Student Practicum Peer Collaboration   Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Week 4. Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges. You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer. See below, and also in course resources for the guidelines and rubric for this […]

Education Practicum Project Update   The guidelines and rubric for this assignment are listed and located below.   Purpose   The purposes of this activity are for students (1) to provide an update on their Education Practicum Project and (2) to provide substantive feedback to peers. Substantive feedback is defined as a suggestion or question […]

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration   Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration Week 3. Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges. You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer. See below, and also in course resources for the guidelines and rubric for this […]

Student Practicum Peer Collaboration   Welcome to the Student Practicum Peer Collaboration.  Please begin by posting about your practicum experience and share both successes and challenges.  You will also need to post a reply to at least one peer.  See below for the guidelines and rubric for this assignment.   NR621 Student Practicum Peer Collaboration […]

Education Practicum Project Ideas   Read the guidelines and grading rubrics for the introductory problem statement, literature review and intervention/evaluation plan and discuss your ideas for a Education Practicum Project with your mentor. The Education Practicum Project is a major component of the practicum experience. It should be an activity that will benefit the organization […]

This assignment will focus on developing a health policy analysis presentation that includes a problem statement, background, landscape, options and recommendations from the week’s readings.  The health policy analysis presentation is based upon an identified healthcare issue in one’s local community.     Activity Learning Outcomes   Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability […]

Discuss barriers to practice as an APN in one’s state from both a state and national perspective.  Research methods to influence policy change from various forms of competition, state legislative and executive branches of government and interest groups.   Activity Learning Outcomes   Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to:   Discuss […]

Quality Healthcare: Measuring NP Performance   Purpose   The purpose of this assignment is to have students research the measurement tools of NP performance.  Through the use of quality patient outcomes, student will l ist and discuss three different patient interventions and how  they would specifically measure the outcomes and h o w these primary […]

Reflection on Achievement of Outcomes   Purpose   The final week will focus on Global Policy Reform and the impact on patient care.  Students read the Berwick article and respond to the required discussions.  In addition, students reflect on what they have learned in NR506NP and how it is applicable to their upcoming clinical courses.  […]

APNs as Healthcare Policy Leaders   Purpose   The purpose of this assignment is to discuss healthcare policy of the APN profession and how Transformational Leadership can help to influence policy changes. This week’s assignment focuses on the APN as a Health Policy Leader, one of the nine NONPF NP competencies.  Students will analyze how […]