Total points possible: 120 points

Preparing the assignment: Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.

In this paper, the student will provide a detailed description of the relationship between the category from the NCLEX-RN® examination blueprint, the priority concept (topic) selected based on assessment performance, and professional practice.

• Write a 4–6-page paper (not including the title page or reference page) using APA format.
• Include the following sections:
  • Introduction – 12 points/10%.

• Offer a detailed description of the purpose statement for the paper.
• Identify the priority concept (topic) from the Clinical Judgment Readiness Exam and align to one of the four (4) main categories of the NCLEX-RN® examination blueprint:
  1. Assurance of a safe and effective care environment
  2. Health promotion and maintenance of health
  3. Preservation of the patient population’s psychosocial integrity
  4. Preservation of the patient population’s physiological integrity
• Provide a detailed description of the relationship between the category from the NCLEX-RN® examination blueprint and the priority concept (topic).
• This section should not exceed two (2) paragraphs. A paragraph is 3-5 sentences.
  • Importance – 12 points/10%
• Describe the primary importance of the priority concept (topic) to professional practice.
• Describe the importance of the priority concept (topic) to the health status of a patient population.
• Include 2 potential negative effect(s) to professional practice if the priority concept (topic) is unresolved.
• Include 2 potential negative effect(s) to the patient population if the priority concept (topic) is unresolved.
• Provide appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
  • Healthcare Disparities, Inequalities, and Interventions – 30 points/ 25%
    • •Identify a primary patient population that may be negatively influenced by the priority concept (topic) if unresolved.
    • •Identify a healthcare resource to support evidence-based professional practice related to the priority concept (topic).
    • •Summarize potential priority concept (topic) healthcare disparities and inequalities related to diverse populations.
    • •Propose an evidence-based solution for the priority concept (topic) related to healthcare disparities.
    • •Identify an evidence-based practice intervention.
    • •Discuss patient education considerations related to the priority concept (topic).
    • •Provide appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
  • Legal & Ethical Considerations and Intervention Challenges – 18 points/ 15%
    • •Identify one (1) ethical and one (1) legal implication for addressing the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
    • •Discuss one (1) strategy in prevention of an ethical dilemma related to the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
    • •Discuss one (1) strategy in prevention of legal consequences related to the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
    • •Identify one (1) anticipated challenge to the success of preventing the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
    • •Identify one (1) anticipated challenge to the success of resolving the priority concept (topic) in professional practice.
    • •Provide appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
  • Participants and Interdisciplinary Approach – 12 points/10%
    • •Identify three (3) parties (identify two (2) members of a discipline outside of nursing) who will be involved in the implementation of the priority concept (topic) interventions.
    • •Discuss the role of these member in the intervention implementation for the priority concept (topic).
    • •Discuss the benefit of including the identified interdisciplinary members from disciplines outside nursing to promote evidence-based professional practice.
    • •Provide appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
  • Quality Improvement – 12 points/10%
    • •Provide at least one (1) benefit in patient outcomes from addressing the priority concept (topic) within the clinical environment.
    • •Provide at least one (1) benefit to the nursing profession that will result from addressing this priority concept (topic) in clinical professional practice.
    • •Discuss at least one (1) resource utilized to promote improved patient outcomes in the clinical environment.
    • •Discuss at least one (1) resource utilized to increase professional nurse knowledge promoting improved clinical professional practice.
    • •Provide appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
  • Conclusion – 12 points/10%
    • •Provide a thorough recap of the purpose to promote increased evidence-based professional practice knowledge related to the priority concept (topic) deficiency.
    • •Summarize resources identified to support improved evidence-based professional practice related to the priority concept (topic).
    • •Include a complete statement describing why addressing the priority concept (topic) matters for patient outcomes and evidence-based professional practice.
    • •This section should provide no new information and should be limited to 1-2 paragraphs.
  • APA Style and Organization 12 points/10%
    • •References are submitted with paper.
    • •Uses current APA format and is free of errors.
    • •Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.
    • •Paper is 4-6 pages, excluding title and reference pages.
    • •A minimum of three (3) scholarly, peer reviewed, primary sources from the last 5 years, excluding the textbook, are provided.

Each section should have a cited source to support information provided.

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