¶ … achievement of the course outcomes in this course have prepared you to meet the MSN program outcome #4, the MSN Essential IV, and the Nurse Practitioner Core Competencies # 7.
The achievement of course outcomes has prepared me to meet the fourth MSN program outcome: which is to evaluate the design, implementation, and outcomes of strategies developed to meet healthcare needs. Completing the course has also promoted the MSN Essential IV, and the Nurse Practitioner Core Competencies # 7. MSN Essential IV is "translating and integrating scholarship into practice," which is a core component of professional nursing. Through the course, we recognize the value of evidence-based practice as we integrate research outcomes within the practice setting. We also resolve practice problems, work as a change agent, and disseminate results.
Program Outcome #4: Evaluate the design, implementation, and outcomes of strategies developed to meet healthcare needs (MSN Essentials)
Evaluating the design, implementation, and outcomes of strategies that have been developed to meet healthcare needs is an essential of professional nursing. As Drenkard (2012) points out, "Having a strategy for the implementation of evidence-based practice and the creation of a research agenda for nursing is critical," (p. 242). These strategies must be continually evaluated by nurse leaders and administrators, who work within the ethical guidelines of their organization. Moreover, nurse leaders...
Moreover, the MSN essential has shown how nurses work as change agents to disseminate results that are meaningful to the healthcare community. Achieving overall nursing goals and maintaining nurse competency includes the following seven components of the health delivery system. These health delivery system competencies are as follows.
1. Applies knowledge of organizational practices and complex systems to improve health care delivery.
Health care delivery can be improved when nurses apply their knowledge of organizational practices and the complex systems they entail. The task of applying knowledge can be challenging, especially as primary care practices vary considerably (Litaker, 2006, p. S30). Health care organizations exhibit complex systemic issues that nurses can understand and then apply to improve the quality…
