DNP 805 Preconference Evaluation: Individual Success Plan (ISP)
DNP 805 Preconference Evaluation: Individual Success Plan (ISP)
DNP 805 Preconference Evaluation Individual Success Plan (ISP)
Assessment Description
Select a specific health care technology-related regulation, law, statute, or ethical standard that applies to informatics. Provide a summary of your example and a statement describing your reasoning either in support of the example you select, or in opposition to it. Take into consideration the ethics of a Christian worldview in relation to the ethical standard, etc. in your summary.
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was enacted as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment ACT of 2009 to help stimulate the nation’s economy. The goal of the enactment was to reduce cost, decrease health disparities, and, most importantly, improve the quality of care (Alexander et al., 2019). With this, increasing the availability of medical records was related to the purpose of the law. Electronic health records (EHR) increased the capability to provide care as it was easily accessible and provided a detailed health history (Enriquez, 2020). Because Healthcare providers can easily access EHRs, it helps avoid duplication of tests and treatments and promotes care coordination among different providers and practices (Alexander et al., 2019). With this, enabling access to medical records requires additional national security to provide the privacy of individuals. Organizations must abide by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) which regulates and protects sensitive patient information from being released without the patient’s consent (Enriquez, 2020).
The EHR has been groundbreaking in the medical field because it has created an openness among healthcare providers regarding patient history, previous treatments, and other pertinent medical records. The issue with delicate information being easily accessible is that protecting the information from those who may abuse it is needed (Patel, 2019). In addition to the EHR, nursing informatics plays an imperative role in protecting and encrypting information. According to Patel (2019), encryption of protected health information (PHI) uses many algorithms to change regular text into encoded text. Doing so protects unauthorized users from accessing sensitive information. From a Christian perspective, as a healthcare professional, doing good unto others extends to protecting the patient and their information from others. We are trusted with the patient’s life and personal information. Healthcare providers see their health records and personal records such as insurance information, social security, and other sensitive information on a face sheet.
DNP 805 Preconference Evaluation: Individual Success Plan (ISP)
References:
Alexander, S., Frith, K., & Hoy, H. (2019). Applied clinical informatics for nurses (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Enriquez, L. (2020). Data-rich and knowledge-poor: How privacy law privatized medical data and what to do about It. Columbia
Law Review, 120(8), 2319–2357.
Patel, N. (2019). Your personal health information may have been compromised: Using encryption to prevent data breaches on end-user devices. Hofstra Law Review, 48(2), 563–595.
Assessment Description
The Individual Success Plan (ISP) assignment in this course requires your collaboration with the course faculty early
on to establish a plan for successful completion of mutually identified and agreed-upon specific deliverables for your programmatic requirements. Programmatic requirements are: (1) completion of required practice immersion hours, (2) completion of work associated with program competencies, and (3) work associated with completion of your Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) Project.
A preconference meeting is intended for the learner and preceptor/mentor to review course- and learner-specific learning objectives: the roles, responsibilities, and expectations of the learner and preceptor/mentor during this practice immersion experience. All faculty and preceptor/mentor information will be given to each party by the learner. Any course or program information requested by the preceptor/mentor will be provided by the learner. During this meeting, the learner and preceptor/mentor will discuss the course and practice immersion goals, including any projects that are to take place. The faculty will review the submitted document and must approve proposed projects at this time. The faculty will also send an introductory email to the preceptor/mentor.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment as it pertains to deliverables due in this course.
- Locate and download Individual Success Plan (ISP) and Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) timeline documents in the DNP PI Workspace.
- Review the DNP Program Milestones document in the DNP PI Workspace and identify which domains, competencies, and milestones apply to this course. Note: Not all courses have milestones.
- Determine what practice immersion experiences you plan to seek in order to address each competency. Include how many hours you plan to set aside to meet your goals. Learners will apply concepts from each of their core courses to reflect upon, critically examine, and improve current practice and are required to integrate scholarly readings to develop case reports that demonstrate increasingly complex and proficient practice.
- Use the ISP to develop a personal plan for completing your practice immersion hours and how competencies will be met. Show all of the major milestones and deliverables in the timeline.
- Within the ISP, ensure you identify specific deliverables which can include the following: individualized DNP practice immersion contracts; comprehensive log of practice immersion hours applied to doctoral-level learning outcomes; learner evaluations; preceptor/mentor evaluations; current and updated CV; scholarly activities; GCU DNP competency self-assessment; reflective journal; course goals and plan for how competencies and practice immersion hours will be met; faculty and preceptor/mentor approvals of course goals and documented practice immersion hours; and DPI Project milestones.
- While an ISP is required, unless you have a mentor, a mentor signature is not required for this course. A preconference and a postconference/evaluation between learners and preceptors/mentors are mandatory for all learners enrolled in all DNP courses (from DNP-815A on). Conferences may be conducted face-to-face or via technology. A copy of the wet-ink or digitally (digital identifier) signed document must be uploaded into the classroom no later than the end of Topic 1.
- Overall course- and learner-specific objectives: These objectives should be discussed during each conference, as learners are responsible for completing all experiences as mandated for the program.
- Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
- This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to the beginning to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
- You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
- Learners will submit this assignment using the assignment dropbox in the learning management system. In addition, learners must upload this deliverable to the Learner Dissertation Page (LDP) in the DNP PI Workspace for later use.
Directions:
- Identify the specific deliverables you will complete throughout this course from those defined above with your faculty. Update your faculty/chair with any revisions or changes to the ISP.
- List the challenges you expect to encounter as you continue the practice immersion hour and competency requirements throughout this course. How might you overcome these challenges?
- Complete the Contact Information table at the beginning of the ISP resource, and type in your signature (learner only) and the date on which you completed the table. Read the information in the ISP document, including the following: Learner Expectations, Derivation of the ISP, and Instructions for Completing the ISP.
- Follow the instructions and complete the ISP.
Rubric Criteria
Criterion | 1. Unsatisfactory | 2. Less Than Satisfactory | 3. Satisfactory | 4. Good | 5. Excellent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Challenges Challenges | 0 points Description of challenges and how to overcome them is not included. | 1.6 points Description of challenges and how to overcome them is incomplete or incorrect. | 1.76 points Description of challenges and how to overcome them is included but lacks sufficient detail. | 1.84 points Description of challenges and how to overcome them is complete and includes sufficient detail. | 2 points Description of challenges and how to overcome them is thorough and includes sufficient detail. |
Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) | 0 points Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction is used. | 0.8 points Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied. | 0.88 points Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct and varied sentence structure and audience-appropriate language are employed. | 0.92 points Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. The writer uses a variety of effective sentence structures and figures of speech. | 1 points Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English. |
DPI Project Milestones DPI Project Milestones | 0 points Description of DPI Project milestones to be achieved in the course is not included. | 1.6 points Description of DPI Project milestones to be achieved in the course is incomplete or incorrect. | 1.76 points Description of DPI Project milestones to be achieved in the course is included but lacks sufficient detail. | 1.84 points Description of DPI Project milestones to be achieved in the course is complete and includes sufficient detail. | 2 points Description of DPI Project milestones to be achieved in the course is thorough and includes sufficient detail. |
Deliverables Deliverables | 0 points Description of specific deliverables to be completed in the course is not included. | 2.4 points Description of specific deliverables to be completed in the course is incomplete or incorrect. | 2.64 points Description of specific deliverables to be completed in the course is included but lacks sufficient detail. | 2.76 points Description of specific deliverables to be completed in the course is complete and includes sufficient detail. | 3 points Description of specific deliverables to be completed in the course is thorough and includes sufficient detail. |
Self-Assessed Domains and Competencies Self-Assessed Domains and Competencies | 0 points Description of self-assessed domains and competencies is not included. | 1.6 points Description of self-assessed domains and competencies is incomplete or incorrect. | 1.76 points Description of self-assessed domains and competencies is included but lacks sufficient detail. | 1.84 points Description of self-assessed domains and competencies is complete and includes sufficient detail. | 2 points Description of self-assessed domains and competencies is thorough and includes sufficient detail. |
Mentor Signature Mentor Signature | 0 points No wet or digital signature is present. | 1.6 points N/A | 1.76 points N/A | 1.84 points N/A | 2 points Wet or digital signature is present. |
Practice Immersion Hours Practice Immersion Hours | 0 points No practice immersion hours are indicated. | 1.6 points Practice immersion hours do not reflect described assignment or project. | 1.76 points N/A | 1.84 points N/A | 2 points Practice immersion hours reflect described assignment or project. |
Remaining Deliverables Remaining Deliverables | 0 points Description of remaining deliverables to complete is not included. | 2.4 points Description of remaining deliverables to complete is incomplete or incorrect. | 2.64 points Description of remaining deliverables is included but lacks sufficient detail. | 2.76 points Description of remaining deliverables to complete is complete and includes sufficient detail. | 3 points Description of remaining deliverables to complete is thorough and includes sufficient detail. |
Paper Format (use of appropriate style for the major and assignment) Paper Format (use of appropriate style for the major and assignment) | 0 points Template is not used appropriately, or documentation format is rarely followed correctly. | 0.8 points Appropriate template is used, but some elements are missing or mistaken. A lack of control with formatting is apparent. | 0.88 points Appropriate template is used. Formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present. | 0.92 points Appropriate template is fully used. There are virtually no errors in formatting style. | 1 points All format elements are correct. |
Plan for Practice Experiences Plan for Practice Experiences | 0 points Plan for practice experiences to be completed in the course is not included. | 1.6 points Plan for practice experiences to be completed in the course is incomplete or incorrect. | 1.76 points Plan for practice experiences to be completed in the course is included but lacks sufficient detail. | 1.84 points Plan for practice experiences to be completed in the course is complete and includes sufficient detail. | 2 points Plan for practice experiences to be completed in the course is thorough and includes sufficient detail. |