NR 361Week 1 DQ AACN Essentials Self-Assessment
Results
Week 1: AACN Essentials Self-Assessment Results (graded)
Hello and welcome to the Week 1 of NR361, ! The focus of this week is on Patient Care
Technologies. The course outcome that guides your learning this week is: Course Outcome 1:
Describe patient care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient
population . The learning this week is also directly correlated to: Program Outcome 1.
First, post your Introduction in the discussion threads (required but not graded). Please
share information others may not know about you. This is our getting to know you section:)
Complete the Recommended Reading.
We have 1 Assignment this week:
Please complete the Week 1 AACN Essentials Self-Assessment Prior to participating in the
graded discussion, which may be found in Doc Sharing. It is the basis for the threaded discussion
for this week. Complete the self-assessment of your current comfort levels and total your score.
If you are willing, please share your total score with your classmates in your discussion post. If
you prefer to not share you score, that is fine as well.
Post in the Weekly Collaborative Threaded Discussion. Please review the Collaborative
Threaded Discussion Rubric available in Doc Sharing. There is only 1 threaded discussion each
week, but the requirement for posting is a minimum of 3 times in each graded discussion. The
first response to the weekly question is no later than Wednesday night 11:59 pm MT. Post your
responses to classmates or instructor by Sunday night. Lastly, please use at least one scholarly
source to backup the information posted in your discussion threads.
Identify areas where your knowledge could use improvement. Keep in mind that all professional
nurses are knowledge workers. What questions do you have as they relate to nursing informatics
and the AACN essentials? I am looking forward to your discussion and comments this week.
Let’s have fun with this discussion.
Don't hesitate to contact me any time via email if I can help you in any way. Have a great week.
Bingley Initial Response:
In this week’s lesson we are learning that professional nurses in all settings are being called upon
to utilize computer skills to obtain and utilize evidence-based practice (CCN, 2016). I’ve been a
nurse for 16 years at the Cleveland Clinic and thirteen of those years have been served in the
Emergency Department. At this crossroads of my professional career and nursing student career
I place myself between the competent and proficient stages according to Patricia Benner’s stages
of clinical competence, even with years of experience I would never consider myself an expert.
After completing the AACN Essentials Self- Assessment my total score was 31. Instead of
looking at the assessment as poor, good, very good, and excellent I replaced them with Benner’s
five stages of competency (novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert).
Before this assessment I did consider myself proficient when it comes to using technology and
computer use. However, after giving myself twos in some areas I see there is a need for
Results
Week 1: AACN Essentials Self-Assessment Results (graded)
Hello and welcome to the Week 1 of NR361, ! The focus of this week is on Patient Care
Technologies. The course outcome that guides your learning this week is: Course Outcome 1:
Describe patient care technologies as appropriate to address the needs of a diverse patient
population . The learning this week is also directly correlated to: Program Outcome 1.
First, post your Introduction in the discussion threads (required but not graded). Please
share information others may not know about you. This is our getting to know you section:)
Complete the Recommended Reading.
We have 1 Assignment this week:
Please complete the Week 1 AACN Essentials Self-Assessment Prior to participating in the
graded discussion, which may be found in Doc Sharing. It is the basis for the threaded discussion
for this week. Complete the self-assessment of your current comfort levels and total your score.
If you are willing, please share your total score with your classmates in your discussion post. If
you prefer to not share you score, that is fine as well.
Post in the Weekly Collaborative Threaded Discussion. Please review the Collaborative
Threaded Discussion Rubric available in Doc Sharing. There is only 1 threaded discussion each
week, but the requirement for posting is a minimum of 3 times in each graded discussion. The
first response to the weekly question is no later than Wednesday night 11:59 pm MT. Post your
responses to classmates or instructor by Sunday night. Lastly, please use at least one scholarly
source to backup the information posted in your discussion threads.
Identify areas where your knowledge could use improvement. Keep in mind that all professional
nurses are knowledge workers. What questions do you have as they relate to nursing informatics
and the AACN essentials? I am looking forward to your discussion and comments this week.
Let’s have fun with this discussion.
Don't hesitate to contact me any time via email if I can help you in any way. Have a great week.
Bingley Initial Response:
In this week’s lesson we are learning that professional nurses in all settings are being called upon
to utilize computer skills to obtain and utilize evidence-based practice (CCN, 2016). I’ve been a
nurse for 16 years at the Cleveland Clinic and thirteen of those years have been served in the
Emergency Department. At this crossroads of my professional career and nursing student career
I place myself between the competent and proficient stages according to Patricia Benner’s stages
of clinical competence, even with years of experience I would never consider myself an expert.
After completing the AACN Essentials Self- Assessment my total score was 31. Instead of
looking at the assessment as poor, good, very good, and excellent I replaced them with Benner’s
five stages of competency (novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert).
Before this assessment I did consider myself proficient when it comes to using technology and
computer use. However, after giving myself twos in some areas I see there is a need for
