TOPIC: The Impact of Hand Hygiene practices on infection control in neonatal intensive care units.
PRIORITY CONCEPT: Health Promotion and Maintenance of Health
In this paper, the student will
provide a detailed description of the relationship between the category from the
NCLEX-RN® examination blueprint, the priority concept (topic) selected based on
assessment performance, and professional practice.
1)
Write a 4–6-page paper (not including the title
page or reference page) using APA format.
2) Include the following sections:
a.
Introduction – 12 points/10%.
·
Offer a detailed description of the purpose statement
for the paper.
·
Identify the priority concept (topic) from the Clinical
Judgment Readiness Exam and align to one of the four (4) main categories of the
NCLEX-RN® examination blueprint:
a. Assurance
of a safe and effective care environment
b.
Health promotion and maintenance of health
c.
Preservation of the patient population’s
psychosocial integrity
d. Preservation
of the patient population’s physiological integrity
· Provide
a detailed description of the relationship between the category from the NCLEX-RN®
examination blueprint and the priority concept (topic).
· This
section should not exceed two (2) paragraphs. A paragraph is 3-5 sentences.
b. Importance – 12 points/10%
· Describe
the primary importance of the priority concept (topic) to professional practice.
· Describe
the importance of the priority concept (topic) to the health status of a patient
population.
· Include
2 potential negative effect(s) to professional practice if the priority concept
(topic) is unresolved.
· Include
2 potential negative effect(s) to the patient population if the priority
concept (topic) is unresolved.
· Provide
appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
c.
Healthcare Disparities, Inequalities, and Interventions – 30
points/ 25%
•
Identify a primary patient
population that may be negatively influenced by the priority concept (topic) if
unresolved.
•
Identify a healthcare resource to
support evidence-based professional practice related to the priority concept
(topic).
•
Summarize potential priority
concept (topic) healthcare disparities and inequalities related to diverse populations.
•
Propose an evidence-based solution
for the priority concept (topic) related to healthcare disparities.
•
Identify an evidence-based
practice intervention.
•
Discuss patient education
considerations related to the priority concept (topic).
•
Provide appropriate, adequate, and
relevant scholarly support for this section.
d.
Legal & Ethical Considerations and Intervention
Challenges – 18 points/ 15%
•
Identify one (1) ethical and one
(1) legal implication for addressing the priority concept (topic) in
professional practice.
•
Discuss one (1) strategy in
prevention of an ethical dilemma related to the priority concept (topic) in
professional practice.
•
Discuss one (1) strategy in
prevention of legal consequences related to the priority concept (topic) in
professional practice.
•
Identify one (1) anticipated challenge
to the success of preventing the priority concept (topic) in professional
practice.
•
Identify one (1) anticipated
challenge to the success of resolving the priority concept (topic) in
professional practice.
•
Provide appropriate, adequate, and
relevant scholarly support for this section.
e.
Participants and Interdisciplinary Approach – 12 points/10%
•
Identify three (3) parties (identify
two (2) members of a discipline outside of nursing) who will be involved in the
implementation of the priority concept (topic) interventions.
•
Discuss the role of these member
in the intervention implementation for the priority concept (topic).
•
Discuss the benefit of including the
identified interdisciplinary members from disciplines outside nursing to promote
evidence-based professional practice.
•
Provide appropriate, adequate, and
relevant scholarly support for this section.
f.
Quality Improvement – 12 points/10%
•
Provide at least one (1) benefit in
patient outcomes from addressing the priority concept (topic) within the
clinical environment.
•
Provide at least one (1) benefit
to the nursing profession that will result from addressing this priority
concept (topic) in clinical professional practice.
•
Discuss at least one (1) resource
utilized to promote improved patient outcomes in the clinical environment.
•
Discuss at least one (1) resource
utilized to increase professional nurse knowledge promoting improved clinical professional
practice.
•
Provide appropriate, adequate, and
relevant scholarly support for this section.
g.
Conclusion – 12 points/10%
•
Provide a thorough recap of the
purpose to promote increased evidence-based professional practice knowledge related
to the priority concept (topic) deficiency.
•
Summarize resources identified to support
improved evidence-based professional practice related to the priority concept
(topic).
•
Include a complete statement
describing why addressing the priority concept (topic) matters for patient
outcomes and evidence-based professional practice.
•
This section should provide no new information and should be
limited to 1-2 paragraphs.
h.
APA Style and Organization 12 points/10%
•
References are submitted with
paper.
•
Uses current APA format and is
free of errors.
•
Grammar and mechanics are free of
errors.
•
Paper is 4-6 pages, excluding
title and reference pages.
•
A minimum of three (3) scholarly,
peer reviewed, primary sources from the last 5 years, excluding the textbook,
are provided.
•
Each section should have a cited
source to support information provided.