GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Organizational Leadership and Informatics Course Syllabus
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Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Course Description
This course examines the role of leadership, organizational science, policy, and informatics in supporting safe, high-quality, cost-effective patient care within interprofessional, dynamic health care environments. Learners explore various organizational relationships within health care systems and prepare to participate in the design of cost-effective, innovative models of care delivery and practice change proposals. Professional leadership theories and how they shape the nurse leader in such things as collaboration, conflict resolution, decision-making, and negotiation are introduced. GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Learners discuss change management theories and evaluate the ethical, social, legal, economic, and political implications of practice change and health care informatics along with strategies for managing human, fiscal, and health care resources in a variety of organizational systems. Learners also examine the uses of patient-care, information systems, and communication technologies and discuss the design, implementation, and evaluation of electronic health record systems and clinical decision support systems.
Pre-Requisites
None
Co-Requisites
None
NUR-514
Course Materials
Weberg, D., Mangold, K., Porter-O’Grady, T., & Malloch, K. (2019). Leadership in nursing practice: Changing the landscape of health care (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN-13: 9781284146530
Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge
Description:
McGonigle, D., Mastrian, K. G. (Eds.). (2018). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge(4th ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN-13: 9781284121247
This text will be used as a resource throughout your program. Download the book in this course so it can be accessed as needed in subsequent courses.
NUR-514 Course Objectives
Description:
In this course, the learner will:
- Explore various health care system and organizational relationships (e.g., stakeholders, economic, financial, political, ethical issues, organizational structure, and delivery of care, including mission/vision/philosophy and values).
- Discuss professional leadership theories and how they shape the nurse leader in such things as collaboration, conflict resolution, decision making, and negotiation.
- Discuss change management theories and strategies and the ethical, social, legal, economic, and political implications of practice change on nursing practice decisions.
- Analyze the impact of health care policy on health care organizations and cost-effective quality care.
- Evaluate strategies for managing human, fiscal, and health care resources in the design of cost-effective, innovative models of care delivery or practice change proposals.
- Explore current and emerging patient care, information system, and communication technologies that can deliver and enhance safe, high quality, cost-effective patient care and health outcomes.
- Examine the implications of health care informatics and the role of the advanced registered nursing specialties leader on performance measures and standards related to quality.
- Discuss the design, implementation, and evaluation of electronic health record systems and clinical decision support systems. GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
- Evaluate legal (HIPAA), ethical, reimbursement, emerging technologies, and interprofessional issues related to informatics and information systems.
LopesWrite
Description:
Refer to the LopesWrite webpage for guidance regarding assignments requiring submission to LopesWrite.
APA Writing Style
Description:
APA Style is required for all writing assignments in this course, where indicated. Please prepare these assignments according to the APA Style Guide, located in the in the Student Success Center.
You may want to consider purchasing a copy of the APA style guide as this will be a useful resource throughout your program
The Writing Process
Description:
View “The Writing Process” media presentation for information on how to strengthen your writing for future assignments.
University Policy Handbook
Description:
Read the Code of Conduct and Academic Standards section of the University Policy Handbook.
Library Walk Through Tutorial
Description:
View the “Library Walk Through Tutorial.”
Academic Integrity
Description:
Read the “About LopesWrite” and “Plagiarism” sections of the Academic Integrity page of the GCU website.
GCU Library: General Research Guide
Description:
Review the “General Research” guide, located on the GCU Library website.
GCU Library: Persistent Links
Description:
Review “Persistent Links,” located on the GCU Library website, to learn how to locate persistent links for library articles, videos, etc.
RefWorks and EndNote: RefWorks and EndNote Login
Description:
Manage your citations with the RefWorks tool, located on the GCU Library website. RefWorks automates the creation of your reference lists in the format of your choice (APA, MLA, etc.).
GCU Library Research Guides: Citing Sources
Description:
Reference the “GCU Library Research Guides: Citing Sources” resource for information on how to cite sources properly.
APA Writing Checklist
Description:
Use the “APA Writing Checklist” to act as a checklist for each paper you will write throughout your GCU graduate program. GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Discussion Forum Guidelines and Example
Description:
Review the “Discussion Forum Guidelines and Example” document for your weekly discussion forum participation.
Topic 1: Health Care Systems, Organizational Relationships, and Interprofessional Health Care Environments
Description
Objectives:
- Discuss the evolution of the S. health care system its impact on nursing and the delivery of care.
- Explain how interprofessional relationships increase collaboration and improve patient
- Examine how leaders benefit from applying systems
Study Materials
Tasks
GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics Topic 2: Professional Leadership
Description
Objectives:
- Differentiate between leadership and
- Analyze different leadership theories and
- Analyze characteristics of the professional nurse leader and nursing
- Evaluate leadership and management strategies within health care
- Discuss potential causes of conflict, principles of negotiation, and conflict resolution models and
Study Materials
Description:
Read “From Trait to Transformation: The Evolution of Leadership Theories,” by Johns and Moser, from Education
(1989).
Nursing Leadership From Bedside to Boardroom: Opinion Leaders’ Perceptions
Description:
Read “Nursing Leadership From Bedside to Boardroom: Opinion Leaders’ Perceptions,” by Blizzard, Khoury, and McMurray (2015), located on the Campaign for Action website.
Leadership Styles: Choosing the Right Approach for the Situation
Description:
Read “Leadership Styles: Choosing the Right Approach for the Situation,” located on the Mind Tools website.
Transformational Leadership: Becoming an Inspirational Leader
Description:
Read “Transformational Leadership: Becoming an Inspirational Leader,” located on the Mind Tools website.
Servant Leadership: Putting Your Team First, and Yourself Second
Description:
Read “Servant Leadership: Putting Your Team First, and Yourself Second,” located on the Mind Tools website.
What Is the Difference Between Management and Leadership?
Description:
Read “What Is the Difference Between Management and Leadership?” by Murray (2014), located onThe Wall Street Journal website. GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
An Alternative Approach to Nurse Manager Leadership
Description:
Read “An Alternative Approach to Nurse Manager Leadership,” by Henriksen, from Nursing Management (2016).
Nurse Manager Skills Inventory
Description:
Complete the “Nurse Manager Skills Inventory,” by the Nurse Manager Leadership Partnership (NMLP), located on the HWE Resources page of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) website. The resource is located under the “Authentic Leadership” heading.
Leadership Style Reflective Essay Assignment Self-Assessment Resources
Description:
These resources will be used to complete the Leadership Style Reflective Essay assignment, due in this topic. Please refer to the assignment details for additional instructions.
- Emotional Intelligence Assessment: “Emotional Intelligence Test”: http://testyourself.psychtests.com/testid/3038
- Personality Tests: “Big Five Personality Test”: https://testyourself.psychtests.com/category/1
- Learning Styles Assessment: “The VARK Questionnaire: How Do I Learn Best?”: http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/
- Values Assessment: “Values Profile”: https://testyourself.psychtests.com/testid/3620
- Diversity Assessment: “Cultural Competence Self-Test”:
https://www.oregon.gov/DHS/SENIORS-DISABILITIES/DD/PROVIDERS-PARTNERS/SCPAconference/Cultural%20
What Is Servant Leadership?
Description:
Explore the “What Is Servant Leadership?” page of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership website.
Grand Canyon University Initial Course Survey
Description:
In an effort for continuous improvement, Grand Canyon University would like you to take this opportunity to provide feedback about your experience with the university. Your participation is appreciated. Click on the link to begin the “Grand Canyon University Initial Course Survey.” GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Tasks
APA Assignment: Leadership Style Reflective Essay
Description:
The purpose of this assignment is to assist learners in developing effective communication by emphasizing the proper application of APA style. APA style is required for the graduate program.
Refer to the resources in the course materials and Student Success Center for assistance with APA. Use the APA Style Guide resource, located in the Student Success Center, to complete this assignment.
For this assignment, complete the following:
Self-Assessment
Self-awareness is essential for developing leadership skills. Recognizing your own strengths, weaknesses, and values, and understanding emotional intelligence and learning styles can help you to be a more effective nurse leader.
For this assignment, you have the opportunity to take a variety of self-assessments to learn more about yourself and identify your assets and weaknesses as a leader. This will assist you in discovering how you can improve your own self-leadership skills. You will be asked to think critically about your results and submit a reflection as directed below.
Refer to the study materials. Select and complete three self-assessments. Be sure to document the results of each assessment to assist you in completing the reflection portion of the assignment below.
Self-Assessment Reflection
Becoming self-aware is an ongoing process requiring introspection. The more often people practice self-reflection, the more opportunities they have to understand their own behaviors and adapt their approaches to working with other people, which can improve both your own and other’s abilities to meet their professional goals.
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In a 1,000-1,250 word reflective essay, address the following:
- Provide a rationale and brief summary for selecting each self-assessment. Summarize the results you obtained on each assessment.
- Identify the leadership style that closely aligns to your philosophy of care and explain what appeals to you about that style.
- Reflect on how you might incorporate elements of that particular style as you exercise leadership in a practice or health care organization setting.
- Discuss any particular areas for improvement the assessments helped you identify and some steps for improving your leadership capabilities.
- Analyze the characteristics of an effective professional nurse leader, or individuals in nursing leadership. Discuss the characteristics and explain why they are effective for leadership in nursing.
- Analyze different leadership theories and leadership styles. Select one theory and leadership style, different from your own, and explain how they each support a professional nurse leader or individual in nursing leadership. Consider how the theory shapes the nurse leader in such things as collaboration, conflict resolution, decision making, and negotiation.
You are required to cite three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Complete the “APA Writing Checklist” to ensure that your paper adheres to APA style and formatting criteria and general guidelines for academic writing. Include the completed checklist as an appendix at the end of your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Course Materials if you need assistance. GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Topic 2 DQ 1
Description:
Differentiate between “leading” and “managing.” Based on your experience in the health care industry, explain how an advanced registered nurse can lead well and provide management. Share at least one strategy you have used to effectively lead and manage staff within health care organizations Consider interactions with patients, team members, daily tasks, and responsibilities as you formulate your response.
Topic 2 DQ 2
Description:
Discuss potential causes of conflict occurring within health care organizations. What are some principles of negotiation and conflict resolution used by the nurse leader to address conflict? What model or leadership theory would be effective to use in addressing conflict?
Topic 2 Participation
Description:
NA
GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics Topic 3: Organizational Change Theories and Strategies
Description
Objectives:
- Discuss the advanced registered nurse’s role as change agent within the interprofessional health care
- Analyze factors driving organizational change within health care
- Evaluate change theories and collaborative models for promoting
- Evaluate the ethical, social, legal, economic, and political implications of practice
Study Materials
Tasks
Implementing Change With an Interprofessional Approach Presentation
Description:
As an advanced registered nurse, you will serve as a leader within your organization. Part of this role will entail being a change agent and spurring positive change on behalf of patients, colleagues, and the industry.
Consider a situation you experienced previously where change did not go as planned in your health care organization. Create a 10-15-slide PowerPoint presentation in which you will assess the situation and the steps that should have been taken to successfully implement change. Create speaker notes of 100-250 words for each slide. Include an additional slide for the title and references. For the presentation of your PowerPoint, use Loom to create a voice-over or a video. Refer to the study materials for additional guidance on recording your presentation with Loom. Include an additional slide for the Loom link at the beginning and another at the end for References.
Include the following in your presentation:
- Describe the background of the situation and the rationale for and goal(s) of the change. Consider the ethical, social, legal, economic, and political implications of practice change in your response.
- Outline the advanced registered nurse’s role as change agent within the interprofessional and dynamic health care environment.
- Identify the key interprofessional stakeholders (both internal and external) that should be involved in change
- Discuss an appropriate change theory or model that could be used to achieve results. Explain why the theory or model selected is best for the situation. Include the ethical, social, legal, economic, and political implications of applying the change management strategies to practice change in your response.
- As an advanced registered nurse, outline how you would initiate the change.
- Describe the impact to the organization if the change initiative is unsuccessful again, and potential steps the interprofessional team could take if the change is unsuccessful.
- Predict what additional factors will drive upcoming organizational change for the organization and outline the advanced registered nurse’s role as change agent.
Topic 4: Nurse Leadership and Health Care Policy and Advocacy
Description
Objectives:
- Propose strategies to support patient advocacy in health care policy making as an advanced practice
- Analyze the impact health care policy on health care organizations and cost-effective quality
Study Materials
Review Chapter 23 in Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession.
Leadership in Nursing Practice: Changing the Landscape of Health Care
Description:
Read Chapters 11 and 13-15 in Leadership in Nursing Practice: Changing the Landscape of Health Care.
Preparing Nurses for Leadership in Public Policy
Description:
Read “Preparing Nurses for Leadership in Public Policy” (2014), located on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website.
Arizona State Legislature
Description:
Explore your state legislature website and access legislation information. The link to the Arizona State Legislature website is provided, but learners living in other states should access their state departments. This resource will be used for the Topic 5 assignment.
Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight
Description:
Read “Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight,” located on the Programs and Initiatives page of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, 2019).
Guide to Healthcare Reimbursement Models
Description:
Read “Guide to Healthcare Reimbursement Models,” located on the DECO Recovery Management website (2019).
Understanding the Value-Based Reimbursement Model Landscape
Description:
Read “Understanding the Value-Based Reimbursement Model Landscape,” by LaPointe (2020), located on the Revcycle Intelligence website.
Generational Differences and Professional Memberships
Description:
Read “Generational Differences and Professional Memberships,” by Martin and Waxman, from Nurse Leader (2017).
Differences and Importance of IPPS, OPPS, MPFS and DMEPOS
Description:
Read “Differences and Importance of IPPS, OPPS, MPFS and DMEPOS,” located on the NursingAnswer.net website.
GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics Topic 5: Cost-Effective, Innovative Models of Care Delivery
Description
Objectives:
- Define nursing informatics and how the specialty has
- Analyze how nursing informatics affects nursing leadership, clinical practice, administration, education, and
- Describe the role of the nurse in transforming health care data into knowledge that can improve patient
- Explain how innovative models of care affect collaboration between advanced registered nurses and other stakeholders across the
- Describe the role of the nurse leader in implementing innovative care. GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Study Materials .
Read Chapter 5 in Leadership in Nursing Practice: Changing the Landscape of Health Care. Review Chapter 1.
CMS -Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): General Information
Description:
Read “Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): General Information,” located on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website (2015).
CMS – Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
Description:
Read “Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs),” located on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website (2015).
Productivity and Quality of Hospitals That Joined the Medicare Shared Savings Accountable Care Organization Program
Description:
Read “Productivity and Quality of Hospitals That Joined the Medicare Shared Savings Accountable Care Organization Program,” by Highfill and Ozcan, from International Journal of Healthcare Management (2016).
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
Description:
Read “Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs),” by Dewey, from Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health (2020).
Nursing Informatics Certification Worldwide: History, Pathway, Roles, and Motivation
Description:
Read “Nursing Informatics Certification Worldwide: History, Pathway, Roles, and Motivation,” by Cummings, Gundlapalli, Gundapalli, Murray, Park, and Lehmann, from Yearbook of Medical Informatics (2016).
Emergence of Nursing Innovation Influenced by Advances in Informatics and Health IT
Description:
Read “Emergence of Nursing Innovation Influenced by Advances in Informatics and Health IT,” by Kelly, from Nurse Leader (2019).
Assessing Nurses’ Informatics Competency and Identifying its Related Factors
Description:
Read “Assessing Nurses’ Informatics Competency and Identifying its Related Factors,” by Khezri and Abdekhoda, from
Journal of Nursing Research in Nursing (2019).
American Nursing Informatics Association
Description:
Explore the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) website.
Tasks – The Evolution of Nursing Informatics Presentation
Description:
As an advanced registered nurse leader, you have an opportunity effect change through the practice of nursing health informatics. Informatics has evolved over time to become what it is today. Using the resources provided in this assignment, prepare a 12-15 PowerPoint presentation. Create speaker notes of 100-250 words for each slide. Include an additional slide for the title and references. For the presentation of your PowerPoint, use Loom to create a voice-over or a video. Refer to the study materials for additional guidance on recording your presentation with Loom. Include an additional slide for the Loom link at the beginning and another at the end for References.
Include the following in your presentation:
- Define nursing informatics.
- Provide a brief history of the field of nursing informatics. Discuss how the specialty has evolved.
- Discuss how nursing informatics affects nursing leadership, clinical practice, administration, education, and
- Explain how organizational policy on health information systems can be affected or impacted by government regulation.
- Discuss nurse-led innovation as it relates to the advances in informatics and how informatics innovation can be used to improve the quality of patient care.
- Provide an example of the role of the nurse in transforming health care data into knowledge that can improve patient care using nursing informatics practice.
You are required to cite three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Course Materials if you need assistance.
Topic 5 DQ 1
Description:
Review the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) website and discuss the resources that you found there. Discuss how the website might be used for networking in the nursing informatics profession.
Topic 5 DQ 2
Description:
Explain the role of the nurse leaders in implementing innovative care models. Explain how innovative modes of care affect collaboration between advanced registered nurses and other stakeholders in the industry.
Topic 5 Participation
Description:
Topic 6: Improving Access and Quality Care through Health Care Informatics and Health IT
Description
Objectives:
- Analyze the role of health information technology and informatics in improving access to care and promoting patient safety and
- Analyze the critical role of health information and technology standards and interoperability in improving access to care and the exchange of health
- Discuss best practice for implementing informatics technologies that impact advanced practice nursing and the delivery of care, including clinical provider order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support systems (CDSS).
- Evaluate the role of workflow analysis, human factors, and user-centered design concepts in developing health information. GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Study Materials
Tasks
Topic 7: Informatics in Practice
Description
Objectives:
- Analyze ethical, legal, and security measures related to EHRs and the protection of patient information.
- Evaluate the role and components of the electronic health record (EHR) and its value in patient care.
- Evaluate emerging consumer, mobile, and telehealth technologies that impact patient care and the storage of health
S Study Materials
Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession
Description:
Read Chapter 15 in Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession. Review Chapter 17.
Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge
Description:
Read Chapters 8, 14, 16, and 18 in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge.
Quality Measures
Description:
Review “Quality Measures,” located on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website (2020).
Public Health and Promoting Interoperability Programs
Description:
Explore the Public Health and Promoting Interoperability Programs section of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.
ONC Cures Act Final Rule
Description:
Explore the ONC Cures Act Final Rule page of the HealthIT.gov website.
HHS Finalizes Historic Rules to Provide Patients More Control of Their Health Data
Description:
Read “HHS Finalizes Historic Rules to Provide Patients More Control of Their Health Data,” by the HHS Press Office (2020), located on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website.
5 Critical Considerations for Patient Privacy in Telehealth
Description:
Read “5 Critical Considerations for Patient Privacy in Telehealth,” by Nayyar (2020), located on the HIT Consultant website.
HIPAA Guidance Materials
Description:
Explore the HIPAA Guidance Materials page of the Health Information Privacy section of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website (2020).
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Tasks
GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics Topic 8: Interprofessionalism and Interrelationships in Informatics and Information Systems
Description
Objectives:
- Analyze the role of the advanced registered nurse in promoting evidence-based practice and leading quality and performance improvement
- Analyze quality standards and performance measures related to the use of informatics for continuous quality improvement in practice. GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
- Discuss project management strategies and methodologies for implementing health care informatics initiatives that improve quality within clinical
Study Materials
Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge
Description:
Read Chapters 16 and 20 in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge.
Health IT
Description:
Explore the HealthIT.gov website.
Artificial Intelligence Research: The Utility and Design of a Relational Database System
Description:
Read “Artificial Intelligence Research: The Utility and Design of a Relational Database System,” by Diling, from
Advances in Radiation Oncology (2020).
Application of Project Management Tools and Techniques to Support Nursing Intervention Research
Description:
Read “Application of Project Management Tools and Techniques to Support Nursing Intervention Research,” by Rew, Cauvin, Cengiz, Pretorius, and Johnson, from Nursing Outlook (2020).
How Data Can Save Lives: Informatics for Health 2017
Description:
Read “How Data Can Save Lives: Informatics for Health 2017,” by Cookson, from BMC Series Blog (2017), located on the BioMed Central website.
Electronic Health Record (EHR) System Testing Plan
Description:
Read “Electronic Health Record (EHR) System Testing Plan,” located on the HealthIT.gov website.
EHR Testing: Specifics and Best Practices
Description:
Read “EHR Testing: Specifics and Best Practices,” by Mikhailau (2019), located on the Health IT Outcomes website.
Health IT Standards
Description:
Read “Health IT Standards,” located on the HealthIT.gov website.
Perspectives of Healthcare Practitioners: An Exploration of Interprofessional Communication Using Electronic Medical Records.
Tasks
- Outline strategies for implementing the new EHR proposal. Consider communication changes, transitioning to the new EHR, and managing resources (human, fiscal, and health care resources).
- Discuss what professional, ethical, and regulatory standards must be incorporated into the design and implementation of the system.
- Describe the measures and steps you would take to evaluate the success of the EHR implementation from a staff, setting, and patient perspective to measure effectiveness and ensure continuous quality improvement in practice?
- Explain what leadership skills and theories would be needed to facilitate collaboration with the interprofessional team and provide evidence-based, patient-centered care.
You are required to cite five to 10 sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.
Complete the “APA Writing Checklist” to ensure that your paper adheres to APA style and formatting criteria and general guidelines for academic writing. Include the completed checklist as an appendix at the end of your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Course Materials if you need assistance.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:
MBA-MSN; MSN-Nursing Education; MSN Acute Care Nurse Practitioner-Adult-Gerontology; MSN Family Nurse Practitioner; MSN-Health Informatics; MSN-Health Care Quality and Patient Safety; MSN-Leadership in Health Care Systems; MSN-Public Health Nursing
2.3: Develop leadership skills to collaborate on interprofessional teams in the provision of evidence-based, patient-centered care.
5.2: Apply professional, ethical, and regulatory standards of practice in the provision of safe, effective health care.
Topic 8 DQ 1
Description:
Open and clear communication is critical for the effective functioning of the interprofessional team and the delivery of safe patient care. Discuss the way communication technologies can enhance coordination of care by interprofessional teams. Be sure to discuss a specific communication technology in your response. GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
Topic 8 DQ 2
Description:
Virtual care and telehealth technologies have the capability to greatly expand access to quality health care. Discuss some benefits and drawbacks of virtual care/telehealth, particularly related to the collaboration and coordination of care and the role of the advanced registered nurse.
Topic 8 Participation
Description:
NA
Grade Categories
| Assignments (%) | Points | Percentile |
| APA Assignment: Leadership Style Reflective Essay | 125.0 | — |
| Emerging Technology Brief | 125.0 | — |
| Benchmark – Electronic Health Record Implementation Paper |
210.0 |
— |
| The Evolution of Nursing Informatics Presentation | 150.0 | — |
| Implementing Change With an Interprofessional Approach Presentation |
150.0 |
— |
| Discussion Question (%) | Points | Percentile |
| Topic 6 DQ 1 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 5 DQ 2 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 1 DQ 2 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 2 DQ 2 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 6 DQ 2 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 5 DQ 1 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 3 DQ 2 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 7 DQ 1 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 8 DQ 1 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 8 DQ 2 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 1 DQ 1 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 4 DQ 2 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 7 DQ 2 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 3 DQ 1 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 2 DQ 1 | 5.0 | — |
| Topic 4 DQ 1 | 5.0 | — |
GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
| Participation (%) | Points | Percentile |
| Topic 7 Participation | 20.0 | — |
| Participation (%) | Points | Percentile |
| Topic 1 Participation | 20.0 | — |
| Participation (%) | Points | Percentile |
| Topic 3 Participation | 20.0 | — |
| Participation (%) Points Percentile |
| Topic 4 Participation 20.0 — |
| Participation (%) | Points | Percentile |
| Topic 6 Participation | 20.0 | — |
| Participation (%) | Points | Percentile |
| Topic 8 Participation | 20.0 | — |
| Participation (%) | Points | Percentile |
| Topic 2 Participation | 20.0 | — |
| Participation (%) | Points | Percentile |
| Topic 5 Participation | 20.0 | — |
| Class Effective Start: Jun 10, 2021 |
GCU NUR-514 Organizational Leadership and Informatics
