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2. 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)

3. NR 447 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com 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:

4. NR 447 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com NR 447 Week 3 AssignmentConflict Resolution Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Conflict Resolution Paper: Guidelines Purpose 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.

5. NR 447 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com 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? Explain the conflict resolution skills displayed by the leader in the scenario. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate those of the leader.

6. NR 447 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com NR 447 Week 4 AssignmentNursing Care Models Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Nursing Care Models Paper: Guidelines Purpose The purpose of this Assignment is to identify nursing care models utilized in today’s 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.

7. NR 447 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com NR 447 Week 4 DiscussionTransformational Nursing Leaders For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Transformational Nursing Leaders Review Appendix A, Sections I–V in Finkelman (2012, pp. 510–515). 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.

8. NR 447 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com 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 nation’s hospitals fail again to escape Medicare’s readmission penalties. Kaiser Health News. Retrieved from After you have finished, consider how you would respond to the following situation: Your local hospital has received notice from CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) regarding their readmission rates.

9. NR 447 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com NR 447 Week 6 AssignmentPerformance Measurement PowerPoint For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.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.

10. NR 447 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com NR 447 Week 6 DiscussionCivility in the Workplace For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.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.

11. NR 447 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com NR 447 Week 7 DiscussionOur Future Leaders For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Our Future Leaders In Huston’s (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.

12. NR 447 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com 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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