Scenario:
You are the chief nursing officer in a large academic tertiary care center. You have been told that your
organization has had an increase in nosocomial infections. As the chief nursing officer you want to combat this
problem that is impacting patient care.
Note: To complete the requirements below you may use fictitious data or real data (if the name of the
organization is changed). This task is focused on the process you would take not the specifics of the data since
this is a fictitious scenario.
Requirements:
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no
more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources
even if cited correctly.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be
used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The
rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Respond (suggested length of 5 8 pages) to the requirements below as the chief nursing officer from the
scenario.
A. Discuss evidence based practices for reducing nosocomial infections including one item from each of the
following areas with specific evidence for how the item reduces infections:
products
technology
patient/family
finances
community relations
B. Analyze the impact of nosocomial infections on patient care.
C. Complete a gap analysis in which you do the following:
Note: Refer to the attached Gap Analysis template to assist with parts C through C5.
1. Identify major causes that lead to the transmission of nosocomial infections.
2. Discuss the impact of stakeholder roles responsibilities and relationships on patient care outcomes.
3. Discuss the roles of infection control and education within the organization in the scenario and how they
relate to each other.
4. Describe a strategy to combat the increase of nosocomial infections.
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5. Discuss one goal for reducing nosocomial infections for each of the areas from part A1:
products
technology
patient/family
finances
community relations
6. Discuss possible solutions to the gap anticipating potential challenges and using information from the gap
analysis.
a. Analyze one solution from part C6 to recommend in combatting nosocomial infections.
D. Acknowledge sources using APA formatted in text citations and references for content that is quoted
paraphrased or summarized.
In this task you will consider how your philosophy of nursing aligns with the RN BSN Program Conceptual
Framework.
Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in an assessment the submission MUST include APA
formatted in text citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing. It is not
necessary to list sources that were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in the text of the
assessment.
Note: No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from
outside sources even if cited correctly. For tips on using APA style please refer to the APA Handout web link
included in the APA Guidelines section.

Paper instructions:
Strictly APA by the publication manual of the American psychological association 6th edition second practice. Write in Third person only. Special attention to the reference page full reference. Verb/noun agreement. DNP [doctor of nursing practice level writing). Introduction and conclusions required. Use headings when needed. Thesis statement pivotal conclusion critical. Please look at objectives below. Follow grading rubric strictly.
NU 610 Guidelines for Role Paper
The purpose of this paper is to explore the advanced practice nurses role in relation to healthcare policy politics and advocacy (Unit 1 objective).
The paper should be carefully written in formal style based on primary resources provide an integration of ideas. Organized flow logical progression of ideas and clarity in thought are essential. Paper should be no more than 3 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page. Liberal number of references (minimum of 8 references).
Grading Rubric
Criteria
Points
Introductory paragraph (one paragraph). There must be a thesis statement that tells the reader purpose of paper and what will be discussed.
/0.5
Identify and discuss driving forces propelling the advanced practice nurse into the healthcare policy politics and advocacy arena.
/3
Discuss ways the advanced practice nurse can influence and advocate for healthcare policy and politics.
/3
Discuss the role of professional nursing organizations.
/3
Conclusions: Summarizes the essential points of the paper in one paragraph.
/0.5
Total Points
/10
Deductions:
0.25 point = each APA grammar punctuation and spelling error
1 point = Document not submitted as pdf or not named per file naming policy (see syllabus)
1 point = No turnitin report paper and turnitin report not merged or not merged in correct order
1 point = Over the page limit
Up to 20% of points = for lack of scholarship
20% deduction = Plagiarism or incorrect paraphrasing
Please upload your paper into the designated Assignment. Name your document per the course file naming policy merge turnitin report and submit as a single pdf document. Assignments not submitted properly will not be graded. If this occurs you will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to resubmit correctly (after 48 hours pass deductions will be made for late submission).
Papers must be submitted to turnitin.com and students are to review the report generated by this software system. Students will be given the opportunity to submit revisions of the paper to turnitin.com. The final report is to be saved as a pdf document and merged with the paper (in other words you will be submitting one document).
The faculty is really sticklers about plagiarism nonintentional and otherwise. We take this very seriously and are actively checking assignments. Submit your paper to turnitin.com in adequate time to get multiple reports back if needed. The first report comes back very quickly. Subsequent reports if you need to resubmit because your similarity index is high take longer 24 hours maybe more. Of course 0% similarity is best but realistically there will be names of people reports commissions groups models books etc. that come back highlighted.
These are nothing to worry about since we cannot change these things (faculty do not worry
about those and neither should you). What we look for is text/content that comes back
highlighted and matches another source (even if the content is referenced appropriately). The
turnitin report is to be used as a learning tool therefore it is essential that you look at the reports
percentage as well as what is highlighted. Simply looking at the score does not determine
whether sentences or correct paraphrasing was done it only tells you a number. You need to look
at the specific areas highlighted. Look at your work and see what content is highlighted and
determine if you can change the wording without changing the meaning. If you can then you
need to re-word accordingly. If your paper is similar to another students work and you feel there
was no way you could have known this person used these same words you still need to revise
your wording. Each students submission to turnitin is unpublished at the time and could
potentially be published just as your own work could be published. At some point if you were
to submit your work for publication and not revise the content highlighted originally in your
turnitin report a plagiarism violation could occur if the other students work is also published.
Delete your title page and reference pages before submission so you can get a true snapshot of
your paper and possible problem areas. Use the revision opportunities with turnitin.com if you
have highlighted areas of similar content. Instructors check those and theres no need to have a
red flag on your paper. Also refer to the section in the APA formatting manual about plagiarism
it has some good points. Plagiarism.org is another good resource.
Scholarship Expectations
Up to 20% of points will be deducted from grade for lack of scholarship. Scholarship is
evidenced by organized and logical progression of ideas; effort and attention to detail is evident;
communicates effectively all aspects of discussion. Correct grammar spelling and word choice.
Liberal number references (minimum of 4 references). References are current appropriately
paraphrased and cited. Correct use of APA. Correct title page.
You are clinical nurse scholars in the making. You are the advanced practice nurses/DNPs and
members of the highly literate profession of advanced practice nursing who will chart the future
of health care. Good writing ability is as much a required skill for nurses in advanced practice as
performing clinical functions. Therefore precision and scholarship is expected in all
assignments.
UNIT objectives
Broadly outline the history of healthcare policy politics and nursing in the United States
2. Discuss the regulatory legal and credentialing requirements for Advance Practice Nurses (APN).
3. Discuss the advanced practice nurses role in relation to healthcare policy politics and political advocacy.
4. Outline the legislative policy process how a bill becomes a law.