Identify specific knowledge, skills, or attitudes (KSAs) you need to develop, and cite your source.Explain why this improvement is important to your development as a nurse.

Review the guiding organizations from the Guiding the Future of Nursing activity and reflect on the expectations for a BSN-prepared nurse. Whether you have been in practice for years or are just starting your career as a nurse, learning should never stop. As you remember from the College of Nursing Philosophical Framework, lifetime learning is one of the tenets of becoming a nurse leader.

Identify the competencies and essentials you need to develop.
Select:
2 competencies from Pre-licensure KSAs on the QSEN Competencies page
2 essentials from the AACN The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice

Complete the Baccalaureate Professional Growth Worksheet table below by doing the following:

1. In the second column, identify the competency or essential you need to address.

2. In the third column, identify specific knowledge, skills, or attitudes (KSAs) you need to develop, and cite your source.

a. QSEN citation hint: Per the QSEN Competencies web page, the competencies were taken from another source, which is cited in footnote 2. The page number in the example below was taken from the primary source.

3. In the fourth column, describe how you will develop yourself and give yourself a timeframe.

4. In the fifth column, explain why this improvement is important to your development as a nurse.

Note: An example has been provided for you in the first row.
Guiding Entity Competency/Essential Needed KSAs Improvement Plan Importance
Example:
QSEN Pre-licensure KSAs Example:
Evidence-based practice Example:
Knowledge: “Describe reliable sources for locating evidence reports and clinical practice guidelines” (Cronenwett et al., 2007, p. 124). Example:

Discuss pharmacological versus non-pharmacological nursing interventions used for pain management during labor and birth.Discuss how the nursing interventions align with one of the six QSEN competencies and why?

Respond post on pharmacological and non pharmacologic

Discuss pharmacological versus non-pharmacological nursing interventions used for pain management during labor and birth.

List two different classifications of drugs used for pain relief during labor and birth, and include potential side effects of the drugs on the fetus.

Describe two nursing interventions by the nurse to provide comfort during labor and birth that could be considered as non-pharmacological and the expected outcomes.

Discuss how the nursing interventions align with one of the six QSEN competencies and why?

Resources • https://guides.rasmussen.edu/apa Due dates for your initial and response posts can be found by checking the Course Syllabus and Course Calendar.

Explain how each competency and essential that you selected (on the worksheet) aligns with critical thinking and clinical decision making.Explain how developing the competencies and essentials will impact/improve work.

Competencies and Essentials of a Baccalaureate prep

Using 2 competencies and 2 essentials (on wk1 hw1 Worksheet) develop a 12 slides presentation with detailed speaker notes.

Include an overview of the QSEN Competencies and AACN Baccalaureate Essentials. Do the ff:

Explain how each competency and essential that you selected (on the worksheet) aligns with critical thinking and clinical decision making.

Provide examples of how improvements in these areas will impact patient outcomes.

Explain how developing the competencies and essentials will impact/improve work.

Include- atleast 2 scholarly resources

Cite sources according to APA guidelines