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NR 447 Week 1 DiscussionThe Affordable Care Act
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   The
Affordable Care Act   Healthcare reform is a
term that is ever present in our practice
settings and will not disappear any time
soon. Share with the class implementation of the
Affordable Care Act in your organization. (If you
are not working as a nurse, think about what was
happening when you were a prelicensure
student)                              
                     
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NR 447 Week 2 DiscussionAACN Essentials Self
Assessment and Patient Centered Care For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   AACN
Essentials Self-Assessment and Patient-Centered
Care   Locate and complete the Self-Assessment of
the AACN Essentials located in Doc Sharing (Week
2). Follow the directions on the form. Note your
total score. Next, review the article cited
below   Kramer, M., Schmalenberg, C., Maguire,
P., Brewer, B., Burke, R., Chmielewski, L.,
Meeks-Sjostrom, D. (2009). Walk the talk
Promoting control of nursing practice and a
patient-centered culture. Critical Care Nurse,
29(3), 7793. Click to link.                      
                             
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NR 447 Week 3 AssignmentConflict Resolution
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m   Conflict Resolution Paper   Guidelines   Purp
ose   The purpose of this Assignment is to learn
how to identify and effectively manage conflicts
that arise in care delivery settings resulting in
better management of patient care, including
appropriate delegation. You will gain insight
into conflict management strategies and develop a
plan to collaborate with a potential nurse leader
about the conflict and its impact in a practice
setting.                              
                     
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NR 447 Week 3 DiscussionConflict and
Collaboration For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Conflict and
Collaboration   Please watch the video and listen
to the dialogue before posting. Second Life Video
Transcript At times the needs of our families
conflict with our work responsibilities. Could
this possibly be the underlying issue
here?                              
                     
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NR 447 Week 4 AssignmentNursing Care Models
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m   Nursing Care Models Paper   Guidelines
Purpose   The purpose of this Assignment is to
identify nursing care models utilized in todays
various health care settings and enhance your
knowledge of how models impact the management of
care and may influence delegation. You will
assess the effectiveness of models and determine
how you would collaborate with a nurse leader to
identify opportunities for improvement to ensure
quality, safety and staff satisfaction.          
                                           
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NR 447 Week 4 DiscussionTransformational Nursing
Leaders For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   Transformational Nursing Leaders   Review
Appendix A, Sections IV in Finkelman (2012, pp.
510515).   Select one of the sections and share
how your chief nurse executive demonstrates
expertise in these competencies. Your comments
should be about the highest nursing leader in
your organization. Typically this is the leader
who represents nurses and nursing to the
governing board.                              
                     
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NR 447 Week 5 DiscussionPatient Outcomes For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Patient
Outcomes   Review the story at the link below
before posting to the Discussion   Rau, J.
(2015). Half of nations hospitals fail again to
escape Medicares readmission penalties. Kaiser
Health News. Retrieved from After you have
finished, consider how you would respond to the
following situation                              
                     
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NR 447 Week 6 AssignmentPerformance Measurement
PowerPoint For more classes visit www.snaptutori
al.com   Performance Measurement PowerPoint
Slideshow Guidelines Purpose The purpose of this
Assignment is to locate and compare performance
measurement data on common health conditions for
the hospitals in your area. You will investigate
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
websites and locate hospital compare data for
hospitals within a 50 mile radius of the
community where you are working or had your
prelicensure clinical experiences. You will
prepare a PowerPoint presentation and share the
results of your findings. Opportunities for
improving performance measurement indicators will
be shared.                                
                     
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NR 447 Week 6 DiscussionCivility in the
Workplace For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com   Civility in the Workplace   Complete the
Clark Workplace Civility Index located in Doc
Sharing. After you are finished, read the
assigned article Lachman, V. D.
(2015).   Ethical issues in the disruptive
behaviors of incivility, bullying, and
horizontal/lateral violence. Urologic Nursing,
35(1), 39-42. Click HERE to link.                
                                   
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NR 447 Week 7 DiscussionOur Future Leaders For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Our
Future Leaders    In Hustons (2010) brief, but
impressive article (required reading this Week),
the author outlines several leadership
competencies that EVERY nurse leader will need
for 2020. That year is not too far in the future,
is it?   Select one of the eight leadership
competencies Huston described and relate it to
your own leadership of nurses and nursing. This
should promote a robust Discussion as we come
from different clinical and nonclinical
perspectives.                              
                     
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  NR 447 Week 8 DiscussionClosing the Loop For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Closing
the Loop   Complete the Week 8 AACN Essentials
Self-Assessment located in Doc Sharing.   Compare
your scores from Week 2 to Week 8.   Describe how
far have you come and how much further do you
wish to go in improving your competencies during
the next two years of practice.                  
                                   
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