Describe the community of practice and associated need, challenge, or issue you selected for this Discussion
Discussion: The DNP-Prepared Nurse and Their Communities of practice
- The need for vaccine and immunization clinics for school age children with a school district
- The need for nutritional assistance programs pre-K students in a state-funded early childhood education program
- The need for diabetes education for elderly outpatients in a community health clinic
- The need to reduce the number of re-admits of patients who have had outpatient procedures in freestanding outpatient clinics
- The need to reduce the number of post-operative patient falls on an acute care in-patient hospital unit
These are just a few examples of the needs, challenges, and issues that may exist within a community of practice, and that merit the attention and require the knowledge, experience, and advocacy of a DNP-prepared nurse.
As a DNP-prepared nurse, you will likely belong to multiple communities of practice related to the various contexts and populations with which you are involved. Within each, you may work in a variety of ways to improve health outcomes and catalyze positive social change—at the individual patient level, as well as on increasingly larger scales within your organization, and potentially even at the national or global level.
To prepare:
- Review this week’s Learning Resources, paying special attention to the various examples communities of practice you encounter.
- Use the Communities of Practice template, located in this week’s Learning Resources, to help you identify the various communities of practice with which you are currently involved and those you may want to become involved with in the future.
- Select one of these communities of practice on which to focus for this Discussion.
- Consider the most important needs, challenges, or issues facing the community of practice you selected.
- Select one of these needs, challenges, or issues on which to focus for this Discussion.
- Using Walden Library and the internet, search for and identify three scholarly, peer-reviewed articles (within the last 5 years) that address the need, challenge, or issue you selected.
- Consider the kinds of practice changes you might recommend to address this need, challenge, or issue.
- Consider how your recommendations align with specific Domains from The Essentials.
By Day 3 of Week 4
Post the following:
- Describe the community of practice and associated need, challenge, or issue you selected for this Discussion.
- From your perspective as a future DNP-prepared nurse, explain why this need, challenge, or issue is important and merits attention. Be specific and provide examples.
- Citing the three scholarly articles you identified, describe at least two practice changes you recommend to address the need, challenge, or issue facing the community of practice you selected.
- Explain how your recommendations align with at least three specific Domains from The Essentials.
Note: Your posts should be substantial (500 words minimum), supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA Style. Personal anecdotes are acceptable as part of a meaningful post but cannot stand alone as the entire post.
By Day 6 of Week 4
Respond to at least two of your classmates, on different days, by suggesting an additional practice change or other intervention that your classmate might consider to address the need, challenge, or issue facing the community of practice they selected.
Note: Your responses to classmates should be substantial (250 words minimum), supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA Style. Personal anecdotes are acceptable as part of a meaningful response, but cannot stand alone as a response. Your responses should enrich the initial post by supporting and/or offering a fresh viewpoint, and be constructive, thereby enhancing the learning experience for all students.
* Additionally, you must respond to your professor if they ask a question or comment on your post.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained because of your classmates’ comments.
Learning Resources
- Download Nursing Communities of Practice Template (PDF)
- Africa, L., Frantz, J. M., & Mlenzana, N. B. (2023). Activities to promote interprofessional practice at primary healthcare level: A systematic review
- Links to an external site.. Social and Health Sciences, Article 12130. https://doi.org/10.25159/2957-3645/12130
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2021). The essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing education
- Links to an external site.. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/0/PDFs/Publications/Essentials-2021.pdf
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (n.d.). The essentials: Domain 6: Interprofessional partnerships
- Links to an external site.. https://www.aacnnursing.org/essentials/tool-kit/domains-concepts/interprofessional-partnerships
- Bradley, C., & Bleich, M. (2024). The DNP graduate and the potential to advance nursing: An interview with thought leader Michael Bleich, PhD, RN, FAAN, by Carol Bradley, MSN, RN, FAONL
- Links to an external site.. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 48(1), 80–82. https://doi.org/10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000621
- Interprofessional Education Collaborative. (2023, November 20). IPEC core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice: Version 3
- Links to an external site.. https://ipec.memberclicks.net/assets/core-competencies/IPEC_Core_Competencies_Version_3_2023.pdf
- Healthy People 2030. (n.d.). Healthy people in action
- Links to an external site.. https://health.gov/healthypeople/tools-action/healthy-people-in-action
- Ho, J. T., See, M. T. A., Tan, A. J. Q., Levett-Jones, T., Lau, T. C., Zhou, W., & Liaw, S. Y. (2023). Healthcare professionals’ experiences of interprofessional collaboration in patient education: A systematic review
- Links to an external site.. Patient Education and Counseling, 113, Article 107965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107965
- King, R. J., Heisey-Grove, D. M., Garrett, N., Scott, K. A., Daley, M. F., Haemer, M. A., Podila, P., Block, J. P., Carton, T., Gregorowicz, A. J., Mork, K. P., Porter, R. M., Chudnov, D. L., Jellison, J., Kraus, E. M., Harrison, M. R., Sucosky, M. S., Armstrong, S., & Goodman, A. B. (2022).The childhood obesity data initiative: A case study in implementing clinical-community infrastructure enhancements to support health services research and public health
- Links to an external site.. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 28(2), E430–E440. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001419
- McLaney, E., Morassaei, S., Hughes, L., Davies, R., Campbell, M., & Di Prospero, L. (2022). A framework for interprofessional team collaboration in a hospital setting: Advancing team competencies and behaviours
- Links to an external site.. Healthcare Management Forum, 35(2), 112–117. https://doi.org/10.1177/08404704211063584
- Merriam, D., Wiggs, C., Provencio, R., Goldschmidt, K., Bonnett, P., Valazza, V., Brodhead, J., Scardaville, D., & Stalter, A. (2022). Concept analysis of systems thinking in the context of interprofessional practice and improved patient outcomes
- Links to an external site.. Nursing Education Perspectives, 43(4), E20–E25. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000951
- O’Leary, N., Salmon, N., O’Donnell, M., Murphy, S., & Mannion, J. (2023). Interprofessional education and practice guide: Profiling readiness for practice-based IPE
- Links to an external site.. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37(1), 150–155. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2022.2038551
- Ruebling, I., Eggenberger, T., Frost, J. S., Gazenfried, E., Greer, A., Khalili, H., Ochs, J., Ronnebaum, J., & Stein, S. M. (2023). Interprofessional collaboration: A public policy healthcare transformation call for action
- Links to an external site.. Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice, 33, Article 100675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2023.100675
Communities of Practice Resources
- Adler, R. H., & Sickora, C. (2023). Research, practice and teaching united: Implementing AACN academic guidelines in a community based behavioral health setting
- Links to an external site.. Journal of Professional Nursing, 49, 21–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2023.08.001
- Bekemeier, B., Kuehnert, P., Zahner, S. J., Johnson, K. H., Kaneshiro, J., & Swider, S. M. (2021). A critical gap: Advanced practice nurses focused on the public’s health
- Links to an external site.. Nursing Outlook, 69(5), 865–874. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.03.023
- Corbo, S. A., & Flatekval, A. M. (2022). An academic-practice partnership to provide community vaccinations
- Links to an external site.. Nursing Management, 53(3), 36–42. https://www.doi.org/10.1097/01.NUMA.0000821704.29642.ee
- Goglio, K., Crespin-Mazet, F., Simon, L., Cohendet, P., & Wenger-Trayner, E. (2023). Managing with communities for innovation, agility, and resilience
- Links to an external site.. European Management Journal, 41(4), 534–539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2023.07.005
- Groff, A. (2023). Community of practice (CoP)
- Links to an external site.. Salem Press Encyclopedia.
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=ers&AN=90558267&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s6527200 - Shirey, M. R., Bruck, M., Patton, E., Bowers, D., & Watts, P. I. (2022). COVID-19 telehealth fair partnership for capacity building in primary care nursing.
- Links to an external site. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 46(2), 113–124. https://doi.org/10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000517
- Truax, F. N., Low, J., Mochizuki, T., Asfaha, S., Nguyen, T. N., Carson, M., Katrak, S., Shah, N., & Nguyen, D. (2022). Latent tuberculosis infection testing and treatment at a federally qualified health center in Southern California: A quality improvement project
- Links to an external site.. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 37(2), 155–161. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000579
- UC Davis Health School of Medicine. (n.d.). Communities of practice: A toolkit
Links to an external site.. https://health.ucdavis.edu/workforce-diversity/What_We_Do/Communities-of-Practice/COPToolkit.html
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