For this assignment, you will research an advanced nursing practice role and summarize your findings in a 3- to 5-page paper

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Assignment 4: Role and Setting
For this assignment, you will research an advanced nursing practice role and summarize your findings in a 3- to 5-page paper (excluding the title page, references and appendices):

  • Focusing on the specialty for which you were admitted to the University, select an advanced nursing role to research. (Family Nurse Practitioner).
  • According to the NPSGs, distinguish the role as clinical or non-clinical and how it promotes patient safety.
  • Find two research articles and one expert opinion article about this role, and summarize the articles in a 4-page paper.
  • The articles must be current (not more than five years old).
  • Format your paper, citations, and references using correct APA Style.

Note: Due by Tuesday, September 6, 2016.

Assignment 4 Grading CriteriaMaximum Points
Described the advanced practice nursing role.20
Distinguished the role as clinical or non-clinical and how it promotes patient safety according to the NPSGs.20
Summarized two research articles.20
Summarized one expert opinion article.20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. APA format was used.20
Total:100

NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES

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NUR-531: NURSING INFORMATICS: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES

Final Project

Students Please Note: This assignment must be submitted to turnitin.com.
The Turnitin originality report MUST be submitted in PDF format. At the link below is a screenshot

with instructions: Screenshot with PDF Instructions

Assignments submitted with turnitin reports in any other format will not be graded.

Reference the “Turnitin Requirement” section of the course Syllabus (or Using Turnitin for Assignments on the Topic List Page) for general instructions. Upload both your assignment and the originality report within the assignment link.

OVERVIEW

The purpose of this assignment is to encourage you to develop information literacy skills, effectively use APA format in creating a formal paper, develop clear and concise writing skills, and increase your knowledge and understanding of nursing informatics and healthcare information technology concepts.

FINAL PAPER TOPIC GUIDELINES

Choose a topic from the course in which you have an interest. Apply theory and content from the course modules, informed by current literature and course materials. Some possible topics include the following:

  • ? The Electronic Health Record (EHR)
  • ? Data Analytics/Data Mining in Healthcare IT
  • ? Standardized Terminologies in Documentation (SNOMED/LOINC)
  • ? Mobile Healthcare Information Technologies
  • ? Clinical Communications
  • ? Telehealth/Telemedicine
  • ? Human Technology Interface/Usability in Healthcare IT
  • ? Information Security
  • ? Roles/Competencies/Development of Nursing Informaticists
  • ? Patient Engagement TechnologiesNote: The theoretical framework presented in Written Assignment 1 will serve as the underlying foundation for the paper. Here, you are todemonstrate how it may be applied to a specific nursing

Explain the need for change in your current practice setting, a previous practice setting, or in an education practice setting.

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Purpose and Overview
The purpose of this assignment is for the student to:
identify a current need for change in healthcare;
identify steps to making the change, including identifying stakeholders and evidence; and
discuss a minimum of one intervention to address the need for change.
Directions
Write a 2–3 page paper using the following guidelines.
In one paragraph, explain the need for change in your current practice setting, a previous practice setting, or in an education practice setting.
Discuss the need for change as it relates to the IOM Future of Nursing report.
Review the literature for evidence on best practice for the change.
Describe one intervention that addresses the need for change.
List 5–6 steps on how to proceed with the change.
Include stakeholders and a timeline for implementation.
In your conclusion, using 1–2 paragraphs, summarize how the Future of Nursing report improved your nursing practice and promoted patient safety.
Submit your paper using the Submission link.
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Written Assignment: Need for Change Students Please Note: This assignment must be submitted to turnitin.com. The Turnitin originality report MUST be submitted in PDF format. At the link below is a screenshot with instructions: HYPERLINK “https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3nkwrtzdYUObllpc1d2R1FpODg/view?usp=sharing” Screenshot with PDF Instructions Assignments submitted with turnitin reports in any other format will not be graded. Reference the “Turnitin Requirement” section of the course Syllabus (or Using Turnitin for Assignments on the Topic List Page) for general instructions. Upload both your assignment and the originality report within the assignment link. Purpose and Overview The purpose of this assignment is for the student to: identify a current need for change in healthcare; identify steps to making the change, including identifying stakeholders and evidence; and discuss a minimum of one intervention to address the need for change. Directions Write a 2–3 page paper using the following guidelines. In one paragraph, explain the need for change in your current practice setting, a previous practice setting, or in an education practice setting. Discuss the need for change as it relates to the IOM Future of Nursing report. Review the literature for evidence on best practice for the change. Describe one intervention that addresses the need for change. List 5–6 steps on how to proceed with the change. Include stakeholders and a timeline for implementation. In your conclusion, using 1–2 paragraphs, summarize how the Future of Nursing report improved your nursing practice and promoted patient safety. Submit your paper using the Submission link.

How you would as a nurse continue to increase your knowledge and awareness of financial, economic, and other concerns related to new practice approaches

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Write a 3-page paper that synthesizes:

Your vision of yourself as a nursing leader—specifically address the following

How you would as a nurse continue to increase your knowledge and awareness of financial, economic, and other concerns related to new practice approaches

How translating evidence would enable you as a nurse to affect or strengthen health care delivery and nursing practice

How you would advocate for the use of new evidence-based practice approaches through the policy arena Document Preview:

This is a sample from TRANSLATION OF EVIDENCE INTO NURSING AND HEALTH CARE: SECOND EDITION Visit This Book’s Web Page / Buy Now / Request an Exam/Review Copy Translation of Evidence Into Nursing and Health Care © Springer Publishing CompanyThis is a sample from TRANSLATION OF EVIDENCE INTO NURSING AND HEALTH CARE: SECOND EDITION Visit This Book’s Web Page / Buy Now / Request an Exam/Review Copy Kathleen M. White, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, is associate professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She holds a joint faculty appointment in the Hopkins Carey School of Business, is director of the School of Nursing’s Master’s Entry Into Practice Program, and is the track coordi- nator of the master of science in nursing (MSN) health systems management and of the MSN–MBA (master of business administration) tracks. Dr. White also holds a joint appointment as a clinical nurse specialist (CSN) at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was a member of a collaborative team that developed the widely published, award-winning Johns Hopkins Nursing evidence-based practice model and guidelines. Dr. White was a senior advisor at the Health Resources and Services Administration from 2010 to 2013 where she worked in the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis and the Of? ce of Performance Management. Her numerous practice policy and leadership roles have included serving as the chairperson of the American Nursing Association Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics from 2006 to 2010 and as a member of the Maryland Governor’s Health Quality and Cost Council, the Maryland Health Care Commission’s Hospital Performance Evaluation Guide Advisory Committee, the Howard County General Hospital Board of Trustees, and the Maryland Patient Safety Center’s board of directors, where she served as their inaugural chairperson until 2011.