NR393 Week 7 Discussion Impact in the 21st Century
NR393 Week 7 Discussion Impact in the 21st Century
Purpose:
The purpose of this discussion is for learners to consider one 21st century person or event significantly impacted nursing and healthcare.
Course Outcomes:
This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcome:
CO3: Identify persons and events in nursing history impacting evidence-based practice from the 20th century and 21st century. (PO8)
Directions:
Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:
Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week
Integrate scholarly resources
Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates
Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner
Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.
Discussion
Select one person or event in 21st century nursing that had the greatest impact on evidence in professional nursing practice. Explain your choice and the impact on healthcare.
NR393 Nursing History
Discussion
Select one person or event in 21st century nursing that had the greatest impact on evidence in professional nursing practice. Explain your choice and the impact on healthcare.
Solution
Week 7 Discussion: Impact in the 21st Century
From week 1 to week 6, we mainly focused on 19th and 20th century nurses such as Florence Nightingale and their impact on the nursing profession. From what we have learnt in class and the discussions we have made in the previous weeks, there is no doubt that the 19th and 20th century nurses laid the nursing foundation. However, the 21st century also has famous nurses who have contributed to various areas of nursing. One of the 21st century nurses who has contributed, and continues to contribute in nursing is Patricia Sawyer Benner. She was born in…
I can see why technology are so important in nursing. While most nurses do think about technology equaling EMR, nurses use so much more technology than we realize. On our newest unit in the hospital we have beds that speak to the patient and tell them to not get out of bed and to call the nurse. Rather than just a loud alarm going off, the alarm only sounds on the nurses vocera and at the nurses station. The mirrors also tell the patient good morning. We have voceras that ring a patient’s call light to the nurse in case we are not at the desk and to decrease alarm fatigue. We utilize programable IV pumps, for heparin drips, you program the patient’s weight the desired mg/kg/hr, then the pump will set the ml/hr based off the same and once the nurse programs the desired ML to infuse the pump will determine the length of infusion. The nurse just has to make sure that the ml/hr is not over the max infusion rate. In nursing school we learn how to calculate drip rates, how to calculate infusion rates, while a lot of the time the IV pumps are now doing it for you. Nurses most know how to do these things on their own to make sure that the pump is correct.
I love that you made a point to address that students coming into the nursing field, aren’t trained like nurses are today. In school, one of my instructors taught me “treat your patient – not the machine”, and I couldn’t agree more! We have become so reliant on technology that there is no underlying, baseline understanding of things like drip rates or manually taking vitals! I went to see my doctor a few days ago and the tech put a cuff that was too small on me – and my pressure was through the roof! The doctor saw this and addressed it, but it made me wonder how many students are being taught to treat the machine. I personally find it extremely important to instill these traits into our students today, even new employees. Much of my nursing knowledge and experience is from being shown how to complete tasks and document findings from older nurses who have shown me “the old fashion way”.
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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
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One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.