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Program Quality: Mission and Governance
The mission, goals, and expected program outcomes are stated very clearly, reflective to nursing guidelines, and meet the needs of the community including students, faculty, and patients/clients. The mission statement is relate to all nursing programs and it is congruent with those of the parent institution.“Transforming healthcare, transforming lives. Creating the nursing leaders of tomorrow and the research that improves health” (University of South Florida College of Nursing [USF CON], 2013, About the College Section, Mission, para. 1) . The goals were specific to education program. The program aiming to prepare the graduate students for teaching in various health care settings such as: schools of nursing, staff development departments, patient client education programs, and so forth (USF CON, 2012). Also, the outcome was clear and specific. It is focusing on preparing and arming the graduates of the master's program in nursing education with the essential research and theory core for their future career in nursing education (USFCON, 2012)...
As student nurses, I have many goals that would like to achieve upon completion of 150 hours of my capstone course. My plan is to use this opportunity to demonstrate competency skills, and knowledge gained through previous quarters. I have listed seven learning goals that I wanted to achieve during the capstone experience. On my first day of capstone, I have gone over each one with my preceptor and requested from her to provide me with feedbacks, so I can use them as stepping tool to work upon. These goals ranged from critical thinking decision making, culture, growth & development, legal and ethical to clinical competence safety/holistic care, evidence-based practice, and professionalism lifelong learning.
Nursing is a profession that requires a unique skill set. A few of the traits include compassion, understanding and empathy. Clayton State University has a goal to produce competent, compassionate, professional nurses with communication and technical skills. Clayton State’s School of Nursing has outlined nine program outcomes or concepts that are part of the Conceptual Curriculum Model. These concepts include caring, communication, critical thinking, human diversity, informatics, interdisciplinary collaboration, nursing therapeutics, professional development, and theory based practice. These program outcomes relate to three nurse and client transitions; health-illness transitions, developmental transitions and organizational transitions. In health care, it is necessary to be knowledgeable and advanced in many areas in order to provide efficient care; these concepts are the foundation for a healthy nurse and client relationship.
Building upon the Master’s degree essentials and integrating evidence-based practice and quality improvement, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) created the essentials as a set of quality indicators for doctoral nursing education (2006). The DNP Essentials document is made up of eight components deemed necessary for all graduate nurses in a DNP program to possess. Essentials V-VIII will be addressed in this paper. The fifth essential, entitled “Health Care Policy for Advocacy in Health Care” focuses on the ability of the DNP to apply a policy to practice in order to address the healthcare needs of the individual and population (AACN, 2006).... ...
The main comparison that I have noted between GCU/CON mission and the ACCN Essentials for Master's Education in Advanced Practice in Nursing is that its goal is to help nurses broaden their skills and knowledge in the field of nursing. Through their programs and organizing bodies, nurses are given the chance to expand their roles to a more advanced role that will enable the profession to continually grow and develop as it should be. GCU and ACCN both promote to produce nurses that can practice within the scope of their chosen master's advanced program that clearly sets concrete responsibilities, expectations and limitations to these to promote the foremost priority that we were taught in our undergraduate studies, safety while providing the
The curriculum of nursing school is generally built on one or more specific conceptual models or concepts (McEwen, & Brown, 2002). Nursing school has proliferated and preparing nurses from associate degree to doctoral level. Nurses prepared at each nursing level can be involved with nursing theory. At doctoral level, nurses are apprehensive with science philosophy which discussed on nature of knowledge and how it is known, the philosophy of nursing science, invention of nursing knowledge, theory testing and research projects to develop new theory. At master level, nurses can be a primary provider in the advanced practice and apply theoretical perspectives which focused on client for specific nursing outcomes. Next, research process and use
The Troy University Master of Science in Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP) program faculty have developed student learning outcomes that every student is expected to meet upon successful completion of the curriculum. The student learning outcomes correspond to the American Association of Colleges of Nurses (AACN) essentials of master’s education and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) nurse practitioner core competencies. This final reflective assignment will discuss the Troy University MSN-FNP student learning outcomes seven, eight, and nine.
The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN’s) goal is to prepare future nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) that are needed to continuously improve the quality and safety of the healthcare systems within which they work. QSEN focuses on six main competencies; patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics. As we have learned in earlier classes these competencies and their KSAs offer a base to help us and other nurses as we continue our education and become RNs. As we will learn in this class these KSAs go hand in hand with health assessment.
Many people have always been undecided regarding the career that they want to pursue. As they get older and view the many choices in careers, they realize that a career in the medical field is the best choice. Being a nurse interests many people because it requires the study of the human body and many other great opportunities that nurses have in this career. Once the career of nursing has been researched, it is brought too many attentions that there are various types of nurses. The desire to help and care for those in need is the attitude needed to become a nurse. The history, requirements, position, and reflection of nursing are what have the highest attention about nursing.
The aim of the nursing community worldwide is for its professionals to ensure quality care for all, while maintaining there credentials, ethics and code of conduct. There are a number of educational paths to pursue the
When I hear professional goals the first thing that comes to mind is the purpose of choosing the nursing profession and what I want to achieve. This profession has been my passion and I decided to advance my education to be able to function in a higher capacity, mostly helping the underserved population. Considering that nurses job description comprises of total nursing care at the bedside and providing quality care, but an advanced nurse practitioner acquired a higher knowledge and provide care that helps with disease prevention and health promotion. (Buppert, 2018). Documented that “Nurse practitioners are registered professional nurse who is prepared, through advanced graduate education and clinical training to provide a range of health
As I look into seeking entry into the graduate program of family nurse practice, I ask myself; what are my professional goals? This question has caused me to explore why I am looking to further advance my education as I continue to foster my nursing career. I pursued a career in nursing because I have a passion for helping people. The nursing career helps and gives me the fulfillment of helping those in need. There are different levels in the nursing field , and I want to be well rounded and trained as a family nurse practitioner. Upon completion of this program, I would like to be able to offer holistic nursing care to the community.
The class was provided with an opportunity to participate in a field study observing a registered nurse in a practical setting. The objective was to experience and gain knowledge of different settings and roles a registered nurse can practice in. During the field experience I observed a registered nurse, L. Judd, at Mount Royal University (MRU). L. Judd is currently the Chair of the Bachelor of Nursing program, and has been involved in nursing education at both MRU and McMaster University. In addition to her experience in curriculum development, L. Judd practiced in a clinical setting for ten years in intensive care and surgical units prior to her transition into a nurse educator role. Observations of L. Judd’s practice took place in a boardroom at MRU during an International Directors Working Group committee meeting. Faculty and students were working on establishing a philosophy statement regarding global health for future international education related opportunities. In attendance were six nursing faculty members, three students in the Bachelor of Nursing program and the Chair, L. Judd. Throughout the meeting I determined two domains of practice: education and administration, as well as three quality characteristics that L. Judd demonstrated as a professional and competent nurse: knowledge, leadership and collaboration which make great contribution to her impact on the health care system and the individuals she cares for.
An organization’s mission, vision, and philosophy determine the goals the company seeks to achieve and describes the structures used to reach objectives. The mission statement speaks to the relationship the organization has with the community by linking its actions to the people it serves. The vision statement gives details of the organization’s purpose and values to employees and customers. The philosophy defines principles and overall beliefs that guide the organization in reaching its goals (Current Nursing, n.d.). For this paper, I will describe the mission and vision statements of my organization, discuss how my role supports the mission, discuss pros and cons of the nursing department’s structure, and give examples of how nursing could
Skills, knowledge, and attitude advance as education progresses. One of the important things learned throughout this interview is that an individual should always seek to learn more and never settle for what she or he has acquired. Everyday is an opportunity to learn something new. Taking a master’s degree is just a stepping-stone to advance one’s critical thinking and skills but the determination and eagerness of an individual to learn and experience in the field, open up more opportunities for nurses. This interview also encouraged the author to interview more people in different fields of nursing particularly the one’s that is master’s prepared nurses. It has been interesting and empowering to learn more about what others has experienced to keep pushing in this
This journal is a reflection of my experiences and lessons learned thus far within this course. Upon my reflecting, there were lessons that stood out the most. Also, there are nursing practices in my associate’s degree of nursing program (ADN) that correlates with the standard of care that was recently discussed. This reflection also prompt me to consider more in depth the necessary skills and attributes to become a competent nurse.