Reflection – Advocacy, Safety, and Care for Childbearing Families

Reflection – Advocacy, Safety, and Care for Childbearing Families

Advanced-level nursing allows nurses to expand their skills in diverse nursing concepts and clinical care. Over the past weeks, this course has attempted to impart to the learners the knowledge and skills on several aspects of nursing care that will be valuable in their professional nursing practice, patient care, advocacy, and health promotion duties. The course, centered on childbearing and childbearing families, packaged pertinent learning points that will be impactful in advanced-level nursing professional practice.

The assigned reading, clinical experiences, assessments, and course activities widened my knowledge of childbearing and childbearing families. These learning points helped me meet the program outcome of advocating for positive health outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice in multiple ways. Firstly, the assigned reading enhanced my knowledge of diverse aspects of childbearing, empowering me to utilize evidence-based strategies to educate the masses on various aspects of childcare. I am now confident explaining to various stakeholders the need to bolster child care and their role in ensuring safe child care. Secondly, the activities and clinical experience gave me insight into the issues children, especially those from marginalized communities, are facing. As Smitherman et al. (2021) report, children from low socioeconomic communities and otherwise marginalized communities are disproportionately affected by child-specific healthcare problems. This knowledge will inform the need to voice their concerns in the overall pursuit of healthy living.

The competency selected under the third domain of the AACN essentials is 3.5- demonstrate advocacy strategies. Learning in the course helped me to achieve these outcomes in many ways. Firstly, the knowledge I obtained from the assigned readings empowered me to be a nurse advocate. Advanced nurses play an important role in healthcare reforms (Chiu et al., 2021). The assigned readings and clinical experiences imparted to me the knowledge on childbearing, allowing me to have a voice and advocate for issues affecting child care. Through these skills and expertise, I can appraise advocacy priorities based on the population’s needs. In this case, I can leverage what I observed from my clinical experiences to inform stakeholders of areas that should be focused on when advocating for better child care. Secondly, I can leverage my experiences with children from marginalized communities to inform an interdisciplinary group on the approaches for effective advocacy. The knowledge I obtained on the disparities in child care across marginalized communities can help promote an advocacy front that is diverse, inclusive, equitable, and abides by social justice. This will enhance the effectiveness of the advocacy processes. Additionally, these approaches can be leveraged to educate marginalized communities on best practices in child care.

The competency selected under the NONPF domain of quality and safety is NP 5.2- contribute to the culture of patient safety. The course has helped me attain this competency in multiple ways. First, the assigned readings emphasized the role of advanced nurses in nurturing a safe environment and asserted the significance of advanced nurses utilizing evidence-based clinical guidelines during care delivery to promote the health and safety of a child. This way, they help me attain the stated competency. Secondly, my clinical experiences imparted to me the skills required for the assessment of a child’s growth and development. This way, I can detect developmental anomalies and any other manifestations of illness and take action to correct the identified health problem. This will further promote the safety of the child.

References

Chiu, P., Cummings, G. G., Thorne, S., & Schick-Makaroff, K. (2021). Policy advocacy and nursing organizations: A scoping review. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 22(4), 276–296. https://doi.org/10.1177/15271544211050611

Smitherman, L. C., Golden, W. C., & Walton, J. R. (2021). Health disparities and their effects on children and their caregivers during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 68(5), 1133–1145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2021.05.013

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Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on learning in the course related to course outcomes, program outcomes, and competencies. Reflective inquiry allows for expansion in self-awareness, identification of knowledge gaps, and assessment of learning goals.

Enhancing Nursing Practice

Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO 1: Integrate current evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in the care of childbearing and childrearing families. (PO 1)
CO 2: Appropriately apply anticipatory guidance and health promotion in the care of childbearing and childrearing families. (PO 1)
CO 3: Assess growth and developmental milestones in the care of childbearing and childrearing families. (PO 5)
CO 4: Construct an evidence-based reproductive health management plan. (PO 5)
CO 5: Identify and address healthcare needs of marginalized childbearing and childrearing families. (POs 3, 5)
Due Date
This assignment is due by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. MT of Week 8.

The course ends on Saturday of Week 8. There is no late submission allowed for this assignment.

Total Points Possible:30
Preparing the Assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

Describe how the assigned readings, activities, assessments, and clinical experiences in this course helped you to meet Program Outcome 5: Advocates for positive health outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice. (Extraordinary Nursing) Provide at least two specific examples.
Select one of the competencies from American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials Domain 3 listed below and describe how learning in this course helped you to meet the advanced-level nursing education competency. Provide at least two specific examples.
3.1 Manage population health
3.1j Assess the efficacy of a system’s capability to serve a target sub-population’s healthcare needs.
3.1k Analyze primary and secondary population health data for multiple populations against relevant benchmarks.
3.1l Use established or evolving methods to determine population-focused priorities for care.
3.1m Develop a collaborative approach with relevant stakeholders to address population healthcare needs, including evaluation methods.
3.1n Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to implement a sociocultural and linguistically responsive intervention plan.
3.2 Engage in effective partnerships
3.2d Ascertain collaborative opportunities for individuals and organizations to improve population health.
3.2e Challenge biases and barriers that impact population health outcomes.
3.2f Evaluate the effectiveness of partnerships for achieving health equity.
3.2g Lead partnerships to improve population health outcomes.
3.2h Assess preparation and readiness of partners to organize during natural and manmade disasters.
3.3 Consider the socioeconomic impact of the delivery of health care.
3.3c Analyze cost-benefits of selected population-based interventions.
3.3d Collaborate with partners to secure and leverage resources necessary for effective, sustainable interventions.
3.3e Advocate for interventions that maximize cost-effective, accessible, and equitable resources for populations.
3.3f Incorporate ethical principles in resource allocation in achieving equitable health.
3.4 Advance equitable population health policy
3.4f Identify opportunities to influence the policy process.
3.4g Design comprehensive advocacy strategies to support the policy process.
3.4h Engage in strategies to influence policy change.
3.4i Contribute to policy development at the system, local, regional, or national levels.
3.4j Assess the impact of policy changes.
3.4k Evaluate the ability of policy to address disparities and inequities within segments of the population.
3.4l Evaluate the risks to population health associated with globalization.
3.5 Demonstrate advocacy strategies
3.5f Appraise advocacy priorities for a population.
3.5g Strategize with an interdisciplinary group and others to develop effective advocacy approaches.
3.5h Engage in relationship-building activities with stakeholders at any level of influence, including system, local, state, national, and/or global.
3.5i Demonstrate leadership skills to promote advocacy efforts that include principles of social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
3.6 Advance preparedness to protect population health during disasters and public health emergencies
3.6f Collaboratively initiate rapid response activities to protect population health.
3.6g Participate in ethical decision making that includes diversity, equity, and inclusion in advanced preparedness to protect populations.
3.6h Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to lead preparedness and mitigation efforts to protect population health with attention to the most vulnerable populations.
3.6i Coordinate the implementation of evidence-based infection control measures and proper use of personal protective equipment.
3.6j Contribute to system-level planning, decision making, and evaluation for disasters and public health emergencies.
Select one of the competencies from the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Core Competency Domain 5: Quality and SafetyLinks to an external site. listed below and describe how learning in this course helped you to meet the competency. Provide at least two specific examples.
NP Domain 5: Quality and Safety The nurse practitioner utilizes knowledge and principles of translational and improvement science methodologies to improve quality and safety for providers, patients, populations, and systems of care.

NP 5.1 Apply quality improvement principles in care delivery.
NP 5.1p: Systematically evaluate quality and outcomes of care using quality improvement principles.
NP 5.1q: Evaluate the relationships and influence of access, populations, cost, quality, and safety on healthcare.
NP 5.1r: Evaluate the impact of organizational systems in healthcare to include care processes, financing, marketing, and policy.
NP 5.2 Contribute to a culture of patient safety.
NP 5.2k: Build a culture of safety through quality improvement methods and evidence-based interventions.
NP 5.3 Contribute to a culture of provider and work environment safety.
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Rubric
NR602_W8 Reflection Rubric
NR602_W8 Reflection Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeReflection on Learning
3 Required Criteria

Reflections should be clear and sufficient in detail.

1. Describe how course assignments or activities will help you achieve Program Outcome 5: Advocates for positive health outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice. (Extraordinary Nursing)  Provide at least two specific examples.

2. Select one of the competencies from the  American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials Domain 3 and describe how learning in this course helped you to meet the advanced-level nursing education competency. Provide at least two specific examples.

3. Select one of the competencies from the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Domain 5 and describe how learning in this course helped you to meet the competency. Provide at least two specific examples.