Diiscussion: 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.
Response to a collegue
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.
suggesting an additional practice change or other intervention that your colleague might consider to address the need, challenge, or issue facing the community of practice they selected.