Week 3 discussion – Integration of Evidence-Based Practice Into Professional Nursing Practice
Week 3 discussion – Integration of Evidence-Based Practice Into Professional Nursing Practice
This week’s graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcomes (COs).
CO1 Propose individualized comprehensive care by integrating theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines when planning comprehensive patient-centered care. (PO 1)
CO2 Demonstrate leadership strategies that promote safety and improve quality in nursing practice and increase collaboration with other disciplines when planning patient-centered care within systems-based practice. (PO 2)
CO8 Discuss the role of evidence-based practice in the provision of professional nursing care. (PO 8)
As the professional nurse, you realize that your nursing care area often sees patients with the same particularly challenging nursing care issue (not medical care issue). Include all of the following in your answer to this discussion.
Identify the nursing care issue or problem and justify why it is a nursing care issue in need of implementation of evidence. Remember, this should not be a medical issue.
Explain how you would search CINAHL for evidence on this topic (including search terms you would use) and how you would critically appraise the evidence found in your search. Note: You do not need to perform the search or provide an article for this discussion, but you may do so if you like.
Week 4 discussion – Nursing Roles in Quality Improvement
This week’s graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcomes (COs).
CO1 Propose individualized comprehensive care by integrating theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines when planning comprehensive patient-centered care. (PO 1)
CO7 Compare and contrast the professional nursing roles for ADN/diploma through PhD/DNP prepared nurses in providing cost-effective, quality healthcare in structured and unstructured systems. (PO 7)
How do nurses promote patient safety and improve quality at your workplace? How do you report errors and near misses? What changes would you suggest be made on your unit or facility to improve a nonpunitive culture of safety?
