Discussion: Ethics and the DNP-Prepared Nurse You are likely already upholding ethics in nursing and healthcare delivery in your current nursing practice experience. As mentioned in the introduction for this week, a patient-focused approach that promotes the delivery of safe, quality, and cost-effective healthcare for promoting positive patient outcomes represents a fundamental alignment to ethical…

Discussion: The Doctoral Degree and Professional Nursing Practice A doctoral degree carries a certain set of expectations associated with the completion of advanced educational attainment. Earning a DNP degree is no exception. What are the expectations associated with a DNP-prepared nurse? How might these expectations differ among nursing staff without a DNP degree? The role…

Blog: How Do You Practice Intra- and Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Practice?   You are the DNP-prepared nurse responsible for overseeing a large intensive care unit (ICU). You have noticed that in the last 3 months, the number of nosocomial, or hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), has dramatically increased among patients who have undergone cardiovascular procedures. You would…

The DNP-Prepared Nurse and Their Community Vaccine and immunization legislation. Nutritional assistance programs for school youths. Diabetes education for elderly outpatients in a community health clinic. Reducing the number of re-admits of patients who have had outpatient procedures. Reducing the number of patient falls on a medical/surgical hospital floor. These represent a few community and…

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) set forth a set of standards, the DNP Essentials, that define the foundational competencies that should be acquired and focused throughout a DNP degree program’s curriculum. Additionally, the DNP Essentials represent those competencies and areas that will inform your areas of practice as a DNP-prepared nurse. Take…

Blog: Learning Online Have you ever read an online blog? If so, what was the aim of the blog? What did you like or did not like about the blog? In this course, you will engage in a series of Blog Assignments with your colleagues. Blogs help to facilitate a meaningful and somewhat informal classroom…

Order Instructions Week 5 A new type of third-party-reimbursement health care payment plan is emerging in the United States. Consumer Driven Health Plans strive to control costs and improve quality of care by requiring consumers to take control of their own health care decisions. Consumers decide how they want to spend their health care dollars,…

Use the same organization type you selected for the Risk Management AssessmentSummary in Week Two. Your role as a consultant continues as you relate risk management policies and practices to quality management. You must summarize a plan for the organization’s leadership that will serve as the foundation for developing a quality management program description for…

Each Learning Team member must select a different type of health care organization to study for the purpose of this group assignment. You are encouraged to select a different type of organization from the one chosen in the Week Three individual assignment but it’s not necessary. Group members compare their chosen organizations to complete the…

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