1. Importance – 12 points/10%
· Describe
the primary importance of comfort to professional practice.
· Describe
the importance of comfort to the health status of a patient
population.
· Include
2 potential negative effect(s) to professional practice if comfort is unresolved.
· Include
2 potential negative effect(s) to the patient population if comfort concept is unresolved.
· Provide
appropriate, adequate, and relevant scholarly support for this section.
2.
Healthcare Disparities, Inequalities, and Interventions – 30
points/ 25%
•
Identify a primary patient
population that may be negatively influenced if comfort is unresolved.
•
Identify a healthcare resource to
support evidence-based professional practice related to comfort.
•
Summarize potential healthcare disparities and inequalities related to diverse populations regarding comfort.
•
Propose an evidence-based solution
for comfort related to healthcare disparities.
•
Identify an evidence-based
practice intervention.
•
Discuss patient education
considerations related to comfort.
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Provide appropriate, adequate, and
relevant scholarly support for this section.
3. a.
Legal & Ethical Considerations and Intervention
Challenges – 18 points/ 15%
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Identify one (1) ethical and one
(1) legal implication for addressing comfort in professional practice.
•
Discuss one (1) strategy in
prevention of an ethical dilemma related to comfort in
professional practice.
•
Discuss one (1) strategy in
prevention of legal consequences related to comfort in
professional practice.
•
Identify one (1) anticipated challenge
to the success of preventing comfort in professional
practice.
•
Identify one (1) anticipated
challenge to the success of resolving comfort in
professional practice.
•
Provide appropriate, adequate, and
relevant scholarly support for this section.
4. a. Participants and Interdisciplinary Approach – 12 points/10%
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Identify three (3) parties (identify
two (2) members of a discipline outside of nursing) who will be involved in the
implementation of comfort interventions.
•
Discuss the role of these member
in the intervention implementation for comfort.
•
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.
5. a.
Quality Improvement – 12 points/10%
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Provide at least one (1) benefit in
patient outcomes from addressing comfort within the
clinical environment.
•
Provide at least one (1) benefit
to the nursing profession that will result from addressing comfort 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.
6. a.
Conclusion – 12 points/10%
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Provide a thorough recap of the
purpose to promote increased evidence-based professional practice knowledge related
to comfort deficiency.
•
Summarize resources identified to support
improved evidence-based professional practice related to comfort.
•
Include a complete statement
describing why addressing comfort matters for patient
outcomes and evidence-based professional practice.
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This section should provide no new information.
b.
APA Style and Organization 12 points/10%
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References are submitted with
paper.
•
Uses current APA format and is
free of errors.
•
Grammar and mechanics are free of
errors.
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Paper is 4-6 pages, excluding
title and reference pages.
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A minimum of three (3) scholarly,
peer reviewed, primary sources from the last 5 years, excluding the textbook,
are provided.
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Each section should have a cited
source to support information provided.
