Bsbwor404 Work Priorities | Opportunities Assessment Answers

1.Explain at least two (2) software applications and technologies you can use to prepare and schedule your nursing shift work plans. 

 

2.Explain two (2) techniques you can use to prepare personal and professional plans. 

 

3.Name two (2) methods you could use to identify and prioritise personal and professional learning needs. 

 

4.Outline three (3) professional development opportunities available to the Enrolled Nurse. 

 

5.Explain one (1) method you can use to elicit, analyse and interpret feedback to improve your nursing practice. 

 

6.Provide a detailed explanation of methods that can be used to evaluate own performance in providing nursing care. 

1.Snap schedule software and the ABC software are the two soft wares that can be used to prepare and schedule nursing shift work plans. The Snap schedule software simply works through drag & drop to easily assign shifts, mark on-call and time off, move or copy assignments (Härmä et al., 2015). The ABC software on the other hand provides a simple user interface where data can be easily transferred to excel or word.

 

2.A personal or professional development plan is a formal means in which an individual or organization sets out particular objectives to achieve after a certain time frame. The two techniques that can be used in this case include thorough consultations and self-assessment (Albion, Tondeur, Forkosh-Baruch, & Peeraer, 2015). Self-assessment works with a personal plan as it’s the individual who understands themselves than any other person. Extensive consultation on the other hand works well with the professional plans so as to avoid errors and introduce new and perfect ideas from the experts (Wald et al., 2015).

 

3.There are two major ways in which I can identify as well as prioritize personal and professional learning need and they include Self-evaluation and discussion with individuals. Discussion with individuals is necessary since they might be fully aware of my weakness that I am yet to discover (Hope, 2018). Discussing with them can therefore make me to prioritize depending on the feedback or response. Self-evaluation involves revisiting on what I do best and worst then prioritize learning needs based on the results. (Arsad, Kamal, Saibani, Ayob, & Husain, 2013).

 

4.There are different opportunities in which Enrolled Nurses can utilize to professional development. The three opportunities include pursuing formal education, publication of journals and finally the reflective diaries (Price & Reichert, 2017). A reflective diaries can really assist enrolled nurses to develop professionally as they provide the nurse with the opportunity to reflect back on what they did well or bad and improve on that particular case. Attending formal education is also an opportunity that equips enrolled nurses with new methods of handling different scenarios.

 

5.Listening to other individuals is the key method when it comes to eliciting, analyzing and interpreting feedback so as to improve the nursing practice. This is because for nurses to move forward, they have to seek feedback from the patients. And for the whole process to be a success, there must be keen listening on the part of the nurse.

 

6.There are different methods that as a nurse, I can put to use so as to evaluate my own performance when providing nursing care. Evaluation is very important in nursing since it assists the nurse to gauge how well or bad a certain intervention worked. One method that nurses can use to evaluate their performance is through referring back to NANDA guidelines (OERMANN & GABERSON, 2016). These are guidelines set up for all nurses to adhere to or to abide by whenever they are handling any patient. A nurse can therefore after completing nurse care, go back and refer to the NANDA guidelines and evaluate themselves (Durosaiye, Hadjri, Liyanage, & Bennett, 2017). Another method is through discussions with colleagues as they can give feedback on what was done well and what was not. This will enable the nurse to evaluate themselves. Written examination where a nurse can answer a written exam is another important means to evaluate them. Finally, problem solving evaluation where nurse is rated based on how he solved a certain problem also forms a good basis for evaluation.

References

Albion, P. R., Tondeur, J., Forkosh-Baruch, A., & Peeraer, J. (2015). Teachers’ professional development for ICT integration: Towards a reciprocal relationship between research and practice. Education and Information Technologies, 20(4), 655-673. doi:10.1007/s10639-015-9401-9

Arsad, N., Kamal, N., Saibani, N., Ayob, A., & Husain, H. (2013). Student Performance Early Indicator Using Mathematics and Engineering Fundamental Test. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 102, 86-91. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.10.717

Durosaiye, I. O., Hadjri, K., Liyanage, C. L., & Bennett, K. (2017). A matrix for the qualitative evaluation of nursing tasks. Journal of Nursing Management, 26(3), 274-287. doi:10.1111/jonm.12543

Hope, J. (2018). Address specialized needs of previously incarcerated students. Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners, 20(10), 1-5. doi:10.1002/nsr.30364

Härmä, M., Ropponen, A., Hakola, T., Koskinen, A., Vanttola, P., Puttonen, S., … Kivimäki, M. (2015). Developing register-based measures for assessment of working time patterns for epidemiologic studies. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 41(3), 268-279. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3492

OERMANN, M. H., & GABERSON, K. B. (2016). Evaluation and Testing in Nursing Education. doi:10.1891/9780826194893

Price, S., & Reichert, C. (2017). The Importance of Continuing Professional Development to Career Satisfaction and Patient Care: Meeting the Needs of Novice to Mid- to Late-Career Nurses throughout Their Career Span. Administrative Sciences, 7(2), 17. doi:10.3390/admsci7020017

Wald, H. S., Anthony, D., Hutchinson, T. A., Liben, S., Smilovitch, M., & Donato, A. A. (2015). Professional Identity Formation in Medical Education for Humanistic, Resilient Physicians. Academic Medicine, 90(6), 753-760. doi:10.1097/acm.0000000000000725