Assignment – Perceptual Awareness Of Music.

Assignment – Perceptual Awareness Of Music.

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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

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LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

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Sports Nutrition And Eating Disorders Question.

Sports Nutrition And Eating Disorders Question.

Sports Nutrition And Eating Disorders Question.

Quest. #1: If you were planning to run a marathon, give an example of a day’s food intake on one of your 21 mile training days.

Let’s say you were going to do this training run around 5:30 p.m. at the end of your work day.

Include DETAILED protein, carbohydrate, fat and fluid recommendations and timing of meal/snacks. 

Base these recommendations on your current height and weight.  Explain the nutritional rationale for all your suggestions. Sports Nutrition And Eating Disorders Question.

Question #2:

What do you think are some of the reasons for the high incidence of eating disorders…bulimia, anorexia, binge-eating disorder, purging disorder, night time eating syndrome?

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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

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Ethics, Legal, and Legislative Aspects of Nursing Informatics.

Ethics, Legal, and Legislative Aspects of Nursing Informatics.

Ethics, Legal, and Legislative Aspects of Nursing Informatics.

Week 7: Ethics, Legal, and Legislative Aspects of Nursing Informatics

Table of Contents

Review of Ethical Principles, Theory, and Approaches

The American Nurses Association (2015) provides specific guidance for ethical decision making via its Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. While the document is not specific to HIT and informatics, it still provides a valuable framework that can be used when working with HIT, particularly the APN role with the following: Ethics, Legal, and Legislative Aspects of Nursing Informatics.

· Respect for human dignity

· Respect for individual right to self-determinism

· Primary commitment to the patient (defined as individual, family, group, or community)

· Advocacy for the patient

· Participation in the creation, maintenance, and improvement of healthcare environments

· Advancing the profession

· Collaboration with others to meet health needs

· Shaping social policy

Ethical Issues with HIT and Nursing Informatics

As with any paradigm shift, a new way of viewing the world brings with it some of the enduring values of the previous worldview. As health care continues its journey into digital communications, telehealth, and wearable technologies, it brings some familiar tools and skills recognized in the form of values, such as privacy, confidentiality, autonomy, and nonmaleficence. Although these basic values remain unchanged, the standards for living out these values will take on new meaning as health professionals confront new and different moral dilemmas brought on by the adoption of technological tools for information management, knowledge development, and evidence-based changes in patient care. Ethical decision-making frameworks will remain constant, but the context for examining these moral issues or ethical dilemmas will become increasingly complex.

Much of the healthcare literature addresses the potential of HIT, the need to prepare the 2020 workforce capable of working in a highly technological environment, and benefits accrued to date. Much less is written on the totality of ethical issues. A partial list of issues having an ethical component includes the following:

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According to Healthit.gov (2014) Protecting Your Health Information, the privacy and security of patient health information is a top priority for patients and their families, health care providers and professionals, and the government. This was also previously discussed under HIPAA. It also requires that “key persons and organizations that handle health information to have policies and security safeguards in place to protect your health information whether it is stored on paper or electronically.” (Healthit.gov, 2014, p. 1)

Each of these three items became ethical issues because they may result in patient harm, whether that might be to reputation or physical safety. Noting discrepancies in record information without corrective action is irresponsible. Nurses need to demonstrate accountability for data integrity or risk that it may be compromised (Procter, Hayward, Heyes, Owen, & 2013). Failure to adopt technology or not using it well or as designed can also jeopardize patient safety. Failure to adopt technology for example might be an APN who continues to use written notes when automated documentation is the expectation. This deviation might be quicker and easier initially for the individual provider, but it creates a fragmented patient record, increasing the likelihood that important information will be lost, and because it is unstructured data, it is invisible for data analysis.

Proctor et al. (2013) noted that, as the largest group of caregivers, nurses at all levels have an obligation to interpret data held by their organizations to plan, deliver, and evaluate services to support patient-centered care and to actively participate in setting the technology agenda, including how patient information is collected, stored, and used. APNs have an integral role not only to the proper collection of Meaningful Use criteria, but also in defining further criteria, which will collect information that will better determine and support population-health needs and services. Perhaps the biggest ethical challenge comes when nurses fail to embrace their roles in shaping health policy and social change. Nurses need to be aware of the facts related to features of HIT legislation, particularly the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACA was intended to improve care and reduce disparities and help reform healthcare. Lachman (2012) noted distributive justice as the major ethical principal underlying health-reform initiatives.

Emerging technology will introduce new issues and dilemmas. In addition to the use of EHRs, there is a growing use of social media to market provider services and provide support. Many organizations struggle with questions surrounding proper use of social media. Genomics, or personalized medicine targeted to one’s specific genetic make-up, is an area within our grasp but still not widely known. And, technological advancements and miniaturization are quickly making nanotechnology an area that we will need to address. Nanotechnology is science, engineering, and technology that is conducted at the level of the nanoscale (nano.gov, n.d.). For reference purposes, a nanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter.

According to Healthit.gov (2018) Protecting Your Health Information, the privacy and security of PHI is a top priority for patients and their families, health care providers and professionals, and the government. This was also previously discussed under HIPAA. It also requires that key persons and organizations that handle health information to have policies and security safeguards in place to protect your health information whether it is stored on paper or electronically. (Healthit.gov, 2018, p. 1)

Confidentiality in the Modern Era

The rapid growth of social media has found many healthcare professionals unprepared to face the new challenges or to exploit the opportunities that exist with these forums. The need to maintain confidentiality presents a major obstacle to the healthcare industry’s widespread adoption of such technology; thus, social networking has not yet been fully embraced by many health professionals. Adding to the complexity of maintaining confidentiality is the increased use of mobile devices by health professionals as well as the public. Smartphones have the capability to take still pictures as well as live recordings; they have found their way into treatment rooms around the globe. Consequently, stringent confidentiality laws and more widespread availability and use of social and mobile media, numerous ethical and legal dilemmas have been posed to all healthcare workers. What are not well defined are the expectations of healthcare providers regarding this technology. In some cases, APNs have been subjected to video and audio recordings by patients and families when procedure is performed. Providers must be aware of the institutional policy regarding audio/video recording by patients and families, as well as the state laws governing two-party consent. Such laws require consent of all parties to any recording or eavesdropping activity (Lyons & Reinisch, 2013, p. 54).

Sometimes the enthusiasm for patient care and learning can lead to ethics violations. In one case, an inadvertent violation of privacy laws occurred when a nurse in a small town blogged about a child in her care whom she referred to as her “little handicapper.” The post also noted the child’s age and the fact that the child used a wheelchair. A complaint about this breach of confidentiality was reported to the Board of Nursing. A warning was issued to the nurse blogging this information, although a more stringent disciplinary action could have been taken (Spector & Kappel, 2012, p. 2).

Legislation

Review the HIPAA, ARRA, and ACA legislations by clicking on each tab below.

· HIPAA

· ARRA

· ACA

Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

HIPAA was enacted in 1996. While it is best known among consumers and healthcare professionals for its protection of personal health information (PHI) and the additional forms that each of us are asked to sign when we go to provider offices, HIPAA also ensures portability of insurance for individuals moving from one job to another, legal protection for PHI, and mandates standards for the electronic data interchange of healthcare data for encounter and claims information, and was intended to simplify the claims submission process by eliminating paper claims. HIPAA established legal sanctions for institutions and individuals who fail to protect PHI. As healthcare professionals, we are cognizant of HIPAA requirements before we share PHI via writing, electronic means, faxes, telephone, or in person. Specific measures to protect PHI include limiting record access to individuals with a right to know, signed disclosures to release information, encryption of e-mail and files, fax cover sheets, designated persons who may receive PHI, and the use of passwords to guarantee that PHI is only disclosed with persons designated by the consumer as having a right to know. HIPAA has also changed sign-in procedures for patients, disposal of forms containing PHI, and how we use whiteboards to show patient information.

Protection of PHI is the underlying reason that employees are asked to sign a statement that acknowledges that they will access electronic records solely on a need to know basis before receiving system access and that inappropriate access can result in termination of employment. An information-system safeguard to ensure that only legitimate access occurred is the electronic audit. Audit reports show all users who access an individual record and specific content viewed, making it possible to quickly establish if the record of a former spouse, another employee, or a celebrity is viewed without legitimate cause.

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Cybersecurity

Another federal regulatory agency with a role in the privacy and security of health care data is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA oversees the safety of medical devices, which includes addressing the management of cybersecurity risks and hospital network security. Recent guidelines issued (FDA, 2013) recommend that medical device manufacturers and health care facilities take steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to reduce the risk of failure caused by cyberattack. This could be initiated by the introduction of malware into the medical equipment or unauthorized access to configuration settings in medical devices and hospital networks. The consequences of not adequately addressing these risks could be dire. As medical devices are increasingly integrated within health care environments, there will be a need for vigilance toward cybersecurity practices to ensure all systems are adequately protected and patients remain safe from harm. Nurse Informaticists are frequently called on to evaluate safety and effectiveness of new devices and software. Considerations of cybersecurity must be included in any evaluation process.

HIT Legislation

Legislation aims to change the healthcare delivery system with the incentives, new requirements, new technology, new healthcare delivery models, and provider-patient dynamics. Significant in-roads have been made towards creating a national HIT infrastructure. We need an infrastructure that will support a birth-to-death EHR for every American that can be accessed from anywhere in the country to accommodate the needs of a mobile population. We are closer but have not yet achieved the level of health information exchange required for this to occur.

Legislation established the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and provided incentives for the adoption of technology capable of collecting and reporting Meaningful Use criteria and of improving safety and quality of care. All healthcare professionals need to be informed of the potential that technology offers and advocate for applications that can improve the quality of care provided. Healthcare professionals need to stay informed through involvement in professional organizations and professional-education opportunities, not only as to what might be, but also of legislation and compliance issues that directly impact the way that they practice. As patient advocates, it is also important to inform patients of their rights, whether that might be the ability to restrict who has access to their PHI or that they have the right to receive an electronic form of their record. And as advocates, we also need to be aware of proposed legislation and its potential impact, and to let our elected representatives know why they should or should not support pending legislation. As healthcare providers, we have an obligation to apprise healthcare consumers of new developments, such as health information exchanges (HIEs), ACOs, and PCMHs, and what it means for them.

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As nurse leaders, the APN is often in an authoritative position or perceived as a role model. For these reasons, he or she needs to determine if appropriate safeguards to protect PHI are in place, and if HIPAA requirements and other legal mandates are met. APNs also need to realize the potential that currently lies just beyond our reach as we compile huge data sets that now remain largely untapped within many separate silos. Consider how HIT legislation has positioned us to make good use of the foundation of knowledge model to acquire new knowledge, to improve our knowledge-processing capabilities, and to enable us to generate more knowledge.

Liability Concerns with Technology in Healthcare

Schaffer et al. (2017) revealed that liability claims in which EHRs were found to be a contributing factor grew from just two from 2007 through 2010 to 161 from 2011 through December 2016. One concern is that despite the potential of EHRs to advance the quality of healthcare and patient safety, there are unanticipated consequences from this rapidly adopted new technology. Review of claims revealed the following trends:

· System factors that contributed to claims—such as technology and design issues, lack of integration of hospital EHR systems, and failure or lack of alerts and alarms—increased eight percent.

· User factors—such as copy-and-paste errors, data entry errors, and alert fatigue—decreased six percent.

· More EHR-related claim events occurred in in-patient hospital rooms. However, errors also occur in private practice offices, ambulatory/day surgery centers, labor and delivery, and emergency rooms. Hospital clinics/doctors’ offices remain the top location for these events.

· Internal medicine, hospital medicine, and cardiology showed marked decreases among specialties involved in claims.

· Family medicine and nursing also showed decreases.

· Orthopedics, emergency medicine, and obstetrics/gynecology showed increases.

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Study on Exposure Assessment of Pregnant Women and Petrochemicals.

Study on Exposure Assessment of Pregnant Women and Petrochemicals.

Study on Exposure Assessment of Pregnant Women and Petrochemicals.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

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Discuss barriers caused by an organizational culture that can be encountered by nursing leaders that can make them feel powerless.

Discuss barriers caused by an organizational culture that can be encountered by nursing leaders that can make them feel powerless.

Discuss barriers caused by an organizational culture that can be encountered by nursing leaders that can make them feel powerless.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

 

 

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Interest Groups Paper – nursing homework essays

Interest Groups Paper

Interest Groups Paper

The goal of this assignment is to familiarize students with interest groups. Please follow the steps below to complete your assignment.

  1. Select an interest group (AARP, AHIP, Coalition for Health Services Research, Emergency Nurses Association, Pharma)
  2. Discuss how they are pushing their agenda (i.e., mechanisms used to influence policy makers), key obstacles, and spending (consult the Center for Responsible Politics, www.opensecrets.org)
  3. Investigate the interest group’s website and review their position statements, testimony, and consult media reports to obtain more information on the group’s lobbying efforts.

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You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

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Analyze And Evaluate – nursing homework essays

Analyze And Evaluate

Analyze And Evaluate

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes. Analyze And Evaluate

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages. Analyze And Evaluate

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Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.

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Digital Concept Map for Carl Shapiro.

Digital Concept Map for Carl Shapiro.

Digital Concept Map for Carl Shapiro.

Digital Concept Map for Carl Shapiro

At the end of this activity, a student will be able to:

  1. Describe pathological events associated with the patient’s disease process or condition.
  2. Create a plan of care and prioritized nursing interventions based on patient care needs.
  3. Identify anticipated diagnostic and physical assessment findings related to the identified condition or disease process.

 

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Assignment

  1. Review the information contained in the patient information.
  2. Review the smart sense links associated with Nursing Care, Diagnostics, and Pharmacology found in the suggested reading area.
  3. Create the following “concept map”. List the pathophysiology associated with the patient’s disease process or condition, the anticipated physical assessment findings, vital signs, diagnostics, specific nursing interventions, and other patient information associated with the patient situation.
  4. Utilize the smart sense links throughout the VSIM to complete the worksheet.
  5. Submit your concept map for review.

 

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

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NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE

NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE

NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE

NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE

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NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE. NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE

Elizabeth Murray, PhD, RN, CNE Program Director, MSN Nurse Educator

Assistant Professor Florida Gulf Coast University

School of Nursing Fort Myers, Florida

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my husband, Don, and my daughter, Angel, whose patience and encouragement are unending. Thank you for always supporting me in my professional endeavors and for understanding when I locked myself in “my cave.”

This book is also dedicated to Marydelle Polk, my mentor and friend, who shared so much with me and who had a great influence on my development as a faculty member and whom I miss dearly. NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE

Finally, this bo ok is dedicated to the hundreds of nurses and nursing students I have taught over the years for inspiring me to actualize my passion for nursing, quality, and patient safety through writing this book.

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Epigraph

“It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a Hospital that it should do the sick no harm. It is quite necessary nevertheless to lay down such a principle.”

Florence Nightingale, 1863 Notes on Hospitals

“The world, more specifically the Hospital world, is in such a hurry, is moving so fast, that it is too easy to slide into bad habits before we are aware.”

Florence Nightingale, 1914 Florence Nightingale to Her Nurses

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Preface

In 2000, the Institute of Medicine shocked the health-care community when they reported, in their landmark report, To Err is Human, that approximately 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of preventable adverse events. In response, many patient safety and quality initiatives were launched to make health care safer in the United States and globally. More recently, James (2013) identified evidence suggesting that a more accurate estimate of deaths from preventable errors is 200,000 to 400,000 per year. There is no question that the health-care delivery system is undergoing major changes related to safety and quality. Nurses at all levels and in all settings have been identified as key to transforming health care to a safer, higher-quality, and more effective system. Front-line nurses are being charged with taking leadership and management roles in transforming care at the bedside. Nurse educators must prepare a new generation of nurses to step into these roles as well as manage safe and effective patient care. To that end, this book was written to provide a comprehensive approach to preparing nurses in the critical knowledge, skills, and attitudes in leadership and management needed for the current and future health-care environment. NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE

This book is built on the premise that all nurses are leaders and managers re- gardless of their position or setting in which they work. First-level or front-line nursing leaders and managers are those leading and managing care of a patient or groups of patients at the bedside and clients or groups in the community. This level may also include charge nurses, patient care managers, and supervisors. Second-level nursing leaders and managers are those holding a formal position in the system such as unit manager. Their responsibilities include leading and managing material, economic, and human resources necessary for the care of a group of patients, as well as clients or groups in the community. The third-level nursing leaders and managers are those holding a formal position in the organi- zation such as a director over several units and whose responsibilities are similar to those of the second level manager but encompass a broader scope. The fourth level or executive level includes nursing leaders and managers in positions such as chief nursing officer (CNO) or Vice President of Nursing Services. Their re- sponsibilities include administering nursing units within the mission and goals of the organization. Finally, many nurse leaders and managers hold positions outside direct care delivery such as nurses in academic settings, labor unions, political action groups, health-care coalitions, and consumer advocacy groups. This book provides an evidence-based approach to attaining the necessary knowl- edge, skills, and attitudes for nursing practice in today’s dynamic health-care environment. It will be beneficial to prelicensure nursing students, RNs returning

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to school, new nurse leaders and managers, and nurses in any type of leadership and management position that impacts health care and health-care recipients.

The underpinnings of this book are evidence-based practice, safety, quality, and effective nursing care. The book will assist students to understand a current per- spective of nursing leadership and management theories, concepts, and principles. Evidence-based content is presented on topics relevant in today’s ever-changing health-care environment, such as contemporary leadership and management theories, managing ethical and legal issues, leading and managing effectively in a culture of safety, improving and managing quality care, building and managing a sustainable workforce, leading change and managing conflict, creating and sustaining a healthy work environment, and managing resources.

The safety and quality of care depend greatly on our future nurses. I believe this book will help future nurses to attain leadership and management knowledge, skills, and attitudes critically needed to lead, manage, and provide safe, high-quality, and effective nursing care. NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE

ELIZABETH J. MURRAY Fort Myers, Florida

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Contributors

Brett L. Andreasen, MS, RN-BC Clinical Applications Analyst Informatics Nurse Specialist University of Washington Medicine IT Seattle, Washington

Rebecca Coey, MSN, RN, FNP Family Nurse Practitioner Fort Myers, Florida

Paula M. Davis-Huffman, DNP, ANP-BC, PPCNP-BC, Emeritus CCRN Assistant Professor Florida Gulf Coast University School of Nursing Fort Myers, Florida

Sara Jo Foley, RN, MSN, FNP Family Nurse Practitioner Fort Myers, Florida

Linda K. Hays-Gallego, MN, RN Lead Clinical Informatics Analyst, ORCA Clinical Informatics and Support University of Washington Medicine IT Seattle, Washington

Judith Walters, DNP, RN, PMHCNS-BC Assistant Professor Florida Gulf Coast University School of Nursing Fort Myers, Florida

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Reviewers

Suzanne Barsness, MSN, RN, CCRC Associate Professor Northwest University School of Nursing Kirkland, Washington

Jennifer D. M. Cook, PhD, MBA, RN, CNS Professor Emeritus Adjunct Professor University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas

Laura Crouch, EdD, RN, CPAN, CNE Associate Clinical Professor Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona

Cheryl A. Crowe, MS, RN Instructor Saint Francis College of Nursing Peoria, Illinois

Holly J. Diesel, PhD, RN Associate Professor Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College St. Louis, Missouri

Laura Dulski, RNC, CNE, MSN Assistant Professor Resurrection University Chicago, Illinois

Karen M. Estridge, DNP, RN Assistant Professor College of Nursing and Health Sciences Ashland University Mansfield, Ohio

Michelle Ficca, PhD, RN Chair and Professor Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Debbie Fischer, MS, RN Assistant Teaching Professor Montana State University Billings, Montana

Eileen P. Geraci, MA, PhD, ANP-C Professor Western Connecticut State University Danbury, Connecticut

Pamela G. Harrison, EdD, RN, CNE Professor Pre-Licensure Nursing Indiana Wesleyan University Marion, Indiana

Mary B. Killeen, RN, PhD, NEA-BC Associate Professor, Adjunct University of Michigan-Flint Flint, Michigan

Anita H. King, DNP, MA, FNP-BC, CDE, FAADE Professor College of Nursing University of South Alabama Mobile, Alabama

Mary Kovarna, EdD, RN Department Chair and Professor Morningside College Sioux City, Iowa

Rebecca Krepper, PhD, MBA, RN Professor Texas Woman’s University Houston, Texas

Susan Lynch, MSN, RN, CNE RN-BSN Coordinator University of North Carolina Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina. NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY CARE

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David Martin, MN, RN Program Director RN-BSN Program Clinical Associate Professor University of Kansas School of Nursing Kansas City, Kansas

Carrie A. McCoy, PhD, MSPH, RN, CEN, CNE Professor of Nursing Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, Kentucky

Tammie McCoy, RN, PhD Professor and Chair BSN Program Mississippi University for Women Columbus, Mississippi

Kerry A. Milner, DNSc, RN Assistant Professor of Nursing Sacred Heart University Fairfield, Connecticut

Beatriz C. Nieto, PhD, RN Associate Professor The University of Texas–Pan American Edinburg, Texas

Elinor Nugent, PhD, APN-BC Professor Emeritus Curry College Milton, Massachusetts

Lauren E. O’Hare, EdD, RN Associate Professor of Nursing The Evelyn Spiro School of Nursing

at Wagner College Wagner College Staten Island, New York

Mary Ovitt, RN, MSN Assistant Professor Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho

Aroha Page, PhD, RN Associate Professor Nipissing University North Bay, Ontario, Canada

Verna C. Pangman, RN, MEd, MN Senior Instructor College of Nursing University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Maria Rosen, PhD, APRN-BC Assistant Dean Associate Professor Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health

Sciences University Worcester, Massachusetts

Kevin Dean Tipton, PhD, MN, BSN, RN Associate Professor Southern Utah University Cedar City, Utah

Paulina Van, PhD, RN, CNE Associate Professor School of Nursing Samuel Merritt University Oakland, California

Laura Pruitt Walker, DHEd, MSN, RN, COI Assistant Professor of Nursing Certified Online Instructor College of Nursing Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, Alabama

Janet R. Webber, RN, BSN, MSN, EdD Professor of Nursing Director of RN-BSN Online Program Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Danielle White, MSN, RN Associate Professor Austin Peay State University Clarksville, Tennessee

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Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Joanne DaCunha for helping me see that my ideas for this book could be a reality. I would also like to thank Echo Gerhart and Amy Reeve for their assistance with the editing and publishing of this project and for their encouragement throughout the entire process.

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Contents in Brief

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P a r t I Foundations and Background

C h a p t e r 1 Core Competencies for Safe and Quality Nursing Care 2

C h a p t e r 2 Health-Care Environment and Policy 27

C h a p t e r 3 Theories and Principles of Nursing Leadership and Management 45

C h a p t e r 4 Ethical and Legal Aspects 61

C h a p t e r 5 Critical Thinking and Decision Making 102

C h a p t e r 6 Effective Communication 118

P a r t I I Promotion of Patient Safety and Quality Care

C h a p t e r 7 Improving and Managing Safe and Quality Care 142

C h a p t e r 8 Health-Care Organizations 174

C h a p t e r 9 Information Technology for Safe and Quality Patient Care 195

P a r t I I I Leadership and Management Functions

C h a p t e r 10 Creating and Managing a Sustainable Workforce 212

C h a p t e r 11 Organizing Patient Care 229

C h a p t e r 12 Delegating Effectively 254

C h a p t e r 13 Creating and Sustaining a Healthy Work Environment 271

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C h a p t e r 14 Leading Change and Managing Conflict 294

C h a p t e r 15 Building and Managing Teams 313

C h a p t e r 16 Budgeting Concepts 327

P a r t I V Managing Your Future in Nursing

C h a p t e r 17 Transitioning From Student to Professional Nurse 346

Index 367

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Contents

P a r t I Foundations and Background

C h a p t e r 1 Core Competencies for Safe and Quality Nursing Care 2 INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORTS 3 QUALITY AND SAFETY EDUCATION FOR NURSES CORE COMPETENCIES 7

Patient-Centered Care 7 Advocacy 8 Empowerment 8 Self-Management 8 Health Literacy 9 Cultural Competence 9

OPTIMAL HEALING ENVIRONMENT 10 Teamwork and Collaboration 10

Care Coordination 12 Communication 13

Evidence-Based Practice 13 Nursing Research 15 Relationship With Quality Improvement 16 Clinical Practice Guidelines 16 Evidence-Based Management 16

Quality Improvement 17 Structure or Care Environment 18 Care Process 18 Outcomes of Care 18

Informatics 19 Information Management 19 Documentation 20

Safety 20 Human Errors and Factors 21 Standardized Protocols and Practice 22 Safety Culture 22 High-Reliability Organizations 23

CURRENT STATE OF SAFETY AND QUALITY 23

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C h a p t e r 2 Health-Care Environment and Policy 27 SYSTEMS WITHIN THE HEALTH-CARE ENVIRONMENT 28 CURRENT STATUS OF HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES 30

Access to Health Care 30 The Cost of Health Care 31 Quality of Care 33 Lack of Providers and Services 35 Lack of Health Insurance and Insurance With Limited Income 36

THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT 37 MEDICARE AND MEDICAID 38 HEALTH POLICY 40

C h a p t e r 3 Theories and Principles of Nursing Leadership and Management 45 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP 46

Trait Theories 46 Leadership Styles 47 Situational and Contingency Leadership Theories 47

CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP 47 Relational Leadership Theories 48

Quantum Leadership 48 Transactional Leadership 48 Transformational Leadership 49 Connective Leadership 49

Attribution Leadership Theories 50 EMERGING LEADERSHIP THEORIES 50 PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN NURSING LEADERSHIP 51 LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS 51 FOLLOWERSHIP 54 MENTORSHIP 57

C h a p t e r 4 Ethical and Legal Aspects 61 ETHICAL ASPECTS OF NURSING PRACTICE 62

Morals 63 Moral Integrity 63 Moral Obligation 63

Values 64 Values Clarification 64 Core Professional Values for Nurses 64

Principles 65 Autonomy 65 Beneficence 66 Nonmaleficence 66 Justice 67 Fidelity 68 Veracity 68 Privacy 68 Confidentiality 68

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Theories 69 Utilitarianism 69 Deontology 70 Principlism 70

Codes of Ethics 70 International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics for Nurses 71 Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses 72 American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses With Interpretive Statements 72

Ethical Dilemmas 73 Ethical Decision Making 76 Ethics Committees 76

LEGAL ASPECTS OF NURSING PRACTICE 77 Standards for Clinical Practice 78

Nursing’s Social Policy Statement: The Essence of the Profession 78 Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice 79

Licensure and Regulation of Nursing Practice 79 Licensure 79 Regulation 80

STATE NURSE PRACTICE ACTS 80 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING 80 STATE BOARDS OF NURSING 81

Federal and/or State Legislation 81 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 81 Patient Self-Determination Act 82 Safe Medical Devices Act 83 Good Samaritan Laws 83 Disclosure Statutes 83 Employment Laws 84

Classifications of Law That Relate to Nursing Practice 85 Negligence and Malpractice 85

Elements of Malpractice 86 DUTY OWED THE PATIENT 87 BREACH OF THE DUTY OWED THE PATIENT 87 FORESEEABILITY OF HARM 87 CAUSATION 87 INJURY OR HARM 87

Major Categories of Malpractice 88 FAILURE TO ASSESS AND MONITOR 88 FAILURE TO FOLLOW STANDARDS OF CARE 88 FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE 89 FAILURE TO DOCUMENT 90 FAILURE TO ACT AS A PATIENT ADVOCATE 90 FAILURE TO USE EQUIPMENT IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER 90

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Expert Witnesses 90 Liability 90

Professional Liability Insurance 93 ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES 93

Advance Directives 93 Living Will 94 Do Not Resuscitate 94 Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care 95

Confidentiality and Information Security 96 Informed Consent 97 Disruptive Behavior, Incivility, and Bullying 97 Unsafe or Questionable Practice 98

C h a p t e r 5 Critical Thinking and Decision Making 102 CRITICAL THINKING 103

Elements of and Cognitive Skills for Critical Thinking 103 Reactive, Reflective, and Intuitive Thinking 105 Modeling Critical Thinking 107

DECISION MAKING 107 Decision Making and the Nursing Process 108 Tools for Decision Making 109

DECIDE Model 110 Decision-Making Grid Analysis 110 SWOT Analysis 111

Shared Decision Making 112 Appreciative Inquiry 112

C h a p t e r 6 Effective Communication 118 WHY EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL 119 BASICS OF COMMUNICATION 120

The Communication Process 120 Verbal and Nonverbal Communication 121

Verbal Communication 121 Nonverbal Communication 122

Active Listening 123 FACTORS THAT IMPACT COMMUNICATION 124

Gender 124 Generation 124 Culture 124 Values and Perceptions 124 Personal Space 125 Environment 125 Roles and Relationships 125

FORMAL AND INFORMAL COMMUNICATION 126 TYPES OF COMMUNICATION IN A HEALTH-CARE ENVIRONMENT 127

Organizational Communication 127 Interprofessional Communication 128

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Interprofessional Team Rounding 129 TeamSTEPPS 130 SBAR 130

Intraprofessional Communication 133 Nurse-to-Nurse Transitions in Care 134

P a r t I I Promotion of Patient Safety and Quality Care

C h a p t e r 7 Improving and Managing Safe and Quality Care 142 MEDICAL ERRORS 144 CREATING A CULTURE OF SAFETY 148 PATIENT SAFETY INITIATIVES 150

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 150 American Nurses Association 151 National Quality Forum 151 Institute for Healthcare Improvement 152 The Joint Commission 154 World Health Organization 155

PRINCIPLES OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 155 MODELS FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 159

Donabedian Model 159 Lean Model 160 Six Sigma Model 161 Institute for Healthcare Improvement Model of Improvement 161 Failure Modes and Effects Analysis 161 Root Cause Analysis 162

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOOLS 164 Run Chart 164 Bar Chart 165 Histogram 165 Fishbone Diagram 165 Flow Chart 167 Pareto Chart 167

C h a p t e r 8 Health-Care Organizations 174 BASIC ELEMENTS OF A HEALTH-CARE ORGANIZATION 175

For-Profit Versus Not-for-Profit Organizations 175 Types of Health-Care Organizations 176 Levels of Service 176

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CULTURE, AND STRATEGIC PLANNING 177

Organizational Structure 177 Organizational Culture 179 Strategic Planning 179

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REGULATION AND ACCREDITATION 182 Regulation 182 Accreditation 182

The Joint Commission 183 DNV GL 183 Magnet Recognition Program 183

ORGANIZATIONAL THEORIES 188 Classical Organization Theories 189 Contemporary Organizational Theories 190

General Systems Theory 190 Complexity Theory 191 Learning Organization Theory 192

C h a p t e r 9 Information Technology for Safe and Quality Patient Care 195 UNDERSTANDING NURSING INFORMATICS 196

Basic Elements of Informatics 196 Technical Aspects of Informatics 198

Network 199 Data 199 Database 199 Data Mining 199 Interfaces 199 Decision Support Systems 200 Rules and Alerts 200 Standardized Languages 200

HOW INFORMATICS CONTRIBUTES TO PATIENT SAFETY 201 LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY IMPACTS ON INFORMATICS 202

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 203 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 203 Regulatory Requirements 203

INFORMATICS DEPARTMENTS 204 USE OF DATA IN INFORMATICS 204

Data Set 204 Coding 204 Data Security 205

INFORMATION SYSTEMS USED IN HEALTH CARE 205 Electronic Medication Administration Record 206 Computerized Provider Order Entry 206 Barcode Medication Administration 206 Patient Portals 206 Telehealth 206 Online Health Information 207

IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INFORMATICS PROJECT 207 Conversion Strategy and Conversion Planning 207 Implementation Support Model 208 Maintenance 208 System Downtime 208

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P a r t I I I Leadership and Management Functions

C h a p t e r 10 Creating and Managing a Sustainable Workforce 212 CREATING A SUSTAINABLE WORKFORCE 213

Recruiting 213 Interviewing 214 Orienting 216 Retaining 217

MANAGING THE WORKFORCE 218 Managing Generational Differences 218 Coaching Staff Members 220 Appraising Performance 221 Using Corrective Action 223

C h a p t e r 11 Organizing Patient Care 229 CARE DELIVERY MODELS 230

Traditional Models 231 Total Patient Care 231 Functional Nursing 231 Team Nursing 232 Primary Nursing 232 Nursing Case Management 232

Nontraditional Models 233 Patient-Focused Care 233 Partnership Models 233 Nonclinical Models 234 Integrated Models 234

Contemporary Models 234 Professional Nursing Practice Model 234 Differentiated Nursing Practice Model 235 Clinical Nurse Leader Model 235 Synergy Model for Patient Care 236 Transforming Care at the Bedside 236 Patient- and Family-Centered Care Model 238

STAFFING FOR PATIENT SAFETY 239 Shortage of Nurses 240 Core Concepts of Staffing 241

Full-Time Equivalent 241 Productive Time 242 Average Daily Census 242 Staffing Mix 242 Workload and Units of Service 242 Unit Intensity 243 Patient Acuity 243 Skill Mix 243

RN SCOPE OF PRACTICE 243

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LPN/LVN SCOPE OF PRACTICE 245 UAP SCOPE OF PRACTICE 245

Staffing Approaches 245 Patient Classification Systems 246 American Association of Nurses Principles for Safe Staffing 246 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Nurse Staffing Model 247 National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators Staffing Benchmarks 247

Developing and Implementing a Staffing Plan 249 Monitoring Productivity 250 Evaluating Staffing Effectiveness 251

C h a p t e r 12 Delegating Effectively 254 KEY PRINCIPLES OF DELEGATION 255

What Can and Cannot Be Delegated 257 Who Can and Cannot Delegate 258

THE FIVE RIGHTS OF DELEGATION 259 Right Task 259 Right Circumstances 260 Right Person 260 Right Direction or Communication 260 Right Supervision or Evaluation 261

THE DELEGATION PROCESS 261 BARRIERS TO EFFECIVE DELEGATION 265

Delegator-Related Barriers 266 Delegatee-Related Barriers 267 Leadership- and Management-Related Barriers 267 Breaking Down Barriers 269

C h a p t e r 13 Creating and Sustaining a Healthy Work Environment 271 GUIDELINES FOR BUILDING A HEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENT 272 SAFETY ISSUES IN A HEALTH-CARE ENVIRONMENT 275

Safe Patient Handling and Mobility 276 Nurse Fatigue 278 Workplace Violence 280

Types of Violence 282 NURSE-TO-NURSE VIOLENCE 282 THIRD-PARTY VIOLENCE 284 NURSE-TO-PATIENT VIOLENCE 284 PATIENT-TO-NURSE VIOLENCE 284 ORGANIZATIONAL VIOLENCE 284 EXTERNAL VIOLENCE 285 SEXUAL HARASSMENT 285 MASS TRAUMA OR NATURAL DISASTERS 285

Contributing and Risk Factors 286 Consequences 286 Strategies to Prevent Workplace Violence 287

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C h a p t e r 14 Leading Change and Managing Conflict 294 CHANGE THEORIES 295

Traditional Change Theories and Models 296 Lewin’s Force-Field Model (1951) 296 Lippitt’s Phases of Change Model (1958) 297 Rogers’ Innovation-Decision Process (1995) 298 Kotter’s Eight-Stage Process of Creating Major Change (1996) 299

Emerging Change Theories 301 Chaos Theory 302 Learning Organization Theory 302

MANAGING CHANGE AND INNOVATION 303 Becoming a Change Agent 304 Responding to Change 304 Adopting Change 305 Dealing With Barriers to Change 306

MANAGING CONFLICT 307 Types of Conflict 308

Intrapersonal Conflict 308 Interpersonal Conflict 308 Intergroup Conflict 309 Organizational Conflict 309

Conflict Management Strategies 309 Role of Nurse Leaders and Managers in Addressing Conflict 310

C h a p t e r 15 Building and Managing Teams 313 TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION 314 TEAM BUILDING 317

Stages of Team Development 318 Creating Synergy 319

CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE TEAMS 320 LEADING AND MANAGING TEAMS 321

C h a p t e r 16 Budgeting Concepts 327 BUDGETING AS A CORE COMPETENCY 328 COST CONTAINMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS 329 THE BUDGET PROCESS 330

Assessment 331 Diagnosis 331 Planning 331 Implementation 332 Evaluation 332

Productivity 333 NECESSARY CARE ACTIVITIES 334 VALUE-ADDED CARE ACTIVITIES 334 NON–VALUE-ADDED CARE ACTIVITIES 334

TYPES OF BUDGETS 336

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Operating Budget 336 Expenses 336 Revenues 337

Personnel Budget 337 Capital Budget 340

BUDGETING METHODS 340 Incremental Budgeting 340 Performance Budgeting 341 Zero-Based Budgeting 341

P a r t I V Managing Your Future in Nursing

C h a p t e r 17 Transitioning From Student to Professional Nurse 346 CAREER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 347

Preparing a Strategic Career Plan 347 Developing a Resume 349 Interviewing 351

TRANSITION TO PRACTICE 353 PRECEPTORS AND MENTORS 354 STRATEGIES FOR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH 355

Becoming a Lifelong Learner 355 Continuing Education 356 Specialty Certification 357 Advanced Degrees 359

Contributing to the Nursing Profession 359 BALANCING PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE 360 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 363

Index 367

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Introduction

This book reflects the notion that all nurses at all levels and in all health-care set- tings are leaders and managers. The purpose of this book is to provide an evidence- based approach to nursing leadership and management as well as practical applications to real-life situations that reflect today’s dynamic health-care environ- ment. By integrating content from the National Council of Boards of Nursing Licensure Examination (NCLEX) blueprint, the American Association of Colleges of Nurses (AACN) Baccalaureate Essentials, the American Association of Nurses (ANA) foundational documents for nursing practice, Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN), the American Organization of Nurse Educators (AONE) stan- dards, and various quality and safety initiatives, students will be introduced to leadership and management theories, concepts, and principles.

This book offers a comprehensive approach to prepare nursing students in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to provide safe, quality, and effective nurs- ing care. It is divided into four parts that organize evidence-based information and relevant topics for effective nursing leadership and management at various levels and settings.

Part I: Foundations and Background provides foundational information about health-care safety and quality, ethics and legal aspects, and nursing lead- ership and management. Students are introduced to historical perspectives of the quality and safety movement and the core competencies for safe, quality, and effective nursing care. Health-care policy and the health-care environment are addressed, and theories of nursing leadership and management are presented. Next, an overview of critical thinking and decision making is presented along with various tools that effective nurse leaders and managers can use for decision making at various levels in the health-care system. Finally, effective communi- cation is reviewed, and types of communication in a health-care environment are discussed.

Part II: Promotion of Patient Safety and Quality Care focuses on patient safety and quality and includes models and tools for quality improvement, how informatics contributes to patient safety, and an overview of health-care organizations.

Part III: Leadership and Management Functions presents specific roles and functions that effective nurse leaders and managers must understand and develop to be able to create, manage, and sustain a healthy work environment that fosters a workforce that delivers safe, quality, and effective nursing care.

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Part IV: Managing Your Future in Nursing provides guidelines for new nurses transitioning to practice and guidelines for career planning and development.

Each chapter in this book provides learning activities and evidence that reflect current nursing research. This book is an excellent resource for nursing students, new nurses, new nursing managers, and nurses in leadership and management at any stage of their career.

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P a r t I

Foundations and Background

Chapter 1 Core Competencies for Safe and Quality Nursing Care

Chapter 2 Health-Care Environment and Policy

Chapter 3 Theories and Principles of Nursing Leadership and Management

Chapter 4 Ethical and Legal Aspects

Chapter 5 Critical Thinking and Decision Making

Chapter 6 Effective Communication

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C h a p t e r 1 Core Competencies for Safe and Quality Nursing Care Elizabeth J. Murray, PhD, RN, CNE

K E Y T E R M S

Advocacy Care coordination Care process Clinical practice guidelines Communication Cultural competence Disparity Diversity Documentation Empowerment Evidence-based management Evidence-based practice Health literacy High-reliability organizations Human errors Human factors engineering Informatics Information management Interdisciplinary Interprofessional Multidisciplinary Nursing research Optimal healing environment Outcomes of care Patient-centered care Quality Quality improvement Reliability science

L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S

● Describe the impact of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports on the qual- ity of health care in the United States.

● Define the IOM competencies, outline the IOM’s six aims for health care, and analyze the IOM’s 10 rules for health care in the 21st century.

● Compare and contrast the IOM competencies and the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Core competencies.

● Identify and describe fundamental elements for each core competency for nursing.

● Discuss the importance of effective nursing leadership and management in providing safe and quality patient-centered care.

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Chapter 1 Core Competencies for Safe and Quality Nursing Care 3

Nurses at all levels are leaders in the patient safety movement. Every nurse mustbe educated to deliver patient-centered care as a member of an interprofes- sional team, emphasizing evidence-based practice, quality improvement ap- proaches, informatics, and safety (Cronenwett et al., 2007; Greiner & Knebel, 2003). The modern patient safety movement began in 2000 when the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published its landmark report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (Kohn, Corrigan, & Donaldson, 2000). With that publication, a quest for quality and safety in health care was launched that continues today. In 2003, the IOM published Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality (Greiner & Knebel, 2003), which identified five core competencies for all health-care professions. In response to the IOM report, the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative was launched in 2005 with the primary goal of establishing a set of core competencies specific to the nursing profession.

This chapter provides a foundation for the entire book and discusses the core competencies for health-care professionals identified by the IOM and adapted by the QSEN faculty for nursing to be integrated into basic nursing education. Because the QSEN core competencies are now being translated into practice, the fundamental elements of each competency are discussed to help nurse leaders and managers operationalize them in their work settings.

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE REPORTS

Established in 1970 as the health arm of the National Academies, the IOM is an independent nonprofit organization that works outside the federal government to provide unbiased and authoritative advice on health and health care to decision makers and the public. The IOM brings together experts and stakeholders to pro- vide the nation with unbiased, evidence-based guidance on health-related issues. Since 2000, the IOM has published a number of reports related to the state of quality in the U.S. health-care system. Box 1-1 provides a list of the reports most relevant to the content of this book; select elements of the various reports are discussed here as well as in other chapters.

The IOM’s first report, To Err Is Human, was groundbreaking in that it identified medical errors as the leading cause of injury and unexpected death in health-care settings in the United States. The purpose of the report was to present a strategy to improve health-care quality over the following 10 years. Contending that prevent- able adverse events result in up to 98,000 deaths annually, the IOM identified three domains of quality: patient safety, practice consistent with current medical knowl- edge, and meeting customer-specific values and expectations. Additionally, the

Safety Safety culture Self-management Standardized practice

Standardized protocols Structure or care environment Teamwork and collaboration

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IOM determined that patient safety is a critical component of quality. The IOM out- lined the following four-tiered approach to quality improvement (Kohn, Corrigan, & Donaldson, 2000):

1. “Establishing a national focus to create leadership, research, tools, and protocols to enhance the knowledge base about safety” (p. 3)

2. “Identifying and learning from errors by developing a nationwide public mandatory reporting system and by encouraging health care organizations and practitioners to develop and participate in voluntary reporting systems” (p. 3)

3. “Raising performance standards and expectations for improvements in safety through the actions of oversight organizations, professional groups, and group purchasers of health care” (p. 4)

4. “Implementing safety systems in health care organizations to ensure safe prac- tices at the delivery level” (p. 4)

Before the publication of To Err Is Human, in 1997, President Bill Clinton ap- pointed the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry to advise him on changes occurring in the health-care system and to make recommendations on how to promote and ensure health-care quality as well as protect consumers and professionals in the health-care system. In re- sponse, the Commission drafted a consumer bill of rights, adopting the following eight areas of consumer rights and responsibilities (Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry, 1997):

1. Information disclosure 2. Choice of providers and plans 3. Choice of health-care providers that is sufficient to ensure access to appropriate

high-quality care 4. Access to emergency services

4 PART I FOUNDATIONS AND BACKGROUND

BOX 1-1BOX 1-1 Institute of Medicine ReportsInstitute of Medicine Reports

1990

Medicare: A Strategy for Quality Assurance: Executive Summary, Volume 1

2000

To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System

2001

Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century

2002

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

2003

Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health

Care Quality

2004

Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses

Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion

2011

The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health

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5. Participation in treatment decisions 6. Respect and nondiscrimination; confidentiality of health information 7. Complaints and appeals 8. Consumer responsibilities

Endorsing the eight recommendations for consumer rights and responsibilities adopted by the Commission, the IOM (2001) challenged all health-care organiza- tions and professionals to work continually to reduce the burden of illness, injury, and disability of the people of the United States. Although health-care professionals were—and continue to be—dedicated to providing quality care, a gap remained. Asserting that the U.S. health-care system was in need of major restructuring, the IOM called for an overhaul by outlining six aims for health-care improvement in the 21st century in its 2001 report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century: that health care should be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. The IOM believed that addressing these perform- ance characteristics would lead to narrowing the quality gap. Table 1-1 lists the descriptions of these six aims.

In addition to the six aims, the IOM (2001) identified 10 rules to redesign and improve health-care delivery in the 21st century. Emphasizing that part of the quality gap reflects a lack of support of well-designed systems and the absence of an environment that fosters innovation and excellence, the IOM contended that these 10 specific rules are necessary to achieve significant improvement in quality (IOM, 2001). These rules were implemented to have an impact on the health-care workforce and, in turn, require change in accountabilities, standards of care, and relationships between patients and health-care professionals (IOM, 2001). Box 1-2 compares the historical approach with the 10 rules for health care in the 21st century.

Building on the six aims for health-care improvement and the rules for health care in the 21st century, the IOM recognized health professions education as the primary tactic to narrow the quality gap. Thus, its report Health Professions

Chapter 1 Core Competencies for Safe and Quality Nursing Care 5

Health Care Should Be: Description

Safe Avoiding injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them Effective Providing services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit and

refraining from providing services to those not likely to benefit; avoiding overuse, underuse, and misuse of care

Patient-centered Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patients’ preferences, needs, and values, and ensuring that patients’ values guide all decisions

Timely Reducing waits and sometimes harmful delays for both those who receive and those who give care

Efficient Avoiding waste, in particular of equipment, supplies, ideas, and energy Equitable Providing care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics

such as gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and socioeconomic status

Table 1–1 Institute of Medicine’s Six Aims for Health Care in the 21st Century

Adapted from IOM, 2001, pp. 39–40.

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Education: A Bridge to Quality (Greiner & Knebel, 2003) outlined five essential competencies necessary for all future graduates of health professions education programs, regardless of discipline (pp. 45–46):

1. Provide patient-centered care. 2. Work in interdisciplinary teams. 3. Employ evidence-based practice. 4. Apply quality improvement. 5. Use informatics.

The competencies are interrelated and applied together. However, the IOM stresses that skills related to the competencies are not discipline-specific and that each profession may put them into practice differently (Greiner & Knebel, 2003). In response, the QSEN faculty adapted the IOM competencies for the nursing pro- fession and identified the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for each competency that should be developed in prelicensure nursing education (Cronenwett et al., 2007).

6 PART I FOUNDATIONS AND BACKGROUND

BOX 1-2BOX 1-2 Ten Rules for Health-care Delivery in the 21st CenturyTen Rules for Health-care Delivery in the 21st Century

1. Care is based on a continuous healing relationship, rather than periodic individual face-to-face visits.

2. Care is based on patients’ values and needs, rather than variations of care provided by health-care pro- fessionals based on different local and individual styles of practice and/or training.

3. The patient is the source of control over care, rather than health-care professionals.

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4. Knowledge is shared, and information flows freely, rather than requiring the patient to obtain permission. The patient has access to information without restriction, delay, or the need to request permission.

5. Decision making is evidence based, rather than based on the education and experience of the health-care professionals.

6. Safety is a system property, in that procedures, job designs, equipment, communication, and information technology should be configured to respect human factors, make errors less com- mon, and make errors less harmful when they do occur, rather than safety being an individual person’s responsibility.

7. There is a need for transparency, rather than a need for secrecy.

8. Health-care professionals predict and anticipate needs, rather than reacting to problems and underinvesting in prevention.

9. Waste is continuously decreased, rather than resorting to budget cuts and rationing services.

10. Collaboration and teamwork are the norm, rather than professional prerogatives and roles.

Adapted from IOM, 2001, pp. 66–83.

LEARNING

ACTIVITY 1-1 Apply the 10 Rules for Health Care

Think about a health-care experience you or your family have encountered. Apply the 10 rules for health care in the 21st century listed in Box 1-2 to various aspects of your experience. Can you identify examples of care that reflect the historical approach? Can you identify examples of care that reflect the 21st-century approach?

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