Description
Week 1
The Advanced Practice Nurse as a Clinical Educator
Discussion
PURPOSE
The purpose of this discussion is to evaluate the skills and competencies needed to be an effective clinical nurse educator and promote safe, high-quality patient-centered nursing care.
INSTRUCTIONS
Reflect on the lesson and readings this week and respond to the following:
If you were transitioning from a clinical position to a clinical nurse educator role, what competencies or knowledge would you need to develop to facilitate a smooth transition?
To provide safe and effective patient-centered care, what strategies would you utilize to develop the skills needed to be an effective clinical nurse educator?
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PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
This discussion enables the student to meet the following program outcomes:
Integrates scientific underpinnings into everyday clinical practice. (POs 3, 5)
Applies organizational and system leadership skills to affect systemic changes in corporate culture and to promote continuous improvement in clinical outcomes. (PO 6)
Uses analytic methods to translate critically appraised research and other evidence into clinical scholarship for innovative practice improvements. (POs 3, 5)
Appraises current information systems and technologies to improve health care. (POs 6, 7)
Analyzes health care policies to advocate for equitable health care and social justice to all populations and those at risk due to social determinants of health. (POs 2, 9)
Creates a supportive organizational culture for flourishing collaborative teams to facilitate clinical disease prevention and promote population health at all system levels. (PO 8)
Translates a synthesis of research and population data to support preventative care and improve the nation’s health. (PO 1)
Leads others in professional identity, advanced clinical judgment, systems thinking, resilience, and accountability in selecting, implementing, and evaluating clinical care. (POs 1, 4)
COURSE OUTCOMES
This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
Apply leadership practices that support interprofessional collaborative practice and team effectiveness. (PCs 2, 4, 5, 6, 8; POs 2, 4, 6, 8)
Translate quality improvement initiatives to provide safe and effective patient-centered care. (PCs 1, 3, 6, 7, 8; POs 1, 3, 5, 8
