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Practice Experience Conference (Post-Conference) Details
Students are required to initiate a Post- Conference that will occur during Topic 10. This meeting is intended for the student, preceptor, and faculty to discuss the completion of the clinical practice experience, the learning goals contained in the Individual Success Plan (ISP), and course learning objectives. Completion of the written capstone project change proposal will also be discussed, including preceptor recommendations. Completion of the clinical practice experience will be documented on the “Clinical Evaluation Tool” (CET), which is submitted in LoudCloud prior to the Post- Conference. The CET will be reviewed during the Post-Conference including recommendations from the preceptor. Faculty will grade the submitted CET after the conference.
Students maintained and submitted weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to explore the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. This assignment combines those entries into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.
This final submission should also outline what students have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced during the process, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and, finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course.
The final journal should address a variable combination of the following, while incorporating your specific clinical practice experiences:
1. New practice approaches
2. Interprofessional collaboration
3. Health care delivery and clinical systems
4. Ethical considerations in health care
5. Practices of culturally sensitive care
6. Ensuring the integrity of human dignity in the care of all patients
7. Population health concerns
8. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
9. Health policy
10. Leadership and economic models
11. Health disparities
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation 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.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:
RN to BSN
2.3:
Understand and value the processes of critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and decision making.
4.1:
Utilize patient care technology and information management systems.
4.3:
Promote interprofessional collaborative communication with health care teams to provide safe and effective care.
5.3:
Provide culturally sensitive care.
5.4:
Preserve the integrity and human dignity in the care of all patients.
Scholarly Activities
Throughout the RN-to-BSN program, students are required to participate in scholarly activities outside of clinical practice or professional practice. Examples of scholarly activities include attending conferences, seminars, journal club, grand rounds, morbidity and mortality meetings, interdisciplinary committees, quality improvement committees, and any other opportunities available at your site, within your community, or nationally.
You are required to post at least one documented scholarly activity by the end of this course. In addition to this submission, you are required to be involved and contribute to interdisciplinary initiatives on a regular basis.
Submit, by way of this assignment, a summary report of the scholarly activity, including who, what, where, when, and any relevant take-home points. Include the appropriate program competencies associated with the scholarly activity as well as future professional goals related to this activity. You may use the “Scholarly Activity Summary” resource to help guide this assignment.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
Capstone Project Change Proposal Presentation
Review the feedback on the change proposal professional presentation and make required adjustments to the presentation. Present your evidence-based intervention and change proposal to an interprofessional audience of leaders and stakeholders. Be prepared to answer questions and accept feedback.
After presenting your capstone project change proposal, write a 250-350 word summary of the presentation. Include a description of the changes that were suggested by your preceptor before your presentation and how you incorporated that feedback. Describe how this interprofessional collaboration improved the effectiveness of your presentation. Include a description of the feedback and questions from your audience after your presentation, and how this experience will affect your professional practice in the future.
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.
Practice Experience Conference Form (Post-Conference)
Pre-/mid-/ and post- conference or evaluation between students, faculty, and preceptors are mandatory for students enrolled in the RN-BSN Capstone and Practicum course. Conferences may be conducted face-to-face or via synchronous technology.
Overall Course Objectives
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This course provides students the opportunity to integrate what they have learned in the program in a practicum experience. Students are expected to integrate nursing knowledge, knowledge gained throughout the program, leadership, and advanced critical-thinking and problem-solving skills in the development of a comprehensive and professional capstone project change proposal.
Student Specific Objectives:
Students are responsible for completing all experiences as mandated for program.
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pre-conference
will occur prior to the start of the clinical practice experience. This meeting is intended for the student and preceptor to review course and student-specific learning objectives: the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of student and preceptor during this practicum experience. All faculty and preceptor contact information will be given to each party per the student. Any course or program information requested by the preceptor will be provided by the student. Faculty will review submitted document.
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mid-conference/evaluation
will occur at the mid-point of the course. This meeting is intended for the student, faculty, and preceptor to discuss student progress toward meeting the competencies in the clinical evaluation tool (CET). Progress toward completing the written capstone project change proposal will also be discussed with faculty recommendations for project development
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post-conference/evaluation will
occur at the end of the practicum experience. This is intended for the student and preceptor to review and evaluate all competencies and validate that all areas are “at meets expectations” prior to progression. Faculty will provide final review and evaluation after conferring with preceptor.
Proposed Practicum Experience (Brief Description of Experience Identified by Student), Practicum goals/objectives reviewed in pre-meeting.
Preceptor contact information (email or phone): _______________________________________
Preceptor Signature: __________________________________
Date: _______________
Student Signature: ____________________________________ Date: _______________
Review progress towards meeting goals/ objectives with rationales provided to student at mid-term conference.
Preceptor Signature: __________________________________ Date: _______________
Student Signature: ____________________________________ Date: _______________
Review progress towards meeting goals/ objectives with rationales provided to student at end of rotation.
Preceptor Signature: __________________________________ Date: _______________
Student Signature: ____________________________________ Date: _______________
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Scholarly Activities
This document describes the scholarly activity elements that should be included in a five paragraph summary. You may use this resource to help guide the preparation of the Scholarly Activities assignment, due in Topic 10.
Overview
This section consists of a single paragraph that succinctly describes the scholarly activity that you attended/participated in, the target market for the activity, and the benefit of the activity to you.
Problem
This section consists of either a short narrative or a list of bullet points that concisely identifies the problems the scholarly activity is designed to solve. Educate: What is the current state of the activity topic? Explain why this is a problem, and for whom is it a problem? Inspire: What could a nurse achieve by participating in the scholarly activity? Use declarative sentences with simple words to communicate each point. Less is more.
Solution
This section consists of either a short paragraph or a list of bullet points that concisely describes the solution to a proposed practice problem that the scholarly activity addressed and how it addresses the problem outlined in the previous section.
Opportunity
This section consists of short paragraphs that define the opportunity that the scholarly activity is designed to capture. It is important to cover the objectives and goals that were met. How will attending/participating in this scholarly activity help you grow as a nurse?
Program Competencies Addressed
This section consists of a list of program competencies that were addressed in this scholarly activity. Please use the list from the ISP.
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| Course Code | Class Code | Assignment Title | Total Points | |||||||||
| NRS-493 | NRS-493-O501 | Literature Evaluation Table | 50.0 | |||||||||
| Criteria | Percentage | 1: Unsatisfactory (0.00%) | 2: Less Than Satisfactory (75.00%) | 3: Satisfactory (79.00%) | 4: Good (89.00%) | 5: Excellent (100.00%) | Comments | Points Earned | ||||
| Content | 100.0% | |||||||||||
| Author, Journal (Peer-Reviewed), and Permalink or Working Link to Access Article | 5.0% | Author, journal (peer-reviewed), and permalink or working link to access article section is not included. | Author, journal (peer-reviewed), and permalink or working link to access article section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. | Author, journal (peer-reviewed), and permalink or working link to access article section is present. | Author, journal (peer-reviewed), and permalink or working link to access article section is clearly provided and well developed. | Author, journal (peer-reviewed), and permalink or working link to access article section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details. | ||||||
| Article Title and Year Published | Article title and year published section is not included. | Article title and year published section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. | Article title and year published section is present. | Article title and year published section is clearly provided and well developed. | Article title and year published section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details. | |||||||
| Research Questions (Qualitative) or Hypothesis (Quantitative), and Purposes or Aim of Study | 10.0% | Research questions (qualitative) or hypothesis (quantitative), and purposes or aim of study section is not included. | Research questions (qualitative) or hypothesis (quantitative), and purposes or aim of study section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. | Research questions (qualitative) or hypothesis (quantitative), and purposes or aim of study section is present. | Research questions (qualitative) or hypothesis (quantitative), and purposes or aim of study section is clearly provided and well developed. | Research questions (qualitative) or hypothesis (quantitative), and purposes or aim of study section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details. | ||||||
| Design (Type of Quantitative, or Type of Qualitative) | Design (type of quantitative, or type of qualitative) section is not included. | Design (type of quantitative, or type of qualitative) section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. | Design (type of quantitative, or type of qualitative) section is present. | Design (type of quantitative, or type of qualitative) section is clearly provided and well developed. | Design (type of quantitative, or type of qualitative) section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details. | |||||||
| Setting or Sample | Setting or sample section is not included. | Setting or sample section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. | Setting or sample section is present. | Setting or sample section is clearly provided and well developed. | Setting or sample section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details. | |||||||
| Methods: Intervention or Instruments | Methods: Intervention or Instruments section is not included. | Methods: Intervention or Instruments section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. | Methods: Intervention or Instruments section is present. | Methods: Intervention or Instruments section is clearly provided and well developed. | Methods: Intervention or Instruments section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details. | |||||||
| Analysis | Analysis section is not included. | Analysis section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. | Analysis section is present. | Analysis section is clearly provided and well developed. | Analysis section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details. | |||||||
| Key Findings | Key findings section is not included. | Key findings section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. | Key findings section is present. | Key findings section is clearly provided and well developed. | Key findings section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details. | |||||||
| Recommendations | Recommendations section is not included. | Recommendations section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. | Recommendations section is present. | Recommendations section is clearly provided and well developed. | Recommendations section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details. | |||||||
| Explanation of How the Article Supports EBP or Capstone | Explanation of how the article supports EBP or capstone section is not included. | Explanation of how the article supports EBP or capstone section is present, but it lacks detail or is incomplete. | Explanation of how the article supports EBP or capstone section is provided. | Explanation of how the article supports EBP or capstone section is clearly provided and well developed. | Explanation of how the article supports EBP or capstone section is comprehensive and thoroughly developed with supporting details. | |||||||
| Presentation | The piece is not neat or organized, and it does not include all required elements. | The work is not neat and includes minor flaws or omissions of required elements. | The overall appearance is general, and major elements are missing. | The overall appearance is generally neat, with a few minor flaws or missing elements. | The work is well presented and includes all required elements. The overall appearance is neat and professional. | |||||||
| Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, and language use) | Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction is employed. | Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied. | Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct and varied sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are employed. | Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. The writer uses a variety of effective sentence structures and figures of speech. | The writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. | |||||||
| Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style | Sources are not documented. | Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present. | Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct. | Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error. | |||||||
| Total Weightage | 100% |
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Capstone Project Change Proposal Presentation
Fasilat Olasumbo
College Name: Grand Canyon University
NRS-493: Professional Capstone and Practicum
Instructor: Chris Bartholomew
11/28/2021
Capstone Project Change Proposal Presentation
Safely managed water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services are essential in preventing and promoting health through outbreaks of infectious diseases, including the current COVID-19 pandemic (Kielar et al., 2021). The pandemic exposed the importance of hygiene in everyday activities and human beings’ lives. Investing in core public health infrastructures, such as water and sanitation systems, is one of the most cost-effective ways to increase pandemic preparedness, especially in resource-constrained settings (Jara, 2021). Good WASH and waste management that are consistently implemented serve as barriers to human-to-human transmission of the COVID-19 virus in homes, communities, health care facilities, schools, and other public spaces.
Hand washing is one of the most important things you can do to avoid getting infected with the COVID-19 virus. WASH services should encourage more frequent and regular hand hygiene by higher competitive advantage and employing proven behavior change techniques. The WHO guidelines for the safe management of drinking water and sanitation services apply to the COVID-19 outbreak. Initiatives that go above and beyond these recommendations are unnecessary by safely managing WASH services and implementing good personal hygiene (Marshall et al., 2021). Such efforts will aid in the prevention of other contagious diseases that claim the lives of millions of people each year. The interventions will be evaluated through an outcome evaluation strategy, summative evaluation strategy, and
formative evaluation approach.
The changes that my preceptor suggested before the presentation emphasized making
the presentation lively and allowing the audience to ask questions as I provide. This
interpersonal collaboration with my preceptor improved my presentation’s effectiveness is
that the audience was pleased with how I handled the topic. Some of my audience’s questions
were focusing on how effective the interventions would improve healthcare outcomes and
society. The feedback was that if organizations and individuals will adhere to the measures of
preventing covid-19. This experience will help me in developing my presentation strategies
in the future
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Handwashing, food hygiene, and water safety practices are being improved. Examples of materials for washing hands and hygiene include the provision of fixed and portable handwashing facilities, the decision to buy soap and alcohol-based hand rubs, the distribution of handwashing water supplies, and point-of-use water treatment (Modi et a., 2020). Handwashing facilities and water and soap for handwashing are required in schools, workplaces, markets, transportation hubs, and other public gathering places. Substantiated behavioral modification methodologies will aid in strengthening and increasing the quality of critical hygiene behaviors. The interventions will be
evaluated through an outcome evaluation strategy, summative evaluation strategy, and
formative evaluation approach.
The changes that my preceptor suggested before the presentation emphasized making
the presentation lively and allowing the audience to ask questions as I provide. This
interpersonal collaboration with my preceptor improved my presentation’s effectiveness is
that the audience was pleased with how I handled the topic. Some of my audience’s questions
were focusing on how effective the interventions would improve healthcare outcomes and
society. The feedback was that if organizations and individuals will adhere to the measures of
preventing covid-19. This experience will help me in developing my presentation strategies
in the future
References
Jara, B. J. (2021). Infection prevention in the era of COVID-19: 2021 basic procedure review. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 49(2), 126-131.
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.121.262281
Kielar, M., Depurbaix, R., Agnyziak, M., Wijaszka, B., & Poboży, T. (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic as a factor of hospital staff compliance with hand hygiene rules: assessment of the usefulness of the “Clean Care is a Safer Care” program as a tool to enhance compliance with hand hygiene principles in hospitals. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene, 62(1), E25.
10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2021.62.1.1603
Marshall, C., Bruising, K., Williamson, D., Cowie, B., MacLachlan, J., Orr, E., … & Kelly, C. (2021). A hospital-wide response to multiple outbreaks of COVID-19 in health care workers: Lessons learned from the field. Infection, Disease & Health, 26, S4-S5.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2021.09.015
Modi, P. D., Nair, G., Uppe, A., Modi, J., Tuppekar, B., Gharpure, A. S., & Langade, D. (2020). COVID-19 awareness among healthcare students and professionals in Mumbai metropolitan region: a questionnaire-based survey. Cureus, 12(4).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7198075/
Benchmark Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflection Journal
Fasilat Olasumbo
Grand Canyon University: NRS-493-0505
Instructor: Bartholomew Chris
11 /28/2021
Reflection Journal week 1
New practice approaches
I must say, this is my very first time I am so overwhelmed plus a terrifying anxiety with this class. I felt like there was a mountain sitting on my chest, but I am so happy that am Preceptor is willing to work with the change proposal regarding Covid 19. My proposal will be based on handwashing to prevent covid 19. Hand washing is an important practice for minimizing the spread of covid-19 in healthcare facilities. Practicing hand washing at regular intervals helps to eliminate germs from hands. Healthcare providers must wash their hands after coughing/sneezing, after using the toilet, after handling a patient, and before handling a patient. Hand hygiene is a simple and effective way to prevent the spread of covid-19 infections (CDC, 2021).
The new approaches outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlight that healthcare providers should use an alcohol-based hand rub or wash their hands with soap and water. This practice is necessary for healthcare providers before touching a patient, performing aseptic procedures, or handling invasive medical devices (CDC, 2021). It is also essential for health professionals to wash their hands before moving from a soiled body site to a clean body site when treating a patient. After touching a patient and interact with the immediate environment, nurses and physicians must wash their hands thoroughly. Hand washing is also necessary after contact with body fluids or contaminated surfaces and immediately after removing the gloves.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that health facilities ensure that all healthcare personnel wash their hands with soap and running water when their hands are soiled. The facilities should provide the supplies necessary for adherence to hand hygiene, and they should be accessible areas where patient care takes place. According to the World Health Organization guidelines, health workers should practice hand hygiene using alcohol-based hand rub containing 60-80% alcohol or using soap, water, and disposable towels (WHO, 2021).
Reflection Journal week 2
Interprofessional collaboration
Interprofessional collaboration refers to a practice of approaching patient care from a team-based perspective. It happens when two or more professionals work collaboratively to attain common objectives and are used to solve various issues and complex problems. Implementation of interprofessional collaboration and working together and respecting other people in the health facility, various fields can operate together more effectively to enhance patient outcomes like social worker, physical therapy, and staff member in various department. Hand washing is the first-line defense to prevent covid-19 in health care facilities. Regular handwashing is one of the efficient techniques to remove germs, avoid contracting illnesses, and preventing spreading germs to other individuals. Regular hand washing is one of the key behaviors that was promoted during the covid-19 pandemic (Hollis et al., 2021). Through collaboration among all health practitioners in the health facility, hand washing can help ensure all professionals’ well-being and control the spread of the virus from one professional to another. An individual can get Covid-19 virus if they touch their eyes, nose, or mouth without washing their hands, contact contaminated surface or objects, prepare, or eat food without washing hands, and cough or sneeze into their hands and then contact another person physically. Therefore, an individual needs to ensure they wash their hands regularly.
Washing hands is an easy process. Clean hands can prevent the spread of the covid-19 virus from one person to another and throughout the entire health facility. Proper hand washing using soap and water is a major contributor to the prevention of covid-19 because it helps deactivate and remove the tiny virus from a person’s hands. Hand washing is an effective method that was used to reduce and prevent the spread of covid-19 (Hollis et al., 2021). Good hygiene is the key to preventing its spread. Thorough hand washing coupled with other essential behaviors will be key to preventing the pandemic. Until everyone in the globe is vaccinated, preventing covid-19 from one person to another will help reduce the impact of the virus on people’s livelihood, health, and lives.
Reflection Journal week 3
Health Care Delivery and Clinical Systems
I was successful meet with my preceptor, I was able to develop my PICOT Question Paper, and I was able to critically evaluate evidence‐based research and other appropriate resources to inform the development of my change in capstone Change Project Objectives.
Covid-19 can be spread through various ways by touching eyes, nose, or mouth without washing hands, contacting contaminated surfaces or objects, preparing, or eating food without washing hands, coughing or sneezing into their hands, and then contacting another person physically. If a covid-19 patient sneezes or coughs, they release infected fluid, which falls on nearby surfaces, and another individual can catch the virus by touching the contaminated surface (World Health Organization, 2020). Therefore, hand washing is the primary method of preventing the spread of covid-19. Health care delivery and clinical systems have a role in hand washing to prevent the spread of the virus. First, healthcare delivery and clinical systems should ensure that functional hand washing stations are easily accessible in their health facilities. Functional hand washing stations should be positioned at all points of care. These stations must be accessible in the facility’s entry and exit points and other public areas. Health care delivery and clinical systems are required to establish or strengthen hand washing improvement strategies. They should offer fresher education on hand washing to health care practitioners. They should procure sufficient amounts of quality hand washing supplies. All health care practitioners must adhere to hand washing rules to ensure patient safety.
Health care facilities need to make handwashing a vital quality monitoring factor. Complying with hand washing standards needs to be a core element of each health facility’s covid-19 prevention regimen and identify risk areas and prioritize finding solutions to these risks. Health care facilities should provide education and information to the public on hand washing during the epidemic. Various sources can be used to educate on the importance of hand washing and the right-hand washing techniques. Compliance of the general public with hand washing is one of the most cost-effective techniques of preventing the spread of covid-19 (Bazaid et al., 2020). Effective covid-19 infection control and preventive actions, especially hand washing, must be implemented to ensure that health care facilities do not become hubs of covid-19 spread and reduce healthcare-related infections. Health care professionals must be trained and provided with the resources needed to implement good hand washing practices to respond to the epidemic and maintain essential services.
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Reflection Journal week 4
Ethical considerations in health care
Ethical considerations in health care are essential provisions that effectively guide the action taken by any healthcare professional in regard to assisting the patient. The hand washing training to curb the spread of Covid-19 in healthcare facilities would immensely require adherence to the staff’s good moral and appropriate conduct. The main objective of the capstone project is to ensure the spread of Covid-19 is minimized through hand washing candidly. However, teaching the staff effectively will require utmost understanding following the established code of ethics. For instance, the first provision of the code of ethics dictates that a nurse would always act with compassion and respect coupled with the inherent dignity of each individual. Therefore, ethical consideration would play a fundamental role in ensuring the objective of the capstone project is realized.
Based on the professional practice of healthcare provision, I have learned that I have different areas of strengths and weaknesses. The professional practice of nursing requires commitment and dedication when implementing healthcare interventions that can help address patients’ challenges (Clements et al., 2016). My strength has been evident in staying committed and being consistent in what I do in the healthcare facility. My collaboration with my preceptor has allowed me to realize my potential while working on my project proposal, especially how to handle the staff. There are some areas in which I had little understanding of how to work out. For instance, implementing issues related to my professional practice was one area that I could not achieve without collaborating with my preceptor. I was also committed to ensuring I avail myself when performing a professional practice. Secondly, my consistency and effective time management also allowed me to achieve my objective as far as understanding handwashing healthcare intervention was concerned. My positive working relationship with my preceptor has been my major strength in this professional practice.
However, I also realized some weaknesses, which, when I focus on addressing, I can become a good professional practitioner in a healthcare facility in the future. First, I often became nervous about what I was doing, especially when implementing the professional practice. The moment I tried implementing a professional practice, I could find myself feeling nervous. This weakness makes me feel unable to implement my duties. I also realized poor time management as a second weakness that I need to address. However, seeking assistance from my preceptor will help me to overcome the challenge of nervousness. In summary, I have learned and understood the need of helping to implement healthcare interventions in healthcare facilities.
Reflection Journal week 5
Practices of Culturally Sensitive Care
With covid-19 transmission spreading through direct, indirect, or close contact with an infected individual through nose or mouth secretions, washing hands with running water and soap is vital. Hand washing at regular intervals is necessary while preparing food, before eating, when taking care of a patient, and after sneezing or coughing to curb the spread of the virus. Regular hand washing is an essential part of covid-19 prevention (Pogrebna & Kharlamov, 2020). After touching common surfaces such as shopping counters, hand washing can help keep an individual safe from the virus and those around them. Culturally sensitive care is the ability of a health care professional to be appropriately responsive to circumstances, feelings, or attitudes of a patient who they have a different cultural, religious, national, or racial heritage. It involves considering individual psychological, cultural, and social patient’s needs. I can encourage individuals to observe hand washing practices to prevent covid-19 regardless of their origin. Culturally sensitive care aims to reduce health disparities provide optimal medical care to patients without paying attention to the patient’s cultural or religious beliefs, gender, race, and ethnicity.
I can engage in various practices to ensure culturally sensitive care. The first practice is to avoid assumptions. As a nurse, I should not make assumptions about cultures they are not conversant with. Making assumptions can lead to a lack of rapport and trust between a practitioner and patient hence lowering treatment acceptance. I have learned that I need to be eager to learn from patients about their cultures. The second practice is educating patients on healthy practices. I should give every patient informed consent for medical practices regardless of their cultural background. Educating patients empowers and helps them have more control over their health (Yeh et al., 2018). For example, I can explain why hand washing is important to prevent the spread of covid-19. A practitioner plays an important role in explaining why a procedure is required. The third practice is overcoming language barriers. Language barriers can pose a major challenge to providing culturally sensitive care.
I have discovered that as a nurse, I have to ensure that patients know how and why medical practices are important and how they can apply them in their health. I have learned that I must engage with my patients regardless of their backgrounds to ensure that I offer quality care. I have learned that I can use patient education and culturally sensitive care to improve health outcomes. One of my strengths is that I am willing to learn from my patients to provide them with quality care. One of my weaknesses is that I get emotionally attached to my patient, which can hinder quality care. I achieved course competency by educating a diabetic patient on observing her behaviors to improve her health outcomes.
Reflection Journal week 6
Ensuring the integrity of human dignity in the care of all patients
Due to the increasing rates of people infected with the Coronavirus, the World Health Organization insists on the need for people to consider hand washing practices. I support health experts in emphasizing that hand washing practices are the best and simplest to curb the spread of the deadly virus. Therefore, health care institutions need to create awareness and identify the various benefits of hand washing practices (Poole et al., 2020). In this way, it enables them to ensure that the integrity of human dignity gets offered to all patients. By offering them the required integrity, patients tend to feel considered and valued. The journal identifies the various ways to promote human dignity, including observing confidentiality, providing the patients’ needs, and involving patients in decision-making. However, there are some personal strengths and weaknesses that I encountered during my professional practice. One of my strengths is that I offered professional assistance to the patients. On the other hand, my weakness is the communicating and observing the different cultures of patients. From my personal experience, I engaged in promote hand washing practices in my professional practice to encourage optimal outcomes such as the reduced spread of Covid-19. Healthcare professionals and clinical nurses need to engage in an interprofessional collaboration whereby they insist on adopting hand washing practices as the best way of disease prevention. Ideally, I conclude that hand washing practices are the best ways of curbing the spread of Covid-19 since it is simple and easily available. Through an interprofessional collaboration, a healthcare institution can manage to convince patients and health workers that handwashing is one of the fundamental cornerstones of promoting the spread of the virus.
From a personal point of view, healthcare institutions need to adopt new healthcare and clinical systems that support handwashing practices in fighting the virus. One of the best healthcare practices that I would recommend is cleaning hands as a priority before getting any services from the hospital. On the other hand, it would be better for healthcare institutions to introduce antimicrobial hand washing products and antiseptic hand products that fight germs (Moore et al., 2021). They can also decide to place sanitizers in every central location to avoid spreading the deadly virus. Most importantly, healthcare institutions need to create water points at different locations to promote handwashing practices. By considering the above strategies, I believe that healthcare institutions stand in a great position of curbing the spread of the virus since the practices promote hand hygiene. However, there are certain ethical issues that they need to consider, such as carefulness, responsibility, and respect to the patients and other health workers. The various aspects need to be considered while promoting awareness about the hand washing practices.
Reflection Journal week 7
Population health concerns
The change proposal topic of Hand washing Training to Curb the Spread of Covid 19 in health care facilities has allowed me to learn and discover many things about population health concerns. I have realized that many people are concerned about the significance of hand washing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (Haque, 2020). One of the population health concerns I have discovered is the use of technologies to enforce hand washing among healthcare professionals and the general public. The use of technology in healthcare facilities as an intervention in promoting hand washing has significantly contributed to a positive response among many individuals. As a population health concern, hand washing helps prevent illness and the spread of COVID-19 among other infectious diseases to people. Germs from unwashed hands can easily be transferred to other surfaces that people interact with. Touching such surfaces without knowing contributes to the spread of COVID-19
About my professional practice, I have discovered that health professionalism requires commitment and dedication. I have also learned from my professional practice that strictly following health guidelines to prevent COVID-19 is critical as it helps prevent the spread of the virus among my fellow healthcare professionals. In exercising my duties as a healthcare professional, I have also discovered my strength. I am a self-driven healthcare professional who is always at the forefront of doing the right thing at the right time for the right purpose. This is one of the strengths that any healthcare professional needs to help achieve a common goal (Gopee & Galloway 2017). Additionally, I have always been ready to listen to patient concerns, and this practice has made many patients consider my services always. The only weakness I have realized is wanting to do everything at once. This often makes me get tired. However, I plan to address this challenge. Concerning an additional resource that can influence optimal outcomes, more advanced hand washing technologies will be vital.
Reflection Journal week 8
The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
The pandemic depicted the importance and need to have enhanced technology in the health care environment. When most healthcare providers needed to reduce infection through wearing protective heath equipment, technology was needed. Not only was the technology important during the health care provision, but before any care would be provided. Cities like Wuhan, where there were a lot of cases, had many patients suffering from the coronavirus. The government utilized technology to spray the town and even ensure that people maintained a healthy environment and lifestyle (Mokhov et al., 2020). The demand for hand washing was high, and the reduction of human contact was important.
The health care providers needed to be creative to ensure that hand hygiene is prioritized for the patients and other people in need of health services. The ability to utilize the technology without touching any areas of soap makes it even easier to reduce the spread of illnesses. New technologies such as motion sensor soap and sanitizer dispensers were introduced. They ensured efficient management of the spread of the illness through undertaking reliable care (Mokhov et al., 2020). The hand washing and use of sanitizer would allow the patients to have sufficient protection from germs and prevent any hospital infections.
The robots and telecommunication devices also made it easier to provide services in the health care environment. The robots could be controlled manually or automatically with the help of all. It would be reliable and effective to promote sufficient care in managing illnesses that are performed as an essential role in mitigating COVID-19 (Thilagaraj et al., 2021). The use of remote care through robotics and other technologies prevents any new infections. It reduces the pressure of patient care providers having to be in multiple places at the same time. It also reduces the issue of burnout as most health care providers can also use robotics to administer care still.
Nursing as professional practice is quite demanding and requires the input of all the involved stakeholders. It needs the individuals to be directly engaged in terms of sharing information and ideas. The personal strengths and weaknesses I identified about myself are that I prefer working alone more than interacting with people. This factor may result in anxiety if I have to work in teams and possess coordination (Thilagaraj et al., 2021). A strength that I realized I have is that I am a good team leader. My leadership skills have helped me coordinate with multiple people in different activities. The introduction of electronic systems in the health care environment would allow for better results to be achieved.
Reflection Journal week 9
Health policy
The world health organization declared the covid-19 pandemic a global health emergency because it is highly transmittable. The transmission of the virus involves the passing of the virus from one person to another. It can be transmitted through the respiratory system when individuals inhale small airborne particles and droplets that infected persons exhale as they sing, cough, breath, sneeze or talk (Guner et al., 2020. The virus can also be transmitted by touching infected surfaces and then touching the mouth, nose, or eyes before one wash their hands. The spread of the virus can be prevented through regular hand washing with soap and running water, wearing masks while in public spaces, cleaning common surfaces regularly, and avoiding close contact with infected persons. Hand washing is one of the essential steps that an individual can take to avoid contracting covid-19 through regular hand washing with soap and running water helps remove germs from the body. Hand washing helps curb the spread of covid-19 since people touch their mouth, noses, and eyes without even realizing, the virus can get into the food that people eat, and the virus can be transferred to surfaces such as railings and tabletops.
Teaching the staff in a health care facility about hand washing is essential in curbing the spread of the virus. Promoting handwashing at all levels of care is crucial. There have been continuous campaigns to encourage hand washing among health care workers (Alzyood et al., 2020). Hand washing is a simple action that can reduce healthcare-associated infections and ensure patient safety. No patient should catch the virus when receiving treatment in a health facility. All staff should be trained to ensure that there are enough and accessible hand washing points where the patient and health practitioners can wash their hands. Health administrators should ensure that the hand washing points are placed in all points of care and ensure that all staff understands the need for hand washing. Health facilities should ensure that they establish or strengthen hand washing improvement techniques. Health administrators should ensure that the health workers receive refresher training on hand washing.
As a nurse, I have discovered that patients’ needs must be met to enhance patient outcomes and enhance patient safety. I have learned that I have to ensure that I follow the guidelines provided by my administrator to ensure patient safety. I have learned that even though I am a qualified nurse, I still have to attend training sessions to enhance my knowledge and be updated with the latest information. One of my strengths is that I am eager and ready to learn whenever a chance arises. As a nurse, I ensure that I gain the most from the training programs. One of my greatest weaknesses is that I attempt to complete many tasks at once. I gained a course competency by applying the twenty-second handwashing rule.
Reflection Journal week 10
Leadership and economic models
Health disparities
Leadership is essential in every field, but especially in healthcare. Leadership and the hospital’s guiding economic model determine the route a care delivery management takes. In other words, an economic model is a strategy that helps you achieve your financial goals and objectives. The healthcare organization’s leadership and economic model are inseparable and influence the organization’s core values. Genuine and understanding leadership is what keeps the facility afloat in today’s fast-paced marketplace (Barilla, Shah, and Rawson, 2019). Health care providers in the US are largely market-driven; thus, their policies are constrained by those models. As Barilla, Shah, and Rawson stated, creating value in improving health can only be achieved by implementing policies in line with the current times and connecting with where people are today. The capstone project will be implemented based on the current policies and the urgent need for new trends. A pandemic like COVID-19 has compelled health facilities to allocate resources in a pandemic-focused manner (Ibn-Mohammed et al., 2021). For instance, healthcare facilities have been spending a lot of money on hand washing training to curb the spread of Covid 19 in the facilities. It’s not uncommon for people to get infected while in healthcare facilities. As a result, there is a need for effective treatments and protective measures to curb the spread of the virus. This is because the virus can be transmitted through the respiratory system if a person comes into contact with droplets that an infected individual exhale as they talk, sneeze, breath, or cough (Sign, 2020). Therefore, healthcare facility leaders must ensure that all staff is trained and given all the required resources for handwashing. The leaders also need to ensure that there are many hand washing points in the facility and encourage everyone to take the activity more seriously. Leaders should also ensure that the training is not one-time since the staff needs refresher training on handwashing.
In the United States, health disparities are a prevalent occurrence. Many resources go toward healthcare, but enormous inequalities in health outcomes persist. Health insurance is one of the concerns that contribute to differences in health outcomes. It’s important to remember that Medicare and Medicaid only cover a small section of the population. However, a significant portion of the population earns a middle-class wage, making out-of-pocket payments for medical expenses impractical. This results in health inequities exacerbated by socioeconomic factors that affect lifestyles (Edwards, Coddington, Erler & Kirkpatrick, 2018). Evidence-based approaches will be used to the spread of Covid 19 in healthcare facilities. The concern of health inequalities is a political issue that must be addressed and a professional issue that must be addressed at every facility (Mishra et al., 2021). Through professional-approved techniques, this study aims at preventing the spread of Covid 19 in healthcare facilities. Practices such as hand hygiene and the application of chlorohexidine are critical to achieving improved outcomes (Ruffin, Hawkins & Lee, 2017). Patient safety and lowering health disparities can be improved by using evidence-based methods.
In this project, I have had both strengths and weaknesses attributable to different objectives. For strengths, I have realized how effective it is to be a leader while deliberating on certain issues that came with the Covid-19. Besides, working the peer has been a success since the guidance shown to me was immense. Therefore, my strengths can be attributed to the collaboration that was implemented for all stakeholders. On the other hand, there have been weaknesses, especially when it came to getting information from in the facility’s management. To learn about leadership and management, it is necessary to involve the stakeholders who have experience. However, getting that information was not easy, and that became a weakness for me.
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