Review the Resources and reflect on the mission of state/regional boards of nursing as the protection of the public through the regulation of nursing practice. Consider how key regulations may impact nursing practice.

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PROFESSIONAL NURSING AND STATE-LEVEL REGULATIONS

Boards of Nursing (BONs) exist in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands. Similar entities may also exist for different regions. The mission of BONs is the protection of the public through the regulation of nursing practice. BONs put into practice state/region regulations for nurses that, among other things, lay out the requirements for licensure and define the scope of nursing practice in that state/region.

It can be a valuable exercise to compare regulations among various state/regional boards of nursing. Doing so can help share insights that could be useful should there be future changes in a state/region. In addition, nurses may find the need to be licensed in multiple states or regions.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and reflect on the mission of state/regional boards of nursing as the protection of the public through the regulation of nursing practice.
  • Consider how key regulations may impact nursing practice.
  • Review key regulations for nursing practice of your state’s/region’s board of nursing and those of at least one other state/region and select at least two APRN regulations to focus on for this Discussion.
  • Post a comparison of at least two APRN board of nursing regulations in your state/region with those of at least one other state/region. Describe how they may differ. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain how the regulations you selected may apply to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) who have legal authority to practice within the full scope of their education and experience. Provide at least one example of how APRNs may adhere to the two regulations you selected.

Summarize your engagement with the key stakeholders or partners, including the input and feedback you received. Discuss how you intend to work with those key stakeholders or partners in order to achieve success.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

A. Develop a written proposal by doing the following:

1. Identify a problem or issue related to practice, policy, population, or education that aligns with the organizational priorities you seek to solve.

Note: You may need to meet with your organization or practice setting, your manager, or your supervisor to help choose a current problem or issue.

  • a. Explain the problem or issue, including why it is applicable to the area of practice you chose and the healthcare environment.

2. Discuss your investigation of the problem or issue.

  • a. Provide evidence to substantiate the problem or issue (e.g., organizational assessment, national source documents, evidence from a stakeholder).

3. Analyze the state of the situation using current data.

  • a. Analyze areas that might be contributing to the problem or issue.

4. Propose a solution or innovation for the problem or issue.

  • a. Justify your proposed solution or innovation based on the results of your investigation and analysis.

5. Recommend resources to implement your proposed solution or innovation. Include a cost-benefit analysis of your proposed solution or innovation.

6. Provide a timeline for implementation based on your proposal.

7. Discuss why each key stakeholder or partner is important for the implementation of the solution or innovation.

  • a. Summarize your engagement with the key stakeholders or partners, including the input and feedback you received.
  • b. Discuss how you intend to work with those key stakeholders or partners in order to achieve success.

8. Discuss how your proposed solution or innovation could be implemented, including how the implementation could be evaluated for success.

 

B. Explain how you fulfilled the following roles during your process of investigation and proposal development:

  1. scientist
  2. detective
  3. manager of the healing environment

 

C. Submit the completed attached “Professional Verification Form” from the organizational leader advising you in your leadership experience.

D. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

Assessing a health priority for action. Identify three priorities and select one for an intervention. Describe determinant factors with the most significant size and severity impact, determine effective and acceptable interventions and actions (In Cavanagh and Chadwick (2015) this is “Step 3 Assessing a health priorty for action”).

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Population Needs Assessment – This is a population needs assessment of any population in US

A description of the population, what you are trying to achieve, who needs to be involved, required resources, and risks (in Cavanagh and Chadwick (2015) this is “Step 1 Getting Started”) A thorough overview of the population description Is presented.

An identification of health priorities, population profiling, gathering data, perception of needs, identifying and assessing health conditions and determinant factors (in Cavanagh and Chadwick (2015) this is “Step 2 Identifying health priorities”). A thorough identification of health priorites is presented.

Assessing a health priority for action. Identify three priorities and select one for an intervention. Describe determinant factors with the most significant size and severity impact, determine effective and acceptable interventions and actions (In Cavanagh and Chadwick (2015) this is “Step 3 Assessing a health priorty for action”). A thorough description of potential interventions is presented.

Review the Foundation of Knowledge model (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2021, p 10), and choose a relevant situation from your nursing practice (past or present), where you had to acquire and process information to make a patient care decision. Develop a 2-4 page paper with an example of your situation and apply it to the model.

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 Foundation of Knowledge model

Review the Foundation of Knowledge model (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2021, p 10), and choose a relevant situation from your nursing practice (past or present), where you had to acquire and process information to make a patient care decision. Develop a 2-4 page paper with an example of your situation and apply it to the model.

How would you apply the principles of the Triple Aim initiative to improve quality, safety and satisfaction in the acute care or long-term care setting?

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Quality of Healthcare

Reflect upon the patient experience, patient safety, and healthcare cost as well as Joint Commission’s role in quality healthcare.

Write a paper that addresses the following questions:

How would you apply the principles of the Triple Aim initiative to improve quality, safety and satisfaction in the acute care or long-term care setting?
Reflect on your current or future role in healthcare. How you would you, in the role of director of nursing or healthcare administrator contribute to improving cost effective quality care, patient satisfaction, and patient safety?
What practices would you apply to minimize medical errors among front-line nursing staff?

Write 5 to 6 paragraphs of a comparison of at least two APRN board of nursing regulations in Florida state with those of at least one other state/region. Describe how they may differ.

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Nursing Question

Part 1

Boards of Nursing (BONs) exist in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands. Similar entities may also exist for different regions. The mission of BONs is the protection of the public through the regulation of the nursing practice. BONs put into practice state/region regulations for nurses that, among other things, lay out the requirements for licensure and define the scope of nursing practice in that state/region.

It can be a valuable exercise to compare regulations among various state/regional boards of nursing. Doing so can help share insights that could be useful should there be future changes in a state/region. In addition, nurses may find the need to be licensed in multiple states or regions.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and reflect on the mission of state/regional boards of nursing as the protection of the public through the regulation of nursing practice.
  • Consider how key regulations may impact nursing practice.
  • Review key regulations for nursing practice of your state’s/region’s board of nursing and those of at least one other state/region and select at least two APRN regulations to focus on for this Discussion.
  • Write 5 to 6 paragraphs of a comparison of at least two APRN board of nursing regulations in Florida state with those of at least one other state/region. Describe how they may differ. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain how the regulations you selected may apply to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) who have the legal authority to practice within the full scope of their education and experience. Provide at least one example of how APRNs may adhere to the two regulations you selected.

 

Part 2

Nursing is a very highly regulated profession. There are over 100 boards of nursing and national nursing associations throughout the United States and its territories. Their existence helps regulate, inform, and promote the nursing profession. With such numbers, it can be difficult to distinguish between BONs and nursing associations, and overwhelming to consider various benefits and options offered by each.

Both boards of nursing and national nursing associations have significant impacts on the nurse practitioner profession and scope of practice. Understanding these differences helps lend credence to your expertise as a professional. In this Assignment, you will practice the application of such expertise by communicating a comparison of boards of nursing and professional nurse associations. You will also share an analysis of your state board of nursing.

To Prepare:

  • Assume that you are leading a staff development meeting on regulation for nursing practice at your healthcare organization or agency.
  • Review the NCSBN and ANA websites to prepare for your presentation.
  • The Assignment: (8- to 9-slide PowerPoint presentation)

Develop a 8- to 9-slide PowerPoint Presentation that addresses the following:

  • Describe the differences between a board of nursing and a professional nurse association.
  • Describe the Florida board
    • Who is on the board?
    • How does one become a member of the board?
  • Describe at least one state regulation related to general nurse scope of practice.
    • How does this regulation influence the nurse’s role?
    • How does this regulation influence delivery, cost, and access to healthcare?
    • If a patient is from another culture, how would this regulation impact the nurse’s care/education?
  • Describe at least one state regulation related to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs).
    • How does this regulation influence the nurse’s role?
    • How does this regulation influence delivery, cost, and access to healthcare?
  • Has there been any change to the regulation within the past 5 years? Explain.
  • Include Speaker Notes on Each Slide (except on the title page and reference page)

Describe the way(s) you perceive you will impact healthcare policy and/or legislation in your future nursing practice.

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Nursing question

Describe the way(s) you perceive you will impact healthcare policy and/or legislation in your future nursing practice (PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER Support your Initial Post with examples, if warranted, and at least two (2) scholarly references (i.e., journal articles, books)

Provides an elaborate description of the educational gaps on the medication or vaccine on the population previously mentioned. Describes how the educational gaps have impacted the population.

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HPV VACCINE

The Health Literacy Project is to help develop your critical thinking skills as a BSN prepared nurse. As a bachelor prepared nurse you must be able to effectively communicate, assess reliable data and advocate for the patients you serve. A poster presentation (1 powerpoint slide) with APA 7 format. Must be able to demonstrate all keep points of the rubric.

Health Literacy Project
Health Literacy Project
Criteria Ratings Pts

Demonstrates the Need

Demonstrates a medication or immunization need within your community      5 pts

Exceeds Expectations
Provides a compelling description of why the medication or vaccine is needed within their community. Data clearly establishes the significant need of the medication or vaccine within the community.
3 pts

Meets Expectations
Identifies the need of a medication or immunization within their community. Provides sufficient data and statistically fosters the increase need to have the topic advocated within the community.  1 pts

Below Expectations
Fails to identify a medication or vaccine need within their community. Fails to or provides incomplete data regarding the need of the medication or vaccine within their community.   5 pts

Outcome Population

Describes the population the medication or immunization serves   5 pts

Exceeds Expectations
Provides an elaborate description of the population the medication or immunization would serve or benefit. Displays age groups or medical condition(s) at risk. Properly uses reliable data resources to describe the population.   3 pts

Meets Expectations
Provides sufficient description of the population the medication or immunization would serve or benefit. Displays age groups, or medical condition(s) at risk. Provides reliable data resources to describe the population.   1 pts

Below Expectations
Fails to describe or provides partial description of the population the medication or immunization would serve or benefit.   5 pts

Educational Gaps

Identifies possible educational gaps to the population previously mentioned    5 pts

Exceeds Expectations
Provides an elaborate description of the educational gaps on the medication or vaccine on the population previously mentioned. Describes how the educational gaps have impacted the population. Uses reliable data resources to emphasize the educational gaps.   3 pts

Meets Expectations
Identifies potential educational gaps on the medication or vaccine on the population previously mentioned. Uses reliable data resources to emphasize the educational gaps and how it relates to the population.   1 pts

Below Expectations
Lacks or does not fully identify possible educational gaps on the medication or immunization on the population previously mentioned.   5 pts

Outcome Importance

Identifies the importance of the medication or immunization and ways to improve literacy within the population   5 pts

Exceeds Expectations
Identifies the importance of the medication or immunization by using significant data and provides different or multiple avenues to improve literacy within the population. Uses reliable data to demonstrate a clear linkage on the importance of improving literacy within the population.   3 pts

Meets Expectations
Provides sufficient description of the importance the medication or immunization and how to improve literacy within the population. Uses reliable data to display clear analysis of how it can improve literacy.  1 pts

Below Expectations
Lacks or fails to express the importance the importance of the medication or immunization and the how to improve literacy within the population previously described.  5 pts

Develop and record a 10-15 slide, asynchronous, audiovisual presentation for policymakers, soliciting resource and policy support for the community health care system change you proposed in the previous assessment.

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Advocating for Lasting Change

Develop and record a 10-15 slide, asynchronous, audiovisual presentation for policymakers, soliciting resource and policy support for the community health care system change you proposed in the previous assessment.

How well does the reading introduce the theory? How effective is the author in describing how the theoretical framework guided clinical practice? How persuasive is the evidence?

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Utilizing Theory in Nursing Practice

Select a research article from this week’s reading that describes how nursing theory can be used to improve/enhance/change nursing practice.

Considering the following questions:

How well does the reading introduce the theory?
How effective is the author in describing how the theoretical framework guided clinical practice?
How persuasive is the evidence?
For its audience, what are the strengths of the reading?
How clear is the writing?
Describe what prompted you to select this article and what you think it contributes to your learning, thoughts on nursing, or perspective/paradigm
Brief overview with 3-5 key points.
Analyze the use of theory in the reading including strengths, limitations, questions raised by the reading either yours or in general, and anything that was not clear to you.
Utilize a minimum of 2 references (including the article you are reflecting upon).