POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE DNP-PREPARED NURSE

BLOG: POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE DNP-PREPARED NURSE

As a current and future advanced practice nurse, you are and will continue to serve as an agent of change in all you do. Think about the positive impacts you have on patient care, the organization and nursing practice in which you work, and the community in which you serve. How will earning the DNP degree not only support your advocacy for positive social change but, in its own right, represent a commitment toward fostering innovation for change in nursing practice?

-Review the Learning Resources and reflect on how you, as a current and future advanced practice nurse, will strive for and commit advocacy for positive social change.

– Consider how your current nursing practice experiences and future opportunities will further support your role as an agent of change.

RESOURCES

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.

TO PREPARE:

-Review the Learning Resources and reflect on your personal and professional commitment to advocacy for patients, communities, and the profession.

-Think about how your role as a DNP-prepared nurse contributes to advocacy for positive social change.

*THE ASSIGNMENT*

***Post an explanation of how you anticipate enacting personal and professional commitment for advocacy to positively impact your patients, communities, and the profession. Be specific.***

***Explain how your role as a DNP-prepared nurse contributes to advocacy for positive social change.***

Learning resources below Pls. Use at least 2 on references. Thank you.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Required Readings

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Social determinants of health: Know what affects healthLinks to an external site.. https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/index.htm

Pavlish, C. L., Henriksen, J., Brown-Saltzman, K., Robinson, E. M., Warda, U. S., Farra, C., Chen, B., & Jakel, P. (2020). A team-based early action protocol to address ethical concerns in the intensive care unitLinks to an external site.. American Journal of Critical Care, 29(1), 49–61. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2020915

Phelan, P. S. (2020). Organizational ethics for US health care todayLinks to an external site.. AMA Journal of Ethics, 22(3), 183–186. https://doi.org/10.1001/amajethics.2020.183Links to an external site.

Read, C. Y., Pino Betancourt, D. M., & Morrison, C. (2016). Social change: A framework for inclusive leadership: Development in nursing educationLinks to an external site.. Journal of Nursing Education, 55(3), 164–167. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20160216-08

Rejno, A., Ternestedt, B.-M., Nordenfelt, L., Silfverberg, G., & Godskesen, T. E. (2020). Dignity at stake: Caring for persons with impaired autonomyLinks to an external site.. Nursing Ethics, 27(1), 104–115. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733019845128Links to an external site.

Torkaman, M., Heydari, N., & Torabizadeh, C. (2020). Nurses’ perspectives regarding the relationship between professional ethics and organizational commitment in healthcare organizationsLinks to an external site.. Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 13(17), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.18502/jmehm.v13i17.4658

Vermeesch, A., Cox, P. H., Baca, S., & Simmons, D. (2018). Strategies for strengthening ethics education in a DNP programLinks to an external site.. Nursing Education Perspectives, 39(5), 309–311. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000383

Walden University. (2022). Social determinants of health: Understanding vision health equityLinks to an external site.. https://www.waldenu.edu/online-masters-programs/master-of-science-in-nursing/resource/social-determinants-of-health-understanding-vision-health-equity