DNPPRACTICUM3-WEEK8-REQUESTING DR.VIC

Week 8Practice Readiness in Leading Future Change

Discussion

Purpose

The purpose of this discussion is to reflect on your own readiness to practice as a DNP-prepared nurse and consider what you learned in this course and how this knowledge will impact your practice.

Instructions

All students respond to Part 1 and Part 2 every week. Students who are implementing respond to Part 2—Implementing. Students who are conducting a case study respond to Part 2—Case Study.

Part 1: All Students

Each week you have been reminded that reflective inquiry allows for expansion of self-awareness, identification of knowledge gaps, and assessment of learning goals. As you reflect on your own readiness to practice as a DNP-prepared nurse, it is important to consider what you learned in this course.

As you review the course outcomes and your experience in this course, address the following in 150 words or less:

1. Analyze and evaluate how your thinking and professional practice was challenged in this course related to translation science and implementing a practice change project in a complex healthcare or community environment.
2. Considering this new knowledge, examine how this learning prepares you to practice as a DNP-prepared nurse.

Part 2: Students Implementing at the Practicum Site

For this week’s implementation update, address the following:

1. State your practice question in PICOT format and include the week # for your implementation.
2. List the date(s) you will collect your final outcome data as well as the implementation week for the last data collection.
3. List the total number of participants or your total sample numbers pre-implementation and post-implementation.
4. Briefly describe your plan for sustaining the practice change and the roles of the stakeholders who take over as the project leads or champions after you complete project implementation.

Note: Robust responses are required to fulfill the Case Study requirements. Use the numbered points provided as headings.

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Program Competencies

This discussion enables the student to meet the following program competencies:

1. Integrates scientific underpinnings into everyday clinical practice. (POs 3, 5)
2. Applies organizational and system leadership skills to affect systemic changes in corporate culture and to promote continuous improvement in clinical outcomes. (PO 6)
3. Uses analytic methods to translate critically appraised research and other evidence into clinical scholarship for innovative practice improvements. (POs 3, 5)
4. Appraises current information systems and technologies to improve health care. (POs 6, 7)
5. Analyzes health care policies to advocate for equitable health care and social justice to all populations and those at risk due to social determinants of health. (POs 2, 9)
6. Creates a supportive organizational culture for flourishing collaborative teams to facilitate clinical disease prevention and promote population health at all system levels. (PO 8)
7. Leads others in professional identity, advanced clinical judgment, systems thinking, resilience, and accountability in selecting, implementing, and evaluating clinical care. (POs 1, 4)

Course Outcomes

This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

1. Demonstrate effective project management strategies. (PCs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; POs 2, 3, 6)
2. Explore possible career trajectories for the DNP-prepared nurse and the contributions to healthcare to be achieved through those career options. (PCs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; POs 2, 3, 6)
3. Demonstrate knowledge and skills in support for and dissemination of scholarship. (PCs 1, 3, 5; POs 2, 3)
4. Use project management processes to implement the DNP project. (PCs 6, 8; POs 4, 8)