NURS FPX 4005 Assessment 5 Practicum hours submission
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NURS FPX 4005 Assessment 4 Stakeholder Presentation
NURS FPX 4005 Assessment 4 Stakeholders Presentation Student Name Capella University NURS FPX 4005 Professor Name Submission Date Stakeholder Presentation Slide: 1 I am _________. My presentation is based on a research study to devise an evidence-based strategy to lessen patient fall risks in Green Valley Medical Center’s high-acuity medical-surgical units. There are many reasons why patients in medical-surgical units fall, such as when unit staff members are too busy to respond to a patient’s call for help in a timely manner, or when the staff members responsible for assisting the patient to move about are different from the staff members who receive and document the patient’s mobility order. My presentation will attempt to engage the leadership team to advocate for the development of a collaborative practice framework. Slide: 2 This presentation provides rationale and an evidence-based plan to reduce patient falls in a high-acuity unit and includes reason(s) to support an interprofessional approach beyond nursing. Multiple professionals touch various aspects of patient falls and therefore, an interprofessional approach is necessary. In the absence of a comprehensive, interprofessional plan to address fall risk, it is expected that silos and communication gaps will exist across professional disciplines. This includes a lack of standardization of screening for patient risk of falls during transfers and/or movement. An interprofessional team will work to screen for patient risk of falls and determine the best approach to ensuring the patient’s safety during the movement. Assistance from management is required to implement the changes described, including allowing unit-based safety officers protection from busy work, and adjusting the EHR to support fall risk management. Slide: 3 Recurrent Falls in High-Acuity Medical-Surgical Units Green Valley Medical Center’s medical-surgical unit (MSU) has challenges with patient falls related to lack of assistance during transports, response to call lights, and communication regarding patient mobility. Various units across Green Valley Medical Center, as well as other health care facilities, experience similar issues. The Joint Commission states that more than 700,000 to 1,000,000 patient falls occur in health care facilities in the U.S. each year. The data collected by Green Valley Medical Center for each MSU reflects the fall trends for the U.S. healthcare system, which show either no change or an increase in fall rates. Fall rates can be reduced if the team takes an active role in fall prevention instead of the individual nurse being responsible for fall prevention. Thus, a team approach to preventing falls is imperative. Slide: 4 Consequences of Not Addressing the Issue This problem will, ultimately, lead to increased costs and risks. According to Reider and colleagues (2024), in the United States, the annual cost to the health care system for falls by older adults is approximately $22.9 billion. The most medically vulnerable and complicated older adults account for the highest costs. Fractures are the most common serious injuries from falls, and they increase the risk of additional injuries and prolong the recovery and rehabilitation process. One of the most important concerns of the health care staff is to regain the trust of patients and their families by ensuring their safety and well-being and by minimizing the risk of further injuries and falls. Failure to address falls increases the risk of injury, prolongs patient recovery and rehabilitation, and increases the staff’s injury and liability exposure. From a regulatory perspective, failure to limit the number of patient falls increases the burden on the health care facility. This is especially true for Green Valley, where a high number of patient falls increases staff liability exposure and adds to the existing burden on staff. Slide: 5 Relevance of an Interdisciplinary Team Approach It should be noted that the prevention of patient falls in high-acuity areas is the responsibility of the entire team and not solely that of the nurses on duty. The results of a recently conducted systematic review and meta-analysis reported that the effectiveness of multiple falls prevention interventions is greater than that of single-intervention falls prevention strategies. The authors noted that the multiple intervention falls prevention strategies were composed of a combination of intervention components, which were informed by the individual patient falls risk factors. It was, therefore, important to have members of the patient’s team (i.e., physician, pharmacist, physical and occupational therapist) who are able to identify and assist in the management of the patient’s mobility and activity level. Slide: 6 Sources of Evidence Used to Develop the Plan There is a significant body of evidence to support the various components of this Plan. Pavlova et al. (2022) reported that the best approach to falls prevention is a multidisciplinary approach, which includes members of the patient’s healthcare team. Basic et al. (2021) noted that effective real-time communication among members of a patient care team is key to preventing patient falls. Baumann et al. (2022) supported this view and added that fall prevention is enhanced by effective teamwork and collaboration among members of the healthcare team. Ameri et al. (2025) reported unequal risk among patients in various units, ages, and comorbidities. Slide: 7 Evidence-Based Interdisciplinary Plan Summary This interdisciplinary plan summarizes strategies to make the hospital-wide standardized fall prevention program more effective. There will be greater standardization for risk screening, and in real time, communication and accountability will increase. Mobility and risk screening will continue to be the responsibility of the nursing staff. Restrictive conditions, including medication, will be determined by the physician. Mobility goals will be developed by a Physical or Occupational Therapist. Outcome measures will be the responsibility of the Quality Improvement Staff. Decreased communication will continue to be addressed by the interdisciplinary huddles. The mobility status of the patient will be displayed on the Board. The mobility programs and huddles will be introduced first to address barriers for fall prevention. Audits will continue to be performed to evaluate and adjust the new processes. The activities will be performed using the principles of Lewin’s Change Model and transformational leadership. Slide: 8 Real-World Examples Relevant to the Healthcare Organization Effective, interdisciplinary, and team-based approaches to fall
NURS FPX 4005 Assessment 3 Interdisciplinary Plan Proposal
NURS FPX 4005 Assessment 3 Interdisciplinary Plan Proposal Student Name NURS-FPX4005 Capella University Prof. July, 2026 Interdisciplinary Plan Proposal Riverside Medical Center is achieving several objectives, but meeting patients’ limited English proficiency (LEP) and families’ needs for providing adequate services remains a challenge. Multiple patient discharge planning departments have obstacles for LEP patients and their families. Without language interpreters, patients’ discharge and/or treatment plan education will be misinterpreted, and the safety risk will persist. This blockage will pose an unwelcome health hazard to patients, and it will definitely be an unpleasant patient experience—and a bad mental health outcome for the patient. Wong et. al. state that there are emerging and overlapping health care services. This will impact the quality of health care services and the safety of patients if there are no language interpreters to help overcome the barrier of communication. Objective The goal of this multi-disciplinary effort is to create a professional communication model that is appropriate for health care professionals to communicate with patients with limited English proficiency, as well as the patient’s family member(s). Collaboration between nurses, doctors, and professional translators, and between nurse educators, quality improvement specialists, and hospital administrators will lead to improvement of communication and healthcare outcomes. This way, professional translators are optimally and innovatively integrated into communication. These are aimed at further improving the quality of health services and helping the institution to decrease inequalities in communication. This will promote the sustainability of stakeholder engagement services, enhance the safety of healthcare services, and mitigate the risk of distortion and/or misinterpretation, which typically takes place in healthcare settings. Questions and Predictions 1. How does a professional translator service integrated into communication models enhance care safety and quality for patients with limited English proficiency? Interprofessional working by various healthcare practitioners and the use of professionally trained translators will improve communication and minimise the risk of distortion and misinterpretation in clinical communication. Ibikunle et al (2025) have given some examples of the benefits that professional interpreting services have in a healthcare service when compared to informal interpreting services in terms of patient comprehension and safety. 2. What effect will the initiative have on employee engagement and commitment regarding the provision of culturally and linguistically responsive services? This project will likely enhance staff knowledge of patients with LEP and about the safety issues arising from the lack of communication. Interdisciplinary activities and communication services will probably boost staff involvement and engagement and improve teamwork and belonging in the organization (Muir et al., 2025). 3. Will the integration of the uniformed interpreter service documentation and the management of the interpreter service as described in the communication policy result in an improvement in the service delivery? The use of interpreter services in the electronic health record (EHR) will likely create a demand for services that will be in keeping with the communication policy. Continued management, coupled with provision of guidance and supervision, will likely identify areas of further development in interpreter services and highlight any gaps. This should begin a process of improvement in communication in Riverside Medical Center’s health services. Change Theories and Leadership Strategies The implementation of enhanced communication services for patients and families who have LEP is likely to follow Lewin’s Change Theory (Prosci, 2024). Unfreezing Stage: The goal is to get the staff to realize the problems associated with using language interpreters and to understand the limitations in communication with patients. The use of a language interpreter has often made communicating with patients ineffective, and it has caused patients to be dissatisfied. In a few cases, this even endangers the health of patients. Variance in interpreter use may be due to a lack of a standard communication model. The staff should be encouraged to evaluate the level of communication and the information related to communication in the organization, and identify gaps (Leotin, 2025). The goal in the changing stage is to create a common language interpreter usage standard, increase access to quality professional interpreters, and improve communication through interdisciplinary training and education. Refreezing Stage: The organization will reinforce the use of standardized interpreters in clinical practices as a result of the changes implemented. The organisation will be able to address and clear the obstacles to the new communication practices. It is crucial that leadership is involved when it comes to interdepartmental communication barriers. In this case, based on the concepts of transformational leadership of the leadership staff, the staff will be able to transform their skills in promoting and working towards the same goal (Santos et al., 2023). If the leaders encourage open communication and support it, and if the staff encourages and maintains teamwork, trust, and balance, then the interpreters will be used effectively and regularly. Team Collaboration Strategy To improve the ability to express themselves, the combined efforts of Riverside’s staff, including nurses, doctors, professional medical interpreters, nurse educators, IT staff, process and quality management staff, are needed. The interdisciplinary team is one pillar of structured communication and one of the pillars of safe and equitable care, as evidenced by Wahyuningsih and Firmanda (2025). The first contact with the patient is made by nurses who recognize a need to call an interpreter. The decision is identified by the physician, and the communication part of the decision is made. Professional medical interpreters provide the bridge to communication. Quality staff’s responsibility is for the quality of communication. This plan describes an integrated, interdisciplinary strategy for communication and a systematic process for calling interpreters during patient evaluation, education and informed consent, and at discharge. The most marginalized patient population has the greatest improvement in the exchange of ideas and information through collaborative communication (Sharkiya, 2023). This plan will include the use of routine “team huddles” and uniform protocols for how they will communicate to ensure the team stays focused on removing communication barriers and improving staff responsiveness to the patient’s priorities and unmet communication needs. This plan is based on culturally responsive care practices and promotes communication and accountability in the care delivery process. Required
NURS FPX 4005 Assessment 2 Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification
NURS FPX 4005 Assessment 2 Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification Student Name Capella University NURS-FPX4005 Professor Name Submission Date Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification It is important to work closely with other Health Care Organisations and employees within interdisciplinary teams to promote the provision of high-quality, co-ordinated care. Improved interprofessional communication can directly translate to more patient safety, higher productivity and continuity of care in health care facilities. This assessment is intended to be directed towards the barriers to communication that will be identified during an interview with a working nurse, as well as identifying an organisational issue that could be resolved using a coordinated interdisciplinary approach. Interview Summary The interview was carried out with a registered nurse who works in a busy medical-surgical unit. A big challenge is effective communication among different health care providers during discharging the patient, said the nurse. The prescription is not recorded in time, and sometimes the pharmacist isn’t informed before the patient leaves the pharmacy, meaning that the pharmacist does not have enough time to check the prescription. Nurses, then, may not be able to provide complete patient and family education and important orders may be sped up or forgotten. The other nurses’ observation was that the members of the teams did not necessarily have clear goals in the discharge process. Sometimes, nurses, pharmacists and physicians think that something has been performed by another profession, leading to further confusion and delay as well. The nurse believed a need for improvement in communication and an organised interdisciplinary approach to problem solving was the answer to the problems encountered. However, the nurse suggested that, if effective tools and processes are used, they will then be able to cooperate. Strategies Employed in the Interview The type of design of interviews that were used was the Semi-structured interview. In Semi-structured interviews, there is room for exploring the answers that help identify the situation, perception and barriers to a series of pre-programmed open questions. With regard to sampling, participants would be purposely selected from two key areas of discharge planning (practising nurse leader) and medication reconciliation (ward pharmacist). The ethical issues to be addressed were: informed consent and confidentiality. The focus for data collection was the recent discharges that occurred and what each role meant. Within the last few years, the use of semi-structured interviewing and thematic analysis was validated as a pragmatic and efficient method to address the questions of improvement in healthcare quality. Issue Identification Patient discharge is the obvious major challenge that could be discovered during the interview, due to lack of uniformity and coordination in communication within the disciplines. These gaps can mean there is a possibility for medication errors and readmissions, impacting the quality and safety of care. The nurse emphasised that this is not because the staff members do not want to communicate with one another, but because they don’t have a uniform system that will allow them to communicate with each other in a timely fashion. The interprofessional approach to address this issue can be seen as being structured, and the use of standardised communication tools in a discharge huddle. The research shows that there are benefits to holding regular interdisciplinary huddles, which lead to improved communication, role clarity and decreased errors. Standardised checklists and short daily huddles are consistent with the Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (STEPPS), which has proven to be effective in improving interdisciplinary communication and enhancing interdisciplinary collaboration in the clinical context. This would assist the nurses, pharmacists and physicians to achieve safer and more effective discharge procedures and serve as a continuity of care as well. Change Management Theories The programme can be described using two different change theories that are complementary: The eight steps put forward by Kotter are a viable plan for establishing urgency, building guiding coalitions and integrating new processes into the corporate culture. Lewin’s three-stage approach of unfreeze, change, refreeze is an easy way to get staff ready for a change in routine, working processes and embedding them in the work routine (Stanz et al., 2021). Kotter would take the following steps: Sequence, create a sense of urgency using baseline data, create a guiding coalition, create and communicate short-term wins from the pilot, and institutionalise the new process. Lewin’s model would be the model that would help the staff support the behavioural transitions. Both peer-reviewed sources—Prosci and Stanz—can lend credibility and support for evidence to validate Kotter and Lewin’s model as effective for changing behaviour and cultural change in a clinical setting. Leadership Strategies That Could Lead to an Interdisciplinary Solution This is the first style of leadership: the advisable leadership, and that is transformational leadership. The different systematic nursing reviews in the past few years have linked “transformational leadership” to improved nursing work environments, job satisfaction and patient satisfaction. In the case of transformational leaders, they will inspire the employees to adopt new operations by building a unifying vision. A transformational leader who wants to change the right way as outlined by the suggested discharge improvement needs to demonstrate transformational behaviours and seek ongoing feedback. The model of transformational leadership can be added to Lewin’s model to motivate and empower employees to accept change. Collaboration Approaches The competencies and training in interprofessional competencies and teamwork provide a solid foundation for work in an interdisciplinary team. Awaisi et al. (2024) pointed out some examples of implementation elements that were identified in SRs as facilitators of collaboration: role definition, common goals, facilitator-led collaboration meetings and communication tools. The evidence-based teamwork program focused on communication, leadership and situation monitoring, and mutual support is called ‘TeamSTEPPS’. Recent analyses of results that have been achieved with the implementation of team-level team modifications, including adaptations, are showing that the combination of the two — team-level with local process and leadership modifications — can improve team performance and patient safety outcomes. Interdisciplinary discharge huddles are another possible way to do this. Short and scheduled daily huddles at a designated time allow
NURS FPX 4005 Assessment 1 Collaboration and Leadership Reflection
NURS FPX 4005 Assessment 1 Collaboration and Leadership Reflection Student Name Capella University NURS FPX 4005 Professor’s Name Submission Date Collaboration and Leadership Reflection This product is designed to foster students’ abilities to collaborate and lead. Working together in a team with respect, decision-making, and accountability is the best way to provide effective healthcare. Interprofessional collaboration aims to bring together professionals with diverse skills and knowledge to provide patient-centred care (Vaseghi et al., 2022). Usually, nurses play a significant role in this collaboration, arranging communication, improving collaboration, and representing patients. Transformational leadership is most congruent with my nursing practice. This style focuses on empowerment, free communication, and striving towards a common vision (American Nurses Association, 2023). It is also linked to improved working relationships, increased satisfaction, and improved patient outcomes. Interdisciplinary Collaboration Experience In the last few experiences where I have seen interprofessional working, I recall a patient whose needs were multifaceted, who had to be medically treated, then physiotherapy, and had a team of specialists who were responsible for medical and nursing care and for giving him drugs. Throughout the team meetings, the different disciplines expressed their perspectives, including the physiotherapists, the physicians, the pharmacists, and the nurses. A physiotherapist suggested the mobilization plans, the pharmacist talked about the possibilities of drug interactions, and as a nurse I voiced my concerns about scheduling the wound treatment and pain control. Free and respectful communication took place. People in the group were involved in listening to each other and problem solving in the form of consensus. The shared decision-making process helped to ensure the plan is appropriate for the patients and helped to create a team commitment to the outcome. This is relatively open communication, and we have produced a comprehensive and patient-focused care plan. But it was no perfect partnership. There was good intention at the meeting, but it wasn’t rushed. Some Junior staff seemed to be a bit bashful to speak up, and some sections were taken over by the more experienced staff. Follow-up tasks were not clearly defined, and therefore created a delay in the appointment of physiotherapy and wound care. A well-structured meeting agenda and follow-up process would have been beneficial in the collaborative process. Climate building would also have occurred as a result of creating a psychological safety climate in which all team members are able to speak up regardless of position (Paulus, 2023). Clear roles and the scheduling of progress check-ins could have helped to prevent delays. Effective vs. Ineffective Leadership The ideal traits of a leader in nursing tend to be about how a leader builds trust, encourages teamwork, and facilitates open communication. A transformational leadership style has been shown to have a positive effect on nurses’ job satisfaction and empowerment (American Nurses Association, 2023). Transformational leaders help to create a positive work culture where nurses feel valued and motivated to excel (Ystaas et al., 2023). It is a culture of support that reduces stress, promotes justice and commitment to the organization among nursing professionals. The other identified leadership style is a collaborative style of leadership, which focuses on joint decision-making and valuing the contributions of other professional disciplines. Collaborative leadership is found to be a good predictor of innovation in nurses’ behaviour and work performance, which means that nurses should be included in making suggestions and working together (Abdelwahab et al., 2024). As a result, the interprofessional teams have increased opportunities to collaborate harmoniously, recognise the skills of the other members of the team, and make decisions that are in the best interests of the patient. Best-Practice Leadership Strategies The results of the recent research illustrate that structured communication tools, such as Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (SBAR), improve the clarity of communication, reduce errors, and help providers plan care more efficiently (Sherman, 2025). A strategy of psychological safety is also important. Mistakes are fewer in teams with psychological safety, and teamwork is more productive because team members are able to learn more about one another (Patil et al., 2023). A different best-practice solution is role clarity, which helps to avoid conflicts and enhance the workflow. Research has shown that role confusion can lead to role-related conflicts and lower team performance, while role clarity can lead to higher team performance and efficiency (Konlan et al., 2023). As a whole, it is concluded that collaboration strategies which foster communication and psychological safety can be supported and utilised by teams to achieve their objectives and provide safer, high-quality care. Leadership Style to Develop I would like to enhance my approach of transformational-collaborative leadership to support the best-practice strategies. I will create a venue for anyone seeking to voice his/her opinions in interdisciplinary meetings. I also want to call for discipline in putting the reflective aspect into team interactions. I will be able to promote teamwork that can improve patients’ outcomes and professional development by sustaining the ability to empower and create psychological safety. Conclusion Teamwork and effective leadership are key to best practice patient care. Looking back on the experience aids nurses in determining their strengths, perceived difficulties, and enhancing their future decision-making. The transformational and collaborative leadership model fosters responsibility, respect, and open discussion among each other. The strategies in this list will assist nurses to be more effective and provide patients with better outcomes in their care. References Abdelwahab, A., Shaheen, R. S., & Mohammed, S. (2024). Collaborative leadership and productive work performance: The mediating role of nurses’ innovative behavior.International Nursing Review,71. https://doi.org/10.1111/inr.12934 American Nurses Association. (2023). What is transformational leadership in nursing? American Nurses Association. https://www.nursingworld.org/content-hub/resources/nursing-leadership/transformational-leadership-in-nursing/ Konlan, K. D., Abdulai, J. A., Saah, J. A., Doat, A.-R., Amoah, R. M., Mohammed, I., & Konlan, K. D. (2023). The influence of conflicts among members of the clinical team on patient care: An explorative, descriptive study, Ghana.Journal of Global Health Science,5(1). https://doi.org/10.35500/jghs.2023.5.e1 Patil, R., Raheja, D. K., Nair, L., Deshpande, A., & Mittal, A. (2023). The power of psychological safety: Investigating its impact on team learning, team efficacy, and team productivity.The Open Psychology Journal,16(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/18743501-v16-230727-2023-36 Paulus, P. (2023). The