Due date: APRIL 11TH.
Total points possible: 120 points
Preparing the assignment: Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
In this paper, the student will provide a detailed description of the relationship between the category from the NCLEX-RN® examination blueprint, the priority concept (topic) selected based on assessment performance, and professional practice.
1) Write a 4–6-page paper (not including the title page or reference page) using APA format.
2) Include the following sections:
a. Introduction – 12 points/10%.
· Offer a detailed description of the purpose statement for the paper.
· Identify the priority concept (topic) from the Clinical Judgment Readiness Exam and align to one of the four (4) main categories of the NCLEX-RN® examination blueprint:
a. Assurance of a safe and effective care environment
b. Health promotion and maintenance of health
c. Preservation of the patient population’s psychosocial integrity
d. Preservation of the patient population’s physiological integrity
· Provide a detailed description of the relationship between the category from the NCLEX-RN® examination blueprint and the priority concept (topic).
· This section should not exceed two (2) paragraphs. A paragraph is 3-5 sentences.
b. Importance – 12 points/10%
· Describe the primary importance of the priority concept (topic) to professional practice.
· Describe the importance of the priority concept (topic) to the health status of a patient population.
· Include 2 potential negative effect(s) to professional practice if the priority concept (topic) is unresolved.
· Include 2 potential negative effect(s) to the patient population if the priority concept (topic) is unresolved.
· Provide appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
c. Healthcare Disparities, Inequalities, and Interventions – 30 points/ 25%
· Identify a primary patient population that may be negatively influenced by the priority concept (topic) if unresolved.
· Identify a healthcare resource to support evidence-based professional practice related to the priority concept (topic).
· Summarize potential priority concept (topic) healthcare disparities and inequalities related to diverse populations.
· Propose an evidence-based solution for the priority concept (topic) related to healthcare disparities.
· Identify an evidence-based practice intervention.
· Discuss patient education considerations related to the priority concept (topic).
· Provide appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
d. Legal & Ethical Considerations and Intervention Challenges – 18 points/ 15%
· Identify one (1) ethical and one (1) legal implication for addressing the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
· Discuss one (1) strategy in prevention of an ethical dilemma related to the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
· Discuss one (1) strategy in prevention of legal consequences related to the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
· Identify one (1) anticipated challenge to the success of preventing the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
· Identify one (1) anticipated challenge to the success of resolving the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
· Provide appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
e. Participants and Interdisciplinary Approach – 12 points/10%
· Identify three (3) parties (identify two (2) members of a discipline outside of nursing) who will be involved in the implementation of the priority concept (topic) interventions.
· Discuss the role of these member in the intervention implementation for the priority concept (topic).
· Discuss the benefit of including the identified interdisciplinary members from disciplines outside nursing to promote evidence-based professional practice.
· Provide appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
f. Quality Improvement – 12 points/10%
· Provide at least one (1) benefit in patient outcomes from addressing the priority concept (topic) within the clinical environment.
· Provide at least one (1) benefit to the nursing profession that will result from addressing this priority concept (topic) in clinical professional practice.
· Discuss at least one (1) resource utilized to promote improved patient outcomes in the clinical environment.
· Discuss at least one (1) resource utilized to increase professional nurse knowledge promoting improved clinical professional practice.
· Provide appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
g. Conclusion – 12 points/10%
· Provide a thorough recap of the purpose to promote increased evidence-based professional practice knowledge related to the priority concept (topic) deficiency.
· Summarize resources identified to support improved evidence-based professional practice related to the priority concept (topic).
· Include a complete statement describing why addressing the priority concept (topic) matters for patient outcomes and evidence-based professional practice.
· This section should provide no new information and should be limited to 1-2 paragraphs.
h. APA Style and Organization 12 points/10%
· References are submitted with paper.
· Uses current APA format and is free of errors.
· Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.
· Paper is 4-6 pages, excluding title and reference pages.
· A minimum of three (3) scholarly, peer reviewed, primary sources from the last 5 years, excluding the textbook, are provided.
· Each section should have a cited source to support information provided.
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