This is a graded discussion: 50 points possible

Week 7: Use of Personal Communication Devices in Patient Care Settings (graded)

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This week, we will discuss personal communication devices and their use in healthcare. As we focus on this topic, please address the questions below in the discussion.

• How can the use of the nurse’s personal communication device(s) impact patient care positively and/or negatively?
• What are the ethical and legal implications?
• What does the professional literature say about how communication devices can support safe nursing practice?

Choose one evidence-based practice that you see yourself using as a provider in your clinical practice and discuss how it meets the listed benefits.

(Infection control practices)

Why should we, as healthcare providers, use evidence-based practice?

Evidence-based practice benefits:

• Leads to highest quality care and patient outcomes
• Reduces health care costs
• Reduces geographic variations in the delivery of care
• Increases
  
  healthcare
  provider empowerment and role satisfaction
• Reduces healthcare provider turnover rate
• Increases reimbursement from 3rd party payers
• Reduces complications and payment denials
• Meets the expectation of an informed public

Topic: Global Healthcare Environment

Given the reading of your text and this week’s article, what strategies could a professional nurse leader develop and execute to effect change in the global healthcare environment?

What are the recent strategies that have caused companies to expand into international markets?

Discuss strategies associated with global healthcare participation and Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM). Consider such issues as natural and manmade disaster responses your nursing staff may have to respond to or may volunteer for and the role a local healthcare organization would have in a national and/or global disaster response.

Include 2-3 references

NSG/498: Senior Leadership Practicum

Wk 5 – The Role of the Nurse Leader

Assignment Content

1. This week’s focus is the nurse leader’s role in this and similar projects. (stopping smoking before surgery)

Consider and discuss the nurse leader’s role at each stage of your project. Determine actions the nurse leader needs to take to ensure project success. Discuss the leader’s actions for all of the following:

○ Communication

○ Training

○ Budget

○ Change management

○ Authority

2.

Format your assignment as one of the following:

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○ 875 to 1000 -word paper in APA format (title and reference page not included in word count)

3.

Gradic rubric:

Evaluated the proposed organizational change based on an identified clinical problem to improve patient care: Incorporated a planned solution. Detailed the leader’s key actions including identifying the project, determining the project scope, evaluating evidenced-based literature, identifying needed resources and discussing supply, equipment, and people needed, technologies, leadership style, change theory, and measurement tools. Recommended expected outcomes and evaluation methodology from a creative and unique manner.

Created a communication plan focusing on the nurse leader’s actions and to whom the change and the outcome(s) will be disseminated from a creative and unique manner.

Created a training plan on the implementation of the organizational change and discussed the nurse leader’s actions and to whom the training will benefit and the outcome(s) predicted as a result of the training from a creative and unique manner.

Created a budget plan on the implementation of the organizational change and discussed the nurse leader’s actions and the outcome(s) predicted as a result of the budget plan as it relates to the future of the project from a creative and unique manner.

Evaluated and recommended change methodologies to be used by the nurse leader during implementation from a creative and unique manner that considered all of the following: PDCA cycle, The ADPIE nursing process, and selected the correct facility method for implementing change.