NUR 502 Grand Canyon Week 3 Discussion 2, Discussion: AACN Essentials

Read the AACN documents for essentials of baccalaureate versus master’s education and identify the competencies that reflect use of theory and knowledge. Compare and contrast the competencies for baccalaureate and master’s level.

 

 

NUR 502 Grand Canyon Week 4 Discussion 1

Explain, in your own words, the difference between the three paradigms: human needs, interactive, and unitary process. Which of these best fits your philosophy of nursing?

 

NUR 502 Grand Canyon Week 4 Discussion 2

Select one of the grand or middle-range nursing theories. How does the theory demonstrate evidence of the utilization of social, behavioral, or bioscience theories?

 

 

NUR 502 Grand Canyon Week 5 Discussion 1

All nursing theories are developed in space and time, and are not value free. Select one nursing theorist and explain the factors that influenced development of the theory (history, scientific paradigm, and personal experiences–mentoring, education, practice, other). Provide reference(s) for your response.

 

NUR 502 Grand Canyon Week 5 Discussion 2

Select three theories and compare the definition of person/human being. Comment regarding which definition best fits with your own thinking.

 

 

NUR 502 Grand Canyon Week 6 Discussion 1

Choose one of the middle-range theories. How could you use this theory to direct care in a nursing unit if you were the manager? Share your results

 

NUR 502 Grand Canyon Week 6 Discussion 2

Choose one of the middle-range theories. What impact would this theory most likely have on your individual practice? Give specific examples.

 

 

NUR 502 Grand Canyon Week 7 Discussion 1

The influence of consequential ethics as an ethical framework (the greatest good for the greatest number) opposes the ethical principle of deontology (i.e., the rightness of an act itself determines what is right). Both of these impact the nursing profession. Modern social exchange theories are based on the principle of utility. Read the assumptions of social exchange theory and consider how these would affect the nurse-patient relationship, compared to how these impact the nurse within the health care environment. To what extent are all theories ethical? Is social exchange theory compatible with the values of the nursing profession?

 

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AACN Essentials

Introduction

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has developed six essential elements of high-quality nursing care. These elements are based on scientific evidence and clinical practice, and they are intended to guide critical-care nurses in providing safe, effective, and evidence-based care for patients.

Essentials 1: Scientific Basis for Practice

The first and most important Essentials is that all of your practice will be based on evidence-based practice. This means that you should use the best available scientific evidence to guide the care of your patients and make decisions about their treatment. In addition, it’s critical to have a clear understanding of what constitutes “good” evidence and how much confidence you can place in each piece of research. The second Essential—quality improvement—is another key component of AACN Essentials: it’s important not only because it improves patient outcomes, but also because it helps protect against medical errors by ensuring that staff members are following established procedures when caring for patients (this is known as “procedural safety”).

Essentials 2: Health Promotion and Maintenance

Health promotion and maintenance is a lifelong process that begins with a focus on health literacy. Health literacy is the ability to access, understand, and apply information about health in order to make appropriate decisions about one’s own health as well as that of others. To develop this skill set, you will learn how to:

• Learn how your body works;

• Understand the importance of being physically active;

• Identify healthy behaviors and understand why they are important; and

• Find out more about your disease so you can support your loved ones through their journey toward recovery.

Essentials 3: Provision and Coordination of Care

Provision and coordination of care is the third Essentials. It’s a big responsibility, but it can be a rewarding one if you do it well.

• Providing care to patients: You’ll be responsible for providing the best possible care to your patients throughout their hospitalization or outpatient visits. This may include things like visiting them in recovery rooms and preparing them for discharge from the hospital after treatment has been completed.

• Coordinating care with other healthcare providers: When multiple people are involved in providing treatment—such as physicians, nurses or technicians—it’s important that they communicate as openly as possible so everyone knows what needs to happen next and when certain tasks need attention most urgently (for example, if someone needs medication refills).

Essentials 4: Safety and Quality in Healthcare Delivery

The Essentials of Nursing have been created to help you gain a clearer understanding of the concepts and skills that are essential for a career in nursing. The first three essentials focus on the importance of caring, compassion, and communication. These topics are explored further in Essentials 5: Professionalism in Healthcare Delivery.

The fourth essential is safety and quality in healthcare delivery. As a healthcare provider, you should be committed to providing safe care that meets professional standards of quality at all times so patients receive optimal outcomes from their treatments or therapies that they receive from you or other providers.

Essentials 5: Informatics and Patient Care Technology

Informatics and Patient Care Technology

Many of you have heard the phrase “technology is a tool, not a solution.” It’s easy to get caught up in the hype that surrounds technology and forget about what it can actually do for your practice. The following are just some examples of how technology can help you do your job better:

• Technology provides information faster than ever before. As hospitals become more efficient at using data analysis tools, they will be able to provide patients with real-time health information in order to make better decisions about their care options. This means faster access to tests results, so you don’t have as much time waiting around wondering where or when something might come up next! It also means less paperwork being filled out by staff members who could instead use those resources toward more important tasks like handling emergencies or providing exceptional customer service experiences during visits (which we’ll talk about more later).

• Technology allows us all—from nurses working on floors all over town through physicians working across state lines—to collaborate seamlessly together through new technologies such as videoconferencing systems that allow us all access from anywhere at any time via phone calls or emails sent directly back-and-forth between locations.”

Essentials 6: Professionalism and Professional Values

Professionalism is a core value of nursing. It’s more than just a way of working; it’s a way of being and thinking, behaving and acting.

You can’t be professional if you don’t know what it means to be one—and that’s where Essentials 6 comes in. This section will help you understand what professionalism looks like as well as how to achieve it in your practice every day.

Takeaway:

The AACN Essentials are the foundation for all of nursing education. They provide a framework for understanding the scope of practice, the roles and responsibilities of nurses, evidence-based practice and patient outcomes. The Essentials also include specific skills that you’ll need to know as a nurse:

• Knowledge about health care delivery systems (including acute care, long-term care and home health)

• Collaboration skills with other health professionals at all levels

• Communication skills with patients and families/caregivers

Conclusion

You may be wondering why this is important. Well, AACN Essentials are not a course you can take online. You have to go to school, attend workshops and classes that are given by professionals in the field of nursing. The main goal of this course is to give an overview of what nurses do on a daily basis and how they should conduct themselves if they want their patients’ care to be optimal. It also covers some basic guidelines on how nurses should deal with emergencies while working at hospitals or other medical institutions as well as strategies for prevention-based nursing practice.