1. Describe how learning in this course helped you to meet%Program Outcome 5: Advocates for positive health outcomes through compassionate, evidence-based, collaborative advanced nursing practice (Extraordinary Nursing). Provide at least two specific examples. %

oThe two ways learning in this course helped me to achieve Program

Outcome 5 was through my practicum experiences and participating in the Week 6

discussions. In my clinical experience, we were often collaborating with the patients

utilizing best practice guidelines to aid the patient in achieving better outcomes. In

the concierge arena of healthcare, patients are seen as much or as little as

necessary to ensure positive outcomes. Depending on the patient’s condition, we

sometimes would see them daily or weekly until a healthcare concern was

significantly improved or resolved.

oThe week 6 discussions allowed me to develop a case study and plan

of care for a condition with which I was not super familiar, forcing me to step

outside of my zone of comfort. This assignment helped me to understand the utility

of collaborating with the patient and other healthcare providers to achieve a

positive outcome by helping me to understand that each patient is an individual and

does not necessarily fit into the cookie cutter shape of a best practice guideline.