NURS 4220 Complete Course – Week 1 till 6: Assignments, Discussions, & Practicum

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 1 Practicum: Identifying a Practice Problem In Need of Improvement Identify a measurable patient­centered practice problem related to quality or safety and relevant to your practice setting. This problem will be the topic for the...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Health Care) Week 2 Discussion: Applying Measurement Tools Take on the role of the staff nurse in the scenario, and post an explanation of how you would go about finding out how many diabetics are in your practice, and how many meet all 8 componen...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Health Care) Week 2 Practicum: Applying Measurement Tools to a Practice Problem Post a description of the measures identified from the interviews, the challenges to obtaining the data that were discussed, and a summary of how this quality indicato...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 2 Assignment: Capstone Paper – Literature Review Complete a literature review for your practice problem. For each of the studies located, summarize the purpose, methods, and findings that focus on solutions to your practice prob...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 3 Discussion: Applying Performance Improvement Tools Based on the scenario, explain what was done successfully and where improvement was needed in the quality improvement process. Identify the performance improvement tools, and ex...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 3 Practicum: Applying Process Improvement Models Post a discussion entry describing the model that you selected and describe how each step of the model will be used to develop the plan for the practicum quality and safety project....

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 3 Assignment: Capstone Paper – Quality Improvement Process Describe the quality improvement process that was posted in the practicum discussion. This process will be used to support the proposed quality improvement plan. Explain...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 4 Discussion: Root Cause Analysis Post each of the following: Analyze the composition of the RCA team. Explain what knowledge they can contribute to the RCA. Describe the collaboration in the case study that led to effective p...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 4 Practicum: Developing the Quality Improvement Plan Post a description of some of the proposed action steps for implementing improved practice and explain where potential challenges might compromise your proposed improvement proj...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 4 Assignment: Capstone Paper – Quality Improvement Plan Using the Quality Improvement process described in Week 3, provide a detailed explanation of the quality improvement plan that you will use to address the practice problem....

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 5 Discussion: Leadership Strategy Select one of the scenarios, and post the following: Describe the most appropriate leadership style and/or strategy to apply in the scenario you chose in order to implement the recommendations su...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 5 Practicum: Applying Key Interventions to a Practice Problem Post an explanation of how you could apply key interventions supported by the scholarly research evidence to potentially help resolve the issue in a measurable way. Des...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 5 Assignment: Capstone Paper – Resources and Summary Describe the resources that will be needed to support the change in practice and explain why they are necessary. This section will be 2–3 paragraphs. Summarize the key poin...

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 6 Discussion: The Nurse’s Role In Promoting Quality Health Care Post a description of the role of the staff nurse in promoting quality in a high­performing health care organization. Define the organizational culture of your hea...