NR351 Foundational Concepts for the Practicing RN
Week 8
Graded Reflection
Collaboration Café
Purpose
The purpose of this Collaboration Café is to reflect on course outcomes, program outcomes, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials to expand self-awareness, identify knowledge gaps, and assess learning goals.
Course Outcomes
This Collaboration Café enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
CO 1: Plan leadership strategies within systems-based practice. (PO 2)
CO 2: Identify safety and quality improvement strategies in nursing practice. (PO 7)
CO 3: Demonstrate effective communication and interprofessional collaboration in professional decision-making. (POs 3, 4)
CO 4: Apply concepts of ethics and professionalism to nursing practice, nursing roles, and academic development. (POs 5, 6)
CO 5: Discuss theories and evidence-based practice in the planning of patient-centered care. (POs 1, 8)
Due Date
Graded Collaboration Cafés in Weeks 1-7 are due Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. For courses with Week 8 graded Collaboration Cafés, the Collaboration Café will close on Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT. All Week 8 Collaboration Café requirements must be met by this deadline.
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Collaboration Café
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the Collaboration Café. Abide by Chamberlain University’s academic integrity policy. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Directions
Collaboration Café: Reflect on Knowledge
Step 1: Reflect on your learning experience in this course. Answer all questions/criteria below with explanations and detail.?No scholarly sources are required.
Paragraph 1: How do you envision the concepts learned in this course in your future nursing practice as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse?
Paragraph 2: Examine the following program outcomes. Select one and reflect on how your learning in the course assisted in helping to achieve that outcome.
PO?4: Integrates clinical judgment in professional decision-making and implementation of the nursing process.
PO?5: Demonstrates responsibility for continued personal and professional development through enrollment in graduate education, continuing education degree programs, professional reading, and participation in professional organizations and community service.
PO?6: Implements professional nursing standards by practicing within the legal definitions of nursing practice and acts in accordance with the nursing code of ethics and American Nurses Association (ANA) standards of practice.
Paragraph 3: Examine the following competencies from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials. Select one and reflect on how the course assisted in achieving that competency.
4.1: Advance the scholarship of nursing.
5.1: Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery.
6.1: Communicate in a manner that facilitates a partnership approach to quality care delivery.
10.3: Develop capacity for leadership.
Posts should meet the following criteria:
Engage in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage with peers and/or faculty by asking questions and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
Respond to a peer and/or faculty post.
Provide additional information or clarification in the reply post.
Add depth to the Collaboration Café.
Communicate Professionally: Communicate professionally on all posts.
Communicate clearly and concisely.
Communicate respectfully, civilly, and caringly.
Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
Participate: Participate during the assigned week. You are expected to meet the minimum participation requirement described below. You will receive a 10% point deduction in a graded discussion if you do not post at least two (2) times on at least two (2) different days during the assigned week.
Post in the Collaboration Café at least two times.
Post in the Collaboration Café on two different days.
Grading
To view the grading criteria/rubric, please click on the 3 dots in the box at the end of the solid gray bar above the Collaboration Café title and then Show Rubric.