Purpose 

The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on the weekly concepts learned in the course. 

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to: 

1. Examine roles and competencies of advanced practice nurses essential to performing as leaders and advocates of holistic, safe, and quality care (CO1) 
2. Apply concepts of person-centered care to nursing practice situations. (CO2) 
3. Analyze essential skills needed to lead within the context of complex systems. (CO3) 
4. Explore the process of scholarship engagement to improve health and healthcare outcomes in various settings (CO4)

Requirements: 

Reflection: write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on your learning for the week. Guiding questions are provided or you may write about what you felt was most significant to you for the week.

You will need to post your reflection here before you are able to see other students’ posts.

• As you contemplate your future NP practice, how do you view your role in the implementation of EBP?
• What thoughts do you have about how you will engage in scholarship in your NP role?
• What are some barriers you see to implementing evidence-based practice?

resources:

DeNisco, S.M. & Barker, A. M. (2015). Advanced practice nursing: Essential knowledge for the profession (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.

• Chapter 21 Evidence Based Practice
• Chapter 22 Clinical Scholarship and Evidence-Based Practice p. 496-499

Hartjes, T. M. (2018). Academic nursing scholarship redefined. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 30, 664-666.

Johns Hopkins Medicine. (n.d.) John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/evidence-based-practice/ijhn_2017_ebp.html

Limoges, J., Acorn, S., & Osborne, M. (2015). The scholarship of application: Recognizing and promoting nurses’ contribution to knowledge development. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 46(2), 77. https://doi.org/0.3928/00220124-20151217-02

Melnyk, B. M., Gallagher, F. L., Zellefrow, C., Tucker, S., Thomas, B., Sinnott, L. T., & Tan, A. (2018). The first U.S. study on nurses’ evidence‐based practice competencies indicates major deficits that threaten healthcare quality, safety, and patient outcomes. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 15(1), 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12269

Melnyk, B. M. (2017). models to guide the implementation and sustainability of evidence-based practice: A call to action for further use and research. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 14(4), 255-256. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12246

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