Nursing Practice Reflection

Course Competencies

Design relevant, multidimensional nursing care for optimal health inclusive of client preferences, values, and beliefs.

Multidimensional care in nursing is critical. Nurses must understand the different cultures, beliefs, and values of patients. This will help them to provide patient-centered care. In this competency, I learned that multidimensional care involves an interdisciplinary healthcare team working together to meet patient preferences and needs (De Graaf et al., 2017). By understanding multidimensional care, I will treat all of my patients regardless of their culture or personal beliefs.

Select approaches to client care that incorporate care and comfort, risk reduction, health promotion, and disease management.

The lectures we received from our instructor helped me understand this competency. I was able to understand the many ways nurses can provide nursing care that is safe and does not pose preventable risks to the patient. I further learned the benefits of thoroughly evaluating patients’ risks for injury during nursing care to help minimize or alleviate this risk, which turns out to be a big issue. I will use this knowledge in my nursing practice to implement risk-reduction strategies.

Prioritize evidence-based, client-centered nursing care as a foundation for emotional, mental, spiritual, and social well-being.

Evidence-based practice is essential in nursing science. It enables nurses to integrate research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences to implement patient-centered nursing care (Jolley, 2020). I have learned that EBP can be utilized in implementing effective treatment protocols for patients. I will use current clinical guidelines in my future practice to provide care for my patients while considering their preferences and needs.

Utilize data-driven nursing care strategies inclusive of continuous quality improvement.

In this competency, I learned that the nursing profession keeps changing with new technologies and regular research. This constant research has enabled nurses to implement data-driven nursing care to improve patient care. I will use this knowledge to implement continuous quality improvement programs to enhance patient outcomes.

Synthesize components of clinical judgment, professional nursing identity, and reflective practice for lifelong learning.

In this competency, I learned that nurses must have sound clinical judgments to help them make clinical decisions that affect patient care. Nurses must have analytical skills, critical thinking, and reasoning to help them make good clinical judgments. This competency has helped to develop empathy and integrity as the cornerstone of professional identity. I will use these qualities to be an empathetic nurse who offers holistic care to my patients.

Determine effective responses to clinical problems integrating information technology, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and interprofessional collaboration.

In this competency, I have learned about the benefits of an interprofessional team in providing safe and quality healthcare services to patients. I knew that interprofessional collaboration promotes communication, which enhances the safety of healthcare services (Busari et al., 2017). Information technology is also beneficial since it helps to minimize medication-related errors (Alotaibi & Federico, 2017). I will be a team player who promotes interprofessional collaboration to ensure the safety and quality of healthcare services in my future practice.

Transferable skills

I achieved communication by completing my assignments in a professional and presentable manner that my lecturer could understand. I will use this skill to communicate professionally in a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care. I achieved critical thinking by thinking outside the box when trying to complete my assignments. I will use this skill to implement sound clinical decisions. I have become digitally fluent since I leveraged technology to complete my studies and retrieve current literature. I will apply this skill to integrate evidence-based practice. By completing my studies, I have learned the benefits of teamwork in an interprofessional team, which I will use to be a team player in an interprofessional team. I have gained information literacy by retrieving and using the information to complete my assignments. I will apply my information literacy to integrate evidence-based practice into nursing care. I have gained professional ethics, and I will use this to solve ethical dilemmas in my professional practice.

References

Alotaibi, Y. K., & Federico, F. (2017). The impact of health information technology on patient safety. Saudi Medical Journal, 38(12), 1173- 1180. https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.12.20631

Busari, J., Moll, F., & Duits, A. (2017). Understanding the impact of interprofessional collaboration on the quality of care: A case report from a small-scale resource-limited health care environment. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 10, 227-234. https://doi.org/10.2147/jmdh.s140042

De Graaf, E., Van Klinken, M., Zweers, D., & Teunissen, S. (2017). From concept to practice, is multidimensional care the leading principle in hospice care? An exploratory mixed method study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 10(1), e5-e5. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001200

Jolley, J. (2020). Evidence-based practice. Introducing Research and Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing and Healthcare Professionals, 63-88.

Alotaibi, Y. K., & Federico, F. (2017). The impact of health information technology on patient safety. Saudi Medical Journal, 38(12), 1173-1180. https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.12.20631

Busari, J., Moll, F., & Duits, A. (2017). Understanding the impact of interprofessional collaboration on the quality of care: A case report from a small-scale resource-limited health care environment. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 10, 227-234. https://doi.org/10.2147/jmdh.s140042

De Graaf, E., Van Klinken, M., Zweers, D., & Teunissen, S. (2017). From concept to practice, is multidimensional care the leading principle in hospice care? An exploratory mixed method study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 10(1), e5-e5. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2016-001200

Jolley, J. (2020). Evidence-based practice. Introducing Research and Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing and Healthcare Professionals, 63-88.

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Describe how you achieved each course competency, including at least one example of new knowledge gained related to that competency.

Nursing Practice Reflection

Describe how you achieved the transferable skills (listed below), including at least one example of new knowledge gained related to the transferable skill.

Describe how this new knowledge will impact your nursing practice.

Course Competencies

Design relevant, multidimensional nursing care for optimal health inclusive of client preferences, values, and beliefs.
Select approaches to client care that incorporate care and comfort, risk reduction, health promotion, and disease management.

Prioritize evidence-based, client-centered nursing care as a foundation for emotional, mental, spiritual, and social well-being.

Utilize data-driven nursing care strategies inclusive of continuous quality improvement.

Synthesize components of clinical judgment, professional nursing identity, and reflective practice for lifelong learning.

Determine effective responses to clinical problems integrating information technology, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and interprofessional collaboration.

Transferable Skills

Take a moment and review the Transferrable Skills Media from Module 02.

Communication
Critical Thinking
Digital Fluency
Diversity and Teamwork
Information Literacy
Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Responses
You are required to give a minimum of two responses and follow the criteria listed below:

Review how your classmates achieved each course competency and transferable skill.
Identify new knowledge others gained you had not considered.
Describe how this new knowledge could impact your nursing practice.