Define critical thinking and evidence-based practice. Discuss what critical thinking in nursing practice entails and explain why it is important. Discuss the role of critical thinking and evidence-based practice as they relate to patient outcomes.

ITS IMPORTANT TO MEET COMPETENCES .

REQUIRED RESOURCES TO DO THIS JOB ATTACHED AT THE END !!!

Create 1–2 page outlines of your response plan for three intervention scenarios.

Nurse leaders need to quickly identify a strategy for evaluating a nursing leadership problem and the dynamics related to the problem, in order to orchestrate intervention efforts and put together a plan of action that leads to stakeholder cooperation.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Integrate key nursing leadership, management, and communication concepts into collaborative practice situations.       
  • (IMPORTAT) -Explain concepts of change theory and how it can be used as a tool to manage situations.
  • (IMPORTANT) -Describe an effective leadership style to address a problem.
• Competency 2: Explain the accountability of the nurse leader for decisions that affect health care delivery and patient outcomes.       
  • (IMPORTANT) -Describe how outcomes or success of the style selected for each situation could be measured.
• Competency 4: Apply professional standards of moral, ethical, and legal conduct in professional practice.       
  • (IMPORTANT) -Explain how professional and legal standards guide the effective nurse leader when making decisions.
• Competency 5: Communicate in manner that is consistent with the expectations of a nursing professional.       
  • (IMPORTANT) -Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and current APA style.

Preparation

Use the Capella library and the Internet to research change theory, leadership, and communication strategies. Use the Suggested Resources to research leadership and communication concepts and change theory.

• The challenge in this assessment is to create a response plan for several intervention scenarios.      
  • There are three deliverables required for this assessment.

Rationale for this assessment:

Nurse leaders solve problems or resolve conflict on a daily basis. Understanding how change theory can be applied to a situation and examining various types of interventions in advance can relieve pressure on the nurse leader and improve the workplace environment and outcomes. Rehearsing potential interventions provides a mental toolkit on which to rely during stressful times.

Your management training workshop continues:

The second day of HR’s Nursing Leadership Workshop is designed to help you identify and practice effective responses and interventions to common problems and situations. Participants are presented with three scenarios and must create a response plan for each scenario, in the form of a 1–2 page outline.
 

Deliverables: Submit three Response Plans to complete this assessment.

• Choose 3 of the 5 Intervention Scenarios linked in the Required Resources for this assessment.
• For each scenario you choose, develop a separate Response Plan in the form of a 1–2 page outline. 
  • Label each outline using the example below:        
    • Example: Response Plan for School Nurse.

Instructions

Analyze each Intervention Scenario and describe the leadership, communication, and management strategies you believe would be most effective for each situation.

Use the following subheadings to organize your Response Plan outline for each situation.

• Change Theory: Explain concepts of change theory and how it can be used as a tool to manage situations.      
  • Identify elements of change theory that fit best with the scenario.
  • How can you use change theory to deal with conflict?
• Strategies and Rationale: Describe an effective leadership style you would employ to address a problem.      
  • Explain the rationale for choosing a leadership strategy to solve a problem.
  • Identify interventions to address the problem.
• Expected Outcome: Describe how outcomes or success of the style selected for each situation could be measured.      
  • Describe how you could determine improved outcomes or measure success of the leadership style selected for each situation.        
    • What might go wrong and how would you deal with that?
• Professional Standards: Explain how professional and legal standards guide the effective nurse leader when making decisions.

Additional Requirements

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
• Length: Each outline should be 1–2 pages double-spaced.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Number of resources: Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed resources.

It is anticipated that the initial discussion response should be in the range of 250-300 words. Response posts must demonstrate topic knowledge and scholarly engagement with peers. This is not the only criteria utilized for evaluation; substantive content is imperative. All questions in the topic must be addressed. Please proofread your response carefully for grammar and spelling. Do not upload any attachments. All responses need to be supported by a minimum of one scholarly resource. Journals and websites must be cited appropriately. Citation and reference must adhere to APA format (6th Ed.).

Classroom Participation

Students are expected to initially address the discussion question by Wednesday of each week. Participation in the discussion forums is expected with a minimum total of three (3) substantive postings (this includes your initial posting and posting to two peers) on three (3) different days per week. Substantive means that you add something new to the discussion, you aren’t just agreeing. This is also a time to ask questions or offer information surrounding the topic addressed by your peers. Personal experience is appropriate for a substantive discussion and should be correlated to the literature.

All discussion boards will be evaluated utilizing rubric criterion inclusive of content, analysis, collaboration, writing and APA. If you fail to post an initial discussion you will not receive these points, you may however post to your peers for partial credit following the guidelines above. Due to the nature of this type of assignment and the need for timely responses for initial posts and posting to peers, the Make-Up Coursework Policy (effective July 2017) does not apply to Discussion Board Participation.

Discussion Prompt [Due Wednesday]

A 36-year-old woman is seen with complaints of abdominal bloating and gas. She says she has been really tired and has noticed sores in her mouth and tingling in her legs. She states her bloating and gas seem to get better when she is fasting.

Critical Thinking Questions

1. What additional questions should you ask the patient and why?
2. What should be included in the physical examination at this visit?
3. What are the possible differential diagnoses at this time?
4. What test should you order and why?
5. How would you manage this patient based on your diagnosis?

500 – 600 word Personal Statement addressing the three following questions, using the actual question as your subheadings: explaining your interest in nursing as your profession .

1. How has your life experiences shaped who you are today?
   Include any activities such as community, volunteer, military, healthcare, etc. that you feel make you a strong candidate.
2. How do you see yourself contributing to the profession of nursing?
3. Why should you be admitted to this program?