PURPOSE

The purpose of this assignment is to identify nursing care models utilized in today’s various health care settings and enhance your knowledge of how models impact the management of care and may influence delegation. You will assess the effectiveness of models and determine how you would collaborate with a nurse leader to identify opportunities for improvement to ensure quality, safety and staff satisfaction.

DIRECTIONS

Read your text, Finkelman (2012), pp- 118- 127.

Observe staff in delivery of nursing care provided. Practice settings may vary depending on availability.

Identify the model of nursing care that you observed. Be specific about what you observed, who was doing what, when, how and what led you to identify the particular model.

Write a 5-7 page paper that includes the following:

Review and summarize two scholarly resources (not including your text) related to the nursing care model you observed in the practice setting.

Review and summarize two scholarly resources (not including your text) related to a nursing care model that is different from the one you observed in the practice setting.

Discuss your observations about how the current nursing care model is being implemented. Be specific.

Recommend a different nursing care model that could be implemented to improve quality of nursing care, safety and staff satisfaction. Be specific.

Provide a summary/conclusion about this experience/assignment and what you learned about nursing care models.

Grading Criteria: Nursing Care Models Paper

dentify Nursing Care Model in practice including specifics about who, what when, where, etc.

Identifies Nursing Care Model for delivery of nursing care.  Provides specifics. Besides Finkelman, locate scholarly resources related to Nursing Care Models

In aIDition to Finkelman, locates four scholarly resources related to Nursing Care Models. Summarizes all resources in body of paper.Implementation and Recommendations

Describe implementation of current Nursing Care Model and recommend a different model that could be utilized to improve quality of nursing care, safety and staff satisfaction.

Conclusion

Summarize what you learned about this experience including new knowledge about nursing care models.Clarity of writing

Content is organized, logical, and with correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure are correct.  APA formatting is apparent and CCN template is utilized. References are properly cited within the paper; reference page includes all citations; proper title page and introduction are present and evidence of spell and grammar check is obvious