NURS 3110 – Dimensions of the Professional Practice DATE

TOPICS STUDENT(S)
ALLOTED TIME
III. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AS
PROVIDER OF CARE
A. Nursing process from a professional practice 9/8/08
perspective
1. Diagnostic reasoning: diagnostic process Janna Baker
a. Holistic assessment of the client
1) Key data: significance
2) Focalized assessment and the relation
with nursing diagnosis
20 min
3) Critical thinking skills 9/8/08
a) Data verification and validity
b) Distinguish normal from abnormal Michelle Bernardino
c) Distinguish relevant data from
irrelevant; identify signs and symptoms
(identify key data)
d) Group data by areas
e) Identify functional or dysfunctional
patterns
f) Make inferences
20 min
b. Diagnostic taxonomy 9/8/08
1) Use of standardized language
2) NANDA taxonomy Luis Leandry
3) NANDA diagnostic categories
20 min
4) Category validation 9/8/08
5) Application in real scenarios Christina Signorino
6) Difficulty in the application 20 min

c. Potential complications and collaborative or 9/8/08

interdisciplinary problems
1) Bifocal Clinical Model Jose A Vargas
2) Interdisciplinary problems
3) Validation and Composition 20 min

2. Therapeutic reasoning: planning, implantation and 9/10/08

evaluation
a.Establishing priorities Maria de los Reyes
b.Establishing expected health outcomes
c. Taxonomy Omar Cedeño
d.Therapeutic nursing interventions
e.NANDA, NIC, NOC articulation and
validation
f. Critical thinking skills in diagnostic reasoning
g.Therapeutic plan and formats
h. Evaluation process using health result
indicators 40 min
 B. Health education as professional therapeutic 9/10/08
interventions (6hrs.)
1. Importance
2. Term distinction Omar Chacón
3. Teaching and Learning Process
4. Integrated concepts to the teaching Omar Alí
and learning process
5. Therapeutic interventions related to
the education process 40 min
a. Teaching individual (5606)
b. Facilitating learning (5620)
c. Improving learning disposition
(5540)

IV. PROFESIONAL PRACTICE DIMENSION

AS CARE COORDINATOR (16 hrs.)

A. Fundamentals of leadership and management 9/24/08

1. Leadership
a. Definition of the concept Victor Rodriguez
b. Leadership role and attributes
c. Leadership theories Glenda Collazo
d. Contemporary styles
1) Transactional
2) Transformer 15 min
3) Others
b. The followers and the leader
f. Personal leadership
2. The management process 9/24/08
a. Concept definition
b. Components of the Kirisha Williams
management process
1) Planning Aniquewae Callwood
2) Organization
3) Coordination/direction 15 min
4) Control

c. Distinctive activities per 9/24/08

components Corey Cruz 15 min

d. Paradigm changes in 9/24/08

management Maurice Bryson 15 min

e. Management styles 9/24/08

Ibrahim Ali 15 min
f. Manager as a leader 9/24/08
Elias Ayala 15 min
g. Planning strategies: key skill of 9/24/08
the management process
1) Definitions: vision, values, Ana Zayas
mission, goals
2) Components
3) Application in given 15 min

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h. Supervision as a management 9/24/08
activity
1) NIC 7830 Personnel Abigail Edwards
Supervision
a) Definition 15min
b) Supervisor activities
2) Supervision skills
3. Leadership and management 9/29/08
communication
a. Communication modes in management Jose de Cardona
1) Upwards
2) Downwards 10 min
3) lateral/horizontal
4) diagonal
b. Barriers in management 9/29/08
communication
1) Poor selection of communication Juan Drullat
channels
2) Poor expression, oral or written 10 min
3) Semantics problems
4) Failure to recognize non verbal
signs
5) Physical distractions
6) Status effect

c. Strategies to reduce barriers 9/29/08 Carmen Dacosta

5 min
d. Communication and cultural diversity 9/29/08 Tanya Mirtil
5 min
B. Critical skills for care coordination
1. Problem solving and decision making 9/29/08
a. Integrated process: decision making
and problem solving Lisa de Matteo
1) compare and differentiate Slavomira Kucerova
2) utility
3) characteristics
4) critical elements 15 min
5) decision making models

b. Participating decision making 9/29/08

1) benefits Kisha Edwards
2) methods
5 min
2. Conflict management in leadership and 9/29/08
management
a. Conflict object Ricardo Elie
1) substantial
2) emotional 10 min

b. Organization conflict forms 9/29/08

1) Interpersonal Carmen Martinez
2) Intrapersonal 10 min

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c. Conflict consequences 9/29/08
1) positive Abu-Deiab Mohammed
2) negative 10 min

d. Conflict formation process 9/29/08

1) Latent conflict
2) Perceived conflict Raymond Molina
3) Sensed conflict
4) Manifested conflict 10 min
5) Resolution or conflict management
6) Conflict affects

e. Strategies to cope with conflict 9/29/08

1) Lose-lose style
2) Win-lose style Marie A Ramos
3) Win-win style; collaboration
10 min
f. Communication strategies for conflict 9/29/08
mediation
1) Persuasion Ivette Gomez
2) Negotiation
10 min
3. Forming efficient work teams 10/1/08
a. Development of group stages
1) factors which influence Lymarie Gonzalez
2) formation and maintenance
15 min
b. Constructing effective groups 10/1/08
1) Members
2) Critical elements Esther Hodge 15 min
3) Facilitate stage development
c. Skills for group success 10/1/08
1) Administrative
2) Interpersonal Yamaris Ildefonso
3) motivation
15 min
d. Cultural variables and gender 10/1/08
Olga Jimenez 15 min
4. Nursing Delegation 10/1/08
a. Importance of nursing
b. Establishing priorities Jose Marrero
c. Five corrects for delegating
1) Correct task Maya Salazar
2) Correct person
3) Correct communication
4) Correct circumstances 20 min
5) Correct supervision
d. Cultural aspects
e. NIC: Delegation
1) Definition
2) Activities

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C. Quality care and risk management 10/6/08
1. Total quality management process (TQM)
a. Conceptualization Juan C Delgado
1) Total Quality (TQM) Wilnelia Pomales
2) Risk management
15 min
b. components 10/6/08
1) Standard system which describes
quality Ruben Roman
2) Data collection system to grade
met standards 15 min
a) Retrospective
b) Concurrent
c) Prospective
3) System to meet standards 10/6/08
a) Process
b) Results Roger Rivera
c) Structure 15 min

c. NIC 7800: Quality Monitoring 10/6/08

1) Definition Edgardo Ortiz
2) Activities 15 min

2. Risk and Safety Patient Management 10/6/08

a. Conceptualization
1) Risks Edgardo Rosa
2) Patient safety
15 min
b. Sentinel events of major frequency 10/6/08
1) Types of major frequency
2) Frequent scenarios Michael Reynoso
3) Statistics of root causes
15 min

c. National Goals for Patient Safety 10/6/08

compliance actions
1) Care provider role Brittney Aponte
2) Care coordinator role
3) Member of the profession role 15 min

b. Leadership organization managing risk 10/6/08

and patient safety
1) JCAHO 3) AHCPR Cecilia Velazquez
2) ANA 4) Others
15 min