NR714 Week 8 You Decide Reflection
NR714 Week 8 You Decide Reflection
You Decide Reflection
Guidelines
Purpose
The purpose of this applicationis to provide the student an
opportunity to reflect on selected DNP competencies acquired through the NR714
course
Course
Outcomes
This assignment provides documentation of student ability to
meet the following course outcomes:
CO1: Formulate PICOT/PICoT questions relevant to advanced
nursing practice (PO #3)
CO4: Compare and contrast differences and similarities with
selected characteristics of qualitative, quantitative, and economic research
designs (PO #3)
CO5: Evaluate appropriateness of a qualitative research
design for a selected PICoT question (PO #3)
CO6: Evaluate appropriateness of a quantitative research
design for a selected PICOT question (PO #3)
CO8: Demonstrate understanding of mixed-method research and
the strategy of triangulation design (PO #3)
CO12: Demonstrate advanced nursing practice skills necessary
for outcome assessment, measurement, and evaluation (PO #5)
Points
This assignment is worth a total of 100 points
Due Date
Submit your completed application under the Dropbox tab
by Wednesday11:59 pm MT of Week 8 as directed
Requirements
1 The You Decide Reflectionis worth 100 points
and will be graded on quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of
Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on
the required components as summarized in the directions and grading
criteria/rubric
2 Create your essay using Microsoft Word(a part of
Microsoft Office), which is the required format for all Chamberlain College of
Nursing documents You can tell that the document is saved as a MS Word
document because it will end in “docx”
3 Follow the directions and grading criteria closely Any
questions about your essay may be posted under the Q&A forum
4 The length of the reflection is to be within three to six
pages excluding title page and reference pages
5 APA format is required with both a title page and
reference page Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers
(upper and lower case, centered):
Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use
“Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication
manual of the American Psychological Association(2010, p 63)
a You Decide Reflection
b Conclusion
Preparing
Your Reflection
The DNP Essentials (AACN, 2006)outline a
number of analytical methods for evidence-based practicecompetencies for
theDNP-prepared nurse Reflect on the NR714 course readings, discussion
threads, and applications you have completed across this course and write a
reflective essay regarding the extent to which you feel you are now prepared
to:
1 “Use analytic methods to critically appraise existing
literature and other evidence to determine and implement the best evidence for
practice
2 Design and implement processes to evaluate outcomes of
practice, practice patterns, and systems of care within a practice setting,
healthcare organization, or community against national benchmarks to determine
variances in practice outcomes and population trends
3 Design, direct, and evaluate quality improvement
methodologies to promote safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and
patient-centered care
4 Apply relevant findings to develop practice guidelines
and improve practice and the practice environment
5 Use information technology and research methods
appropriately to:
a collect appropriate and accurate data to generate
evidence for nursing practice
b inform and guide the design of databases that generate
meaningful evidence for nursing practice
c analyze data from practice
d design evidence-based interventions
e predict and analyze outcomes
f examine patterns of behavior and outcomes
g identify gaps in evidence for practice
6 Function as a practice specialist/consultant in
collaborative knowledge-generating research
7 Disseminate findings from evidence-based practice and
research to improve healthcare outcomes” (AACN, 2006, p 12)
Reference:
American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]
(2006) The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing
practiceWashington, DC: Author