Purpose: The purpose of the iCARE Paper assignment is to explore the concept of interprofessional teams and patient outcomes. Nursing supportive actions of compassion, advocacy, resilience, and evidence-based practice will serve as a way to apply care concepts.
Points: The assignment is worth 200 points.
Due Date: Submit your completed assignment by Sunday end of Week 5 by 11:59 p.m. MT.
Directions:
1. Getting Started: Interprofessional teams are part of practice trends we see developing in all aspects of care delivery. Consider you own work environment (or recent clinical setting). For this assignment, consider the concept of interprofessional teamwork and patient outcomes. Look to your current workplace as an example. (If you are not currently employed, look to a past workplace or clinical practice area.) Apply the components of the iCARE concept to interprofessional teams in a short paper. (Body of the paper to be 3 pages, excluding the title page and references page) iCARE components are: C ompassion A dvocacy R esilience E vidence-Based Practice (EBP) How could you contribute to the interprofessional team, the culture of your practice setting, and positive patient outcomes through nursing actions demonstrating compassion, advocacy, resilience, and evidence-based practice?
2. Select one scholarly nursing article from CINAHL as a resource for your paper. Additional scholarly sources can be used but are optional. When searching in the CINAHL database, please limit your search word to one component of the paper you wish to emphasize, such as ‘Resilience’. Searching for the term iCARE will not produce the results you need
3. Elements of iCARE paper
Title page
Below are the headings to be used for this assignment.
Title of your paper as the heading for the introduction (Do not use the word Introduction, just the paper title from your title page. See page 61 of the APA Manual, 7th edition for an example). Explain the type of work setting you are discussing and whether interprofessional teams are currently present. If interprofessional teams are present, indicate a team function that could be improved. If interprofessional teams are NOT present, indicate what type of team you think might be possible in the setting.
Describe a nursing action item for each component below that could contribute to: interprofessional team support; how this might impact the culture of your unit or organization; and possible impact on patient outcomes.
Compassion
Advocacy
Resilience
Evidence-Based Practice
Summary: Include a summary statement of how iCARE components can support interprofessional teams and patient outcomes. Address how you may be able to influence this process of support for interprofessional teams overall in your unit or organization.
References: List any references used in APA format.
Templates: The prepared paper template is RECOMMENDED for this assignment. https://lms.courselearn.net/lms/content/1600/60104/NR451/NR451%20iCARE%20paper%20outline%20template,%20Wk%205apa7ac.docx
Scholarly Sources and Citations: Use APA format for citations and references. Only the APA 7th edition is to be used in this assignment. Please paraphrase throughout. One short quote is permitted.