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NR 351 DeVry Complete Week Discussions Package

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Nursing Roles in Quality Improvement (graded)<br />

How do nurses promote patient safety and improve quality at your workplace? How do you report errors and near<br />

misses? What changes would you suggest be made on your unit or facility to improve a non-punitive culture of safety?<br />

<strong>NR</strong> <strong>351</strong> <strong>DeVry</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 5 Discussion Latest<br />

Leadership in Diverse Situations (graded)<br />

Nurses demonstrate leadership in many situations. For this discussion, select one of the following situations that you<br />

have not previously experienced and tell us how the nurse would demonstrate leadership in that situation:<br />

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Communicating with legislators to influence health policy<br />

Clinical leadership at the bedside<br />

Nursing management of units or facilities<br />

Impact of systems-based practice on leadership<br />

<strong>NR</strong> <strong>351</strong> <strong>DeVry</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 6 Discussion Latest<br />

Use of Informatics in Professional Nursing (graded)<br />

How do you use informatics and technology in your nursing practice? How do you see that use changing in the future?<br />

What ethical issues have arisen or might arise from use of technology and informatics in professional nursing?<br />

<strong>NR</strong> <strong>351</strong> <strong>DeVry</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 7 Discussion Latest<br />

Application of Nursing Theory to Practice (graded)<br />

You are a professional nurse caring for Mr. R, a 58-year-old patient who recently underwent surgery for colon cancer<br />

resulting in a temporary colostomy. Select one of the assigned or unassigned nursing theories from our textbook and<br />

address the following:<br />

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How you would provide professional nursing care for Mr. R. using the theory you have selected. Be sure to<br />

use terminology from the selected nursing theory to explain your interventions.<br />

Relate application of legal and/or ethical standards to this case study.<br />

Note: There may be further questions from the instructor later in the week to help build upon your answers to further<br />

develop this scenario.<br />

<strong>NR</strong> <strong>351</strong> <strong>DeVry</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 8 Discussion Latest<br />

AACN BSN Essentials and Your Future Practice (graded)<br />

Select one of the AACN BSN Essentials and elaborate on its meaning and importance in your own future professional<br />

nursing practice. In your post intended to clearly and thoroughly address the topic of this TD, be sure to:<br />

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Identify the AACN BSN Essential that you have selected by name and number.<br />

Clearly and thoroughly explain why you selected this Essential.<br />

Clearly and thoroughly explain how this Essential will be used in your future professional nursing career.<br />

For your response to a classmate to further develop that person’s ideas, select at least one classmate who has written<br />

about a different AACN BSN Essential than the one that you selected.<br />

NOTE: <strong>Week</strong> 8 Discussion closes on Wednesday of <strong>Week</strong> 8.All <strong>Week</strong> 8 posts are due by Wednesday. Any posts<br />

submitted after Wednesday of <strong>Week</strong> 8 will not count towards your grade.

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