Identify a professional nursing issue, one that you have seen, been involved in or is a hypothetical issue. Briefly explain what the National Academy of Medicine (old Institute of Medicine) is about, and why they developed the five core competencies.

Issues Paper

The purpose of the assignment is to demonstrate a current professional nursing issue. The students will write up a short paper to discuss the IOM core competency that was utilized and the goal of the scenario.

Structure of assignment/paper:
• Identify a professional nursing issue, one that you have seen, been involved in or is a hypothetical issue.
• Identify a nursing core competency related to your professional issue
• Introduction
o -Patient-centered care including patient rights
o -Teamwork and collaboration
o -Evidence based practice
o -Quality improvement
o -Informatics to include confidentiality
o Briefly explain what the National Academy of Medicine (old Institute of Medicine) is about, and why they developed the five core competencies.
 Explain all the core competency and give a brief description and example of them of them.
o Pick one (1) competencies that related to your scenario, and include a briefly description of the competencies, and:
 Discuss a knowledge, a skill, and attitude example of the competency (Do not use the example from the article, come up with your own)
o Discuss your professional nursing issue- how and why it and issue.
o Briefly discuss the scenario that you are planning to video.
o Conclusion