NURS 6600: Capstone Synthesis Practicum Journal Entries
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NURS 6600: Capstone Synthesis Practicum Journal Entries Practicum Professional Development Objectives
- By the end of nursing 6600 I will effectively be able to communicate my role as clinical coordinator to students and university staff as defined by evidence-based practice
- By the end of nursing 6600 I will have undergone the experience necessary to expand on my conflict resolution skills from a team member to the level of upper management in order to be a more effective leader.
- By the end nursing 6600 I will have acquired the skills necessary to analyze and effectively evaluate systematically clinical sites and their efficacy in the college.
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NURS 6600: Capstone Synthesis Practicum Journal Entries Experience
You must submit a journal entry in each assigned week, even if you are not on-site that week. If you are not on-site for a week in which a journal entry is due, reflect on experiences from any of the previous weeks of this course. Journal entries are due in Weeks 3, 7, and 11. Place the references for each week’s entry immediately after that week’s content. Remember to use APA style when writing your journal entries and listing references.
Begin each journal entry on a new page. The template has a “new page” command inserted before each weekly label. Be sure to delete any blank pages that appear between the weekly entries. Note: This document will serve as a cumulative journal. For each submission, you will add to the document so it contains all of your journal entries.
NURS 6600: Capstone Synthesis Practicum Journal Entries
- Describe a problem, issue, or situation that you have observed during your Practicum Experience not related to your project (no more than a half page) (10 points)
- Using no fewer than three peer-reviewed sources, analyze what you have observed within the context of your specialty using appropriate concepts, principles, and theories, giving special attention to observed events that vary from scholarly literature. (30 points)
- Explain how the problem, situation, or issue was handled in a manner that is consistent and a manner that is inconsistent with the theory, concepts, and principles detailed in the evidence. (30 points)
- Given the various evidence-based approaches that can be used in handling the problem, situation, or issue, formulate a plan for approaching the matter differently. (30 points)
- Include references immediately following the content.
- Use APA style for your journal entry and references.
Note that Faculty may deduct up to 20 points for writing style issues/errors and/or citation- or reference-related APA errors.
Please look below under the week three page break for the format for these journal entries.
NURS 6600: Capstone Synthesis Practicum Journal Entries
Week 3 Journal (references should immediately follow the content)
The issue that I identified at the Rasmussen clinical site was that the ratio of nurse to patients in the clinical setting appeared to compromise on the ability of the clinic to discharge quality medical care to patients. Available nurses were laden with huge workload making them barely have interpersonal connection with the patients that they engaged and this contributed to the failure of the clinic to uphold standards prescribed by Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare. The need to instill quality in the medical services provided to patients is apparent by medical standards in the institution which are closely linked to the goals set out by the clinic. However, the inability of the available workforce to engage the workload efficiently results to poor medical services as the needs of clients are not addressed promptly (Katsikitis, McAllister, Sharman, Raith, Byrne & Priaulx, 2013).
Standards set by American Nurses Association binds provision of quality medical services to staffing as the ability to discharge medical care is compromised by unhealthy workloads. Nurse to bed ratio is a relationship that should be kept in equilibrium for provision of quality medical services to patients (Rogowski, Staiger, Patrick, Horbar, Kenny & Lake, 2013).
Approach of making patients as the focus of medical care as advanced by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health care was aimed at looking at the needs of patients better. This however is impacted on the availability of medical personnel and therefore realization of quality medical care is akin to suitable nurse to bed ratio (Palese, Cuel, Zanella, Zambiasi, Guarnier, Allegrini & Saiani, 2013).
The problem can be solved differently through the reliance of extensive use of modern technology so as to beef up the already limited staff for them to function better. Revision of the retrenchment schemes of nurses can be done to alter the process so as to address this deficit for realization of quality medical care (Katsikitis, McAllister, Sharman, Raith, Byrne & Priaulx, 2013).
References
Katsikitis, M., McAllister, M., Sharman, R., Raith, L., Faithfull-Byrne, A., & Priaulx, R. (2013). Continuing professional development in nursing in Australia: Current awareness, practice and future directions. Contemporary nurse, 45(1), 33-45.
Palese, A., Cuel, M., Zanella, P., Zambiasi, P., Guarnier, A., Allegrini, E., & Saiani, L. (2013). Nursing care received by older patients in Italian medical units: findings from an explorative study. Aging clinical and experimental research, 25(6), 707-710.
Rogowski, J. A., Staiger, D., Patrick, T., Horbar, J., Kenny, M., & Lake, E. T. (2013). Nurse staffing and NICU infection rates. JAMA pediatrics, 167(5), 444-450.
NURS 6600: Capstone Synthesis Practicum Journal Entries
Week 7 Journal (references should immediately follow the content)
Issue
Analysis of the Action
Alternative Evidence Based Approach
NURS 6600: Capstone Synthesis Practicum Journal Entries Experience
Week 11 Journal (references should immediately follow the content)
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Analysis of the Action
Alternative Evidence Based Approach