NURS 619 Readings and Resources

• Text and Materials
• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Week 7
• Week 8

Text and Materials

Required Reading

• American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6^th ed.). Washington, DC. ISBN: 978-1-43380-561-5.
  • You should have a copy of this for use throughout the program. If you do not have access to a copy of this text, please purchase it from the virtual bookstore or from any bookstore.
• Rath, T. (2007). StrengthsFinder 2.0. New York, NY: Gallup Press. ISBN: 978-1595620156.
  • Please note: This book must be purchased new because of the unique code for the assessment. A used book will not work for this course.
• Sherwood, G., & Barnsteiner, J. (Eds.). (2017).Quality and safety in nursing: A competency approach to improving outcomes (2^nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1119151678.
• Whitehead, D., Dittman, P. W., & McNulty, D. (2017). Leadership and the advanced practice nurse: The future of a changing health-care environment. Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis. ISBN: 978-0-8036-4042-9.

Week 1

Required Reading

• Leadership and the Advanced Practice Nurse
  • Chapter 1: Beginning the Leadership Journey
  • Chapter 7: Focusing on Self
• The Plexus Institute focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to how complexity science can solve problems. Nursing is a vital part of this network.

Week 2

Required Reading

• Leadership and the Advanced Practice Nurse
  • Chapter 2: Workplace Leadership Opportunities
• Quality and Safety in Nursing
  • Chapter 1: Driving Forces for Quality and Safety: Changing Mindsets to Improve Health Care
  • Chapter 2: Policy Implications Driving National Quality and Safety Initiatives
• Northouse, P. G. (2013). Transformational leadership (PDF). In Leadership: Theory and practice (6^th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Pages 185-217.

Week 3

Required Reading

• Leadership and the Advanced Practice Nurse
  • Chapter 5: Leading With a Culture of Quality and Safety
• Quality and Safety in Nursing
  • Chapter 3: A National Initiative: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
  • Chapter 5: Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Chapter 16: Leadership to Create Change
• The QSEN Institute. Pay particular attention to the multiple resources available for nurses and nurse educators. You will be analyzing each IOM competency in the next few weeks and may find some helpful information on this website for that analysis.

Week 4

Required Reading

• Leadership and the Advanced Practice Nurse
  • Chapter 1: Beginning the Leadership Journey
  • Chapter 2: Workplace Leadership Opportunities
• Quality and Safety in Nursing
  • Chapter 4: Patient‐centered Care
  • Chapter 6: Quality Improvement
  • Graduate Competency KSAs in Appendix B: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses Graduate/Advanced Practice Nursing Competencies

Week 5

Required Reading

• Leadership and the Advanced Practice Nurse
  • Chapter 5: Leading With a Culture of Quality and Safety
  • Chapter 8: Empowering Nurses as Leaders
  • Chapter 9: Creating a Culture of Excellence
• Quality and Safety in Nursing
  • Chapter 7: Evidence‐based Practice
  • Chapter 8: Safety
  • Chapter 9: Informatics

Week 6

Required Reading

• Quality and Safety in Nursing
  • Chapter 10: Transforming Education to Transform Practice: Integrating Quality and Safety in Subject‐centered Classrooms using Unfolding Case Studies
  • Chapter 13: Quality and Safety Education in Clinical Learning Environments
  • Chapter 14: Interprofessional Approaches to Quality and Safety Education

Week 7

Required Reading

• Quality and Safety in Nursing
  • Chapter 15: Improving Quality and Safety with Transition‐to‐Practice Programs
  • Chapter 17: Global Perspectives on Quality and Safety

Week 8

No readings this week.