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SIM436 Interprofessional Communication

Activity 1

Critical Thinking Assessment Tool

Choose a population that you believe should use critical thinking.

Develop a tool, for this specific population, that you can use to assess or measure the cognitive habits or behaviors that are part of the critical thinking process that this population uses.

For example – a novice nurse entering the nursing profession, an experienced nurse working on a new unit, parents of a child with a chronic illness, a patient who has a new diagnosis of diabetes or heart disease and must learn to self-manage the disease.

Use Box 2-5 and appendix A to choose which cognitive habits and behaviors you decide to measure.

The tool should include:

A total of eight questions, each addressing a specific cognitive habit or behavior.

A rationale for each question – why that question can measure that specific cognitive habit or behavior.

Introduce your tool with a discussion of the importance of cognitive habits or behaviors that encourage critical thinking. Provide a conclusion to pull the entire activity together.

Here is an example of one question you can ask when assessing the critical thinking skills of minority parents of overweight children.

Question: How do you feel about your child’s overall health? Your family’s health?

Rationale: This question is assessing the critical thinking skill or habit of the mind: contextual perspective. Assessing how the parents feel about their family’s overall health would give the nurse a view of their contextual perspective. Parents who are cognizant of their children’s or overall family’s weight issues, poor eating habits, or lack of exercise can result in the potential consequences of childhood obesity such as hypertension, asthma, and diabetes. (Rubenfeld & Scheffer, 2015).

Example

Question

Rationale

How do you feel about your child’s overall health? Your family’s health?

This question is assessing the critical thinking skill or habit of the mind: contextual perspective. Assessing how the parents feel about their family’s overall health would give the nurse a view of their contextual perspective. Parents who are cognizant of their children’s or overall family’s weight issues, poor eating habits, or lack of exercise can result in the potential consequences of childhood obesity such as hypertension, asthma, and diabetes. (Rubenfeld & Scheffer, 2015).

Reading and Resources

Read Chapters 1 & 2 In Rubenfeld, M. G., & Scheffer, B.K. (2015). Critical thinking TACTICS for nurses: Achieving the IOM competencies (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Complete Critical Thinking Habits of the Mind (Appendix A, Critical Thinking Inventory, p. 341-356) in the textbook. This assessment will help you reflect upon and consider your own critical thinking skills and find your strengths and areas needing improvement.

Read Whiffin, C. J., & Hasselder, A. (2013). Making the link between critical appraisal, thinking and analysis. British Journal of Nursing, 22(14), 831–835.

Read

Teaching Nurses to Make Clinical Judgments That Ensure Patient Safety

Billings, Diane M.The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing; Thorofare Vol. 50, Iss. 7,  (Jul 2019): 300-302. DOI:10.3928/00220124-20190612-04

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Additional Instructions:

All submissions should have a title page and reference page.

Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.

Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.

Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Submission Options

Choose One:

Instructions:

Paper

3 to 4-page paper. Include title and reference pages.

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

4 to 8 slides. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Other media (Prezi, etc.) presentation

4 to 8 slides with speaker notes. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Video Presentation

5 to 6-minute video presentation.

Attach reference page or include in video.

Professional appearance and background.

Video submissions must include a script in Word format, submitted through Turnitin for an Originality Report.

Table

Table with appropriate columns and headers.

Include title and reference pages.

Graphs or other illustrations

Graphs or illustrations with appropriate labels. Include title and reference pages.

Poster

Poster utilizing any applicable poster template. Include visual graphics/images/other formats for visual appeal. Include appropriate title and references on poster.

Note: Title and reference pages/slides do not count towards the count requirements.

 

SIM436 Interprofessional Communication

Activity 2

Core Competencies to Improve Healthcare

Review the discussion of the “Core Competencies for a New Vision for Health Professions Education” in your readings in (Rubenfeld & Scheffer, 2015, Box 4-1). Review these core competencies and complete evidence of mastery that includes:

a discussion of how these core competencies relate to your particular area of nursing practice

specific example(s) that describe how your workplace exemplifies one of the competencies and specific example(s) of how your workplace can improve meeting another competency

a chart that visually discusses/shows how you apply the five core competencies in your particular area of nursing practice that relate to critical thought and reflective cognitive processes. Be creative! You may add clipart, photos, multi-media files you have permission to use.

Reading and Resources

Read Chapter 4 In Rubenfeld, M. G., & Scheffer, B.K. (2015). Critical thinking TACTICS for nurses: Achieving the IOM competencies (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Read Robert, T., & Peterson, S. (2013). Critical thinking at the bedside: Providing safe passage to patients. MedSurg Nursing, (22),2, 85-91.

Read Lasater, K, & Nielsen, A. (2009). Reflective journaling for clinical judgment development and evaluation. Journal of Nursing Education, 48(1). 40-44.

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Additional Instructions:

All submissions should have a title page and reference page.

Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.

Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.

Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Submission Options

Choose One:

Instructions:

Paper

3 to 4-page paper. Include title and reference pages.

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

4 to 8 slides. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Other media (Prezi, etc.) presentation

4 to 8 slides with speaker notes. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Video Presentation

5 to 6-minute video presentation.

Attach reference page or include in video.

Professional appearance and background.

Video submissions must include a script in Word format, submitted through Turnitin for an Originality Report.

Table

Table with appropriate columns and headers.

Include title and reference pages.

Graphs or other illustrations

Graphs or illustrations with appropriate labels. Include title and reference pages.

Poster

Poster utilizing any applicable poster template. Include visual graphics/images/other formats for visual appeal. Include appropriate title and references on poster.

Note: Title and reference pages/slides do not count towards the count requirements.

 

SIM436 Interprofessional Communication

Activity 3

Critical Thinking Incident

Think about and analyze a specific situation that has occurred in your work setting and the impact critical thinking had on that specific situation.

Think back to a critical incident in your workplace that affected patient safety, had an unintended outcome, or did not contribute to the well-being of the patient. Reflect on the incident to identify why the breakdowns in quality and safety occurred.

Refer to Box 5-4, Guidelines for Analyzing CT (Rubenfeld & Scheffer, 2015) to examine an event/incidence, to synthesize what happened, and how to prevent it in the future.

In the format you have chosen to show mastery:

A description of a critical incident that occurred in your workplace that had an unintended outcome or did not contribute to the well-being of the patient.

An analysis of the event using the questions from box 5-4.  Use these questions to analyze the event- it is not necessary to use all of them, but the ones that pertain to your event.  You can then use the information from your answers to identify and talk about the incident, what worked well and what did not.

Your reflection of the incident, what the breakdowns were and why they occurred.

What steps a leader/manager can take to prevent future incidents or describe how you would create an environment where these incidences are less likely to happen; for example, what would you do differently?

Reading and Resources

Read Chapter 7 In Rubenfeld, M. G., & Scheffer, B.K. (2015). Critical thinking TACTICS for nurses: Achieving the IOM competencies (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

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Additional Instructions:

All submissions should have a title page and reference page.

Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.

Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.

Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Think about and analyze a specific situation that has occurred in your work setting and the impact critical thinking had on that specific situation.

Think back to a critical incident in your workplace that affected patient safety, had an unintended outcome, or did not contribute to the well-being of the patient. Reflect on the incident to identify why the breakdowns in quality and safety occurred.

Refer to Box 5-4, Guidelines for Analyzing CT (Rubenfeld & Scheffer, 2015) to examine an event/incidence, to synthesize what happened, and how to prevent it in the future.

In the format you have chosen to show mastery:

A description of a critical incident that occurred in your workplace that had an unintended outcome or did not contribute to the well-being of the patient.

An analysis of the event using the questions from box 5-4.  Use these questions to analyze the event- it is not necessary to use all of them, but the ones that pertain to your event.  You can then use the information from your answers to identify and talk about the incident, what worked well and what did not.

Your reflection of the incident, what the breakdowns were and why they occurred.

What steps a leader/manager can take to prevent future incidents or describe how you would create an environment where these incidences are less likely to happen; for example, what would you do differently?

 

Submission Options

Choose One:

Instructions:

Paper

3 to 4-page paper. Include title and reference pages.

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

4 to 8 slides. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Other media (Prezi, etc.) presentation

4 to 8 slides with speaker notes. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Video Presentation

5 to 6-minute video presentation.

Attach reference page or include in video.

Professional appearance and background.

Video submissions must include a script in Word format, submitted through Turnitin for an Originality Report.

Table

Table with appropriate columns and headers.

Include title and reference pages.

Graphs or other illustrations

Graphs or illustrations with appropriate labels. Include title and reference pages.

Poster

Poster utilizing any applicable poster template. Include visual graphics/images/other formats for visual appeal. Include appropriate title and references on poster.

Note: Title and reference pages/slides do not count towards the count requirements.

 

SIM436 Interprofessional Communication

Activity 4

Prioritization of Care

The Prioritization of Care digital activity provides a safe and convenient environment for students to practice clinical judgement and decision-making skills related to identifying and prioritizing patient care and needs.

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Complete the Prioritization of Care virtual simulation activity which can be found by clicking Enter Virtual Simulation. Then debrief on the experience by creating a VoiceThread, video or a written essay. 

Once you enter Sentinel Hospital

Click BEGIN

You’ll enter the lobby and be led to the hospital map

Clicking SKIP will take you directly to map

Select Location: Emergency Department or SIMPath Competencies: • Evidence-Based Practice OR Population Health OR Baccalaureate Generalist OR Application of Patient Care Technology

All levels of simulation fidelity or reality have become an integral component in the preparation of healthcare workers for practice in recent years. This new digital technology increases new skill retention and performance through immersive engagement while learning. The digital environment offers reproducible conditions that can contribute to the development of non-technical skills of communication, teamwork, and decision-making, essential in today’s healthcare (Peddle, Bearman & Nestel, 2016).

Virtual simulation has been used in the airline industry for many years, requiring new pilots to train on flight simulators before commanding a passenger flight (Alinier, Hunt, Gordon & Harwood, 2006).

The United States military has used virtual worlds to train military personnel for disaster and emergency preparedness (Foronda, Godsall & Trybulski, 2013). Simulation has also been used in the preparation of physicians and the training of nurse anesthetists (Bremner, Aduddell, Bennett & VanGeest, 2006).

A team of Nurse Educators and Instructional Designers created Prioritization of Care to provide a learning environment unique to nursing and complementary to existing curricula.

From the safety of the home or the office, digital activities like Prioritization of Care, presents students with situations they might not encounter in the course of clinically-based preparation.

Watch this brief video demo of Prioritization of Care.

 

Additional Instructions:

All submissions should have a title page and reference page.

Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.

Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.

Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Submission Options

Choose One:

Instructions:

Paper

1 to 2-page paper. Include title and reference pages.

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

4 to 6 slides. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Other media (Prezi, etc.) presentation

4 to 6 slides with speaker notes. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Video Presentation

3 to 5-minute video presentation.

Attach reference page or include in video.

Professional appearance and background.

Video submissions must include a script in Word format, submitted through Turnitin for an Originality Report.

Table

Table with appropriate columns and headers.

Include title and reference pages.

Graphs or other illustrations

Graphs or illustrations with appropriate labels. Include title and reference pages.

Poster

Poster utilizing any applicable poster template. Include visual graphics/images/other formats for visual appeal. Include appropriate title and references on poster.

Note: Title and reference pages/slides do not count towards the count requirements.

 

SIM436 Interprofessional Communication

Activity 5

Health Assessment Tool

Create an audio/visual presentation that will describe a healthcare education tool for a specific health need of a specific population that is different than your own.

The presentation should:

Identify the population and how it is different than your own.

Discuss the importance of the health need.

Identify special learning challenges this population faces.

Include a description of the tool to teach the information and explain how it works.

Discuss how the literature supports the use of the technology you have chosen.

Explain how the tool contributes to critical thinking.

Explain how the tool contributes to nursing practice and patient outcomes.

Guidelines:

1.  Choose a population that is different than your own. For example: if you are a 25-year-old woman, who is a U.S citizen and only speak English, choose an older male patient who is from another race, culture, or ethnicity and who speaks limited English). 

Identify the population and how it is different than your own.

Discuss the importance of the health need. For this population.  For example: there is an increased incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the teen population so there a need for a tool to address this population’s special needs.

Identify special learning challenges this population faces. For example: income, sensory impairment, or language.

2.  Develop a teaching tool: Incorporate technology/multimedia into your tool. For example: texts, twitter, blogs, email, YouTube video, video-conferencing, Skype, computer or cell phone app, electronic brochures, and electronic booklets.

Include a description of the tool to teach the information. Explain how the tool works but you do not have to actually create the tool. For example: your tool may be a website, but you do not have to actually create the site.

3. Discussion:

Discuss how the literature supports the use of the technology you have chosen.

Explain how the tool contributes to critical thinking – what skills does it develops.

Explain how the tool contributes to nursing practice and patient outcomes.

Important note:  Develop education materials at the sixth-grade reading level to ensure the general population will understand the information.  Use this simple readability index calculator to check any text that you may incorporate into your teaching materials.  Just click on the link, and when it opens, copy and paste an example from your written text to reveal the reading level.  You can also use Microsoft Word to assess the reading level of your written content by selecting review, spelling and grammar, readability statistics.

Do not include:

A description of the disease process

What the client can expect from the disease

Extraneous information; For example: if you are creating a tool for patients who have lung cancer do not include statistics about lung cancer unless it is part of your tool.

Reading and Resources

Read Chapter 9 In Rubenfeld, M. G., & Scheffer, B.K. (2015). Critical thinking TACTICS for nurses: Achieving the IOM competencies (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Read Ainsley, B., & Brown, A. (2009). The impact of informatics on nursing education: A review of the literature. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 40(5) 228-32.  

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Additional Instructions:

All submissions should have a title page and reference page.

Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.

Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.

Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Submission Options

Choose One:

Instructions:

Other media (Prezi, etc.) presentation

8 to 12 slides with speaker notes. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Video Presentation

8 to 12-minute video presentation.

Attach reference page or include in video.

Professional appearance and background.

Video submissions must include a script in Word format, submitted through Turnitin for an Originality Report.

Table

Table with appropriate columns and headers.

Include title and reference pages.

Graphs or other illustrations

Graphs or illustrations with appropriate labels. Include title and reference pages.

Note: Title and reference pages/slides do not count towards the count requirements.

 

SIM436 Interprofessional Communication

Activity 6

Multiple Intelligences

You will find a discussion of Howard Gardner’s list of Multiple Intelligences (Rubenfeld & Scheffer, 2015, Box 3-2) in the textbook readings.  Review the different categories in the text and explain how an experienced nurse can use these categories to nurture critical thinking and clinical judgment skills in a novice nurse. Discuss:

the importance of understanding multiple intelligences

four of the types of intelligences from Gardner’s list. Describe how at least two intelligences relate to your way of thinking and give examples from your nursing practice.

the positive or negative impact of using multiple intelligences when mentoring nurses (those with experience and/or novice nurses). Include specific examples from your nursing practice/experience.

how to improve the mentoring/learning process using the concepts of multiple intelligences.

Reading and Resources

Read Chapters 3 & 6 In Rubenfeld, M. G., & Scheffer, B.K. (2015). Critical thinking TACTICS for nurses: Achieving the IOM competencies (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

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Additional Instructions:

All submissions should have a title page and reference page.

Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.

Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.

Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Submission Options

Choose One:

Instructions:

Paper

3 to 4-page paper. Include title and reference pages.

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

4 to 8 slides. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Other media (Prezi, etc.) presentation

4 to 8 slides with speaker notes. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Video Presentation

5 to 6-minute video presentation.

Attach reference page or include in video.

Professional appearance and background.

Video submissions must include a script in Word format, submitted through Turnitin for an Originality Report.

Table

Table with appropriate columns and headers.

Include title and reference pages.

Graphs or other illustrations

Graphs or illustrations with appropriate labels. Include title and reference pages.

Poster

Poster utilizing any applicable poster template. Include visual graphics/images/other formats for visual appeal. Include appropriate title and references on poster.

Note: Title and reference pages/slides do not count towards the count requirements.

 

SIM436 Interprofessional Communication

Activity 7

Population Focused Interventions in a Rural Community

In this activity, you will identify health issues or concerns that impact a specific population group living in Sentinel Town to address health promotion and disease prevention.

Enter Sentinel Town and click the map to locate a citizen or family. Review the bio-sketch relevant to the specific population group (i.e. elderly, immigrants, single parents, Hispanic men or women, etc.).

Identify three (3) key health issues or concerns that impact a specific population group living in a rural community

List the determinants of health relevant to each of the issues or concerns

What are three (3) common issues or concerns similar for people in this population group who live in urban areas might encounter?

Explain why or why not this would be different from the rural setting?

Provide an evidenced-based health promotion or disease prevention intervention for each identified issue or concern

Would the location, rural or urban, impact your interventions, why or why not?

State a rationale that includes statistical data

Reading and Resources

Read Chapter 10 In Rubenfeld, M. G., & Scheffer, B.K. (2015). Critical thinking TACTICS for nurses: Achieving the IOM competencies (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

Read Finn, P. (2011). Critical thinking: Knowledge and skills for evidence-based practice, Language, speech, and hearing services in schools, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (42), 69–72.

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Additional Instructions:

All submissions should have a title page and reference page.

Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.

Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.

Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Submission Options

Choose One:

Instructions:

Paper

4 to 6-page paper. Include title and reference pages.

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

8 to 10 slides. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Other media (Prezi, etc.) presentation

8 to 10 slides with speaker notes. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Video Presentation

5 to 6-minute video presentation.

Attach reference page or include in video.

Professional appearance and background.

Video submissions must include a script in Word format, submitted through Turnitin for an Originality Report.

Table

Table with appropriate columns and headers.

Include title and reference pages.

Graphs or other illustrations

Graphs or illustrations with appropriate labels. Include title and reference pages.

Poster

Poster utilizing any applicable poster template. Include visual graphics/images/other formats for visual appeal. Include appropriate title and references on poster.

Note: Title and reference pages/slides do not count towards the count requirements.

 

SIM436 Interprofessional Communication

Activity 8

Team Work and Critical Thinking

Rubenfeld & Scheffer (2015) suggested that interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration involves different communication styles and can result in conflict that can negatively affect patient care practices. Discuss how you may be able to use conflict in a positive way to promote interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration.

Bensimon and Neumann, as cited in Rubenfeld & Scheffer (2015), identified the following eight team thinking roles:

The definer (voices and creates the team’s reality)

The analyst (assesses all of the parts of the issue)

The interpreter (provides insight on how team members perceive outcomes)

The critic (redefines, reanalyzes and reinterprets)

The synthesizer (elicits all thinking perspectives and helps provide linkages for solutions)

The disparity monitor (assesses how team members perceive outcomes)

The task monitor (removes obstacles to team thinking and facilitates the teamwork)

The emotional monitor (address the human, personal, and emotional aspects of team thinking during the thinking process.

Choose three (3) of the roles and share an example from your nursing practice of someone fulfilling the roles.

Why is this role necessary for the team thinking process to go smoothly?

How do other members of the team perceive this person’s role?

Please do not include names or personal identifiers in your discussion.

 

Reading and Resources

Read Chapters 5 & 8 In Rubenfeld, M. G., & Scheffer, B.K. (2015). Critical thinking TACTICS for nurses: Achieving the IOM competencies (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.

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Bensimon and Neumann identified the following eight team thinking roles:

1. The definer (voices and creates the team’s reality)

2. The analyst (assesses all of the parts of the issue)

3. The interpreter (provides insight on how team members perceive outcomes)

4. The critic (redefines, reanalyzes and reinterprets)

5. The synthesizer (elicits all thinking perspectives and helps provide linkages for solutions)

6. The disparity monitor (assesses how team members perceive outcomes)

7. The task monitor (removes obstacles to team thinking and facilitates the teamwork)

8. The emotional monitor (address the human, personal, and emotional aspects of team thinking during the thinking process.

Choose two of the roles and share an example from your nursing practice of someone fulfilling the roles.

Why is this role necessary in order for the team thinking process to go smoothly?

How do other members of the team perceive this person’s role?

Additional Instructions:

All submissions should have a title page and reference page.

Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.

Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.

Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.

Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Submission Options

Choose One:

Instructions:

Paper

2 to 3-page paper. Include title and reference pages.

Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

4 to 8 slides. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Other media (Prezi, etc.) presentation

4 to 8 slides with speaker notes. Add title and reference slides.

Follow Rules of 7.

Video Presentation

5 to 6-minute video presentation.

Attach reference page or include in video.

Professional appearance and background.

Video submissions must include a script in Word format, submitted through Turnitin for an Originality Report.

Table

Table with appropriate columns and headers.

Include title and reference pages.

Graphs or other illustrations

Graphs or illustrations with appropriate labels. Include title and reference pages.

Poster

Poster utilizing any applicable po