Explain the aspects of the role of the BSN-prepared RN in process change and professional standards. Identify your potential role in process change at your existing practicum site. If applicable, describe that role. If your role is limited,
Project: Falls Prevention
4-6 pages, at least 5 References or more
Instruction
Explain aspects of your role in process change and professional standards.
- Explain the aspects of the role of the BSN-prepared RN in process change and professional standards.
- Identify your potential role in process change at your existing practicum site. If applicable, describe that role.
- If your role is limited, explain how you would envision your role in process change if you were a nurse at this site.
- Summarize what your state's nurse practice act says related to the nurse's role and process change. (To Find Your Nurse Practice Act website in your Assessment 3 resources provides a search function to assist you in finding individual state nurse practice acts.) State: North Dakota
Explain what interprofessional collaboration you have and will implement.
- What opportunities for collaboration do you see?
- Are you able to implement some of them in your current role at your practicum site? If not, how would you implement interprofessional collaboration as a nurse at this site?
Review government agencies associated with your process of concern. Explain the recommendations.
- Examples of agencies include:
- The Joint Commission.
- National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI).
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Describe current technology used in your practicum site to address your practice issue. The Neurosurgical unit is currently using bed/chair alarms and telemonitor (remote video) for falls precautions.
- What are they currently using? Did you notice any problems or issues with the use of this technology? There is no issue with the use of the technologies; however; staff rely on the use of those technologies to fully prevent falls sometimes. I believe that there are still more to do to prevent falls, like efficient patient rounds by both nurses and CNAs/PCTs. The bed/chair alarms and telemonitor (video) cannot anticipate patients needs, such as asking if the patients want to drink or go to the toilet especially for confused patients. If confused patients needs are not anticipated and met, they can possibly get out of bed without calling and fall.
Review the literature to determine technology available and recommended for your practice issue. Summarize the recommendations.
- Do you see new technology that isn't being used?
Describe any potential implementation issues you see for using the new technology?
Scoring:
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
- Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
- Explain aspects of one's role in process change and professional standards.
- Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology to improve patient and systems outcomes.
- Explain the recommendations of government agencies that apply to a practice issue or problem at a specific site.
- Describe current technology used in a site to address a practice issue, including issues with use of the technology.
- Summarize the technology available and recommended for a practice issue based on the literature.
- Competency 5: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes.
- Explain what interprofessional collaboration one has and will implement at a specific site.
- Competency 6: Implement patient centered care to improve quality of care and the patient experience.
- Describe any potential implementation issues for using the new technology.
- Competency 8: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based strategies to create effective written and oral communications.
- Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
- Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
