Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NR 451 Week 7 Discussion, Healthcare Economics (GRADED A) Health care costs are on the rise. What is an example of wasted health care dollars in your clinical practice & how do you propose improving the utilization of these dollars? National health care spending has been on the increase in most countries in the world. The costs range from service charges, health insurance premiums & other underlying costs that come with production & delivery of medical services.Health service providers incur...

NR 451 Week 7 Discussion - Health Federal Bills in Congress Capstone Course - NR-451 WK7 Discussion - Health Federal Bills in Congress There is much attention on federal health care policy and law. Health Bills: GovT provides a list of federal bills that are currently in process in Congressional Committees. Go to Choose a health-related federal bill of interest to you. Read through the bill and post a summary in your own words. Include the bill number and name. • How might this bill i...

NR 451 Implementing Change Despite Resistance (graded) Change can be difficult to implement. Now that you are almost finished with your change project, if you were to implement your project in your clinical practice, what type of resistance do you expect from staff? List at least three ways that you can lessen the resistance you may encounter to help ensure the success of your project. Change is never an easy thing to overcome. By nature I think many people are resistant to change for vari...

NR 451 Week 5 Discussion, Core Competencies for Nurses Core Competencies for Nurses (graded) Explore the website for the Quality & Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative at . How can the QSEN competencies for nurses be implemented into your workplace or professional nursing setting? If you are not currently employed as a nurse, consider a previous care setting that would have benefited from implementation of the QSEN competencies. QSEN competencies for nursing in healthcare o...

NR 451 Week 4 Discussion - Evaluating Quality Patient Outcomes How can data provide information to evaluate quality patient outcomes? Give an example of data that can reflect poor quality in care. How can quality improvement be a daily task in patient care? Why does continuous quality improvement need to be associated with change? Last week we spoke about decision making and communication. How do these two processes lead to quality (or not so quality) outcomes for the patient? There are sev...

NR 451 Week 2 Discussion, The Clinical Question Week 2 Your capstone change project begins this week when you identify a problem that you judge needs to experience a change in order to produce better patient outcomes. • Formulate a significant clinical question that will be the basis for your capstone change project. • Relate how you developed the question. • Describe the importance of this question to your clinical practice. • Define meta-analysis, and explain how this relates t...

NR 451 Discussion Question Week 1 to 8 Types of Nursing Models and Frameworks of EBP What are some of the models and frameworks of EBP currently in use? How does the strength of the evidence determine translation into practice? Why is it important to integrate both evidence-based practice and patient and family preferences? What is the nurse's responsibility when EBP and patient and family practice do not match? Response 1 The medical field is constantly evolving and changing. It is cru...

NR 451 Week 2 Discussion Topic: Communication and Influence-the Power of Evidence (graded) 64 64 unread replies. 107 107 replies. This week's graded topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO). CO3: Demonstrates effective communication with patients, colleagues, and other healthcare providers in managing safe/quality healthcare processes using evidence-based practices. (PO#3) Please address the following: • Describe caring attributes of the culture where you currently prac...

NR 451 Week 4 Discussion Topic: Advocacy and Cultural Competence (graded) 62 62 unread replies. 97 97 replies. This week's graded topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO). CO6: Plans clinical practice activities that integrate professional nursing standards in accordance with the Nursing Code of Ethics and the ANA standards of practice (PO#6). Go to the link View the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards (CLAS) categories aimed at equity an...

NR 451 Week 4 Discussion Topic: Advocacy and Cultural Competence (graded) 62 62 unread replies. 97 97 replies. This week's graded topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO). CO6: Plans clinical practice activities that integrate professional nursing standards in accordance with the Nursing Code of Ethics and the ANA standards of practice (PO#6). Go to the link View the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards (CLAS) categories aimed at equity an...