Nr 447 week - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NR 447 Week 2 Graded Discussion Topic: AACN Essentials Self-Assessment & Patient-Centered Care. After you have completed your self-assessment, answer the following questions: If you are willing, please share your total score on the AACN Essentials Self-Assessment. If you do not wish to share your score, give a general description of your current KSA levels. Candidly identify and share with your classmates areas where knowledge, skills or abilities (KSAs) are lacking? Describe the relationshi...

NR 447 Week 5 Graded Discussion Topic: Patient Outcomes CO5 Apply improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare. (PO 8) Review the story at the link below before posting to the discussion: Rau, J. (2015). Half of nation’s hospitals fail again to escape Medicare’s readmission penalties. Kaiser Health News. Retrieved from After you have finished, consider how you would respon...

NR 447 Week 4 Graded Discussion Topic: Transformational Nursing Leaders. CO7 Apply leadership concepts in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (POs 2 and 3) Review Appendix A, Sections I–V in Finkelman (2016). Select one of the sections and share how your chief nurse executive demonstrates expertise in these competencies. Your comments should be about the “h...

NR 447 Week 6 Graded Discussion Topic: Civility in the Workplace CO6 Develop a personal awareness of complex organizational systems, and integrate values and beliefs with organizational mission. (PO 7) Complete the Clark Workplace Civility Index Assessment (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. After you are finished, read the assigned article: Lachman, V. D. (2015). Ethical issues in the disruptive behaviors of incivility, bullying, and horizontal/lateral violence. Urolog...

NR 447 Week 5 Graded Discussion Topic: Patient Outcomes CO5 Apply improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare. (PO 8) Review the story at the link below before posting to the discussion: Rau, J. (2015). Half of nation’s hospitals fail again to escape Medicare’s readmission penalties. Kaiser Health News. Retrieved from After you have finished, consider how you would respon...

NR 447 Week 4 Graded Discussion Topic: Transformational Nursing Leaders. CO7 Apply leadership concepts in the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystems and system-wide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery. (POs 2 and 3) Review Appendix A, Sections I–V in Finkelman (2016). Select one of the sections and share how your chief nurse executive demonstrates expertise in these competencies. Your comments should be about the “h...

NR 447 Week 7 Graded Discussion Topic: Our Future Leaders CO5 Apply improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare. (PO 8) In Huston’s (2010) brief, but impressive article (required reading this week), the author outlines several leadership competencies that EVERY nurse leader will need for 2020. That year is not too far in the future, is it? Select one of the eight leadership co...

NR 447 Week 6 Graded Discussion Topic: Civility in the Workplace CO6 Develop a personal awareness of complex organizational systems, and integrate values and beliefs with organizational mission. (PO 7) Complete the Clark Workplace Civility Index Assessment (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. After you are finished, read the assigned article: Lachman, V. D. (2015). Ethical issues in the disruptive behaviors of incivility, bullying, and horizontal/lateral violence. Urolog...

NR 447 Week 5 Graded Discussion Topic: Patient Outcomes CO5 Apply improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare. (PO 8) Review the story at the link below before posting to the discussion: Rau, J. (2015). Half of nation’s hospitals fail again to escape Medicare’s readmission penalties. Kaiser Health News. Retrieved from After you have finished, consider how you would respon...

NR 447 Week 6 Graded Discussion Topic: Civility in the Workplace CO6 Develop a personal awareness of complex organizational systems, and integrate values and beliefs with organizational mission. (PO 7) Complete the Clark Workplace Civility Index Assessment (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. After you are finished, read the assigned article: Lachman, V. D. (2015). Ethical issues in the disruptive behaviors of incivility, bullying, and horizontal/lateral violence. Urolog...