NURS 4220: Leadership Competencies In Nursing (NURS-4220)

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 practicum discussion and your Capstone Paper. Post a brief description of the problem and an explanation of why you selected it. Explain how the conversation you had with the key leader in your practice setting impacted your decision to address this particular practice problem. Be sure to support your practice problem with the liter...

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 indicator is measured in the literature. Discuss any gaps in the data that were identified and additional sources that might be needed to obtain this data. Be sure to support your practice problem with the literature that indicates the relevance of this problem for nursing practice. Provide evidence from practice and data that is availa...

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. Describe what resources are needed for your solution, and explain whether or not those resources are cost-effective. Continue to collaborate with the selected individuals in your practice environment as needed in the development of the Practicum Project, and share this information with your group.

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. Continue to collaborate with the selected individuals in your practice environment as needed in the development of the practicum project, and share this information with your group.

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 components of HEDIS comprehensive diabetes care. Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature. Your posts need to be written at the capstone level (see checklist).

Provide feedback to each of your classmates about their storyboards. Discuss the clarity of the problem presented, the data that was selected to support the quality and safety issue, the selected process improvement model, and the proposed plan to improve patient outcomes. Provide feedback on the overall content and professional presentation of the storyboard. Feedback should help energize the other student and help to improve a project that truly may be implemented.

NURS 4220 (Leadership Competencies In Nursing and Healthcare) Week 6 Assignment: Capstone Paper – Final Paper Submit your final Capstone Paper for grading. Your final submission should incorporate the feedback you have received from faculty and meet the Academic Writing Expectations for the Capstone Level: Demonstrate a thorough understanding of context, audience, and purpose. Use appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject, conveying the writer’...

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 points discussed in the paper. This section will be 1–2 paragraphs. This section of the paper should meet the following Academic Writing Expectations for the Capstone Level: Demonstrate a thorough und...

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 successfully. Justify your selection. Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature. Your posts need to be written at the capstone level (see checklist)

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. Explain how each step will be used to develop the quality improvement plan. This section will be 6–10 paragraphs. Be sure to include the scholarly references from the literature review to support y...