Herzing NU626 2021 October Unit 3 Discussion (dq1+dq2) Latest

NU626 Roles for Nurse Practitioners

Unit 3 Discussion

DQ1 Nurse Advocates

Based on your experiences and readings, analyze the roles, empowerment of patients, and values needed to be an effective nurse advocate and policy player.

Discuss the APN role as a change agent.

Provide an example of a time that you have acted as an advocate or a situation that you are familiar with that involved an APN acting as an advocate.

Additionally, address how the APN role is implemented at an organizations, state, and national level.

The text discusses the limited evidence base for the credibility of advocacy, in your opinion does it work?

Why or why not? Support your thoughts with evidence.

DQ2 Evidence-Based Policy

Research and evidence based practice are integral to advanced practice nursing. Describe how you will demonstrate/utilize these to set yourself apart as an “excellent” APN.

Provide an example of an evidence based policy that you would like to implement in your practice. How will you implement it?

Provide the details of working through organization structures in obtaining feedback from your staff and organization on how to implement it.

Explore the AHRQ website (Links to an external site.) and pick a quality care initiative that may impact quality client care in hospitals or areas of industry that deliver health care.

Read a few case studies in the "AHRQ's Impact on Health Care" and pick 2. Compare and Contrast how the AHRQ research or evidence behind these case studies improves client care outcomes.