Discharge Planning

Nursing Innovation: Co-authorship of Scholarly Writing
Nurses are deeply engaged in system transformation because they care about human health and about delivering responsible health care. But more than caring, it is the professional and social responsibility of nurses to take a strong leadership stand on behalf of Canadians.

Nurses are constantly faced with issues when striving to provide better health, better care and better value in health care to Canadians. These are issues that require an understanding of the complexity, inter-relatedness, breadth and scope before coming to a resolution and providing transformative solutions.

Rather than a move to solve problems, an in-depth analysis of issues includes an exploration of barriers that makes visible the complexity of the issue. This exploration moves us past the notion that any one strategy could move an issue to resolution. To articulate an issue fully means to consider the historical, ethical and legal, social and cultural, political, critical feminist or economic realities on and through which issues are constructed” (McIntyre & McDonald, 2014, p. 5).

Assignment Overview
This assignment is worth 25% of your final grade.

Nurses have the distinct ability to identify areas for improvement as it relates to high tap into nursing innovation to improve patient outcomes, and experiences, but to also profile the role and impact of the Registered Nurse in healthy system performance.

Through this group assignment you will:

1. Identify a topic of interest from any of the course content or an area of interest from your clinical experiences or professional interests.
2. The areas of interest should address either patient safety (reducing risks, increasing safety) or patient experience ( improved patient satisfaction, patient experience).
3. As a group…articulate the issue clearly. Why is this an issue and why is this an issue of importance / relevance to nursing. Define your common beliefs and assumptions about the issue.
4. Individually…proceed with the analysis by addressing appropriate frameworks (examine and analyze the issue from a historical, ethical and legal, social and cultural, political, critical feminist or economic perspective). As a group, you will have to decide which frameworks are most appropriate to analyze for your topic.
5. Each person will choose one lens/ framework to research and analyze individually.
6. As a group identify your proposed Nurse-led innovation that would address the identified issue. This innovation must be within the scope and realm of the role of the Registered Nurse. The innovation may involve other members of the interprofessional team, but is to profile the role and leadership of the Registered Nurse.
7. Develop a conclusion including areas of future research or questions that remain related to your analysis.

The final paper is intended to be a synthesis of the individual and collective research and learnings on the nursing issue and the proposed nursing innovation.
The submitted paper is to be no more than 16 pages, excluding cover page and reference list. This page limit is based on groups of four students. Page limits will be adjusted based on the number of students in the group.

The submitted paper should contain the following sections / content:

1. Table of contents
a. Clearly identify which group member is a sole author for which lens presented in the paper

2. Introduction ( Max one page)
a. Purpose statement provided
b. Overview of the issue with supporting literature
c. Relevance of the issue to nursing practice and/or patient care

3. Articulation of Issue ( Max 3 pages)
a. Application of relevant lens (e.g. Historical, ethical/legal, social/cultural. political, feminist/post-colonial, economic)

4. Social Innovation (Max 2 pages)
a. Description of proposed social innovation
b. Description of the intended social impact(s) and evidence to support
c. Identification of potential barriers to adoption
d. Briefly describe how the innovation is reflective of human sciences
e. How the innovation highlights the role of the Registered Nurse

5. Conclusion (Max 1 page)
a. Summary of key messages, questions for further consideration
b. Implication for nursing practice and/or patient care

Marking Scheme for Nursing Innovation Paper (25%) HAND IN WITH YOUR PAPER.

Content areas Marks Expectations
Introduction (Group)

Description of the nursing / patient care issue 2 • Overview is very engaging and relevant to topic.
• Purpose statement is clear and comprehensive
• Structure of paper is clearly previewed.
• Clear description of the issue and relevance to nursing, health care, patient care, and/or patient safety.
• Utilization of peer reviewed literature as supporting evidence to describe the nursing issue and relevance.
Critical analysis of the issue (Individual) 15 • Application of relevant lens (e.g. Historical, ethical/legal, social/cultural. political, feminist/post-colonial, economic)
• Utilization of peer reviewed literature as supporting evidence
Proposed Nursing Innovation (Group) 4 • Critical thought regarding the proposed innovation is evident and meaningful.
• Supported by the literature
• Practice based and within the scope of RN
• Addressed patient safety / patient experience
• Brief description of how the innovation is reflective of human sciences
Identification of potential barrier to the adoption of the social innovation 2 • Two barriers to the innovation are identified
• Critical thought is evident and meaningful.
Conclusion (Group) 2 • Conclusion is persuasive, insightful, and clearly expressed
• Conclusion draws on research data as well as substantial information and ideas presented throughout.
• Areas for future exploration or inquiry are relevant and insightful
• Summarization of key messages, including implications for nursing practice.
Structure / Format
( Individual and/or Group) • Consistent with APA requirements for overall structure, grammar, punctuation, in text citations and reference list.

Please use the APA resources provided on the course Bb site. These will support you to ensure your paper is free of APA errors. It will be up to you to examine your paper to determine if you have made errors.
If your paper contains APA errors, you will lose 0.5 marks for 2 or less errors, 1 mark for 4 or less errors and 2 marks for 6 or more errors.
Although each section has allotted grades to emphasize the importance of the various sections, your assignment will receive an overall grade out of 25.