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Competency-Based Assessments

Fundamentals of NursingCompetency-Based Assessments

Competency-Based Assessments

1 .
Read through this worksheet on developing PICOT questions by the Oncology Nursing Society. Once you have read the material, use the format suggested to write two full PICOT questions about topics that interest you. They do not have to be related to oncology.
2 .
Using one of the PICOT questions developed in question 1, begin conducting EBR for information addressing your issue. Locate at least five high-quality resources, at least three of which must be from peer-reviewed journals. You must also include at least one systematic review. Give the information for each resource, copy and paste the abstract information into your document, and detail why you believe each source to be high quality.
3 .
Explore the information about the Teach-Back Technique offered on the AHRQ’s website. It is commonly used to aid in shared decision-making. Work with a partner. Each partner should prepare to briefly educate their partner, using the Teach-Back Technique, on a topic of their choice.
4 .
Goal 6 of the 2023 National Patient Safety Goals from The Joint Commission is to reduce patient harm associated with clinical alarm systems (NPSG.06.01.01: Improve the safety of clinical alarm systems). Explore the rationale and elements of performance for this goal in the 2023 National Patient Safety Goals; then, describe three elements you can envision incorporating into your own practice.
Consider the following scenario. You are a newly graduated nurse in Texas participating in a nurse residency program and learning about delegation. Your residency supervisor asks you to use the delegation resource from the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) to answer the following questions.
5 .
Which chapter of the Texas BON’s rules describes delegation responsibilities in acute care settings?
6 .
Can LVNs delegate care in Texas? Please explain the answer.
7 .
Can RNs be required to delegate? Please explain the answer.
8 .
When nursing students are employed to work as AP in healthcare settings, can tasks they have learned in school be delegated to them? Please explain the answer.
9 .
Conduct internet research and provide a URL for at least one other state’s laws regarding delegation (preferably your own state unless you are Texan).
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