanced Nursing Practice I
Unit9 Assignment
Quality Improvement Presentation Poster
Professional Context
As a master's-level nurse you will be responsible for
promoting equitable quality of care. In the biopsychosocial (BPS) model of
care, there are a number of areas where you can have an impact on improving the
quality, safety, and equitability of care. One example area where equitable
quality of care is an issue is with medications, especially considering the
cost of various medications to treat the same condition versus the
effectiveness and potential side-effects of the medications. A further
pharmacological concern for safe and quality care is medication errors. This
could include considerations like a patient getting the wrong medication or a
dangerous interaction due to other aspects of a patient's health and treatment
situation. An example could be vitamin or herbal supplements the patient has
not disclosed as part of the medication reconciliation process.
Scenario
For this assignment, you may take any number of approaches.
Two suggestions are:
Build upon the clinical issue that was the focus of your
Unit 6 Change Strategy and Implementation assignment, and turn it into a full,
organization- or community-wide quality improvement (QI) initiative.
Or, identify a new issue related to a BPS clinical issue, or
a clinical issue related to one of the conditions, disorders, or diseases from
the Review of Evidence for Treating Specific Disorders? discussion in Unit 1.
The focus here should be on a community rather than on a specific patient or
health care setting.
As a master's-level nurse, your specific focus is on
reviewing the implications of the data relevant to the clinical issue you are
trying to address. Once you research this, review the aggregate data, and
understand the BPS considerations relevant to the clinical issue, you can
suggest strategies for improving the quality, equitability, and safety of care
around the issue. You should act as an advocate for the value and need to
pursue quality improvements to leadership and executives, as well as be able to
present potential projects to a wide range of colleagues and community
stakeholders.
Instructions
Create an abstract and a poster for a presentation to
executive-level leadership of the organization, to the community, or to your
colleagues that will sell them on your quality improvement plan.
Abstract Requirements
?Your abstract should be 100–250 words.
It should summarize the key information in your poster.
Do not put your abstract on the poster itself; submit it as
a separate document. Or, if you are using PowerPoint to help create your
poster, create a new slide that is clearly labeled as your abstract.
Poster Requirements
?Your poster should include the following sections:
Quality Improvement Methods.
Evidence Supporting QI Methods.
Change Strategy Foundation.
Interprofessional Team Benefits.
Overall Project Benefits.
There are templates in PowerPoint or on the Internet that
can help you get a start designing your poster.
The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria
in the scoring guide. Be sure that your presentation addresses all of the
bullets below. You may also want to read the Quality Improvement Presentation
Poster scoring guide and Guiding Questions: Quality Improvement Presentation
Poster to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.
Propose quality improvement methods to promote continuous
improvement related to a specific biopsychosocial consideration.
Evaluate specific evidence that supports the quality
improvement methods proposed.
Explain how the project is grounded in successful change
strategies.
Analyze the way in which interprofessional teamwork will
improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the quality improvement project.
Communicate quality improvement considerations to relevant
stakeholders in a way that is clear, concise, and compelling for the audience.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly
formatting citations and references using current APA style.
Submission Requirements
Length of submission:
Abstract: 100–250 words. Your abstract should be succinct
and precise.
Poster: Make sure your poster fits entirely onto a single
poster template page (or slide) and contains all of the sections described in
the assignment instructions.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 5–7 sources of
scholarly or professional evidence that support your considerations and plans.
Resources should be no more than five years old.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted
according to current APA style.
Resources
Quality Improvement Presentation Poster Scoring Guide.
Guiding Questions: Quality Improvement Presentation Poster
[DOC].
APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX].
APA Style Paper Template [DOCX].
