DISCUSSION 1
Use the Communities of Practice template attached to identify the various communities of practice with which you are currently involved and those you may want to become involved with in the future (choose communities that align with psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner).
1. Select one of these communities of practice on which to focus for this Discussion.
2. Describe the community of practice and associated needs, challenge, or issue you selected for this Discussion.
3. From your perspective as a future DNP-prepared nurse, explain why this need, challenge, or issue is important and merits attention. Be specific and provide examples.
4. Citing the three scholarly articles you identified, describe at least two practice changes you recommend to address the need, challenge, or issue facing the community of practice you selected.
5. Explain how your recommendations align with at least three specific Domains from The Essentials
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2021).
The essentials: Core competencies for professional nursing education.Links to an external site.
AACN.
Discussion 2
Week 7
Select an organization and a practice or organization issue within that organization. Consider evidence-based practice (EBP) quality improvement (QI) initiatives to address the issue.
Post the following:
• Identify the organization you selected.
• Describe the practice or organization issue you selected.
• Describe the evidence-based practice (EBP) quality improvement (QI) initiative you selected to address the issue.
• Describe the types of enablers that you might encounter when translating and applying evidence for the evidence-based practice (EBP) quality improvement (QI) initiative. Be specific and explain how enablers can benefit the project.
• Describe the types of barriers that you might encounter when translating and applying evidence for the evidence-based practice (EBP) quality improvement (QI) initiative. Be specific and explain how barriers may challenge the project.
• Explain how, as a DNP-prepared nurse, you would address the barriers you identified. Be specific and describe specific approaches to address each barrier.
RESOURCES
• White, K. M., Dudley-Brown, S., & Terhaar, M. F. (Eds.). (2024). Translation of evidence into nursing and healthcare (4th ed.). Springer.
• Chapter 13, 14,18,19,20,21,22
• Cane, J., O’Connor, D., & Michie, S. (2012). Validation of the theoretical domains framework for use in behaviour change and implementation scienceLinks to an external site.. Implementation Science.
