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Discussion Questions

 

#1:

Planning for our patients during times of transitions (for example: hospital to home, home to rehabilitation facility) involves collaboration with a number of healthcare professionals. Please address the following questions:

· How does your facility promote interprofessional collaboration during times of patient transitions?

· What is the role of the nurse in patient transitions?

· What gaps can you identify in this process related to quality of care? (If you are not currently in practice, please use a previous role or clinical experience in your answers.)

#2:

Discussion Question

 

This is the week to really see where technology and healthcare are connecting. Select ONE of the following trends and discuss your understanding of this trend in healthcare and its potential impact on your practice as a nurse. What are the legal, privacy, and ethical considerations of this trend? (Everyone attempt to choose a different topic so that we will learn about the many advancements in technology).

· Nanotechnology

· Consumer health informatics (CHI)

· Social media healthcare applications

· Health-focused wearable technology

· eHealth

· Artificial Intelligence

· Simulation

· Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)

· Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA)

· Creative measures in healthcare for use with 3D printers

· Smart Pumps

· Smart Rooms

· Robotics in healthcare

· Mobile technology in outpatient care

· Web-based tools and software technology

· Risk Management tools

· Chatbots or Bots in healthcare

· Telenursing

· Telemedicine

· Telepharmacy

· Telerehabilitation

· Teleconsultation

· Telehospice

· Technology advancement from your clinical practice

· Palm Vein Technology

· Microchip use in healthcare

· Optical head-mounted computer glasses (Google Glass)

· Smart hospital beds

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1.
Getting Started: Interprofessional teams are part of practice trends we see developing in all aspects of care delivery. Consider you own work environment (or recent clinical setting).

· For this assignment, consider the concept of interprofessional teamwork and patient outcomes.

· Look to your current workplace as an example. (If you are not currently employed, look to a past workplace or clinical practice area.)

· Apply the components of the iCARE concept to interprofessional teams in a short paper. 
(Body of the paper to be 3 pages, excluding the title page and references page)

· iCARE components are:

· C ompassion

· A dvocacy

· R esilience

· E vidence-Based Practice (EBP)

· How could you contribute to the interprofessional team, the culture of your practice setting, and positive patient outcomes through nursing actions demonstrating compassion, advocacy, resilience, and evidence-based practice?

2. Select 
one scholarly nursing article from 
CINAHL
 as a resource for your paper.

· Additional scholarly sources can be used but are optional.

· When searching in the CINAHL database, please limit your search word to one component of the paper you wish to emphasize, such as ‘Resilience’.  Searching for the term iCARE will not produce the results you need.

·

3.
Elements of iCARE paper

·
Title page

·
Below are the headings to be used for this assignment.

· Title of your paper as the heading for the introduction (Do not use the word Introduction, just the paper title from your title page. See page 61 of the APA Manual, 7th edition for an example). Explain the type of work setting you are discussing and whether interprofessional teams are currently present. If interprofessional teams are present, indicate a team function that could be improved. If interprofessional teams are NOT present, indicate what type of team you think might be possible in the setting.

· Describe a 
nursing action item for each component below that could contribute to: 
interprofessional team support; how this might 
impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible 
impact on patient outcomes.

·
Compassion

·
Advocacy

·
Resilience

·
Evidence-Based Practice

·
Summary: Include a summary statement of how iCARE components can support interprofessional teams and patient outcomes. Address how you may be able to influence this process of support for interprofessional team

2

Title

Your Name

Chamberlain College of Nursing

NR451 RN Capstone Course

Instructor

Due Date

Your title here

This paragraph(s) is to introduce the paper. Explain the type of work setting you are

discussing and whether interprofessional teams are present. If present, indicate a team function

that could be improved. If not present, indicate what type of team you think might work well in

this setting and how it might function. Remember, this is an APA scholarly paper. REMINDER:

Remember to keep the headings bolded and remove these directions beneath each heading when

you start your paper.

Compassion

In this paragraph, describe
a nursing action that could contribute to compassion through interprofessional team support; describe how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.

Advocacy

In this paragraph, describe
a nursing action that could contribute to advocacy through interprofessional team support; describe how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.

Resilience

In this paragraph, describe
a nursing action that could contribute to resilience through interprofessional team support; describe how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.

Evidence-Based Practice

In this paragraph, describe
a nursing action that could contribute to evidence-based practice through interprofessional team support; how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.

Summary

Provide a clear and concise summary. Include a summary statement of how iCARE components can support interprofessional teams and patient outcomes through nursing actions. Address how you may be able to influence this process of support for interprofessional teams on your unit or in your organization.

References

Please use at least one scholarly source from the CINAHL database in the Chamberlain Library.

Other scholarly sources may be used, but are optional.