(Solved) NR711 Week 8: Reflection on Learning and Practice Readiness

Purpose

The purpose of this discussion is to reflect on your readiness to practice as a DNP-prepared nurse and consider what you learned in this course and how this knowledge will impact your practice.

Instructions

Each week, you have been reminded that reflective inquiry allows for expansion of self-awareness, identification of knowledge gaps, and assessment of learning goals. As you reflect on your own readiness to practice as a DNP-prepared nurse, it is important to consider what you learned in this course.

As you review the course outcomes and your experience in this course, address the following:

  1. Analyze and evaluate how your thinking was challenged in this course related to project management and financial management competencies.
  2. Considering this new knowledge, examine how this learning prepares you to practice as a DNP-prepared nurse.

Please click on the following link to review the DNP Discussion Guidelines on the Student Resource Center program page: Resources 

Answer Guide

This course has challenged me in project management and financial management competencies. Having been in nursing practice for several years, I always thought nurses should focus on clinical practice and patient care but this is not the case. A nurse leader should be all-rounded with both clinical competencies and leadership.   Through this course, I have learned the various aspects of project planning my thinking has especially been challenged by the importance of defining the project scope. The success of any project is tied to an accurate statement of project scope.  Reflecting on this, I have realized that poor defining of the project scope has been the cause of several projects that I have previously conducted.  Through this course, my thinking on the importance of defining a project has changed. I now appreciate the importance of listing the project goals, deadlines, and tasks and communicating with the same t stakeholders involved.  A study by Althiyabi and Qureshi (2021) supported this notion stating that some of the issues such as poor quality products, consuming…………….