As nurses, you have all learned the importance of clinical decision-making, critical thinking, and clinical judgment to make effective and safe patient care decisions in practice. As you move into your role of advanced practice nurse whether that is leadership and management or NP, how does this change? Does it?
This week read through some of the articles provided about how nurses and advanced practice nurses make decisions in practice.
**Is there a difference between the skills required by the bedside nurse and those needed by the APN? Support the discussion with rationale and readings.
**As you transition to your role as an APN what clinical decision-making skills do you feel are needed for nurses planning to be NPs? Nurse leaders?
**Support this with course readings and other academic literature. Are these different, if so why or why not?
**What standardized decision-making tool has been created to guide nurses at all levels to make practice decisions?
**Why was this created, and what is the purpose of the tool?
**How would this be used in your role as an APN; Be specific and describe how to apply this tool. Are there other standardized clinical decision-making tools to guide NPs/APNs to make decisions in practice? Should these be employed and/or are they employed in all care settings for NPs? Provide a rationale.
Explain your rationale. Describe the role of the Consensus Model for APRNs.
Please note the grading rubric. This assignment is to be submitted as an essay- with an introduction, questions developed at the graduate level, and a conclusion to summarize and synthesize key points. APA must be strictly followed- paper must include level headings throughout. The submission should be minimally 4 pages not counting the cover page and references.
Please review the Rubric.