Course Description
This course examines nursing theory and the role of ethics for advanced registered nurses within the Christian worldview and through a leadership perspective focused on improving health care outcomes. Learners explore the moral/ethical responsibilities and legal and regulatory obligations of advanced registered nurses in health promotion and disease prevention. Learners also review evidence-based practice (EBP) literature and the research process with application to their program of study and learn to navigate scholarly EBP literature, resources, and guidelines.
Class Materials
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Class Resources
Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession
DeNisco, S. M. (Ed.). (2024). Advanced practice nursing: Essential knowledge for the profession (5th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN-13: 9781284264661
NUR-513-R1-NavigatingtheOnlineScaven
Topic 2: Scope of Practice
Nov 23-29, 2023
Max Points:150
Objectives:
Identify regulatory bodies and industry regulations that specify certification and licensure requirements and scope of practice for advanced registered nurses.
Relate ethical guidelines to the scope of practice of the advanced registered nurse.
Assessments
Topic 2 DQ 1
Assessment Description
Identify at least two regulatory bodies, and your state’s nurse practice act, that specify certification, licensure requirements, or scope of practice for your specialty. Discuss the way these influence the educational requirements and experiences for your specialty. Advanced practice registered nurses must incorporate the APRN consensus model in their response.
In your response to peers, discuss a specific guideline or change imposed by a regulating body or industry regulation and explain the how this affects your daily practice. Cite at least one source to support your response.
Topic 2 DQ 2
Assessment Description
Compare two different advanced registered nurse roles with regard to ethical guidelines. Are there any differences in the ethical guidelines that govern these roles? What situations might require one role to respond differently, depending on the ethical guidelines?
Nursing Roles Graphic Organizer
Assessment Description
Advanced registered nurses work in highly collaborative environments and must collaborate with interdisciplinary teams in order to provide excellent patient care. Besides knowing the role and scope of one’s own practice, it is essential to understand the role and scope of other nurse specialties to ensure effective collaboration among nurses, the organization, and other professionals with whom advanced registered nurses regularly interact.
Use the “Nursing Roles Graphic Organizer Template” to differentiate how advanced registered nurse roles relate to and collaborate with different areas of nursing practice. Compare your future role with one of the following: nurse educator; nurse leader; family nurse practitioner; acute care nurse practitioner; graduate nurse with an emphasis/specialty in public health, health care administration, business, or informatics; clinical nurse specialist; doctor of nursing practice. Indicate in the appropriate columns on the template which roles you are comparing.
Make sure to compare the following areas of practice in your graphic organizer:
Ethics
Education
Leadership
Public Health
Health Care Administration
Informatics
Business/Finance
Specialty (e.g., Family, Acute Care)
Include any regulatory bodies or certification agencies that provide guidance or parameters on how these roles incorporate concepts into practice.
You are required to cite three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content. Ensure that the country in the source is relevant to your paper. Sources cited should be generalizable to the population being studied or discussed.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.Attachments
NUR-513-RS-NursingRolesGraphicOrganiz
Topic 3: Diversity and Global Perspectives of Care
Objectives:
Discuss the role of the advanced registered nurse in promoting health and disease prevention for diverse populations.
Discuss the impact of diversity, global perspectives, and the advanced registered nurse’s role in advancing health equity.
Relate cultural and spiritual humility to the advanced registered nurse’s scope of practice.
Determine the effect of personal worldviews on professional practice.
Assessments
Topic 3 DQ 1
Assessment Description
Identify a population that you will likely serve as an advanced registered nurse that you think is particularly vulnerable to issues of health disparity/inequity. Discuss the contribution of your particular specialty to health promotion and disease prevention for this population and how health promotion aligns with the Christian worldview principle of striving to further the good of society through education.
Topic 3 DQ 2
Assessment Description
What is your personal worldview? Connect your worldview to cultural and spiritual humility. How will your worldview and cultural and spiritual humility affect your role and scope of practice as an advance registered nurse? Consider both the provision of safe, quality care to diverse populations and interprofessional relationships.
In response to your peers, what components of your worldview would be important to integrate into a nursing theory? Think deeply about your views and patient care. This will help prepare you for the Topic 4 assignment. Cite at least one source to support your response.
Topic 4: Theory-Based Nursing Practice I
Dec 7-13, 2023
Max Points:80
Objectives:
Describe the application of nursing theories to the advance registered nurse’s practice.
Evaluate nursing theories based on intent, goal, and scope.
Assessments
Topic 4 DQ 1
Assessment Description
Compare two nursing theories. How do they differ based on their intent, scope, and goals? Which one might be more relevant to your future role, and why?
Topic 4 DQ 2
Assessment Description
Select two different nursing theories and describe how they relate to patient care. How could you use them for inciting behavioral changes? Discuss the pros and cons of applying each theory and how they could be integrated into your future practice. Are there any particular ethical issues related to the integration of these theories that should be considered?
In response to your peers, cite a study that used one of the nursing theories you discussed. Explain the impact of the nursing theory on your approach to patient care. Cite at least one source to support your response.
APA Assignment
Assessment Description
APA Style is used for professional writing in nursing and health care. As a professional, it is important to be able to clearly communicate your research or professional writing in an accurately formatted paper using the most current APA Style. The purpose of this assignment is to write a 500-750-word paper focusing on the proper application of APA Style.
Refer to the resources in the Class Resources and Student Success Center for assistance with APA. Use the APA Style Guide resource, located in the Student Success Center, to complete this assignment.
Include the following in your paper:
Describe the purpose of applying nursing theory to patient care.
Explain why nursing theory is meaningful to current practice.
Explain how a nursing theory can be applied before planning and providing care in current practice.
Discuss which theory best reflects your personal view of the essence of nursing and how it has been helpful to you for planning and providing care to your patients.
You are required to cite a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the past 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Complete the “APA Writing Checklist” to ensure that your paper adheres to APA Style and formatting criteria and general guidelines for academic writing. Include the completed checklist as an appendix at the end of your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.Attachments
MSN-APA Writing Checklist-Student.doc
Topic 5: Theory-Based Nursing Practice II
Max Points:230
Objectives:
Discuss relevant theories applicable to advanced nursing practice for individuals, families, communities, and special populations.
Relate nursing theories to a personal worldview.
Assessments
Topic 5 DQ 1
Assessment Description
During this program, you will complete an evidence-based practice project addressing a problem, issue, or concern in your specialty area of professional practice. Consider an area in your specialty that you believe needs improvement. Which nursing theories could you apply to this problem? Why is this the best theory?
Topic 5 DQ 1
Assessment Description
Select one theory discussed during Topics 4 and 5. Describe how this theory applies to your future role in advanced nursing practice (individuals, families, communities, and special populations). Why or why not? Use examples from your current practice to illustrate differences or similarities.
Worldview and Nursing Process Personal Statement
Assessment Description
Being able to articulate your personal worldview can help you formulate a personal philosophy of practice and enhance your influence on patients and the industry. In this assignment, you will have an opportunity to reflect on your current and future practice and the ways worldview and nursing theory influence that practice.
Draft a 1,000-1,250-word paper in which you:
Describe your personal worldview, including the religious, spiritual, and cultural elements that you think most influence your personal philosophy of practice and attitude towards patient care.
Choose a specific nursing theory that is most in line with your personal philosophy of practice and approach to patient care and discuss the similarities. Explain how the nursing theory reinforces your approach to care.
Include in your explanation a specific example of a past or current practice and how your worldview and the nursing theory could assist you in resolving this issue.
Finally, explain how your worldview and the nursing theory will assist you in further developing your future practice.
You are required to cite five to 10 sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the past 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Complete the “APA Writing Checklist” to ensure that your paper adheres to APA Style and formatting criteria and general guidelines for academic writing. Include the completed checklist as an appendix at the end of your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.Attachments
MSN-APA Writing Checklist-Student.docx
Topic 6: Role of Research and Research Process for Advanced Registered Nurses
Max Points:150
Objectives:
Describe the characteristics of scholarly nursing research for the advanced registered nurse.
Discuss methods for accessing and evaluating nursing research.
Relate credibility to academic integrity and evidence-based practice expectations.
Assessments
Topic 6 DQ 1
Assessment Description
Review the evidence-based practice project ideas you described in Topic 5 DQ 1. Based on your initial ideas, what types of scholarly nursing research (such as quantitative or qualitative research, peer-reviewed resources, etc.) would be required to further investigate the issue? Select an article related to your topic. Identify the criteria you would use based on the CRAAP test to evaluate the appropriateness of the research. Why is it important to select research that meets these criteria? Evaluate the “CRAAP Test” article from the New Jersey Institute of Technology Library, located in the topic Resources. Explain the five criteria as they relate to your selected article.
Topic 6 DQ 2
Assessment Description
Imagine the following scenario: You are taking the evidence-based practice course and one of your classmates shares an EBP project draft with you. You notice that some of the research has not been cited correctly or even at all. When you approach your classmate, the response is that “no one will notice, and it is not a big deal anyway.” What are your next steps in speaking with your classmate? Consider how this could reflect on the credibility and integrity of the individuals involved, the university, and the profession.
Quiz: APA, GCU Library Resources, and Scholarly Research
Assessment Description
Complete the quiz, which covers Topic 6, APA Style, library resources, and scholarly research skills. This is a timed quiz, lasting 60 minutes.
Topic 7: Evidence-Based Practice Initiatives
Max Points:30
Objectives:
Discuss the importance of evidence-based practice within advanced registered nursing practice.
Evaluate the role of the advanced registered nurse in relation to ethical conduct in research.
Identify evidence-based practice research related to an area of interest in your practice.
Assessments
Topic 7 DQ 1
Assessment Description
Describe the steps of the evidence-based research process and the importance of using them. In the initial stages of an EBP project, where do nurses in your specialty go to locate sources of information that help them to determine whether or not a practice problem is appropriate for an evidence-based practice change proposal? Include two specific sources on information in your discussion.
Topic 7 DQ 2
Assessment Description
What are some of the major ethical issues in conducting research that impacts the advanced registered nurse? Discuss the role of the advanced registered nurse in advocating for patient safety and rights in conducting research.
Topic 8: Role Development for Advanced Registered Nurses
Jan 18-24, 2024
Max Points:250
Objectives:
Evaluate the influence of professional nursing organizations on the nursing profession.
Discuss positions and goals supported by nursing organizations that relate to one’s personal worldview and philosophy of care and practice.
Discuss the potential impact of current legislation on the advanced registered nurse’s individual and collective practice.
Assessments
Topic 8 DQ 1
Assessment Description
Identify three professional nursing organizations that interest you. Provide a brief summary of their purpose, requirements, and any differences in focus, population, scope, or intent. How do these organizations align to your goals and worldview?
Topic 8 DQ 2
Assessment Description
Research health care legislation that is being considered in your state. What impact might this legislation have on your future practice? What impact does it have on the collective practice of nurses in your state? How do you envision yourself potentially becoming involved in political advocacy for the profession in your future practice?
Benchmark – Future Scope, Role, and Professional Obligations Paper
Assessment Description
Advanced registered nursing graduates are entering the profession at dynamic time when roles and scope of practice are shifting based on developments in legislation and policy in response to the evolving needs of the health care system. Professional nursing organizations play an important role in making sure the perspectives of advanced registered nurses are heard, and in supporting nurse specialties in their efforts to expand their scope of practice and their full participation throughout the health care system.
For this assignment, you will conduct research on the current scope of practice for your specialty and efforts that are being made to expand that scope and the role of the advanced registered nurse in positively influencing the health care system. Write a 1,250-1,500-word paper that includes the following:
A discussion of the scope of your future role as an advanced registered nurse, including any regulatory, certification, or accreditation agencies that define that scope.
A discussion of three professional nursing organizations that you think are most influential in advancing the scope and influence of advanced nursing. Of these organizations, evaluate the one that you would most like to join. How do its goals and mission fit in with your worldview and philosophy of care? How might membership in this organization improve your practice?
A discussion of a controversial or evolving issue that is most likely to affect your scope of practice or role in the next few years. How do you think this issue could influence the profession and other stakeholders and why does it matter to the advanced registered nurse?
You are required to cite five to 10 sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the past 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Complete the “APA Writing Checklist” to ensure that your paper adheres to APA style and formatting criteria and general guidelines for academic writing. Include the completed checklist as an appendix at the end of your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:
MBA-MSN
MSN-Nursing Education; MSN-Acute Care Nurse Practitioner-Adult-Gerontology; MSN-Family Nurse Practitioner; MSN-Health Informatics; MSN-Health Care Quality and Patient Safety; MSN-Leadership in Health Care Systems; MSN-Public Health Nursing
5.3 Evaluate professional organizations and activities that improve one’s practice and influence advanced nursing practice.Attachments
MSN-APA Writing Checklist-Student.docx
Participation Requirements
Participating in classroom discussion is paramount to the learning experience. Participating in the weekly discussions allows students and instructors to share experiences, investigate complicated subject matter, share expertise, and examine the content from new perspectives. The qualitative participation requirements are:
Follow-up responses to classmates’ initial answers or responses that integrate course theories with a practical application of the subject, offering a personal observation or experience, or referencing real-world examples, current events, or presenting current research on the topic.
Classroom interaction demonstrating deeper or broader thoughts beyond rephrasing what the textbook has presented on the topic.
Responses encouraging further discussion and ongoing dialogue with other students and the instructor in the class.
Asking additional, relevant questions about the week’s topic.
Communications that are presented in a professional and supportive manner, and with respectful tone.
The participation expectations in this class are:
Number of Required Substantive Posts Each Day: 1
Number of Required Days Per Week: 3
Course Grade Scale
Letter GradePercent RangePoint RangeA97%-100%970-1000A-93%-96.99%930-969.99B+89%-92.99%890-929.99B85%-88.99%850-889.99B-81%-84.99%810-849.99C+78%-80.99%780-809.99C76%-77.99%760-779.99F0%-75.99%0-759.99
