assessment 3: attached  | Nursing

Clinical Requirement:

attached  assessment3.docx Analyze the application of technology and professional standards related to your health process issue at your practicum site in a 4–6 page paper, and submit your required practicum hours. In your previous assessment, you defined and analyzed your health process issue in the context of your practicum site. Now that you've gained more experience, continue to build on the information you've gathered about your practicum site and research your chosen issue. In Assessment 3, you'll focus on the application of technology and professional standards. Your ultimate goal at the end of the course will be to present a strategy for improving your selected process issue. Expand All Instructions · Explain aspects of your role in process change and professional standards. · Explain the aspects of the role of the BSN-prepared RN in process change and professional standards. · Identify your potential role in process change at your existing practicum. If so, describe that role. · If your role is limited, explain how you would envision your role in process change if you were a nurse at this site. · Summarize what your state's nurse practice act says related to the nurses role and process change. (The  Find Your Nurse Practice Act website in your Assessment 3 resources provides a search function to assist you in finding individual state nurse practice acts.) · Explain what interprofessional collaboration you have and will implement. · What opportunities for collaboration do you see? · Are you able to implement some of them in your current role at your practicum site? If not, how would you implement interprofessional collaboration as a nurse at this site? · Review government agencies associated with your process of concern. Explain the recommendations. · Examples of agencies include: · Joint Commission. · NDNQI. · CMC. · Describe current technology used in your practicum site to address your practice issue. · What are they currently using? Did you notice any problems or issues with the use of this technology? · Review the literature to determine technology available and recommended for your practice issue. Summarize the recommendations. · Do you see new technology that isn't being used? · Describe any potential implementation issues you see for using the new technology? Additional Requirements · Format: Format your paper using APA style. Refer to  APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] for guidance in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include the following: · A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required. · Appropriate section headings. · Length: Your paper should be approximately 4–6 pages in length, not including the reference page. · Supporting evidence: Cite at least five sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format. · Proofreading: Proofread your paper, before you submit it, to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on its substance. Practicum Hours Submission · · · Reflective Journaling Submission Checklist · Competencies Measured By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria: · Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes. · Explain aspects of one's role in process change and professional standards. · Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology to improve patient and systems outcomes. · Explain the recommendations of government agencies that apply to a practice issue or problem at a specific clinical site. · Describe current technology used in a clinical site to address a practice issue, including issues with use of the technology. · Summarize the technology available and recommended for a clinical practice issue based on the literature. · Competency 5: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes. · Explain what interprofessional collaboration one has and will implement at a specific clinical site. · Competency 6: Implement patient centered care to improve quality of care and the patient experience. · Describe any potential implementation issues for using the new technology. · Competency 8: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based strategies to create effective written and oral communications. · Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions. · Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. · Complete a minimum 20–25 MORE hours of clinical practicum. Submit clinical hour documentation to CAPS. Scoring Guide Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.   Expand All Criterion 1 Explain aspects of one's role in process change and professional standards. Distinguished Explains aspects of one's role in process change and professional standards, providing examples. Proficient Explains aspects of one's role in process change and professional standards. Basic Identifies aspects of one's role in process change and professional standards. Non Performance Does not explain aspects of one's role in process change and professional standards. Criterion 2 Explain what interprofessional collaboration one has and will implement at a specific clinical site. Distinguished Explains what interprofessional collaboration one has and will implement at a specific clinical site, and includes the benefits of this collaboration. Proficient Explains what interprofessional collaboration one has and will implement at a specific clinical site. Basic Identifies opportunities for collaboration. Non Performance Does not explain what interprofessional collaboration one has and will implement at a specific clinical site. Criterion 3 Explain the recommendations of government agencies that apply to a practice issue or problem at a specific clinical site. Distinguished Explains the recommendations of government agencies that apply to a practice issue or problem at a specific clinical site, explaining the assumptions on which the recommendations are based. Proficient Explains the recommendations of government agencies that apply to a practice issue or problem at a specific clinical site. Basic Explains the recommendations of government agencies, though it's unclear how they apply to a practice issue or problem at a specific clinical site. Non Performance Does not explain the recommendations of government agencies that apply to a practice issue or problem at a specific clinical site. Criterion 4 Describe current technology used in a clinical site to address a practice issue, including issues with use of the technology. Distinguished Describes current technology used in a clinical site to address a practice issue, including issues with use of the technology, as well as the impact of the technology on outcomes for the site. Proficient Describes current technology used in a clinical site to address a practice issue, including issues with use of the technology. Basic Describes current technology used in a clinical site to address a practice issue. Non Performance Does not describe current technology used in a clinical site to address a practice issue, including issues with use of the technology. Criterion 5 Summarize the technology available and recommended for a clinical practice issue based on the literature. Distinguished Summarizes the technology available and recommended for a clinical practice issue based on the literature, outlining pros and cons. Proficient Summarizes the technology available and recommended for a clinical practice issue based on the literature. Basic Summarizes technology available for a clinical practice issue, though the recommendation is not based on the literature. Non Performance Does not summarize the technology available and recommended for a clinical practice issue based on the literature. Criterion 6 Describe any potential implementation issues for using the new technology. Distinguished Describes any potential implementation issues for using the new technology and how those issues might be addressed. Proficient Describes any potential implementation issues for using the new technology. Basic Identifies any potential implementation issues for using the new technology. Non Performance Does not describe any potential implementation issues for using the new technology. Criterion 7 Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions. Distinguished Organizes content so clarity is enhanced and all ideas flow logically with smooth transitions. Proficient Organizes content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions. Basic Organizes content with some logical flow and smooth transitions. Non Performance Does not organize content for ideas to flow logically with smooth transitions. Criterion 8 Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. Distinguished Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to stylistic conventions, document structure, and source attributions. Proficient Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. Basic Applies APA style and formatting to scholarly writing incorrectly or inconsistently, detracting noticeably from good scholarship. Non Performance Does not apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing. Criterion 9 Complete a minimum 20–25 MORE hours of clinical practicum. Submit clinical hour documentation to CAPS. Distinguished Completes a total of more than 20–25 more hours of clinical practicum. Submits clinical hour documentation to CAPS. Proficient Completes a minimum 20–25 MORE hours of clinical practicum. Submits clinical hour documentation to CAPS. Basic Completes fewer than 20 more hours of clinical practicum. Non Performance Does not complete a minimum of 20 more hours of clinical practicum, and does not submit clinical hour documentation to CAPS.