NR 500 (NR 500)

Week 6: Systems-Structure and Function Many of you have experience in complex adaptive systems whether you realize it or not. Thinking about your future practice specialty area, identify an issue or concern common to your future practice setting. (Note: This can be the same practice issue identified in Week 5.) In your initial response, please identify your specialty track, as well as the issue or concern. Discuss how this issue or concern impacts the system at the micro, meso, and macro levels...

NR-500 Week 5 Discussion Topic, Evidence-Based Practice After reviewing lesson 5 in this week, it is noted that evidenced-based practice (EBP) is derived from the values of patient, expert experiences, research and literature (CCN, lesson 5, 2019). In nursing practice, the goal is to provide the highest quality of patient care and enhanced patient safety (Melnyk, Fineout-Overholt, Stillwell, & Williamson, 2010). I am pursuing Master of Science in nursing with a specialty track of Family Nurse P...

Week 4: Leadership: Establishing Relationships and Influencing Change This week's focus is on developing foundational interpersonal skills that will prepare you for professional practice as a leader and change agent. As a leader, how will you influence change in your professional specialty area? Identify two strengths you have that will promote strong leadership. Identify two areas of improvement to your skill in leading and influencing change. What are two priority strategies you will impleme...

NR-500 Week 3 Discussion Topic, Knowing Self (Three Versions) Nursing is a profession that entails a series of occupational and altruistic values (Jimenez-Lopez, Roales-Nieto, Vallejo Seco, & Preciado, 2016). As a master’s prepared nurse, it is imperative that I explore my own set of values that guide my decision making not only in my nursing career but in the personal realm as well. It has been emphasized that values epitomize basic beliefs of what is right, good, or wanted and influences ...

Week 2: Caring Concepts in Nursing This week's topic is centered on the concept of caring in contemporary nursing practice. In your initial response, provide a definition of caring that aligns with your perspective on the concept of caring. Identify your selected program of study specialty track (Executive, Education, FNP, Healthcare Policy, or Nursing Informatics). Describe how you will apply the principles of caring and holistic nursing in your future professional practice. Use at least one ...

Week 1: The Value of a Master's-Prepared Nurse Consider the current healthcare delivery models and practice settings. Reflect on how nursing practice is transforming in response to the current demands of the healthcare system and answer one of the following questions: 1. What differentiates the practice of a master's-prepared nurse compared to that of a baccalaureate-prepared nurse? 2. What is the value of a master's degree in nursing? 3. What do you consider to be the most essential prof...

Week 8: What Did You Learn Reflecting on this course, consider and answer the following questions: How do you envision using the AACN essentials and information learned in this course to identify, guide, and evaluate your MSN project? How do you envision using the concepts learned in this course in your future nursing practice? Over the past 8 weeks, we have studied what it takes to be a mastered prepared nurse and the importance of this growing field. Throughout this course we have used the...

NR 500 Week 7 Discussion Topic, Healthful Environments (Two Versions) Reflect on an experience in which you were directly involved or witnessed incivility in the workplace. Provide a brief synopsis of the situation. How did this make you feel? How did you respond? What were the consequences of this situation? Provide an example of how this negatively affected the work environment and outcomes. How could the situation have been prevented? Discuss strategies that would support a healthy work envi...

Week 6: Systems-Structure and Function Many of you have experience in complex adaptive systems whether you realize it or not. Thinking about your future practice specialty area, identify an issue or concern common to your future practice setting. (Note: This can be the same practice issue identified in Week 5.) In your initial response, please identify your specialty track, as well as the issue or concern. Discuss how this issue or concern impacts the system at the micro, meso, and macro levels...

NR-500 Week 5 Discussion Topic, Evidence-Based Practice After reviewing lesson 5 in this week, it is noted that evidenced-based practice (EBP) is derived from the values of patient, expert experiences, research and literature (CCN, lesson 5, 2019). In nursing practice, the goal is to provide the highest quality of patient care and enhanced patient safety (Melnyk, Fineout-Overholt, Stillwell, & Williamson, 2010). I am pursuing Master of Science in nursing with a specialty track of Family Nurse P...