Course Description and Objectives

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings that inform nursing knowledge relevant to the role of the baccalaureate-prepared nurse. Emphasis is placed on use of the best available evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences to improve healthcare quality.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Apply knowledge from the art and science of nursing, the natural/behavioral sciences and humanities tonursing education, practice and research.
2. Utilize theoretical frameworks as a basis for nursing and interprofessional practice, research, andeducation.
3. Examine the assumptions and conceptual frameworks inherent in nursing’s core values that influencethe quality of health care for individuals and families.
4. Demonstrate knowledge and skill in utilizing research evidence for nursing practice.
5. Recognize the important leadership contributions that each nurse can make to implement EBP topromote quality and safety.
6. Explore the use of theory and evidence based knowledge to guide a systematic approach to nursing care.
7. Analyze and evaluate selected nursing theories for translation into practice, research and nursingeducation.

Planning the journey:

I anticipate this team project, from topic choice to writing the final paper to be accomplished through the use of teamwork. We have a good group for this project that is hardworking, dependable, and who will help each other out when necessary. The communication plan we plan on using is a group chat that we have formed to talk about the assignments and a group calendar that we can all see to plan out the dates of when we want certain parts accomplished. We plan on holding ourselves/ one another accountable for task completion by setting our own dates to have assignments accomplished, before the actual due date. Also, we have the group calendar, where everyone can see what everyone else is doing and can check up on their progress. Our plan for conflict management is use the group chat and Zoom meetings to talk about any problems that may arise. If a member doesn’t participate or fails to complete the agreed upon work, then we will have a group discussion to see why it was not completed on time and then either extend our due date or have another team member help them out to make sure it gets completed. The benefits I anticipate to completing this project as a team is being able to have others to help you with the work and being able to work in the areas that you are strong. Our group is very diverse in our skill sets and it will come in handy so that people can do certain parts that others are not strong in. This will be useful in my future nursing practice because there is a lot of teamwork that happens in the healthcare field. This will get me use to working with a team, communicating with others, and helping others in fields they are not as strong in/ receiving help in fields I am not as strong in.

During the semester, I worked on a team research paper where we looked to see if a regular exercise program could decrease the occupational stress levels of nurses. In the paper we discuss this topic and the implications that it would have on the nursing practice. A copy of this research paper is attached below.