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3. Demonstrate an awareness of complex organizational systems. 4. Demonstrate a basic understanding of organizational structure, mission, vision, philosophy, and values. 5. Participate in quality and patient safety initiatives, recognizing that these are complex system issues,

which involve individuals, families, groups, communities, populations, and other members of the healthcare team.

6. Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process, and outcome measures to identify clinical questions and describe the process of changing current practice.

7. Promote factors that create a culture of safety and caring. 8. Promote achievement of safe and quality outcomes of care for diverse populations. 9. Apply quality improvement processes to effectively implement patient safety initiatives and monitor

performance measures, including nurse-sensitive indicators in the microsystem of care. 10. Use improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test

changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care. 11. Employ principles of quality improvement, healthcare policy, and cost-effectiveness to assist in

the development and initiation of effective plans for the microsystem and/or systemwide practice improvements that will improve the quality of healthcare delivery.

12. Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change.

13. Compare/contrast the roles and perspectives of the nursing profession with other care professionals on the healthcare team (i.e., scope of discipline, education and licensure requirements).

14. Use inter and intraprofessional communication and collaborative skills to deliver evidence-based, patient centered care.

15. Incorporate effective communication techniques, including negotiation and conflict resolution to produce positive professional working relationships.

16. Contribute the unique nursing perspective to interprofessional teams to optimize patient outcomes. 17. Demonstrate appropriate teambuilding and collaborative strategies when working with interprofessional

teams. 18. Advocate for high quality and safe patient care as a member of the interprofessional team.” (AACN, 2008,

pp.14,22). Reference: American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]. (2008). The essentials of baccalaureate education

for professional nursing practice. Washington, DC: Author.

DIRECTIONS AND GRADING CRITERIA

Category Points % Description

(Introduction – see note

under requirement #4 above)

8 8 Introduces the purpose of the reflection and addresses BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) pertinent to healthcare policy and advocacy.

You Decide Reflection

80 80 Include a self-assessment regarding learning that you believe represents your skills, knowledge, and integrative abilities to meet the pertinent BSN Essential and sub-competencies (AACN, 2008) as a result of active learning throughout this course. Be sure to use examples from selected readings, threaded discussions, and/or applications to support your assertions to address each of the following sub-competencies:

(a) “Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high-quality nursing care, healthcare team coordination, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery in a variety of settings.

(b) Demonstrate leadership and communication skills to effectively implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team.

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(c) Demonstrate an awareness of complex organizational systems. (d) Demonstrate a basic understanding of organizational structure,

mission, vision, philosophy, and values. (e) Participate in quality and patient safety initiatives, recognizing that

these are complex system issues, which involve individuals, families, groups, communities, populations, and other members of the healthcare team.

(f) Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process, and outcome measures to identify clinical questions and describe the process of changing current practice.

(g) Promote factors that create a culture of safety and caring. (h) Promote achievement of safe and quality outcomes of care for

diverse populations. (i) Apply quality improvement processes to effectively implement

patient safety initiatives and monitor performance measures, including nurse-sensitive indicators in the microsystem of care.

(j) Use improvement methods, based on data from the outcomes of care processes, to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care.

(k) Participate in the development and implementation of imaginative and creative strategies to enable systems to change.

(l) Compare/contrast the roles and perspectives of the nursing profession with other care professionals on the healthcare team (i.e., scope of discipline, education and licensure requirements).

(m) Use inter and intraprofessional communication and collaborative skills to deliver evidence-based, patient centered care.

(n) Incorporate effective communication techniques, including negotiation and conflict resolution to produce positive professional working relationships.

(o) Contribute the unique nursing perspective to interprofessional teams to optimize patient outcomes.

(p) Demonstrate appropriate teambuilding and collaborative strategies when working with interprofessional teams.

(q) Advocate for high quality and safe patient care as a member of the interprofessional team.” (AACN, 2008, pp.14,22).

Conclusion 4 4 An effective conclusion identifies the main ideas and major conclusions from the body of your essay. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the pertinent BSN Essential and sub-competencies (AACN, 2008) pertaining to scholarship for evidence-based practice.

Clarity of writing

6 6 Use of standard English grammar and sentence structure. No spelling errors or typographical errors. Organized around the required components using appropriate headers. Writing should demonstrate original thought without an over-reliance on the works of others.

APA format 2 2 All information taken from another source, even if summarized, must be appropriately cited in the manuscript and listed in the references using APA (6th ed.) format:

1. Document setup 2. Title and reference pages 3. Citations in the text and references.

Total: 100 100 A quality essay will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.