NR520 Module 1 Collaboration Café: Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes for the MSN-Prepared Advanced Practice Nurse

COURSE:

NR520 – Applied Theoretical Foundations Scientific Inquiry and Decision-Making

Collaboration Café

This module focused on the role of knowledge and theoretical underpinnings that shape advanced nursing practice. In addition, the Chamberlain College of Nursing (CCN) philosophical constructs were introduced, along with standards for graduate-level nursing practice.

Consider the learning accomplished in this module, and respond to the following:

• In your own words, define the four components of the nursing metaparadigm (person, health, environment, and nursing).
• How are the six CCN philosophical constructs reflected within your perspective of the nursing metaparadigm?
• Provide one example of how the nursing metaparadigm can inform your future role in advanced nursing practice.

MSN-AT Collaboration Café Guidelines and RubricLinks to an external site.

SOLUTION

The nursing metaparadigm encompasses all that nurses do. It starts with the person, which includes patients that nurses care for. This is especially important because nurses should be focusing on patient-centered care which individualizes the plan of care for each patient for best possible outcomes. The next part is health, which includes multiple layers from the health of the individuals to the health of a