Nurse Competencies Paper

Topic: Nurse Competencies Paper

Instructions

Review the American Nurses Association (2021) definitions and concepts related to competence:   

“A competency is an expected level of performance that integrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment. Knowledge encompasses thinking, understanding of science and humanities, professional standards of practice, and insights gained from context, practical experiences, personal capabilities, and leadership performance. Skills include psychomotor, communication, interpersonal, and diagnostic skills. Ability is the capacity to act effectively. It requires listening, integrity, knowledge of one’s strengths and weaknesses, positive self-regard, emotional intelligence, and openness to feedback.” (American Nurses Association, 2021, p. 146).

In this paper, you will need to provide an explanation for how you have achieved the following key nursing competencies: patient-centered care, professional identity, spirit of inquiry, and nursing judgment.  Additionally, you will address how you achieved the following competencies in your work in the program as you move into the final course of the program: NUR250 M7.5 Nurse Competencies Paper Writing Template.docDownload NUR250 M7.5 Nurse Competencies Paper Writing Template.doc

Here are the competencies to address:

Competencies:

• Use of a caring holistic approach to provide and advocate for safe quality care for patients and families in an environment that values the uniqueness, dignity, and diversity of patients. (Patient-centered care)  
• Apply the nursing process to make nursing judgments, substantiated with evidence to provide safe, quality patient care across the lifespan. (Nursing Judgment)  
• Use of principles of management and delegation to implement plans of care with members of the interprofessional team to achieve safe, quality patient outcomes. (Professional Identity) 
• Apply principles of leadership and interprofessional collaboration to improve patient outcomes. (Professional Identity)
• Integrated evidence-based findings and technology into the provision of patient-centered nursing care for patients. (Spirit of Inquiry)
• Use specific detailed examples to explain and support how you achieved the competencies of patient-centered care and nursing judgment. (Spirit of Inquiry)
• Use of principles of management and delegation to implement plans of care with members of the interprofessional team to achieve safe, quality patient outcomes. (Professional Identity) 
• Apply principles of leadership and interprofessional collaboration to improve patient outcomes. (Professional Identity)
• Integrated evidence-based findings and technology into the provision of patient-centered nursing care for patients. (Spirit of Inquiry)
• Use specific detailed examples to explain and support how you achieved the competencies of patient-centered care and nursing judgment. (Spirit of Inquiry)

References

• Provide a separate reference page with all sources cited within the text.
• Use APA format (7th Edition) to cite any external sources used in the paper. 
• The paper must be in APA format and include at least 3 professional peer-reviewed resources dated within the last 5 years.

Writing

• Use clear, concise writing that communicates meaning to the reader.
• Consider using Grammarly by signing up for a free account at www.grammarly.comLinks to an external site. 

Here is an outline to help you draft your paper along with a template. Click the link to download the template: 

(Remove all instructions within the template before submitting your paper, otherwise, you will receive a high Turnitin score.)

Submit to the Canvas assignment dropbox via Turnitin (see Submission Guidance below).

Evaluation

Please review the Nurse Competencies Paper Rubric Download Nurse Competencies Paper Rubric prior to submitting your work.

• This activity is used to assess an end-of-program student learning outcome (EPSLO) for the associate degree in nursing. You will see additional row(s) at the bottom of your rubric from your instructor along with assessment levels of Proficient/Competent/Advanced Beginner/Novice for each EPSLO. These rows do not factor into your grade. 

Formatting Considerations

The paper must:

• Follow APA format.
• Be double-spaced.
• Be approximately two to three pages in length (not counting the title page and reference section).
• Have a title page that includes the paper title, your name, and the course number.
• Include at least 3 professional peer-reviewed resources dated within the last 5 years.

Helpful Resources - click the links to navigate to these helpful pages in the Excelsior University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

• Excelsior University OWL - Grammar EssentialsLinks to an external site.
• Excelsior University OWL - Avoiding PlagiarismLinks to an external site.
• Excelsior University OWL - Citation & DocumentationLinks to an external site.

Submission Guidance

This course has Turnitin® fully integrated into the course dropbox. Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer.

Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.” Enter the submission title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer, and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to Submission File. Click on “Continue.” Confirm submission is correct and then click on “Accept Submission & Save.” 

Turnitin®

As part of your learning experience, you are provided access to a plagiarism prevention service called Turnitin. Using Turnitin serves as a learning experience and an opportunity to correct any areas in your papers involving plagiarism or improper citation. 

Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin® automatically. You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student papers.

Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately. 

• The overall match can be no higher than 15%, with any match no higher than 2%.

You may resubmit your assignment through dropbox as many times as you need to check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the assignment. However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality Report. Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment. Once the due date has passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.

You should only submit your assignments to dropbox within the assignment area. Please do not submit your assignment directly to Turnitin.com.