NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing
NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing
For many students enrolled in NR 501, this is an initial course for nursing theory. So, let’s have a debate!!! Is nursing theory important to the nursing profession? If you believe that it is important, explain why it is useful. If you do not believe that it is useful, explain why nursing theory is not necessary to the profession? Be sure to provide an example that demonstrates your opinion and a scholarly reference (not using the required textbook or lesson) which supports your opinion. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing
Master’s-Prepared Role Electronic Presentation
Guidelines with Scoring Rubric
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to: a) demonstrate how the skills outlined in the AACN Essentials are applicable to the role of a master’s–prepared nurse (CO #5, #6) and b) present ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner (CO #1).
Course Outcomes
Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to:
(CO#1) Demonstrate effective verbal, written, and technological communication using legal and ethical standards for transferring knowledge. (PO 3)
(CO#5) Analyze the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing [AACN Essentials]. (PO 1)
(CO#6)Assess the roles of the master’s-prepared nurse. (PO 1)
Due Date:Sunday 11:59 p.m. (MT) at the end of Week 7.
Total Points Possible: 215
Requirements:
1. Discuss the MSN specialty track (educator, executive, informatics, health policy, FNP) that you have selected.
2. Demonstrate how the skills outlined in the nine (9) AACN Essentials are applicable to your selected master’s-prepared specialization.
3. Identify three ways that a master’s-prepared nurse in your specialty would use the AACN Essentials skills in nursing practice.
4. Provide empirical evidence to support the three (3) ways a master’s-prepared nurse would use the AACN Essentials in practice. A minimum of two (2) current scholarly articles are required in this section of the presentation.
5. Concluding statements summarize content.
6. 15-slide presentation with speaker notes in APA format, not counting title and reference slides.
1. This is a PowerPoint presentation.
2. Review the Creating a Professional Presentation located in Doc Sharing.
3. This presentation is to focus on the specific role you have chosen in the MSN program (e.g., educator, executive, informatics, health policy, FNP) and identify the AACN Essentials that are applicable to your specific role.
Description
COMPETENCIES
7004.1.1 : Nursing and Interprofessional Standards
The graduate adapts an organizational change or innovation to improve quality care outcomes while meeting the master’s level nursing and interprofessional standards.
7004.1.2 : Evaluating and Documenting Innovations
The graduate evaluates an organizational change or innovation as measured against the master’s level nursing and interprofessional standards.
Years ago, the role of the nurse was limited and easily described. In today’s world, the nurse’s role is complex and occurs in diverse settings with a broad client population. Often, nurses must combine several professional roles to manage the full range of their responsibilities. Nurses also manage roles that have limited domains of actual authority but large domains of influence (and vice versa). Master’s level nurses are now required to be leaders: whether formally or informally.
For this task, you will select a healthcare organization in your area to analyze and then prepare a consultative change recommendation paper. As part of your analysis, you will interview a nurse leader in the selected organization. Your consultative change recommendation paper should be 7–10 pages and in APA style. Although you are only submitting this paper to WGU as part of your requirement for this course, you should prepare this document as though you would present it to the executive board of the organization you analyzed.
In order to complete this assessment, you must carefully review and closely follow the attached “WQT2 Performance Assessment Guidelines” document.
You are a nursing consultant who has been assigned to analyze a healthcare organization in order to identify a change or improvement needed by the organization. In your analysis, you will use external measures such as HCAHPS scores, patient metrics, community needs, and comparisons to other facilities in area. After your analysis, you will write a consultative change recommendation to present to the executive board of the organization.
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing
Professional Communications is a required aspect to pass this task. Completion of a spell check and grammar check prior to submitting your final work is strongly recommended.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
A. Write a consultative change recommendation paper (suggested length of 7–10 pages) by doing the following:
1. Identify the purpose of the consultation and provide a summary of the consultation process.
2. Describe the organization.
3. Explain the primary needs of the population served by this organization.
4. Describe the nurse leader’s role.
5. Identify the characteristics of the organization.
6. Recommend an organizational change based on your analysis. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing
a. Justify how your recommended change addresses the organization’s weaknesses and the community’s needs.
b. Identify a national benchmark of performance and describe a plan to measure the effectiveness of your recommended change.
B. Attach the completed “Nurse Leader Interview Verification Form.”
C. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
File Restrictions
File name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! – _ . * ‘ ( ) NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing
File size limit: 200 MB
File types allowed: doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, odt, pdf, txt, qt, mov, mpg, avi, mp3, wav, mp4, wma, flv, asf, mpeg, wmv, m4v, svg, tif, tiff, jpeg, jpg, gif, png, zip, rar, tar, 7z
ARTICULATION OF RESPONSE (CLARITY, ORGANIZATION, MECHANICS):
| NOT EVIDENT
Responses are unstructured or disjointed. Vocabulary and tone are unprofessional or distract from the topic. Responses contain pervasive errors in mechanics, usage, or grammar. |
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
Responses are poorly organized or difficult to follow. Terminology is misused or ineffective. Responses contain errors in mechanics, usage, or grammar that cause confusion. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
COMPETENT
Responses are organized and focus on the main ideas presented in the assessment. Word choice is pertinent and clearly conveys the intended meaning to the audience. Responses reflect attention to detail. Mechanics, usage, and grammar promote understanding and readability. |
A1:PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW
| NOT EVIDENT
A purpose for the consultation and a summary of the process are not provided. |
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The purpose of the consultation is unclear. The summary does not include the data collection procedures that were used. Or a purpose or a summary are provided, but not both. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
COMPETENT
The purpose of the consultation is clearly identified. There is a brief summary of the data collection procedures that were used during the consultation. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
A2:DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION
| NOT EVIDENT
A description of the organization is not provided. |
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The description identifies the organization but provides limited organizational data without rationale for why the necessary information is not included. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
COMPETENT
The description provides a summary of the organization’s type and location, number of employees and patient encounters, organizational structure, and services provided. Or there is a rationale for why any missing information is not included. |
A3:PRIMARY NEEDS OF POPULATION
| NOT EVIDENT
An explanation is not provided, or the explanation is not relevant to the organization. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The explanation does not include the size of the service area or the population’s demographics. The explanation does not include the population’s primary needs or health risks. |
COMPETENT
The explanation includes the size of the organization’s service area and the demographics (e.g., age, race) of the population served. The primary needs of this population are identified, including the primary health risks in the service area. The explanation includes how those risks impact the community and the organization. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
A4:NURSE LEADER’S ROLE
| NOT EVIDENT
A description is not provided, or the described nurse leader’s role does not relate to the organization. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The description of the nurse leader’s role does not explain the influence the nurse has within the organization. The description of the nurse leader’s role does not align the leader’s role to the roles defined in “The Essentials of Master’s Education.” |
COMPETENT
The description of the nurse leader’s role explains the formal or informal influence that the leader has within the organization and how the nurse leader’s role aligns to the roles defined in “The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing.” NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
A5:CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANIZATION
| NOT EVIDENT
Characteristics of the organization are not provided. |
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
At least 1 of the following characteristics is inaccurately identified or is missing: current strengths, current weaknesses, current evidence-based practice activities, and quality improvement projects. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
COMPETENT
Each of the following characteristics of the organization is accurately identified: current strengths, current weaknesses, current evidence-based practice activities, and quality improvement projects. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
A6:RECOMMENDATION FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
| NOT EVIDENT
A recommended organizational change is not provided. |
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
A recommended organizational change is provided, but does not include a description of how the change will prioritize patient-centeredness. |
COMPETENT
A recommended organizational change is provided and includes a description of how the change will prioritize patient-centeredness. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
A6A:RATIONALE FOR RECOMMENDED CHANGE
| NOT EVIDENT
A rationale is not provided, or the rationale is not relevant to the organization or the recommended change. |
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The justification illogically explains how the change will address the weaknesses of the organization and the needs of the community. The justification is not well supported or the supporting information is unreliable. |
COMPETENT
The justification logically explains how the change will address the weaknesses of the organization and the needs of the community. The recommendation is supported by well-reasoned, reliable information. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
A6B:MEASURES TO EVALUATE
| NOT EVIDENT
A national benchmark of performance or a plan for measuring the effectiveness of the recommended change is not provided. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The identified national benchmark is illogical or inappropriate for measuring the effectiveness of the proposed change. The plan is unclear or not feasible or does not describe how the effectiveness of the recommended change will be measured. |
COMPETENT
The identified national benchmark of performance is logical and applicable for measuring the organizational change. There is a clear, feasible plan for measuring the effectiveness of the recommended change over time. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
B:NURSE LEADER INTERVIEW VERIFICATION FORM
| NOT EVIDENT
A “Nurse Leader Interview Verification Form” is not provided. |
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submitted “Nurse Leader Interview Verification Form” is incomplete. |
COMPETENT
A completed “Nurse Leader Interview Verification Form” is provided. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
C: SOURCES
| NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not include in-text citations and references according to APA style for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized. |
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission includes in-text citations and references for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized but does not demonstrate a consistent application of APA style. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |
COMPETENT
The submission includes in-text citations and references for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized and demonstrates a consistent application of APA style. NR 501 Week 1 Discussion Importance of Theory in Nursing |