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Unit 2 Weekly Clinical Communication and Documentation Requirements. 500w due 11-11-23
Unit 2 Weekly Clinical Communication and Documentation Requirements. 500w due 11-11-23
Instructions
Complete and submit the below Weekly Clinical Communication form.
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assist week 8
Assignment: Utilize Feedback through Self-Reflection and Literature Review
In Week 7, you integrated and applied elements of the course content in the Signature Assignment, which allowed you to address a significant question or issue (i.e., through creative thinking, critical thinking, problem-solving, inquiry, and analysis). Using the feedback from your Week 7 assignment, you will have the opportunity to complete a self-reflection and respond accordingly. Reflect on and respond to how the feedback provided can help you improve your academic performance and contribute to your professional growth. In addition to your self-reflection, you will also conduct an independent literature review of relevant scholarly, peer-reviewed sources. Choose sources that support your ideas for enhancement of the course competencies and content areas where you have identified opportunities for improvement. For example, if your professor indicated you need improvement in the area of team leadership, select sources that would enhance your knowledge and skill base in this area.
Part 1: Self-Reflection
You will complete a self-reflection using the
Feedback Review Template. The
Feedback Review Template is located in this week's Course Resources area. To complete your self-reflection, seek clarity from your professor about the areas you did not understand or areas that require improvement. Schedule a one-to-one meeting with your professor to discuss the feedback provided and to inform your responses. Use the
Feedback Review Template to address the following themes:
· How you developed and demonstrated the course competencies tied to this course.
· The practical relevance of the course concepts and course competencies to your professional growth and career interests.
· Future considerations (e.g., key trends or challenges) to keep in mind as related to the topics covered in this course.
Be sure to comprehensively address the feedback provided by professor for your Week 7 Signature Assignment. As you complete the template, you will be asked to address the following questions:
· What are the areas in which your professor indicated you did well? Why do you think you did well in this (these) areas?
· What are the areas in which your professor indicated you need to improve? What can you do to improve in this (these) areas?
· How did your professor's feedback help your mastery of the course subject matter?
· How did the Week 7 Signature Assignment and this course help you to develop the course competencies?
· What aspects of this assignment can you take forward into your professional career and why?
· How did this course contribute to your understanding of possible trends and/or challenges related to the profession of health administration in the future? What do you need to consider regarding the course topic and why?
Part 2:
Annotated Bibliography
You will prepare an annotated bibliography of three scholarly, peer-reviewed resources to enhance your knowledge base related to selected course competencies and that is informed by your self-reflection and professor feedback. The resources must be current, published within the past 3-5 years. Each annotated bibliography should be no less than three robust paragraphs. Use feedback from your professor to identify scholarly, peer-reviewed sources that can help you improve in the areas noted (e.g., assignment enhancement, personal and/or professional growth, topic of further interest prompted by the course content).
Use the annotated bibliography guide from Academic Success Center (ASC)* to ensure that your annotated bibliography meets all requirements.
Remember, for this assignment, each annotated bibliography should be no less than three robust paragraphs.
Assignment Requirements
Be sure to submit your assignment as one single document with two parts: Part 1 will be a summary of your self-reflection using the
Feedback Review Template and Part 2 will be your annotated bibliography.
Title page
Part 1: Based on the completion of your
Feedback Review Template, provide a self-reflection summary on how this course contributed to your professional growth and your understanding of future trends and/or challenges related to your profession (2 pages minimum).
· Include your
Feedback Review Template.
Part 2: An APA-formatted annotated bibliography with 3 peer-reviewed resources addressing one or all of the following areas:
· Enhancement of the Assignment
· Personal/Professional Growth and Development
· Topic of interest for further investigation based on course content
References (additional to the annotated bibliography)
NURSING
Develop an intervention (your capstone project), as a solution to the patient, family, or population problem you've defined. Submit the proposed intervention to the faculty for review and approval. This solution needs to be implemented (shared) with your patient, family, or group. You are not to share your intervention with your patient, family, or group or move on to Assessment 5 before your faculty reviews/approves the solution you submit in Assessment 4. In a separate written deliverable, write a 5–7 page analysis of your intervention.
Please submit both your solution/intervention and the 5–7 page analysis to complete Assessment 4.
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Introduction
In your first three assessments, you applied new knowledge and insight gleaned from the literature, from organizational data, and from direct consultation with the patient, family, or group (and perhaps with subject matter and industry experts) to your assessment of the problem. You’ve examined the problem from the perspectives of leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, policy, quality of care, patient safety, costs to the system and individual, technology, care coordination, and community resources. Now it’s time to turn your attention to proposing an intervention (your capstone project), as a solution to the problem.
Preparation
In this assessment, you’ll develop an intervention as a solution to the health problem you’ve defined. To prepare for the assessment, think about an appropriate intervention, based on your work in the preceding assessments, that will produce tangible, measurable results for the patient, family, or group. In addition, you might consider using a root cause analysis to explore the underlying reasons for a problem and as the basis for developing and implementing an action plan to address the problem. Some appropriate interventions include the following:
· Creating an educational brochure.
· Producing an educational voice-over PowerPoint presentation or video focusing on your topic.
· Creating a teaching plan for your patient, family, or group.
· Recommending work process or workflow changes addressing your topic.
Plan to spend at least 3 direct practicum hours working with the same patient, family, or group.
In addition, you may wish to complete the following:
· Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you will be asked to complete and how it will be assessed.
· Conduct sufficient research of the scholarly and professional literature to inform your work and meet scholarly expectations for supporting evidence.
Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center’s
Writing Support
page.
Instructions
Complete this assessment in two parts: (a) develop an intervention as a solution to the problem and (b) submit your proposed intervention, with a written analysis, to your faculty for review and approval.
Part 1
Develop an intervention, as a solution to the problem, based on your assessment and supported by data and scholarly, evidence-based sources.
Incorporate relevant aspects of the following considerations that shaped your understanding of the problem:
· Leadership.
· Collaboration.
· Communication.
· Change management.
· Policy.
· Quality of care.
· Patient safety.
· Costs to the system and individual.
· Technology.
· Care coordination.
· Community resources.
Part 2
Submit your proposed intervention to your faculty for review and approval.
In a separate written deliverable, write a 5–7 page analysis of your intervention.
· Summarize the patient, family, or population problem.
· Explain why you selected this problem as the focus of your project.
· Explain why the problem is relevant to your professional practice and to the patient, family, or group.
In addition, address the requirements outlined below. These requirements correspond to the scoring guide criteria for this assessment, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.
· Define the role of leadership and change management in addressing the problem.
· Explain how leadership and change management strategies influenced the development of your proposed intervention.
· Explain how nursing ethics informed the development of your proposed intervention.
· Include a copy of the intervention/solution/professional product.
· Propose strategies for communicating and collaborating with the patient, family, or group to improve outcomes associated with the problem.
· Identify the patient, family, or group.
· Discuss the benefits of gathering their input to improve care associated with the problem.
· Identify best-practice strategies from the literature for effective communication and collaboration to improve outcomes.
· Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies guided the development of your proposed intervention.
· Cite the standards and/or policies that guided your work.
· Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in improving outcomes for this problem.
· Explain how your proposed intervention will improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and individual.
· Cite evidence from the literature that supports your conclusions.
· Identify relevant and available sources of benchmark data on care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.
· Explain how technology, care coordination, and the utilization of community resources can be applied in addressing the problem.
· Cite evidence from the literature that supports your conclusions.
· Write concisely and directly, using active voice.
· Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.
Additional Requirements
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Format: Format the written analysis of your intervention using APA style.
APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX]
is provided to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include:
· A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.
· Appropriate section headings.
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Length: Your paper should be approximately 5–7 pages in length, not including the reference page.
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Supporting evidence: Cite at least five sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format.
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Proofreading: Proofread your paper, before you submit it, to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on its substance.
Portfolio Prompt: Save your intervention to your
ePortfolio. After you complete your program, you may want to consider leveraging your portfolio as part of a job search or other demonstration of your academic and professional competencies.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
· Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
· Define the role of leadership and change management in addressing a patient, family, or population health problem and includes a copy of intervention/solution/professional product.
· Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.
· Explain how a proposed intervention to address a patient, family, or population health problem will improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and individual.
· Competency 4: Apply health information and patient care technology to improve patient and systems outcomes.
· Explain how technology, care coordination, and the utilization of community resources can be applied in addressing a patient, family, or population health problem.
· Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.
· Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies guided the development of a proposed intervention.
· Competency 6: Collaborate interprofessionally to improve patient and population outcomes.
· Propose strategies for communicating and collaborating with a patient, family, or group to improve outcomes associated with a patient, family, or population health problem.
· Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
· Write concisely and directly, using active voice.
· Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references
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T.J., a 30-year-old African American client, is in his last year of law school and is clerking for a prestigious law firm. He and his fiancé plan to marry as soon as he graduates. During the last week he has had four dizzy spells and a headache at the base of his skull upon awakening for the last 2 days. His father has a history of hypertension, so T.J. is aware that his symptoms may indicate high blood pressure. On his way home from work, T.J. stops by the clinic and asks the nurse to check his blood pressure. The nursing assessment yields the following data.
Subjective data: States he has had four dizzy spells and has awakened with a headache in the occipital lobe the last two mornings. T.J. has 1 glass of wine at lunch and 2-3 beers in the evening to relax from the tension of school and work. Most of his meals are at fast-food establishments and have a high fat content. T.J. does not smoke. He used to jog 4 mornings a week but quit when he started clerking. He has had nocturia for the last 3 weeks. He is not taking any medication. T.J. states he is concerned about having hypertension because he does not want to take medication.
Health Promotion Project
Please take a look at the attachments.
discussion case study
For this Discussion, review the case Learning Resources and the case study excerpt presented. Reflect on the case study excerpt and consider the therapy approaches you might take to assess, diagnose, and treat the patient’s health needs.
Case: An elderly widow who just lost her spouse.
Subjective: A patient presents to your primary care office today with chief complaint of insomnia. Patient is 75 YO with PMH of DM, HTN, and MDD. Her husband of 41 years passed away 10 months ago. Since then, she states her depression has gotten worse as well as her sleep habits. The patient has no previous history of depression prior to her husband’s death. She is awake, alert, and oriented x3. Patient normally sees PCP once or twice a year. Patient denies any suicidal ideations. Patient arrived at the office today by private vehicle. Patient currently takes the following medications:
- Metformin 500mg BID
- Januvia 100mg daily
- Losartan 100mg daily
- HCTZ 25mg daily
- Sertraline 100mg daily
Current weight: 88 kg
Current height: 64 inches
Temp: 98.6 degrees F
BP: 132/86
Nursing
Can you help me with my homework.
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Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days by offering additional ideas to overcome the barriers to strategies suggested by your colleagues and/or by offering additional ideas to facilitate dissemination.
1. The first step in the dissemination process is identifying stakeholders. Once stakeholders have been identified, you must build a rapport before presenting your information (Gllagher-Ford et al., 2011). You then need to plan how you are going to engage stakeholders and how you will deliver the information to them.
Dissemination strategies require clearly defined goals, sources, and audiences (Crable et al., 2023). Strategies that best suit me are a mixture of traditional and social media. For traditional, I would like to create a PowerPoint to present to stakeholders. For social media, I could create a social media platform to raise awareness on the topic being discussed. I chose PowerPoint because they are typically easy for everyone to follow, and it can be printed so stakeholders can take notes during the presentation if they would like. I chose a social media platform because social media allows information to be delivered rapidly to a large group of people (Bhatt et al., 2021).
Barriers that may be encountered while using PowerPoint to disseminate evidence-based practice are having a computer and a projector to show the information, and depending on where you are presenting, this may not be available. To overcome this barrier, I would go to the site before the presentation and scope out the resources that I may need to bring with me to the presentation. Despite being widely used, stakeholders may have differing opinions on using social media to spread information about their organization. I would talk with stakeholders beforehand and learn their opinions on the use of social media. It may be that they are okay with using social media, just that there are certain things they do not want to be shared about their organization. Talking with them beforehand would allow me to use social media and respect their opinions.
Bhatt, N. R., Czarniecki, S. W., Borgmann, H., van Oort, I. M.,Esperto, F., Pradere, B., van Gurp, M., Bloemberg, J., Darraugh, J., Roupret, M., Loeb, S., N’Dow, J., Ribal, M. J., & Giannarini, G. (2021). A Systematic Review of the Use of Social Media for Dissemination of Clinical Practice Guidelines. European Urology Focus, 7(5), 1195–1204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2020.10.008
Erika L. Crable, Colleen M. Grogan, Jonathan Purtle, Scott C. Roesch, & Gregory A. Aarons. (2023). Tailoring dissemination strategies to increase evidence-informed policymaking for opioid use disorder treatment: study protocol. Implementation Science Communications, 4(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-023-00396-5
Gallagher-Ford, L., Fineout-Overhold, E., Melnyk, B.M. & Stillwell, S.B. (2011). Evidence-based practice step-by-step: Implementing an evidence-based practice changeLinks to an external site.. American Journal of Nursing, 111(3), 54-60
2. To disseminate EBP, I would be most likely to use posters and social media. Posters are versatile and can help merge the strengths of oral presentations and published works (White et al., 2021, p. 257) Depending on where information is disseminated, presenters can verbally present information while having a visual aid for passersby. One barrier to poster use would be choosing what information to present with limited space. There are certain standards for research posters, but with an EBP project, the presenter may have control over fonts and colors to make it visually appealing. Posters also give presenters the option to interact with interested parties. They can add anecdotes and personality to the poster. While listeners may not remember all the information on the poster, they are much more likely to remember a funny story or a smiling face. My second choice of dissemination would be social media. There are several nuances to using social media and navigating and not being in control of how information is received and redistributed can be a barrier, but it is undoubtedly the most timely and cost-effective way to reach vast and diverse audiences. Posts/tweets, online newsletters, and blogs are all possibilities for distributing information. It may not be the best way to present lots of statistics and technical information, but it can be used to start discussions and help people engage with research (Lord et al., 2019). It also allows the public to be aware of new advancements. Social media can be used to divulge high points and digestible information and offer to link full studies for those interested. Social media is also immediate making it a timelier option. The method I would be least inclined to use is journal publications. Every journal has specific formats for the articles they publish. If my goal is to get published, my reporting and organization methods would need to reflect those standards. Manuscripts are permanent once published. They can be updated or debunked but, like social media, there will always be proof of it. The biggest barrier to manuscripts is the length of time it takes from the study to publication. As we see, healthcare moves fast, and best practices are constantly changing. It may take years to research, complete the study/project, and make all revisions necessary to get published. By then, the research may be obsolete. This is a universal problem but as a DNP, the focus is improving the practice of nursing. That is not possible to do with outdated information. While it is important that research reaches wide audiences, it is my philosophy to personally connect with nurses working directly with patients to improve nursing practice at the patient-facing level. It’s imperative that those nurses be included in quality improvement efforts to ensure that new protocols are feasible and create better workflows (Siedlecki, 2023).
References
Lord, S. E., Seavey, K. M., Oren, S. D., Budney, A. J., & Marsch, L. A. (2019). Digital presence of a research center as a research dissemination platform: Reach and resources. JMIR Mental Health, 6(4), e11686. https://doi.org/10.2196/11686
Siedlecki, S. L. (2023). Translational science. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 37(2), 54–57. https://doi.org/10.1097/nur.0000000000000728
White, K. M., Dudley-Brown, S., & Terhaar, M. F. (2021). Translation of evidence into nursing and healthcare (3rd ed., pp. 255–268). Springer Publishing Company.
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Post an explanation of how you anticipate enacting personal and professional commitment for advocacy to positively impact your patients, communities, and the profession. Be specific. Then, explain how your role as a DNP-prepared nurse contributes to advocacy for positive social change.
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My personal and professional commitment to advocacy includes both short and long-term goals within the nursing profession. From a professional standpoint, I am afforded the opportunity to offer input on ways to continuously improve the patient care experience and care delivery. Providing feedback offered directly from patients as well as discussing barriers I experience as a prescriber, including but not limited to coordination with other members of the care team or barriers within technology, will be at the forefront. Openly discussing setbacks provides the opportunity to brainstorm improvements, ultimately improving patient care outcomes.
Personal commitments to the nursing profession and patient advocacy include the accountability to remaining current within my knowledge of medications and therapies available to treat the mental health population. The formal education provided within the Doctor of Nursing practice (DNP) program provides the structure and skills needed to employ within professional practice. These skills ensuring that the DNP is seeking out and utilizing quality, evidence-based measures to treat patients with interventions supported by adequate science and research (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2006). Networking with other mental health professionals both within the nursing field and in other capacities will also expand and enact my commitment to patient advocacy and social change. Learning from other professionals, hearing their perspectives on current events, and in exchange offering my perspective will offer a broad view of treatment approaches and current topics (Hann et al., 2020).
The Doctor of Nursing as a Social Change Agent
As a DNP, I would like to employ my skills as a social change agent by engaging in educational opportunities within the mental health community, driven by research opportunities. Engaging in the research that guides evidence-based practices improves outcomes for the millions of patients impacted by care delivery and would exercise the practice-based research skills formed in DNP education (Iwama et al., 2023). Utilizing the terminal DNP degree to its utmost while continuing to engage in patient care would combine the aspects I found most rewarding of my MSN-PMHNP career and the completion of the DNP program. Advocating for improved treatment measures within the mental health community, as well as for increased access to appropriate care and diagnostic assessments, are all ways in which I would like to engage in DNP research opportunities. Providing education, facts, and data related to how patients are impacted by lack of access to specialized psychiatric care due to barriers such as telehealth restrictions and lack of full practice authority for nurse practitioners will continue to increase awareness of these topics and lobby for change. The DNP offers specialized insight into these topics as a professional working not only for but within the field, and holds significant weight when discussing these topics with both other professionals as well as non-professionals.
References
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Publications/DNPEssentials.pdf
Hann, K., Heather Pearson, Campbell, D., Sesay, D., & Eaton, J. (2020). Factors for success in mental health advocacy. Global Health Action, 8(0), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.28791
Iwama, K., Travis, A., Nowlin, S., Souffront, K., Finlayson, C., Gorbenko, K., & Cohen, B. (2023). Barriers, facilitators, and opportunities for Doctor of Nursing Practice engagement in translational research. Nursing Outlook, 71(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2023.102031In the nursing profession, advocating for our patients is something that is deeply ingrained in us. One of the five key areas of the social determinants of health is access to healthcare (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021). Unfortunately, approximately one in ten patients do not have health insurance (Berchick et al., 2018). In the field of mental health, we often see patients who are too disorganized to navigate the health insurance system and experience lapses in insurance. In Massachusetts, we are required to abide by the Expedited Psychiatric Inpatient Admissions (EPIA) Policy, which mandates that “no individual boarding in an ED waiting placement in a psychiatric hospital will wait more than 96 hours before Department of Mental Health has been notified, regardless of whether the individual is uninsured or has coverage not regulated by Division of Insurance” (Executive Office of Health and Human Services, 2023). The pressure to decompress emergency rooms and move psychiatric patients out as quickly as possible means that we often receive patients who are uninsured. In order to help our patients get the services they need, nurses and social workers assist our patients in taking the necessary steps to obtain health insurance. This often means lengthy phone wait times on phone calls, but as advocates, we do what is necessary to ensure positive outcomes for our patients.
Advocacy in my Community
As an agent of positive change, I will advocate at the community level for residents who suffer from mental illness. In spite of the “growing recognition of the burden associated with mental illnesses and the availability of cost-effective treatments, they are not yet afforded the same policy or program priority as comparably disabling physical conditions” (Stuart, 2017). I aim to increase access to mental health services by expanding my organization’s service lines to include outpatient services for mental health and substance use disorders. In order to gain buy-in from the community, I plan to attend town meetings to advocate for increased services as well as partnering with local Emergency Departments to educate them about the mental health services that my organization offers. I plan to seek meetings with local politicians to advocate that resources be invested into increasing services for mental health and substance use disorder services.
Advocacy in my Profession
According to a recent survey conducted by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), “only 4% of licensed registered nurses (RNs) work in psychiatric-mental health, If that percentage is still consistent, then there are approximately 154,000 RNs working in psychiatric-mental health, which is not nearly enough to meet the demand” (APNA, 2018). As a doctorally prepared nurse, it is critical that I take steps now to increase the number of nurses who specialize in mental health. I aim to do this on the local level by partnering with local nursing schools to invite them into my organization for their psychiatric clinical rotations. Additionally, I will attend local universities’ career fairs so that I can provide information to nursing students about the advantages of working in the field of mental health.
Advocacy and Social Change
As a doctorally prepared nurse, I aim to help close the gaps in the inequities of access in the field of mental health. To do so, I must first identify opportunities to advocate for my own patients by assisting them in obtaining health insurance so that they are able to have access to outpatient services. At the community level, I aim to increase access to mental health services by expanding my organization’s service lines to include more outpatient services for psychiatry and substance use disorders. With regard to the profession of nursing, specifically psychiatric nursing, it is imperative that I identify ways to increase interest for newly graduated RNs to join the field by promoting the field at local nursing schools. By acting as an advocate on all three levels, I will be able to effect positive social change in the field of psychiatric nursing.
References
American Psychiatric Nurses Association. (2018). Report on the APNA National Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Survey. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1078390318777873?journalCode=japa
Berchick, E.R., Hood, E., & Barnett, J.C. (2018). Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2017. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/demo/p60-264.pdfLinks to an external site. [PDF – 1.4 MB]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Social determinants of health: Know what affects health. https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/index.htmLinks to an external site.
Executive Office of Health and Human Services. (2023). Expedited Psychiatric Inpatient Admissions (EPIA) Policy. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/expedited-psychiatric-inpatient-admissions-epia-policyLinks to an external site.
Stuart, H. (2017). Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5314742/
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My personal and professional commitment to advocacy includes both short and long-term goals within the nursing profession. From a professional standpoint, I am afforded the opportunity to offer input on ways to continuously improve the patient care experience and care delivery. Providing feedback offered directly from patients as well as discussing barriers I experience as a prescriber, including but not limited to coordination with other members of the care team or barriers within technology, will be at the forefront. Openly discussing setbacks provides the opportunity to brainstorm improvements, ultimately improving patient care outcomes.
Personal commitments to the nursing profession and patient advocacy include the accountability to remaining current within my knowledge of medications and therapies available to treat the mental health population. The formal education provided within the Doctor of Nursing practice (DNP) program provides the structure and skills needed to employ within professional practice. These skills ensuring that the DNP is seeking out and utilizing quality, evidence-based measures to treat patients with interventions supported by adequate science and research (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2006). Networking with other mental health professionals both within the nursing field and in other capacities will also expand and enact my commitment to patient advocacy and social change. Learning from other professionals, hearing their perspectives on current events, and in exchange offering my perspective will offer a broad view of treatment approaches and current topics (Hann et al., 2020).
The Doctor of Nursing as a Social Change Agent
As a DNP, I would like to employ my skills as a social change agent by engaging in educational opportunities within the mental health community, driven by research opportunities. Engaging in the research that guides evidence-based practices improves outcomes for the millions of patients impacted by care delivery and would exercise the practice-based research skills formed in DNP education (Iwama et al., 2023). Utilizing the terminal DNP degree to its utmost while continuing to engage in patient care would combine the aspects I found most rewarding of my MSN-PMHNP career and the completion of the DNP program. Advocating for improved treatment measures within the mental health community, as well as for increased access to appropriate care and diagnostic assessments, are all ways in which I would like to engage in DNP research opportunities. Providing education, facts, and data related to how patients are impacted by lack of access to specialized psychiatric care due to barriers such as telehealth restrictions and lack of full practice authority for nurse practitioners will continue to increase awareness of these topics and lobby for change. The DNP offers specialized insight into these topics as a professional working not only for but within the field, and holds significant weight when discussing these topics with both other professionals as well as non-professionals.
References
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Publications/DNPEssentials.pdf
Hann, K., Heather Pearson, Campbell, D., Sesay, D., & Eaton, J. (2020). Factors for success in mental health advocacy. Global Health Action, 8(0), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.28791
Iwama, K., Travis, A., Nowlin, S., Souffront, K., Finlayson, C., Gorbenko, K., & Cohen, B. (2023). Barriers, facilitators, and opportunities for Doctor of Nursing Practice engagement in translational research. Nursing Outlook, 71(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2023.102031
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