Learning Outcomes 1. Create an individual professional nursing development plan

Learning Outcomes
1. Create an individual professional nursing development plan considering practice standards, self-reflection, nursing knowledge, and higher education
2. Apply professional communication principles to collaborative partnerships that assist individuals, families, and groups achieve optimal potential and well-being
3. Explore current evidence-based practice for the integration of accountability, autonomy, and decision-making in the delivery of safe, ethical, effective nursing practice and quality improvement initiatives.
4. Identify current trends and issues regarding political, economic, historical, social, and technological factors that influence the nursing profession and healthcare delivery system
5. Discuss application or integration of concepts from selected nursing theories in professional nursing practice.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of caring science while using professional standards that focus on individuals and families with an awareness of attitudes, values, socioeconomics, and cultural differences
7. Utilize scholarly inquiry and analysis to support critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and judgment in the professional nursing role
Directions
• Answers to the questions below should include depth and detail. A short paragraph with a few sentences is not depth and detail.
• Note the bold words in each item. The bold words do not include list or define. Each question requires a carefully considered response. No answer should be copied directly from a source.
• Place your responses beginning on the first line below each test question, (do not delete the question). You will be expected to use APA for citations and references, otherwise you do not need to use APA (i.e., no title page, no double spacing).
• Clearly support your answers based on your assigned readings (not based on a quick Google search or purely on your personal opinion). Cite the sources using correct APA format.
• Provide specific practice examples to support your answers. Avoid using broad practice examples.
• Please carefully proofread. Your grade could be affected if you have multiple errors.
• Your completed exam is due in the Final Exam Dropbox as an attachment by the due date listed in the course schedule. The file you submit must use the naming convention of LastnameFirstInitial_3197_Final (CareyS_3197_Final) and must be a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).
Questions
1. Most, if not all, of us have someone in mind that we believe is a “great nurse.” What characteristics are included in your personal definition of a great nurse? Describe a nurse that meets your definition. What steps in your professional nursing development plan will help you achieve the status of great nurse? LO1
2. Describe how you used one of the communication principles discussed in Module 2 in your practice setting to collaborate to achieve the best outcome (include situation, parties involved, communication principle used, and outcome). LO2
3. Explain why evidence-based practice (EBP) is important to nursing (citing your readings). Using evidence found using the PICO(T) question you developed in Module 6, describe how you would integrate accountability, autonomy, and decision-making into your practice to ensure the delivery of safe, ethical, effective nursing practice when this problem arises. Include citation and reference to evidence using APA format. LO3
4. Identify a trend or issue you are most concerned will affect your nursing practice in the next five years. Describe why you are concerned? LO4
5. Describe one nursing theory and/or model from your readings and discuss its relevance to your nursing practice. Clearly connect how you would apply the theory using specific practice examples. LO5
6. Identify and describe one caring experience from your practice. What were the most meaningful caring behaviors you demonstrated? What factors influenced this caring experience? LO6
7. Discuss critical aspects for evidence-based clinical decision making (citing your readings). Describing a specific example, how have you used critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and/or clinical judgement in your clinical decision making? LO7Learning Outcomes
1. Create an individual professional nursing development plan considering practice standards, self-reflection, nursing knowledge, and higher education
2. Apply professional communication principles to collaborative partnerships that assist individuals, families, and groups achieve optimal potential and well-being
3. Explore current evidence-based practice for the integration of accountability, autonomy, and decision-making in the delivery of safe, ethical, effective nursing practice and quality improvement initiatives.
4. Identify current trends and issues regarding political, economic, historical, social, and technological factors that influence the nursing profession and healthcare delivery system
5. Discuss application or integration of concepts from selected nursing theories in professional nursing practice.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of caring science while using professional standards that focus on individuals and families with an awareness of attitudes, values, socioeconomics, and cultural differences
7. Utilize scholarly inquiry and analysis to support critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and judgment in the professional nursing role
concerned? LO4
5. Describe one nursing theory and/or model from your readings and discuss its relevance to your nursing practice. Clearly connect how you would apply the theory using specific practice examples. LO5
6. Identify and describe one caring experience from your practice. What were the most meaningful caring behaviors you demonstrated? What factors influenced this caring experience? LO6
7. Discuss critical aspects for evidence-based clinical decision making (citing your readings). Describing a specific example, how have you used critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and/or clinical judgement in your clinical decision making? LO7Learning Outcomes
1. Create an individual professional nursing development plan considering practice standards, self-reflection, nursing knowledge, and higher education
2. Apply professional communication principles to collaborative partnerships that assist individuals, families, and groups achieve optimal potential and well-being
3. Explore current evidence-based practice for the integration of accountability, autonomy, and decision-making in the delivery of safe, ethical, effective nursing practice and quality improvement initiatives.
4. Identify current trends and issues regarding political, economic, historical, social, and technological factors that influence the nursing profession and healthcare delivery system
5. Discuss application or integration of concepts from selected nursing theories in professional nursing practice.
6. Demonstrate knowledge of caring science while using professional standards that focus on individuals and families with an awareness of attitudes, values, socioeconomics, and cultural differences
7. Utilize scholarly inquiry and analysis to support critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and judgment in the professional nursing role
Directions
• Answers to the questions below should include depth and detail. A short paragraph with a few sentences is not depth and detail.
• Note the bold words in each item. The bold words do not include list or define. Each question requires a carefully considered response. No answer should be copied directly from a source.
• Place your responses beginning on the first line below each test question, (do not delete the question). You will be expected to use APA for citations and references, otherwise you do not need to use APA (i.e., no title page, no double spacing).
• Clearly support your answers based on your assigned readings (not based on a quick Google search or purely on your personal opinion). Cite the sources using correct APA format.
• Provide specific practice examples to support your answers. Avoid using broad practice examples.
• Please carefully proofread. Your grade could be affected if you have multiple errors.
• Your completed exam is due in the Final Exam Dropbox as an attachment by the due date listed in the course schedule. The file you submit must use the naming convention of LastnameFirstInitial_3197_Final (CareyS_3197_Final) and must be a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx).