nurs 4900 assesment 5 OBSERVATIONS ON NURSE’S ROLE IN POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT
One of the ways of enhancing patient care and outcomes is through policy development and implementation. Various policies can be formulated and be used to influence patient care outcomes (Mason et al., 2020). It is worth noting that the baccalaureate-prepared nurses have a significant role to play in the policy implementation and development. One of the roles is influence policy decision. For example, they can speak to the influential legislators responsible for enacting and passing various laws. They can also offer expert advice on policy matters, especially on policies touching on patient care and healthcare in general. The nurses can also engage in public campaigns to support or oppose certain policies, depending on their impact on healthcare. Again, they can educate members of the public and make policy proposals.
THE PROJECT, PREDICTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS
There were various predictions before the start of the project. The predictions were around the potential health outcomes regarding patient Y who was living with both diabetes and congestive heart failure. One of the predictions was that the patient would have a better glycemic control (Rosenstock, 2021). It was also predicted that the patient would engage in activities that help reduce the potential negative impacts of the congestive heart failure. It is important to note that the project partially initial predictions. While the project did not meet some expectations, others were met. There were also some expectation which were exceeded. For example the glycemic control was not achieved as expected as the patient posted inconsistent values. Health lifestyle was achieved. One aspect which exceeded the expectations was the positivity shown towards the intervention by the patient.
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND GENERALIZABILTY
One of the major aims of nursing research is to find new evidence which can be used to improve patients care (Chinn et al., 2021). Such findings can then be translated into practice to improve patient care outcomes. The intervention used in this project can be adopted into a best practice as it shows that integration of telehealth improves the outcomes for the patient. However, it is worth noting that such an implementation depends on the intervention’s clinical significance and statistical significance. Generalizability is another aspect that impacts the overall quality of an intervention. The intervention used in this project produced results that can have limited generalizability as the setting was very specific. In addition, the patients addressed also had very specific characteristics.
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
Capstone project is an opportunity to learn for nursing students as an individual can personally and professionally grow. One of the growths I obtained in research. I learned more about research ethics and why research ethics is an important part of research. Dealing with patients and seeing the extent of the adverse impacts the diseases had on them made me appreciate more the importance of health. This motivated me more to become an established nurse researcher and come up with more interventions to address the patient conditions. I also improved my collaboration skills, especially inter-disciplinary collaboration in care teams to improve patient conditions. I also learned more patient data confidentiality which is an important aspect of patient care.
ETHICAL CARE AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
Ethical and professional standards are important in nursing practice as their violation can risk a patient’s life and may put the professionalism into question (Chinn et al, 2021). As an individual, I believe that I have made important strides towards provision of ethical care and demonstration of professional standards. I believe that patients should have a say in the plans of care formulated to help them. Therefore, while I serve patients as informed by evidence-based practice and professional knowledge, I am always keen to ensuring that I consider the patient’s opinions and inputs. I also strive so that I do not cause harm to any patient. I have also demonstration professional standards in advocating for the provision of high quality and safe patient care to the patients. Besides, I actively participate in assessment of care outcomes to inform nursing practice.
SPECIFIC GROWTH AREAS
In recent areas, there are various specific areas of growth that I can say I am very proud of and I believe a can only continue with the learning curve. One of the areas is improved patient clinical assessment. As time passes on, I have come to better and better at assessing patients when they visit clinic to obtain vital information which is key for their care formulation. Nursing research has been a journey to