Preparing the assignment: Follow these
guidelines when completing this assignment.
In this paper the student will provide a detailed description of the
relationship between the category from the NCLEX-RN examination blueprint, the priority
concept (topic) selected based on assessment performance, and professional practice.
1) Write
a 4-6 page paper (not including the title page or reference page) using APA
format
2) Include the following sections:
a. Introduction- 20 points/8%
·
Offer a detailed description of the purpose statement
for the paper.
· Identify
the priority concept (topic) from the Individual Student Comprehensive Assessment
Trends: Longitudinal Performance Table drawn from one (1) of the four (4) main
categories of the NCLEX-RN
examination blueprint:
§ Assurance
of a safe and effective care environment
§ Health
promotion and maintenance of health
§ Preservation
of the patient population’s psychosocial integrity
§
Preservation of the patient population’s
physiological integrity
· Provide
a detailed description of the relationship between the category from the
NCLEX-RN examination blueprint and the priority concept (topic).
b. Importance – 20 points/8%
· Describe
the importance of the priority concept (topic) to professional practice.
· Describe
the importance of the priority concept (topic) to the health status of a patient
population.
· Include
the potential negative effect(s) to professional practice if the priority
concept (topic) is unresolved.
· Include
the potential negative effect(s) to the patient population if the priority
concept (topic) is unresolved.
c. Healthcare Disparities, Inequalities, and
Interventions- 70 points/28%
•
Identify patient populations that
may be negatively influenced by the priority concept (topic) if unresolved.
•
Identify healthcare resources to
support evidence-based professional practice related to the priority concept
(topic).
•
Summarize potential priority
concept (topic) healthcare disparities and inequalities related to diverse populations.
•
Propose an evidence-based solution
for the priority concept (topic) related to healthcare disparities.
•
Identify three (3) evidence-based
practice interventions.
•
Prioritize the identified
evidence-based practice interventions and provide rationale.
•
Discuss two (2) patient education
considerations related to the priority concept (topic).
d. Legal & Ethical Considerations and Intervention Challenges-
40 points/16%
•
Identify at least one (1) ethical and
one (1) legal implication for addressing the priority concept (topic) in
professional practice.
•
Discuss at least one (1) strategy in
prevention of an ethical dilemma related to the priority concept (topic) in
professional practice.
•
Discuss at least one (1) strategy
in prevention of legal consequences related to the priority concept (topic) in
professional practice.
•
Identify one (1) anticipated challenge
to the success of preventing the priority concept (topic) in professional
practice.
•
Identify one (1) anticipated challenge
to the success of resolving the priority concept (topic) in professional
practice.
e. Participants and Interdisciplinary Approach – 20
points/8%
•
Identify all the parties who will
be involved in the implementation of the priority concept (topic) interventions.
•
Discuss the role of each member in
the intervention implementation for the priority concept (topic).
•
Identify a minimum of two (2)
members of a discipline outside of nursing.
•
Discuss the benefit of including the
identified interdisciplinary members from disciplines outside nursing to promote
evidence-based professional practice.
f.
Quality Improvement– 20 points/8%
•
Provide at least one (1) benefit in
patient outcomes from addressing the priority concept (topic) within the
clinical environment.
•
Provide at least one (1) benefit
to the nursing profession that will result from addressing this priority
concept (topic) in clinical professional practice.
•
Discuss at least one (1) resource
utilized to promote improved patient outcomes in the clinical environment.
•
Discuss at least one (1) resource
utilized to increase professional nurse knowledge promoting improved clinical professional
practice.
g. Conclusion – 20 points/8%
•
Provide a thorough recap of the
purpose to promote increased evidence-based professional practice knowledge related
to the priority concept (topic) deficiency.
•
Summarize resources identified to support
improved evidence-based professional practice related to the priority concept
(topic).
•
Include a complete statement
describing why addressing the priority concept (topic) matters for patient
outcomes and evidence-based professional practice.
h. APA Style and Organization– 20 points/8%
•
References are submitted with
paper.
•
Uses current APA format and is
free of errors.
•
Grammar and mechanics are free of
errors.
•
At least three (3) scholarly, peer
reviewed, primary sources from the last 5 years, excluding the textbook, are
provided. Each section should have a cited source to support information
provided.
For writing assistance (APA,
formatting, or grammar) visit the APA Citation
and Writing page in the online Chamberlain library.