NR500 All Weeks Discussions Latest 2019 November

NR500 Foundational Concepts and Applications

Week 1 Discussion

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As you
begin the journey into graduate education, it is important to understand the
value of the Masters Prepared Nurse. Take a moment and reflect on your decision
to return to graduate school. What were the motivating factors: a better job,
requirement for promotion, a desire for professional development, or the
opportunity to influence positive change and shape the future of nursing
practice? Take a moment to reflect on your “why”. When we understand our “why” it can help to
motivate us during challenging times during this educational journey. What were
the motivators for you returning back to school to further your education and
what value do you see in the Masters Prepared Nurse?

NR500 Foundational Concepts and Applications

Week 2 Discussion

Collaboration
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As an MSN
prepared nurse, you will be looked at by the team to develop policies based on
evidence. Master’s-prepared nurses are expected to lead and role model the
implementation of evidence-based practices that promote positive change. Please discuss and address the following
questions:

What value
do you see in evidence based practice?

How might
it improve care and patient outcomes?

NR500 Foundational Concepts and Applications

Week 3 Discussion

Collaboration
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Our social
and professional networks often overlap, which is why we don’t always say what
we really think. In fact, the anticipation of the upset is far greater than the
reality. However, the core values that are expected and appreciated in nurses
are responsibility, honesty, integrity, belief in human dignity, patient
equality, and the desire to prevent and alleviate suffering. A nurse’s
professionalism is judged based on personal behaviors, appearance,
presentation, and so on. Nurses are responsible for their own practice and the
care that their patients receive. The nurse is responsible for following
standards of care in all practice. As the roles of nursing change, nurses are
faced with more complex decisions regarding delegation and management of care.
The nurse must exercise judgment in accepting responsibilities, and seeking the
counsel of others in the course of their duties.

Think about
a time in your nursing practice where you encountered a challenging situation
either with a patient or a co—worker that caused you to reflect on your
core-values.

Provide a
concise description of this challenging experience.

What core
values were challenged in this experience?

What
lessons were learned from this experience?

How did the
experience inform future professional behaviors, decisions, and actions?

NR500 Foundational Concepts and Applications

Week 4 Discussion

Leadership:
Establishing Relationships and Influencing Change

This week’s
focus is on developing foundational interpersonal skills that will prepare you
for professional practice as a leader and change agent. As a leader, how will
you influence change in your professional specialty area? Identify two
strengths you have that will promote strong leadership. Identify two areas of
improvement to your skill in leading and influencing change. What are two
priority strategies you will implement to improve and/or enhance your
leadership skills?

NR500 Foundational Concepts and Applications

Week 5 Discussion

Caring
Concepts in Nursing

This week’s
topic is centered on the concept of caring in contemporary nursing practice. In
your initial response, provide a definition of caring that aligns with your
perspective on the concept of caring. Identify your selected program of study
specialty track (Executive, Education, Healthcare Policy, or Nursing
Informatics). Describe how you will apply the principles of caring and holistic
nursing in your future professional practice. Use at least one outside
scholarly article to support your position. Provide an example to illustrate an
application to professional practice.

NR500 Foundational Concepts and Applications

Week 6 Discussion

Systems-Structure
and Function

Many of you
have experience in complex adaptive systems whether you realize it or not.
Thinking about your future practice specialty area, identify an issue or
concern common to your future practice setting. In your initial response,
please identify your specialty track, as well as the issue or concern. Discuss
how this issue or concern impacts the system at the micro, meso, and macro
levels. How will you address this issue or concern at the microsystem level?
What is the expected impact of your solution on the meso- and macrosystems?
Remember you can use an information technology-based solution to address the
issue or concern.

NR500 Foundational Concepts and Applications

Week 7 Discussion

Collaboration
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Incivility
has several negative outcome on any organization. The impact of bullying
behaviors on the organization are lower morale, lower productivity and
increased absenteeism (due to physical, psychological and emotional harm),
followed by rapid and increased turnover, which compromises patient safety.
Workplace bullying also leads to lawsuits, compensation for disability, loss of
profits, negative impact on organizational reputation, and a corrosion of the
patient to health care worker relationship. Employees, patients and families
who witness behaviors that are not civil are concerned about how care can be
impacted.

Think about
a time in your nursing practice where you experienced or witnessed incivility.

Provide a
concise description of this experience.

What are
some steps that could have been taken to prevent this from occurring?

Discuss
some important ways to create a culture of civility in the workplace.

NR500 Foundational Concepts and Applications

Week 8 Discussion

Collaboration
Café

Take a
moment to reflect on your learning in this course. What concepts stood out to you and made an
impact? How do you envision using the
concepts learned in this course in your future nursing practice as a Masters
prepared nurse?