Nursing
COMPETENCIES
740.1.4 : Professional Accountability
The graduate analyzes the responsibilities and accountability of the professional nurse.
740.1.5 : Self Advocacy of the Nurse
The graduate integrates strategies of self-awareness and self-care into professional practice to ensure personal health and well¬being.
740.1.7 : Roles of the Nurse
The graduate analyzes the roles of the nurse as a scientist, a detective, and a manager of the healing environment.
740.1.10 : The Nursing Profession
The graduate applies historical and contemporary nursing theories and models to define their professional nursing practice.
740.1.13 : The Professional Nurse
The graduate integrates knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the nursing profession into personal and professional interactions and ethical decision making.
740.1.15 : Healthcare Work Environment
The graduate evaluates how the vision, values, mission, and philosophy of an organization align with an individual’s professional values, beliefs, and approaches to inter-professional collegiality.
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this task is to develop a working knowledge of nursing theory, nursing ethics, and professional accountability and apply these concepts to your professional clinical practice. You will be required to think about real-life scenarios and how they relate to nursing codes in your professional practice.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
A. Identify a nursing theory that has influenced your values and goals.
1. Explain how nurses apply the identified theory from part A to implement excellent nursing practices.
2. Discuss how the identified theory from part A fits your professional practice.
B. Identify the contributions of two historical nursing figures in the nineteenth or twentieth century.
1. Compare the differences in contributions of the two historical figures identified in part B.
2. Describe how the contributions of the two historical figures influence your professional nursing practice.
C. Explain the functional differences between the State Board of Nursing and the American Nurses Association (ANA).
1. Define the roles of these two organizations.
2. Explain how these two organizations influence your nursing practice.
3. Explain the requirements for professional license renewal in your state.
a. Discuss the consequences of failure to maintain license requirements in your state.
4. Compare the differences between registered nursing license requirements in a compact state versus a non-compact state.
D. Discuss the functional differences between the Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (see the web links below).
1. Discuss how the two regulatory agencies influence your professional nursing practice.
a. Describe your role as a patient advocate in promoting safety when a patient has requested to use an alternative therapy.
E. Discuss the purposes of the Nurse Practice Act in your state and its impact on your professional practice.
1. Discuss the scope of practice for a RN in your state.
2. Discuss how your state defines delegation for the RN.
F. Apply each of the following roles to your professional practice:
· a scientist
· a detective
· a manager of the healing environment
G. Identify two provisions from the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics (see web link below).
1. Analyze how the two provisions identified in part G influence your professional nursing practice.
2. Describe a nursing error that may occur in a clinical practice (e.g., clinical setting, skills lab, or simulation).
a. Explain how the ANA provisions identified in part G can be applied to the error discussed in part G2.
H. Identify four leadership qualities or traits that represent excellence in nursing.
1. Discuss the significance of the four leadership qualities identified in part H in the nurse’s role as each of the following:
· a leader at the bedside
· within a nursing team or interdisciplinary team
2. Identify how your work environment impacts the following:
· nursing leadership
· decision making
· professional development
I. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
J. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
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RUBRIC
A
:
NURSING THEOR
NOT EVIDENT
A nursing theory that has influenced the
candidate’s values and goals is not
identified.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The nursing theory is identified, but it is not
relevant to the candidate’s values and goals.
COMPETENT
A nursing theory that has influenced the
candidate’s values and goals is identified.
A1
:
EXCELLENT NURSING PRACTICE
A2
:
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE NURSING THEOR
B
:
CONTRIBUTIONS OF 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY HISTORICAL NURSING FIGURE
B1
:
DIFFERENCES IN CONTRIBUTION
NOT EVIDENT
An explanation of how nurses apply the
selected theory in part A to plan excellent
nursing practices is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The explanation of how nurses apply the
selected theory in part A to plan excellent
nursing practices is illogical.
COMPETENT
The explanation of how nurses apply the
selected theory in part A to plan excellent
nursing practices is logical.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of how the theory from part A
fits the candidate’s professional practice is
not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion of how the theory from part
A fits the candidate’s professional practice is
irrelevant, or it inaccurately addresses the
identified theory.
COMPETENT
The discussion of how the theory from part A
fits the candidate’s professional practice is
relevant, and it accurately addresses the
identified theory.
NOT EVIDENT
An identification of the contributions of 2
historical nursing figures in the nineteenth
or twentieth century is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
Not applicable.
COMPETENT
The contributions of 2 historical nursing
figures in the nineteenth or twentieth
century is identified.
B2
:
DESCRIPTION OF HISTORICAL FIGURE
C
:
STATE BOARD OF NURSING VERSUS AN
C1
:
ROLES OF ORGANIZATION
NOT EVIDENT
A comparison of the differences in
contributions of the two historical figures
discussed in part B is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The comparison inaccurately addresses the
differences in the contributions of the 2
historical figures identified in part B, or the
comparison is illogical or not supported.
COMPETENT
The comparison accurately addresses the
differences in the contributions of the 2
historical figures identified in part B and is
logical and well supported.
NOT EVIDENT
A description of how the contributions of 2
historical nursing figures have influenced
the candidate’s nursing practice is not
provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The description of how the contributions of
historical nursing figures have influenced
2
the candidate’s nursing practice is
inaccurate.
COMPETENT
The description of how the contributions of
the 2 historical nursing figures have
influenced the candidate’s nursing practice is
accurate.
NOT EVIDENT
An explanation of the functional differences
between the State Board of Nursing and the
American Nurses Association (ANA) is not
provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The explanation of the functional
differences between the State Board of
Nursing and the ANA is inaccurate or not
supported.
COMPETENT
The explanation of the functional differences
between the State Board of Nursing and the
ANA is accurate and well supported.
NOT EVIDENT
A definition of the roles of the State Board
of Nursing and the ANA is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The definition of the role of the State Board
of Nursing and the role of the ANA is
COMPETENT
The definition of the roles of the State Board
of Nursing and the ANA is provided and
C2
:
INFLUENCE OF THE STATE BOARD OF NURSING AND AN
C3
:
REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL LICENSE RENEWA
C3A
:
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LICENSE REQUIREMENT
provided, but it contains inaccuracies, or it is
not supported by verifiable facts.
supported.
NOT EVIDENT
An explanation of how the State Board of
Nursing and the ANA influence the
candidate’s nursing practice is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The explanation of how the State Board of
Nursing and the ANA influence the
candidate’s nursing practice is inaccurate or
irrelevant.
COMPETENT
The explanation of how the State Board of
Nursing and the ANA influence the
candidate’s nursing practice is accurate and
relevant.
NOT EVIDENT
An explanation of the requirements for
professional license renewal in the
candidate’s state is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The explanation of the requirements for
professional license renewal in the
candidate’s state is inaccurate or not
supported.
COMPETENT
The explanation of the requirements for
professional license renewal in the
candidate’s state is accurate and well
supported.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of the consequences of failure
to maintain license requirements in the
candidate’s state is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion of the consequences of
failure to maintain license requirements in
the candidate’s state is inaccurate.
COMPETENT
The discussion of the consequences of failure
to maintain license in the candidate’s state is
accurate.
C4
:
COMPACT VERSUS NON-COMPACT STAT
D
:
AGENCIES FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCE
D1
:
INFLUENCE ON PROFESSIONAL PRACTIC
D1A
:
NURSE’S ROLE AS A PATIENT ADVOCAT
NOT EVIDENT
A comparison of the differences between
registered nursing license requirements in a
compact state versus a non-compact state is
not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The comparison inaccurately addresses the
differences between registered nursing
license requirements in a compact state
versus a non-compact state, or it is not
supported.
COMPETENT
The comparison accurately addresses the
differences between registered nursing
license requirements in a compact state
versus a non-compact state and is well
supported.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of the functional differences
between the given regulatory agencies is
not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion of the functional differences
between the given agencies is inaccurate or
not supported.
COMPETENT
The discussion of the functional differences
between the given agencies is accurate and
well supported.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of how the regulatory agencies
influence the candidate’s professional
nursing practice is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion of how the regulatory
agencies influence the candidate’s
professional nursing practice is irrelevant.
COMPETENT
The discussion of how the regulatory
agencies influence the candidate’s
professional nursing practice is relevant.
NOT EVIDENT
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
COMPETENT
E
:
PURPOSES OF THE NURSE PRACTICE AC
E1
:
SCOPE OF PRACTIC
E2
:
RULES FOR EFFECTIVE DELEGATIO
A discussion of the candidate’s role as a
patient advocate in promoting safety when
the patient has selected an alternative
treatment is not provided.
The discussion of the candidate’s role as a
patient advocate in promoting safety when
the patient has selected an alternative
treatment is not relevant.
The discussion of the candidate’s role as a
patient advocate in promoting safety when
the patient has selected an alternative
treatment is relevant.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of the purposes of the Nurse
Practice Act and its influence on the
candidate’s professional practice is not
provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion of the purposes of the Nurse
Practice Act and its influence on the
candidate’s professional practice is
inaccurate, or it is not supported.
COMPETENT
The discussion of the purposes of the Nurse
Practice Act and its influence on the
candidate’s professional practice is accurate
and well supported.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of the scope of practice for an
RN in the candidate’s state is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion of the scope of practice for
an RN in the candidate’s state is illogical or
unsupported.
COMPETENT
The discussion of the scope of practice for an
RN in the candidate’s state is logical and well
supported.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of how the candidate’s state
defines delegation for the RN is not
provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
A discussion of how the candidate’s state
defines delegation for the RN is illogical or
not supported.
COMPETENT
The discussion of how the candidate’s state
defines delegation for the RN is logical and
well supported.
F
:
APPLICATION OF NURSING ROLE
G
:
ANA CODE OF ETHICS PROVISION
G1
:
ANALYSIS OF PROVISION
G2
:
CLINICAL PRACTICE ERRO
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of the application of each
nursing role to the candidate’s professional
practice is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion of the application
of each nursing role to the candidate’s
professional practice is irrelevant.
COMPETENT
The discussion of the application
of each nursing role to the candidate’s
professional practice is relevant.
NOT EVIDENT
2
provisions from the ANA Code of Ethics
are not identified.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
2
provisions from the ANA Code of Ethics
are identified, but they are inaccurate.
COMPETENT
2
provisions from the American Nurses
Association (ANA) Code of Ethics are
accurately identified.
NOT EVIDENT
An analysis of how the 2 provisions
identified in part G influence the candidate’s
professional nursing practice is not
provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The analysis inaccurately addresses how the
provisions identified in part G influence
2
the candidate’s professional nursing
practice, or the analysis is not reasoned.
COMPETENT
The analysis accurately addresses how the 2
provisions identified in part G influence the
candidate’s professional nursing practice and
the analysis is reasoned.
NOT EVIDENT
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
COMPETENT
:
APPLICATION OF ANA PROVISION
H
:
LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OR TRAIT
H1
:
DEMONSTRATION OF NURSING LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OR TRAIT
A description of a nursing error in a clinical
practice example is not provided.
The description of a nursing error in a
clinical practice example is irrelevant.
The description of a nursing error in a clinical
practice example is relevant.
NOT EVIDENT
An explanation of how ANA provisions in
part G can be applied to the error from part
G2 is not provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The explanation of how the ANA provisions
in part G can be applied to the error from
part G2 is irrelevant.
COMPETENT
The explanation of how the ANA provisions
in part G can be applied to the error from
part G2 is relevant.
NOT EVIDENT
4
leadership qualities or traits are not
identified.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
4
leadership qualities or traits are identified,
but they do not represent excellence in
nursing, or they are otherwise inappropriate
for a nursing practice.
COMPETENT
4
leadership qualities or traits that represent
excellence in nursing are identified, and are
appropriate for a nursing practice.
NOT EVIDENT
A discussion of how the nurse uses the
identified leadership qualities or traits in
part H in each of the given roles is not
provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The discussion of how the nurse uses the
identified leadership qualities or traits in
part H does not include each of the 4 traits,
COMPETENT
The discussion of how the nurse uses the
identified leadership qualities or traits in part
H includes each of the 4 traits,
H2
:
WORK ENVIRONMEN
I
:
APA SOURCE
J
:
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIO
does not include each of the given roles, or it
is not relevant.
includes each of the given roles, and it is
relevant.
NOT EVIDENT
An identification of how the work
environment impacts each given point is not
provided.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission identifies how the work
environment is impacted, but it does not
provide relevant details or examples of
how each given point is impacted.
COMPETENT
The submission identifies of how the work
environment is impacted, and provides
relevant details and examples of how each
given point is impacted.
NOT EVIDENT
The submission does not include in-text
citations and references according to APA
style for content that is quoted,
paraphrased, or summarized.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The submission includes in-text citations
and references for content that is quoted,
paraphrased, or summarized but does not
demonstrate a consistent application of
APA style.
COMPETENT
The submission includes in-text citations and
references for content that is quoted,
paraphrased, or summarized and
demonstrates a consistent application of
APA style.
NOT EVIDENT
Content is unstructured, is disjointed, or
contains pervasive errors in mechanics,
usage, or grammar. Vocabulary or tone is
unprofessional or distracts from the topic.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
Content is poorly organized, is difficult to
follow, or contains errors in mechanics,
usage, or grammar that cause confusion.
Terminology is misused or ineffective.
COMPETENT
Content reflects attention to detail, is
organized, and focuses on the main ideas as
prescribed in the task or chosen by the
candidate. Terminology is pertinent, is used
correctly, and effectively conveys the
intended meaning. Mechanics, usage, and
grammar promote accurate interpretation and understanding.
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