28 Jan Identify strategies that

MSN6021 – Biopsychosocial Concepts for Advanced Nursing Practice I

Week 8 Discussion

DQ1 Implementing Best Practice Changes

For this discussion, you will explore the importance of respecting the strengths and needs of broader multidisciplinary teams when taking steps to implement best practice changes into a care setting.

In your initial post, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for initial postings found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Describe steps a nurse may take to implement best practice changes into a care setting while respecting the multidisciplinary team.

What does each member bring to the care of the client or community?

Explain the ways in which the steps you described will help to build buy-in from, or collaboration with, the multidisciplinary team.

Explain the ways in which these steps will help to move along the implementation of best practice changes.

Review the Unit 9 Quality Improvement Presentation Poster assignment.

As a nurse leader, describe the implementation steps necessary to promote the desired practice change.

Explain the ways in which these steps could be applied to ensure that interprofessional teamwork will be leveraged to improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the methods you may propose in your assignment.

Response Guidelines

In your response post, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for response posts found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Critique the steps described by your peer. Consider the following:

In your opinion, which steps that were described by your peer will be most effective and beneficial? Provide resources to support your position.

Which steps that your peer described do you think will be less successful? Are there other steps that your peer did not describe that would be beneficial for them to consider?

Provide suggestions or recommendations on how the proposed steps could be improved.

Briefly comment on your peer’s initial thoughts on how aspects of this discussion post could be applied to ensure that interprofessional teamwork will be leveraged to improve the effectiveness or efficiency of their methods in the Unit 9 assignment.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Use evidence to support claims.

Apply APA formatting.

Understand the audience.

Identify contemporary evidence (from within the last five years) relevant to a specific topic.

Identify strategies that support continuous improvement.

Explain how specific quality improvement approaches will promote continuous improvement.

Resources

Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

DQ2 Experience With Creating a Continuous Improvement Cycle

For this discussion the focus will be on collaborative discourse related to your experiences and involvement with continuous improvement strategies, approaches, or initiatives from your practice. By sharing your experiences and reading about the experiences of your peers, you can help to build the learning community’s understanding about successful and less successful ways to create a continuous improvement cycle for the quality of care across disciplines and types of care settings.

In your initial post, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for initial postings found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Share experiences from your practice about being involved with continuous improvement initiatives.

Describe how the initiatives were implemented and communicated.

Explain the ways in which these initiatives sought to leverage best practices to drive the continuous improvement.

How well did these initiatives achieve quality improvement?

Did initial improvement help contribute to a continuous improvement cycle?

What lessons learned from your experience might you want to apply to your Unit 9 Quality Improvement Presentation Poster assignment?

Response Guidelines

In your response post, address the following. Be sure to follow the requirements for response posts found in the Faculty Expectations Message (FEM).

Compare and contrast your experiences and involvement in continuous improvement strategies, approaches, or initiatives with those of your peer. Comment on how you might be able to apply something from your peer’s post to your Unit 9 Quality Improvement Presentation Poster assignment.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify strategies that support continuous improvement.

Explain how specific quality improvement approaches will promote continuous improvement.

Use evidence to support claims.

Resources

Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.