NR447 All Weeks Discussions Latest 2020 JUNE

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Week 1 Discussion

The Changing Aspects of Healthcare

Purpose

This week's graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO 1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high-quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO 2)

Discussion

Healthcare reform is a term that is ever present in our practice settings and will not disappear any time soon.

Review the article below and answer the following questions.

Buerhaus, P. I., Skinner, L. E., Auerbach, D. I., & Staiger, D. O. (2017). Four challenges facing the nursing workforce in the United States. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 8(2), 40-46. . doi:10.1016/S2155-8256(17)30097

https://www-sciencedirect-com.chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S2155825617300972 (Links to an external site.)

Select one of the four challenges and expand on how your workforce has responded to the change.

How have these challenges affected the access to care for your patients?

What can you do to decrease the effect on your patients? Provide a specific example.

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Week 2 Discussion

AACN Essentials Self-Assessment and Patient-Centered Care

Purpose

This week's graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcomes (COs).

CO 1: Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high-quality nursing care, healthcare team management, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings. (PO 2)

CO 7: Apply leadership concepts in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (POs 2 and 3)

Discussion

Download the Week 2 Self-Assessment of the AACN Essentials  (Links to an external site.) Follow the directions on the form. Note your total score. Next, review this article:

Kramer, M., Schmalenberg, C., Maguire, P., Brewer, B., Burke, R., Chmielewski, L., … Meeks-Sjostrom, D. (2009). Walk the talk: Promoting control of nursing practice and a patient-centered culture. Critical Care Nurse, 29(3), 77–93. https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edswsc&AN=000266533800011&site=eds-live&scope=site   (Links to an external site.)

After you have completed your self-assessment, answer the following questions:

Describe the relationship between the AACN Essentials and your new-found knowledge about Patient Centered Care. Are there opportunities for you to improve?

Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values discusses professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct. Review the Professional Integrity Module-Academics and Practice at the beginning of the course (the first module). Then reflect on your own beliefs and values as they relate to professional nursing practice.

Discuss implications of professional nursing integrity and academic integrity.

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Week 3 Discussion

Conflict and Collaboration

Purpose

This week's graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcomes (COs).

CO 2: Implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team through communication and relationship building. (PO 3)

CO 3: Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change. (PO 7)

Discussion

Please watch the video and listen to the dialogue before posting.

Nursing Conflict

At times the needs of our families conflict with our work responsibilities. Could this possibly be the underlying issue here?

Explain the conflict resolution skills displayed by the leader in the scenario. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate those of the leader.

How might earlier collaboration have been beneficial? What other leadership skills should be used?

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Week 4 Discussion

Transformational Nursing Leaders

Purpose

This week's graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO 7: Apply leadership concepts in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (PO 2 and 3)

Discussion

Review Appendix A, Sections I–V in Finkelman (2016).

Select one of the sections and share how your chief nurse executive demonstrates expertise in these competencies.  Your comments should be about the “highest nursing leader” in your organization. Typically this is the leader who represents nurses and nursing to the governing board.

In your own words, explain the differences between a transactional nursing leader and a transformational nursing leader. What one is more like your Nurse Executive?

Describe how the Nurse Executive “leads the charge” for transformational leadership in an organization where you work or have done prelicensure clinical experiences.

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Week 5 Discussion

Patient Outcomes

Purpose

This week's graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO 5: Apply improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare. (PO 8)

Discussion

Review the story at the link below before posting to the discussion:

Rau, J. (2015). Half of nation’s hospitals fail again to escape Medicare’s readmission penalties. Kaiser Health News. Retrieved from http://khn.org/news/half-of-nations-hospitals-fail-again-to-escape-medicares-readmission-penalties/ (Links to an external site.)

After you have finished, consider how you would respond to the following situation:

Your local hospital has received notice from CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) regarding their readmission rates.

As a BSN prepared nurse, you have been asked to serve as a consultant to suggest a new Quality (Performance) Improvement process for ONE of the areas of deficiency. Write some brief steps (suggestions) for improvement as you contemplate accepting the consulting opportunity.

Share practice improvements utilized from your own clinical nursing experiences that have led to enhanced patient outcomes.

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Week 6 Discussion

Civility in the Workplace

Purpose

This week's graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO 6: Develop a personal awareness of complex organizational systems, and integrate values and beliefs with organizational mission. (PO 7)

Discussion

Complete the Clark Workplace Civility Index Assessment (Links to an external site.).

After you are finished, read the assigned article:

Lachman, V. D. (2015). Ethical issues in the disruptive behaviors of incivility, bullying, and horizontal/lateral violence. Urologic Nursing, 35(1), 39-42. Retrieved from https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=c9h&AN=100927729&site=eds-live&scope=site (Links to an external site.)

Next watch the video by clicking on the link below.

Civility in the Workplace

Transcript (Links to an external site.)

Reflect on what you observed in the video as you answer the following:

Based on what you observed, what leadership skills should you, as Masaya’s preceptor, model for your fellow coworkers to promote his acceptance into the work-group or team.

Does incivility seem to be an issue in the scenario?

Describe any common themes you discovered among the article, the video and the Civility Index

Do you think delegation played a part in this issue.

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Week 7 Discussion

Our Future Leaders

Purpose

This week's graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO 5: Apply improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare. (PO 8)

Discussion

In Huston’s (2010) brief, but impressive article (required reading this week), the author outlines several leadership competencies that EVERY nurse leader will need for 2020. That year is not too far in the future, is it?

Select one of the eight leadership competencies Huston described and relate it to your own leadership of nurses and nursing. This should promote a robust discussion as we come from different clinical and nonclinical perspectives.

Discuss how the BSN-prepared nurse can assist a nurse leader in the budgeting process by contributing data readily available to the staff nurse.

Huston, C. (2010). What skills will the nurse leaders of 2020 need? (2010). Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 16(6), 14–15. Retrieved from https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105060080&site=ehost-live&scope=site

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Week 8 Discussion

Closing the Loop

Purpose

This week's graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

CO 6: Develop a personal awareness of complex organizational systems, and integrate values and beliefs with organizational mission. (PO 7)

Discussion

Complete the Week 8 AACN Essentials Self-Assessment (Links to an external site.).

Compare your scores from Week 2 to Week 8.

Describe how far have you come and how much further do you wish to go in improving your competencies during the next two years of practice.Review the article, "Nursing Leadership and the Future of Nursing" at Nursing Leadership article (Links to an external site.)What will you do differently in your future nursing career?