Purpose

The purpose of this Collaboration Café is to reflect on course outcomes, program outcomes, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials to expand self-awareness, identify knowledge gaps, and assess learning goals.

Course Outcomes

This Collaboration Café enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

• CO 1: Demonstrate a head-to-toe physical assessment. (PO 1)
• CO 2: Differentiate between normal and abnormal health assessment findings. (PO 4)
• CO 3: Describe physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual influences on an individual’s health status. (PO 4)
• CO 4: Demonstrate effective communication skills during health assessment and documentation. (PO 3)
• CO 5: Identify collaborative opportunities for health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention. (POs 1, 2)
• CO 6: Demonstrate caring and professional behavior during patient interactions. (POs 6, 7)

SOLUTION:

Paragraph one: Reflect on your learning experience in this course. How do you envision using the concepts learned in this course in your future nursing practice as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse?

I plan to use the strengthened assessment skills I learned while holistically approaching patient-centered care. I also envision using more evidence-based practice resources to help push for needed changes where I work.

Paragraph two: Examine the following program outcomes. Select one and reflect on how your learning in the course assisted in helping to achieve that outcome: PO 2: Demonstrates leadership and collaboration with consumers and other healthcare providers in providing care and/or delegating responsibilities for health promotion, illness prevention, health restoration, health maintenance, and rehabilitative activities.

This course has helped me collaborate more efficiently with team members and patients. I have learned to be concise in my SBAR, making patient handoffs or notifying the physician of condition changes go more smoothly. I’ve better understood SDOH and the importance of a thorough assessment. Going beyond the physical and assessing all of the patient, including anything that could deter them from meeting their health goals in their personally lives…………………KINDLY CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO ACCESS THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT FOR $10