Reply to at least 2 colleagues to get full credit for the discussion. After reading your colleague’s post, you will respond in the following ways: Share your own findings after you read your colleagues’ post or Validate his or her idea and offer new finding or Make suggestion based on additional information from your reading. This is a colleague work to reply EBP is the integration of clinical expertise, patient values, and the best research evidence into the decision-making process for patient care, the best research evidence is usually found in clinically relevant research that has been conducted using sound methodology. (Sackett D, 2002) “EBP is the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient. It means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.” (Sackett D, 1997). Evidence -based practice has become so important an

Executive Presentation Paper for Decision Support System (DSS) Remember: Decision Support System or DSS is software Follow these instructions for writing your Executive Presentation Paper. This paper is limited to 10 pages, (excluding abstract, title page, and reference list) and accounts for 30% of your course grade. Use the scoring rubric for this assignment as a guide for writing your paper. Scenario for Individual Graded Project You are the nursing information technology consultant for a healthcare organization. The organization wants to learn more about a computerized decision support system (DSS), either for purchase or for strategizing about how they can use their existing DSS application more efficiently and effectively. The DSS you select for this project may be one you are familiar with and have used, or one from a vendor site that provides advanced nursing practice decision support in a healthcare managerial, administrative, research, or clinical area. If you use a DSS that

Literature review for this strategic plan paper 1) Revenue Projection Model, 2) Capital Budgeting Analysis, 3) Depreciation Calculator, 4) Profit and Loss Projection) All would be useful for developing my strategic plan for this paper. Use one or more budgeting tools to outline the financial resources for my proposed change (decrease the nursing shortage by increasing the nurse retension rate ) Reflect on any challenges that arise as I evaluate the financial resources required for this change now and in the future. Review the information on PERT and other timeline tools, . Use PERT time line tool and represent the activities that need to be completed to successfully plan and implement my proposed change to decrease the nursing shortage by increasing the nurse retention rate. Be sure to note dependencies (e.g., a task/milestone that must be completed in order to trigger the next step) and realistically assess the minimum time needed to

Introduction Organisational culture ‘is a complex mixture of different elements that influence the way things are done, as well as the way things are understood, judged and valued’ (Kaufman & McGaughan 2013). As you will gather from the work in previous modules, the new graduate registered nurse does not work in isolation but within an organisational environment. One side effect of this environment relates to the special needs of those stepping out of their comfort zone from enrolled nurse to registered nurse particularly if transitioning in the same organisation (Cubit & Lopez 2011, p. 209). The GN (new graduate) reported that their nurse managers and other ward nurses took advantage of them when they knew that they were previous ENs ... the GN reported that they needed support as much as any other new RNs in the GNP. For them, they said that because the ward staff knew that they were previously ENs, they were being left behind to manage by themselves. (Cubit & Lopez 2

Power Inventory Power is an important aspect of our personal and professional lives. Understanding your own level of comfort with power will help you gain support and resources in your work environment. Directions: Write a brief response to the statement under each item. Circle a number on the continuum that best corresponds with how you view yourself. (1 = strongly agree; 2 = moderately agree; 3 = agree; 4 = somewhat agree; 5 = disagree.) 1. I am sensitive to where power exists in organizations. 1 2 3 4 5 2. I believe that power can be used effectively without disadvantaging individuals. 1 2 3 4 5 3. I feel comfortable taking risks. 1 2 3 4 5 4. I try to obtain additional resources in my work setting. 1 2 3 4 5 5. I engage in activities to strengthen my power base. 1 2 3 4 5 6. I avoid activities that will decrease my power. 1 2 3 4 5 7. I believe that I have a base of colleagues on whom I can count to support my ideas or projects. 1 2 3 4