[ANSWERED 2023] Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course
Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course. In your journal, you will reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. The journal should address a variable combination of the following, depending on your specific practice immersion clinical experiences: New practice approaches Intraprofessional collaboration Health care delivery and clinical systems Ethical considerations in health care Population health concerns The role of technology in improving health care outcomes Health policy Leadership and economic models Health disparities Students will outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. Expert Answer and Explanation Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal New Practice Approaches I am excited and nervous this week. Class started on the 24th May and I was still abroad because my return flight was canceled. I made it to the states three days after class started. I went right to work by reviewing class work and assignments due on week 1. I quickly realized that in this course student needed to plan early. I was overwhelmed the few days of class. I contacted my preceptor to check if she received an email from GCU to set up her thunder time account. She was very busy that day and was unable to check it. The following day, I met with her to facilitate setting up her account. She was successful. I started reading announcements, expectations and course requirements. By this time things starts to make sense. I then started working on assignments. On the other hand, planning to fulfil my 10 hours of clinical time for the week. I called my preceptor to know her availability on when she is going out to visit patients and my plan on how we can move forward in the course since its time consuming. Few clinical hours were done with preceptor, community and leadership. Interprofessional Collaboration Interprofessional collaboration is working with other professionals to accomplish the same goals. In nursing, interprofessional collaboration can be described as a situation where nurses work together with physicians, laboratory specialists, and other specialists to improve the health of a patient under their care (Reeves et al. , 2017). Interprofessional collaboration can ensure that patients receive quality and safe care because many qualified and experienced persons are working to ensure that they gain healthy status. Interprofessional collaboration can also reduce medical errors because it might promote healthy and effective communication between professionals working together (Tang et al., 2018). I have learned a lot about interprofessional collaboration in this week’s lesson. One of the things I have learned is that interprofessional collaboration cannot be achieved without effective and proper communication strategies. Communication is everything in interprofessional collaboration. Another thing I have learned is that for one to collaborate successfully with other professionals, one must be able to work in a team. Health Care Delivery and Clinical Systems A Healthcare delivery system can be defined as a collection of resources, institutions, and individuals to provide care services with the aim of meeting the target population. I have learned from this course that healthcare delivery has changed a lot. Most of the care delivery services are done using technologies. For instance, a preventive care service, such as the one focused on in this course can be delivered using technologies, such as social media and mass media tools, such as television. I have also realized that healthcare delivery in the current US health system is based on quality and not quantity. Healthcare delivery is currently done using a model known as a value-based model where nurses and other healthcare professionals are paid based on the quality of care they have provided and not the quantity (Putera, 2017). Another thing I have learned is that preventive measures, such as this capstone project can lower the cost of health care delivery by preventing readmissions and other factors increasing the cost of health. Ethical Considerations in Health Care Like any other sector, healthcare industry is also guided by various ethical considerations. My capstone project will be based on many ethical considerations. One of them is informed consent. The project will involve educating geriatric patients about proper handwashing techniques. Hence, the patients should give their consent before being included in the project. My role in this situation is explaining to the participants the purpose of this projects, how the results will be used, and who will view their private information. The information will help the participants make informed decision regarding the project they want to join. Another ethical consideration that will be included in the project is justice. Adashi et al. (2018) note that justice is one of the ethical principles in Belmont report. According to the authors, researchers should ensure that they observe equality when handling participants and including them in their report. Practices of Culturally Sensitive Care The US is one of the countries expanding rapidly in terms of culture. Dyble (2018) notes that more than 37% of the American population come from the minority racial groups. Nurses are therefore needed to remain as culturally sensitive as possible to provide just and equal care to all patients regardless of their ethnic groups. As a nursing project, this capstone activity should also remain as